On February 5, Oscar Grossman suffered a devastating fall while working at a job site through the SST school program. He sustained multiple serious injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, fractured neck, back, and skull, and is now undergoing intensive neurological and physical rehabilitation.

Oscar’s life has been forever changed, but his strength and spirit are guiding us all. He is a true warrior. Our family is incredibly grateful for the outpouring of love and support from our community. With a long road ahead, your continued support means everything.

#TeamOscar

Join us for this special fundraising night with The Midnight Wrens for Oscar Grossman.

Nothing better than the chance to host the Whiskey Treaty Roadshow in The Meadow. Come join in the fun.

Join journeyman storyteller Jake Lewis for an evening of storytelling in the old way that is forever new.  With his improvisational style, Jake will take your imagination on a walkabout, where the Otherworld keeps poking up through the gauze of what we think we know.  Come and be captivated by two stories that speak to perennial human themes, and with a short reflection after each.

Bring a chair or blanket, and your appetite for marvels.

Appropriate for all ages, though there are some adult themes or violent images in these old stories.  Please contact Jake directly if you would like to bring young children.

Do yourself a favor and listen to Martha Spencer’s latest album, Out In La La Land, and you’ll understand why we are so excited to feature this singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains!

Join us for this fun-filled double bill featuring High Range & Fiddler’s Three!

Dead to the Core is a collective of singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians with a shared love of the Grateful Dead. In intimate concerts, the musicians celebrate the band's music not through note-for-note re-creations but by playing the songs their own way—letting them grow and evolve collaboratively in the true spirit of the Dead.

Celebrating the release of her new album, Expoding Star!, Heather Maloney returns for a special evening in the Word Barn Meadow.

We are excited to introduce a painting workshop for your creative wellness!

This workshop is for those of you who are ready to connect to your inner peace, while discovering your inner artist. Yes! You have an inner artist and this workshop will help you connect to them.

Building on the skills of the previously held cyanotype workshop, this workshop will focus on photographic imagery, using vintage glass negatives I’ve collected in France over the years. 

Students also have an opportunity, before the workshop begins, to create one of their own photos into a negative image that can be printed in cyan. In this workshop, we will also explore toning our prints in a variety of solutions, which will leave us with imagery in multiple color ways. 

Come be part of The Word Barn's monthly jam session that is welcome and open to all levels and all instruments. Fiddler Betsy Green will led the session through a variety of folk and traditional tunes, and give you the chance to share some of your own (if you want).

Joe Pug brings his vividly painted and poetic folk hymns to The Word Barn Meadow for what will be a very special evening. One show only. Do not miss this.

Joe Pug brings his vividly painted and poetic folk hymns to The Word Barn Meadow for what will be a very special evening. One show only. Do not miss this.

Join award-winning poet and songwriter Todd Hearon in The Word Barn Meadow with special guests Big Sweetie

Block Printing is one of the oldest types of printmaking -it's been around for thousands of years.  Come explore this ancient craft...

 Join artist & teacher Molly Meng where you will learn to design and carve your very own "block" for printing on fabric and paper.  We’ll learn about transferring images, designing your own, building repeat patterns.   You'll have a full introduction to the various supplies and tools that can be used in this exciting process and bring home your uniquely designed block to use over and over.

All materials are provided --You may want to bring an apron and your glasses!

Calling all word nerds, spellmasters and party people - it’s our inaugural Scrabble Night, happening thanks to your on-going requests!

Whether you are new to the game, or eager to meet other Scrabble enthusiasts, this fun event is for you and open to all levels and ages.

Kissing Other PPL is a project about openness to exploration, collaboration, and creativity above technicality.  It finds a trio of accomplished musicians that seeks to unlearn boundaries of perfection and find the best sound for the given song in the given moment.

Get ready for a night of tight harmonies and driving acoustic tunes as Old Hat Stringband hit the Meadow for a special summer show!

Jack Symes is a singer-songwriter originally from California. His music is personal and sweet; he tells fabulous stories in song form.

A collage and book making/construction workshop that expands your ideas of both!

Summer is coming to a close, but what a great time to collect our stories and photos, memories of a great year, a fantastic summer;  gather the unique items that pertain to your experiences and us them to create The Concertina Book.  A fantastic way to display your keepsakes: have it standing up to show off your artwork or lay it down and let the pages tell a story in themselves.

