Olympia Old Time Festival

Location: Olympia

Website: Event Link

Date: February 12, 2026 to February 15, 2026

The Olympia Old Time Festival (Olympia, WA) is an annual music event dedicated to teaching, learning, and participating in the tradition of old-time music. Artists from around the US and Canada come to play concerts, jam, call dances, and teach workshops in this beloved event well-known in the national Old Time Music scene. Events for this festival unfold at multiple locations: Arbutus Folk School downtown, and the South Bay Grange.

We offer amazing concerts and performances, entertaining and exciting old time traditional dances, and hands-on workshops that cover a wide variety of musical instruments, singing styles, traditional crafts, and dances.