• An Annual Festival incorporating the contest, workshops, open mike, jams, and the AGM, usually held in October.
• A Spring Festival is similar to the annual 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.
• A Chromatic Weekend was first held in 2006. The is a two day event designed to support and advance the playing of chromatic harmonicas by providing a series of organised workshops run by experienced and often professional players.
• 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 Sankey, 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, learn 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.

• 5 Feb, 2011 - Harpin’ by the Sea, in The Brunswick, 1 Holland Road, Hove BN3 1JF, UK. Workshops, jamming , evening concert. email: james.aldcroft@norishcic.co.uk Phone - Stuart 07773 270336

• 4-6 March, 2011- Acoustic Blues Weekend - The Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, UK - Eddie Martin, harp tutor - Euroblues Promotions Limited.

• 18-19, March, 2010 - The Virginia Harmonicafest '11, Williamsburg, VA, USA. Sponsored by Cardinal State Harmonica Club, Capitol Harmonica Club, and Harmonica Plus of Newport News. For info email Tom at: harpplayer1@verizon.net

• 7 May 2011, 2011 - NHL Spring Festival, The Stables, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK17 8LU, UK

• 7-14 May, 2011 - 2nd Harmonica meeting under sail in Split, Croatia. Carlos del Junco, harmonica and guitar workshop, jams every night with teachers on every boat. Saturnin Zukowski: saturnin.zukowski@wp.pl

• 21-22, May 2011 - Hill Country Harmonica II - a Mississippi Blues Harp Homecoming: A two day intensive retreat for harmonica students - of all levels - and their friends featuring workshops, jam sessions and concerts with Sugar Blue and his band, Charlie Sayles with Tony Fazio, Satan and Adam and the list goes on. Free onsite camping and plenty of home cooked american soul food available. Waterford, MS 38685, USA

• 20-22 May 2011 - Harmonicas de France festival in Monthléry, near Paris.

• 26-30 May 2011? - Blues On The Bay, Warren Point, Northern Ireland - 02841752256

• 1-4 June, 2011 - "Harmonicas sur Cher", St Aignan, Cher, France - Tel: +33 (0)2 54 71 58 03

• 5 June 2011 - Harmonica Day #3 - Manchester, UK. Sun 1pm - 5pm. The Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, The Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JZ, UK. info@bandonthewall.org - Tel: 0161 834 1786

• 29-31 July, 2011 - Baltic-Nordic Harmonica 2011 in Pärnu, Estonia.

• 31 July - 5 August, 2011 - Blues Week, Euro Blues, University of Northampton, UK. Joe Filisko and Grant Dermody, harmonica tutors.

• 2-7 August, 2011 - Steve Baker's European Blues & Roots Masterclass - The venue is the "House of Music" Le Kleebach, Munster, Alsace, the easternmost province of France which borders onto Germany along the Rhine. Robert Koch, rok68@free.fr , Tel. +33 608 308659

• 5-7 Aug 2011 - Yellow Pine Harmonica Fest, USA, Festival and Contest. For twenty-one years, the contest and festival has provided musical enjoyment to thousands of people in our beautiful, rustic village of Yellow Pine situated in the Idaho backcountry. The Harmonica Fest is a family-oriented event with something for everyone.

• 9-13 August, 2011 - SPAH - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Cardinal State Harmonica Club.

• 15-25 August - Harp Summer 2011 - International summer harp camp in Varna, Bulgaria. Harmonica players, customisers and teachers appearing include Brendan Power, Mikhail Vladimirov, Slava Vinogradov, Eugene Ivanov, Boris Plotnikov , Leonid Titkov. Contact Eugene Ivanov, jim@seydel1847.com for reservations and questions.

• 26-29 August 2011 - Colne British R & B Festival

• 14 - 18, Sept 2011 - Mundharmonika Live and Blues Competition - Klingenthal, Germany.

• 17-21, October 2010 - Les harmonicales - Condat sur Vienne, Limoges, France.

• 28-30, October 2010 - NHL Harmonica Festival, H2010, Bristol, UK.

• 2-6, November 2011 - 7th Harmonica Masters Workshops, run by Steve Baker, Trossingen, Germany. Workshop leaders - Steve Baker (diatonic harp), David Barrett (diatonic harp), Joe Filisko (diatonic harp), Hermine Deurloo (jazz chromatic) and Eric Noden (guitar)

• 11-13 November 2011 - Button Box and Moothies - The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.

• 03-06 Aug 2012 - Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival, APHC2012 - Kuala Lumpur (Time Square)

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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