Menucha Mountain Dulcimer Festival

12/25/2025

Wishing you and yours joy, peace, and love!

12/25/2024

Happy holidays picture of Christmas tree in Wright Hall at Menucha.

11/29/2022

10/06/2022

Our 9th Annual (!) Blues in the Gorge starts tomorrow.

Friday night at 7:00 pm you can hear Mary Flower, Hubby Jenkins, Mamie Minch and Eric Lugosch LIVE IN CONCERT!

www.menucha.org/tickets

05/06/2022

Portland area dulcimer friends, if you are also a lover of Bluegrass music, we are hosting our Bluegrass in the Gorge this weekend and the we've got 5 of the best in the bluegrass world: Laurie Lewis, Eli West, Dave Keenan, Brandon Godman and Hasee Ciaccio. They are playing tomorrow night (May 7) at the Grange Hall in Corbett (it's not far from Menucha just for reference). Show starts at 7:30pm, tickets are $25.

www.menucha.org/tickets

Come join us!

04/20/2022

If you haven't taken classes from Thomasina Levy and Elaine & Larry Conger, we hope you get to...they are great teachers! What a great last day to our festival (despite some internet gremlins!).

Want to see these fine musicians play? Well, you can join us for the concert in just a few minutes on our YouTube channel:

www.youtube.comhttps://youtu.be/Cru0ktMR00Q/MenuchaRetreat

We welcome Thomasina Levy and Elaine & Larry Conger tonight! Show some love to these fine musicians: Visit and support Thomasina by ordering some of her mu...

04/20/2022

Did you catch tonight's concert? Beautiful playing by Larry & Elaine Conger, then a livestream of cajun and zydeco with Helen Bankston and Peggy Broussard!

Head to our YouTube channel and you can watch the replays (and show some extra love to these talented folk).

www.youtube.com/MenuchaRetreat

04/19/2022

What did you learn today? A bit of zydeco? A few partner songs? A cajun waltz? How to vary your musical repertoire?

So much dulcimer playing musical goodness happening!

04/18/2022

And...we're "Here!" roots music with Lance Frodsham, and journey through classical music with Nina Zanetti to start the day.

This afternoon, celtic music with Lance, and playing with ease with Nina.

Didn't sign up? You can still enjoy some good music. At 4pm Pacific Time you can see Lance and Nina "in concert" on our YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/HU6gDL_qGWY

04/12/2022

Duets anyone? Larry Conger & Elaine Conger will be teaching 2 classes together, and 2 individually.

Register and for $125 you will get to take 6 classes (via Zoom), have access to the recordings for all 12 classes for a year. WOW!

April 18-19-20

www.menucha.org/programs/dulcimer-festival

Come join us for 3 daily doses of dulcimer goodness (we'll just call that "vitamin D"). Each day will feature 2 classes in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and a wrap-up of the day listening to the teachers in concert.

04/12/2022

Calling all baritone dulcimer players! Thomasina Levy will offer "Baritone Dulcimer Explorations" as part of this year's festival.

Need more info or to register?
www.menucha.org/programs/dulcimer-festival