Included here are some helpful links to get you started in the dulcimer world! Directly below is a list of our Dealers located across the U.S. If you are a music store that is interested in selling our instruments, give us a call at (563)571-5296. If you are a Teacher who would like to be included or know of a Festival or Online Dulcimer Community that should be in these lists, email us the link or your email at chris@songbirdhd.com. We are trying to put together the most complete and accurate lists possible.
Songbird Dulcimers Dealers:
- Jess Dickinson (Madison, MS)
- Cedar Creek Dulcimers (Branson, MO)
- Denver Folklore Center (Denver, CO)
- Lark in the Morning (Berkeley, CA and online
- Music Folk (St. Louis, MO)
- Pinelands Folk Music Center (Mt Holly, NJ)
- Prussia Valley Dulcimers (Waverly, OH)
- Song of the Wood (Black Mtn., NC)
- Mark Alan Wade (Dayton, OH and online)
- Jon Weinberg (Marlborough, MA)
Dulcimer Festivals:
- Hammer Dulcimer Rendezvous (Sandy, OR)
- Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (CA and Online)
- Southern Wisconsin Dulcimer Club Festival (Janesville, WI)
- Winston-Salem Dulcimer Festival (Winston-Salem, NC)
- Sandbridge Hammered Dulcimer Retreat (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Buckeye Dulcimer Festival (Ashley, OH)
- Dulcimers at Halsway (Crowcombe, Somerset, UK)
- Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp Old Time and Traditional Week (Maryville, TN)
- The Endless Dulcimer Mini-Camp (Mt. Dora, Florida)
- Dulcimer Jamboree (Mountain View, AR)
- Evart Michigan Funfest (Evart, MI)
- Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival (Morris, IL)
- Gateway Dulcimer Festival (Fairview Heights, IL)
- Kentucky Music Week (Shepherdsville, KY)
- Red Hill Dulcimer Festival (Sumner, IL)
- Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering (Online)
- Hackbrett Online Festival (Online)
- QuaranTUNE (Online)
- Redwood Dulcimer Day (Online)
Hammered Dulcimer Teachers:
- Jess Dickinson (Madison MS)
- Mark Alan Wade (Dayton Ohio)
- Rick Thum (St. Louis Area)
- Timothy Seaman (Williamsburg, VA)
- Peggy Carter (Houston, TX)
- Ken Kolodner (Baltimore, MD)
- Mitzie Collins (Rochester, NY)
- Kendra Ward (Bidwell, OH)
- Jenni Wallace (Omaha, NE) email wallacefolk@cox.net
- Ted Yoder (yes, this is THE Ted Yoder)(Goshen, IN)
- Linda Lowe Thompson (Dallas, TX)
- Ruth Smith (North Carolina)
- Stu Janis (Minneapolis, MN)
- Phyllis Woods Brown (Knoxville, TN)
- Deborah Justice (Ithaca, NY)
- Mary Lynn Michal (Middletown, MD)
- Music Folk (St. Louis, MO)
- Pinelands Folk Music Center (Mt Holly, NJ )
Online Dulcimer Communities:
- Hammered Dulcimer Players Facebook Group
- Everything Dulcimer Facebook Group
- Beginning Hammered Dulcimer Players
- Dulcimer Player News