Old Growth Oldtime
Seattle’s Oldtime Gathering
October 10-12, 2025
Latvian Community Center, Seattle
Photo thanks to the National Park Service
Listen, Dance, Learn, Jam
More information on who’s playing, calling, teaching, and providing food coming soon!
Concerts
Come hear some great music at one or more of the six concerts during the festival.
Dances
There are three dances, which are all held in the Latvian Center’s auditorium. Come shake a leg on their fantastic dance floor.
Workshops
Learn more than you already know at one or more of our old-time workshops.
Jamming
And, of course, there’s jamming too. Outside are canopies with heaters and inside are several spaces to jam, large and small, as long as there is no workshop or concert nearby.
Tickets
Tickets go on sale August 1st. Please check back!
T-Shirts
T-shirts will also go on sale August 1st. To see ticket prices, visit the Tickets page.
Volunteer
The Old Growth Oldtime Festival is an all-volunteer event—volunteering is a critical way you can help make the festival a success. Please join us—volunteers are eligible for ticket refunds depending on the number of hours worked. See the Volunteer page for details or click below to choose a shift.
In August we’ll set up a way to sign up, so please check back!
Seattle Folklore Society
SFS is an important sponsor of OGO and a valuable local cultural resource. Please consider becoming a member of The Seattle Folklore Society and enjoy benefits such as discounted tickets to the festival as well as concerts throughout the year.
Support Us
We hope to keep the Old Growth Oldtime Festival not only going but thriving. With your support we can keep hiring locally and bringing in talent from afar.