Join us for this exceptional chance to experience John Moreland in the intimate setting of The Word Barn Meadow.

One of those do-not-miss concerts of the summer.

Drawing influence from their salt of the earth Midwest ethos The Last Revel’s songs so naturally blend the genres of Folk, Old Time String-Band and Indie Rock to create a sound that echoes the current heartbeat of America.

Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of 25 artists who are the Future of Music, Lizzie No has established herself as one of the most exciting new voices in indie folk music.

Experience rapid fire acoustic guitar, incendiary harmonica, fiercely energized solos, all driven by a thunderous kick drum as Cousin Curtiss makes his debut in The Word Barn Meadow.

Join us for this phenomenal double bill featuring the two singer/songwriters and co-songwriters, Mark Erelli & Dinty Child, as they share The Word Barn stage together.

Join us for a special and inspiring evening that celebrates the launch of the playful, informative, and utterly original cookbook by Auyon Mukharji (Darlingside) and Jyoti Mukharji (Auyon’s mother).

Heartland Masala pairs 99 recipes from Indian cooking instructor, Jyoti Mukharji with cultural and historical essays by Auyon Mukharji for an effervescent celebration of Indian cuisine and the American immigrant experience.

Each attendee will leave with one of four specially curated spice jars that are talked about during the evening.

The discussion will be moderated by Chef Keith Sarasin who holds a special passion and knowledge of Indian history, culture, and cuisine that drives his own take on dishes.

Matt Heckler is a solo multi-instrumentalist that barely fits into any ordinary musical category. He tends to keep to the darker side of Appalachian mountain music and early bluegrass but listen long enough and you’ll soon be transported to the mountains of EasternEurope or a dimly lit bar in Ireland where they honor those who have passed with a gently swaying a cappella ballad.

Come join for the return of our Environmental Education series and meet some amazing owl and raptor species up close while learning all about them thanks to the wonderful Tailwinds educators.

Traditional Celtic music at its best! With fire-driven instrumentals and songs, haunting ballads and a good dose of humor, the Tannahill Weavers have transformed traditional Scottish material and brought it into the modern world, vitally alive and kicking.

Weaving, one of humans’ oldest crafts, is still “transversing a set of parallel threads at right angles.”  Learning the concepts of the warp and the weft are a particular craft elevated to an art.  As with any media, weaving demands an understanding of the interaction between medium and process which then develops into form.

Learning to cultivate a color sense and design discipline, as well as exploring different shapes and patterns will be covered in this workshop.  Participants will learn the basic concepts while using paper and then will build their own mini-loom to continue weaving with yarn, fabric and objects from nature. A wonderful goal in getting the most out of weaving is accessing a ‘weavers mind’.  

Whether you’ve tried suminigashi or not, you’ll want to dive into these very different vats of floating inks!  

This ancient mono-printing process involves floating acrylic pigment on the surface of thickened (“sized”) water to create patterns which can then be transferred onto paper or fabric. We’ll cover the materials and tools and the basics of your set up. We’ll even be making some tools of our own to use in this workshop!

Join James Beard award-winning food journalist and NPR’s Here and Now Resident Chef Kathy Gunst for a full day of writing, prompts, sharing work, and more.

Voice is at the heart of what distinguishes good writing from great writing. How do you find your voice (and not mimic others)? This will be the focus of our workshop. 

Don’t miss the return of Cheryl Wheeler to the stage - all in the special, intimate setting of The Word Barn for two shows!

Don’t miss the return of Cheryl Wheeler to the stage - all in the special, intimate setting of The Word Barn for two shows!

Four-time JUNO (Canada’s Grammy) Award winner, David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star).

More than three decades into his career, singer/songwriter David Wilcox continues to push himself, just as he always has. Wilcox, by so many measures, is a quintessential folk singer, telling stories full of heart, humor, and hope, substance, searching, and style.

Coming from a place where punk and classic rock collide, Dave Hause takes a break to head to The Word barn for a special and one-of-a-kind songbook-esque show.

Get ready for the virtuosic playing of Alasdair Fraser (Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductee), and one of the most sought after cellist in traditional music, Natalie Haas - and enjoy their near-telepathic understanding and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physcal presence of their music.