• An annual festival incorporating the contest, workshops, open mike, jams, and the AGM, usually held in October.
• A Spring Festival or Hoolie similar to the festival but with a greater opportunity for everyone to perform. A relaxed event where players of all levels and styles can mix, talk and play.
• A Blue Saturday is an occasional event consisting of a structured day of blues tuition followed by an evening of playing with a live band.
• Local area events are organised and run by NHL members. They are more informal events with an emphasis on playing, local networking and an exchange of information and help. If you would like to do one please contact us.

Where possible, items in the Diary are linked to more detailed information on other pages.

The Friends of the NHL section of the web site contains web pages with information on the leading artists which support the activities of the NHL by supporting our events and contributing to Harmonica World, our magazine. Artists like Harry Pitch, Lee Shankey, Brendan Power, Adam Glasser etc - biographies, recordings, gigs ....

The Harmonica Gig Guide is a page where you can find links to where you can see the leading players at work.

Venues where you can watch or take part in open gigs and jam sessions are collected on the Jams page in regional groupings.

Venues where you might be able to see harmonica music of any type will be collected on a regional basis and published on a page which is yet to be written.

Please let us know of any other types of events we ought to add to this list

NHL denotes an NHL event.

The actual dates of many of these festivals are still being confirmed.


• 9 March, 2008, Children's Mini Festival, Folk House, Bristol
  From 10.15am until 3pm.
  There will be competitions for the children & performances from renowned harmonica players. Entry fee is only £3.
  Folk House, Bristol
  
• 2-5 April 2008 - Buckeye Harmonica Festival
  Buckeye State Harmonica Club Columbus, OH, USA
  www.buckeyeharmonica.org
  
• 8-10 May 2008 - Birmingham, Alabama, USA
  www.birminghamharmonica.com
  
• 10 May 2008 - NHL Spring Festival, Birmingham, UK
  www.harmonica.co.uk/sfestival.htm
  
• May 2008: TBC - Le festival international "harmonicas sur cher" 2008
  St Aignan,Cher, France
  See the website for more detail: www.harmonicasurcher.com
  Tel: +33 (0)2 54 71 58 03
  
• 22-26 May 2008 - Warren Point, Blues On The Bay, Northern Ireland
  02841752256
  www.bluesonthebay.com
  
• 19-20 July, 2008, NHL Chromatic Weekend, Birmingham
  A weekend dedicated to chromatic tuition provided by Gerry Ezard, Carol Axford, Harry Pitch & others. See the webpage for more information.
• 25-27 July 2008: TBC - 7th Asia Pacific Festival, Hangzhou, China
  
• 25-27 July 2008: - Baltic-Nordic Harmonica 2008
  www.piccolo.ee
• 26 July-3 Aug 2008: - The Gloucester Blues 2008
  
• 12-16 Aug 2008: - SPAH, St Louis, USA
  www.spah.org
• 6 Sept 2008 - NHL Harmonica Day
  The Billiards Club, Sible Hedingham, Essex. The usual format of workshops, open mic and an informal concert - doors open 10am. Park at Rippen Court and walk through to the Billiards and Social Club. Contact Derek Yorke on 01787 460230 or Clive Moles on 01787 461534. Click here for a local map
  
• Sept 2008: - Mundharmonika Live - Klingenthal, Germany
  www.mundharmonika-live.de
• 24-26 October 2008 - NHL Harmonica Festival, H2008
  Bristol, UK
  H2008
  

  Roger Trobridge for queries about NHL events.

  Please email us if you have not found what you want to know about harmonicas in this web site.

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