CAMPS
Traditionally FOAOTMAD hosted two old-time music camps each year.
Responding to the growing membership and interest in the genre, FOAOTMAD now hosts four events and further, supports members wishing to organise their own events.
The programme for 2026 looks like this:
Responding to the growing membership and interest in the genre, FOAOTMAD now hosts four events and further, supports members wishing to organise their own events.
The programme for 2026 looks like this:
Spring camp will run from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2026
Cornwall camp will run from Friday 12th to Monday 15th June 2026
Summer camp will run from Friday 7th to Sunday 16th August 2026
Autumn camp will run from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2026
In addition, FOAOTMAD will be supporting the following events:
MoonPickers (three separate weekends)
Rainford Junction (FOAOTMAD North)
Cornwall camp will run from Friday 12th to Monday 15th June 2026
Summer camp will run from Friday 7th to Sunday 16th August 2026
Autumn camp will run from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September 2026
In addition, FOAOTMAD will be supporting the following events:
MoonPickers (three separate weekends)
Rainford Junction (FOAOTMAD North)
If you’re not familiar with what happens at our camps, we generally have anything between 30 and a 100 people who come together with old-time music as our common denominator. We camp together in tents and caravans and camper vans whilst some people take advantage of glamping pods and lodges on some of the sites.
The rhythm of the day revolves around a very popular slow jam in the morning, free tuition workshops in the day and an evening session around a campfire which accommodates all abilities. In recent times, the morning slow jam has covered tunes likely to be played in that evening's session making it a great way to learn the old standards or perhaps for you to share something new with the rest of us.
The Team - Foxy, Lil and Clare
The camps are organised by Foxy (aka Andrew Cocks), Lil (aka Lily Stephenson) and Clare McGowan (aka Clare McGowan.)
If you have any questions, comments or compliments or if you need assistance to attend a camp or even help to organise a camp of your own, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]
The rhythm of the day revolves around a very popular slow jam in the morning, free tuition workshops in the day and an evening session around a campfire which accommodates all abilities. In recent times, the morning slow jam has covered tunes likely to be played in that evening's session making it a great way to learn the old standards or perhaps for you to share something new with the rest of us.
The Team - Foxy, Lil and Clare
The camps are organised by Foxy (aka Andrew Cocks), Lil (aka Lily Stephenson) and Clare McGowan (aka Clare McGowan.)
If you have any questions, comments or compliments or if you need assistance to attend a camp or even help to organise a camp of your own, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]
Some additional details and timings of planned events (such as workshops and slow-jams) will be published shortly before each camp.