Featuring two days of Workshops, Music, Live Q&A and more!

Music by Nell & Jim Band, and Whippoorwill Arts Award Winners Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Brittany Haas, Snap Jackson, Kamara Thomas, Annie Staninec, Molly Tuttle and Keith Little.

Whippoorwill Arts Festival celebrates the musical accomplishments, extraordinary talent, community spirit, and creative soul of artists. Join us for the first-ever virtual Whippoorwill Arts Festival. A combination of virtual workshops, live music streams, real-time Q&A sessions, and more, this year’s Whippoorwill Arts Festival features 2020 Whippoorwill Arts Artist Award winners Brittany Hass, Annie Staninec, Snap Jacks, and Kamara Thomas, as well as Master Artist Award winner, the legendary Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Live stream both days of Whippoorwill Arts Festival right here and find out more about this year’s award winners here.

9-10AM
Energetic Voice Workshop with Kamara Thomas: This class focuses on strengthening the entire vocal system— an energizing workout for your voice with a focus on mastering and practicing the basics. For singers, activists, teachers, public speakers, and those who want to build vocal confidence.

10:30-11:30AM
Blues Expression Workshop with Chad Manning: The Blues Expression Workshop will be a great opportunity to hone your blues scales, slides, bends, textures, tails, and other expressive devices while building a musical blues vocabulary which is at the core of so many American styles of music.

12–1PM
Fiddle Fills Workshop with Annie Staninec: Explore ideas for backing up a singer. We'll discuss various options and learn some fills, try some longbow backup, and more!

1–1:45PM
Snap Jackson Concert

2–2:15PM
Brittany Haas Q & A

2:15–3PM
Nell & Jim Band Concert

3–3:15PM
Kamara Thomas Q & A

3–3:05PM
Kamara Thomas Video Premiere

3:15–4PM
Brittany Haas Concert

4–4:15PM
Snap Jackson Q & A

4:15–5PM
Kamara Thomas Concert

5:15–6:30 PM
Song Circle Social Jam: We are taking the jam circle virtual! Join us for a fun, uplifting song circle with musicians from across the globe. Our host Dix Bruce will lead songs and we invite you to play along. Please note that all participants audio will be muted so you will only hear the host and yourself. You will be able to request songs and connect with other attendees in the chat.

10:30–11:30AM
How To Include Inclusive Spaces in Traditional Music: In this 50-minute session, a panel of four experts will speak about their experiences building inclusive spaces, in-person and online, throughout the American roots music industry and community. As leaders of the Bluegrass Pride movement and within their own industry specialties, the panel will be speaking both about creating diverse spaces from the ground up, and about creating change within existing spaces in order to become more welcoming and inclusive.

12–1PM
Collaborative Songwriting with Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally: This song will discuss concepts for writing/composing songs, different types of collaboration, song evolution and more! Participants welcome to bring an original song.

1–2:25PM
Panel Discussion: Dix Bruce will lead the round-table discussion with this year’s five Whippoorwill Arts Artist Award winners. Tune in and learn more about their lives and music, what they are doing now and plans for their Whippoorwill Arts Artist Award grants.

2:30–3:15PM
Annie Staninec Concert

3:15–3:25PM
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Q & A

3:25–3:30PM
Nell & Jim Band New Video Premiere

3:30–4:15PM
Keith Little Concert

4:15–4:30PM
Annie Staninec Q & A

4:30–5:15PM
Molly Tuttle Concert

5:15–6PM
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Concert