Augusta Heritage Festival is a music and heritage festival held each summer at the Davis and Elkins College, Elkins,

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

.Augusta Heritage Web Site
/ref> Over 20 years old, this three week festival covers music, dance and crafts relating to 10+ themes. These themes include: *

Old-Time music Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, clogging, and buck dancing. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination ...

* Bluegrass *

Cajun music Cajun music (french: Musique cadienne), an emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Although they are two separate genres, Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem wi ...

and

Zydeco music Zydeco ( or , french: Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Al ...

*Irish * Blues *Dance, including Contra, Cajun and Zydeco, Irish *Stone, wood and metal working *and more. The festival includes concerts, shows, dances and instruction, lasting five consecutive weeks every summer, typically in July and August. The instruction, by well known musicians and craftsman in each area, is at beginning to expert levels. Participants come from all over the world. During the fall each year (the week of October 23, in 2006) there is a week of Old-Time music; in the spring, a week of

dulcimer The word dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments. Hammered dulcimers The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of th ...

. Both of these weeks draw from around the country, and feature prominent musician/instructors.

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Augusta Heritage Web Site
Music festivals in West Virginia Dance festivals in the United States Bluegrass festivals Summer festivals Tourist attractions in Randolph County, West Virginia Folk festivals in the United States Dance in West Virginia Performing arts in West Virginia Elkins, West Virginia {{music-festival-stub

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