Fall Fiddle Festival Workshops and Concert
Fall Fiddle Festival Workshops and Concert
featuring fiddle faculty
Alden Robinson, Audrey Budington, and Liz Faiella
with Dan Faiella, guitar
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Concord Community Music School, Concord NH
Festival 10am-3:30pm, Concert 4:30pm
Concert only: $25 / $20 students & older adults (under 18/65+) | Get tickets
Workshops + Concert: $120 (includes lunch) | Register now
Workshops open to all novice to advanced fiddlers and violinists, ages teen to adult. All fiddlers, including novice level, should have a basic familiarity with their instrument and some playing experience!
Concert open to the public!
Fiddlers from the Celtic and New England fiddling traditions will join forces in Concord for the eighth Fall Fiddle Festival, a day packed with workshops and group playing for fiddlers (and violinists who are interested in learning to fiddle!). The Festival, open to teens and adults, will include workshops on a variety of topics at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels. In the late afternoon, all three fiddle faculty members will present a toe-tapping concert of fiddle music open to the public.
The Festival will feature guest fiddle faculty member Alden Robinson, alongside two of New Hampshire’s own fiddling favorites, Audrey Budington and Liz Faiella. They’ll be joined for the afternoon concert by guitarist Dan Faiella.
Guest faculty member Alden Robinson has toured and recorded with Irish trad band The Press Gang and plays for dances with the contra dance band Riptide, along with many other beloved collaborators and side projects. In 2017 he participated in the Arts Envoy program with the U.S. State Department in Lithuania.
Fiddle faculty member Audrey Budington, who teaches at the Concord Community Music School, studied extensively with the likes of Darol Anger, Maeve Gilchrist, and Eugene Friesen, and is fluent in various fiddling styles. In July 2024, Audrey became a member of The Recording Academy, an organization that hosts the Grammy Awards, and she is the fiddler for The Rebel Collective, a Concord-based Irish/Rock band.
Fiddle faculty and festival director Liz Faiella, chair of the Folk Department at the Music School, has taken the stage at premier folk venues throughout New England, and has shared the traditional Celtic and New England folk music she loves with fiddle students at a variety of camps, festivals, and community music schools. She is now active as a YouTube and Patreon creator, sharing her fiddle teaching worldwide.
In the afternoon concert, the fiddlers will share the stage with guitarist Dan Faiella. Trained as an accompanist through years of playing for New England contra dances and alongside Irish fiddlers, Dan has performed at venues and festivals around the country with numerous traditional music groups.
“This festival was very special. There was woven throughout the day a feeling that all participants were welcomed with warmth and appreciation. I had the feeling that whatever fiddle skills we brought to the table were just fine. There were indeed places for everyone.” – Earl G. (2023)
“The concert was EXCELLENT! …Just a great day overall. I will definitely sign up for next year and recommend it to others!” – Christine D. (2023)
“Total immersion in an amazing day of music!” – Marsha R. (2024)
“What a great opportunity to improve our skills, learn new tunes, meet great professional musicians, and to be able to meet and network with other fiddlers.” Jerry D. (2025)