Old Growth Oldtime
Seattle’s Oldtime Music Gathering
October 9-11 2026!
Photo thanks to the National Park Service
Old Growth Oldtime (OGO), Seattle’s old-time music gathering, comes to the Latvian Community Center in NE Seattle on October 9-11, 2026. OGO presents old-time music in amazing concerts, inclusive jams, hands-on workshops, and exciting square dances, and features a wide variety of musicians and musical styles. See the Schedule page for details about the weekend. Here are some highlights:
Tractor Tavern Square Dance on Monday Sept. 28th Get in the Old Growth Oldtime groove, dance, and support the festival. Buy Advance Tickets
Hosted jam on Thursday night Oct.8th at the Watershed Pub in Thornton place (https://www.watershedpub.com/)
Concerts and jamming on Friday, Oct. 9th at the Latvian Community Center (https://www.seattlelatviancenter.com/)
Workshops, jamming, and a square dance on Saturday, Oct. 10th at the Latvian Community Center.
Potluck brunch and jamming on Sunday, Oct. 11th. Location available at the festival.
About the Festival
Tickets: This year, festival registration is on a donation, pay-what-you-want model. There will be no advance tickets, and you can make your donation at the door. For more information about suggested donations, see the Tickets page.
If you want to make a donation now, Donate.
Venue: For information about our venue, see the Venue page.
Volunteer: As always, OGO relies on volunteers to make things run smoothly. Please sign up to volunteer for the festival on the Volunteers page. Being a volunteer is a great way to donate to the festival.
OGO 2026 Artists
New Vintage Revelers
(Harry Liedstrand, Paul Kotapish, Dan Warrick)
Flat Bridge String Band
(Daniel Ullom, Emma Rast)
Cliff Perry and Laurel Bliss
(Laurel Bliss and Cliff Perry)
Bug Tussle
(Paul Elliott, Mark Graham, W. B. Reid)
Video from past festivals: See some of our You Tube videos to find out more about our concerts and workshops.
This video of a Crankie is an exceptional introduction to the music and the scene!
The Hurricane Ridgerunners play Lowery’s Quadrille at OGO in ‘23.
Here is Dear Crow singing Goodbye Augustus.
The Horsenecks with Wave the Ocean
Listen, Dance, Learn, Jam!
Concerts
Come hear some great music at one or more of the concerts during the festival.
Dances
The Saturday night square dance features 2 bands and 2 callers
Workshops
Learn more than you already know at one or more of our old-time workshops.
Jamming
And, of course, there’s jamming too.
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.
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 the benefits of membership.