This is the first time the Banjo Gathering has been in North Carolina! We are planning a visit to the Southern Folklife Collection at the UNC Library. We'll also be celebrating banjo makers, players, and stylings from North Carolina and the 20 year anniversary of the first Black Banjo Gathering. As always, we welcome presentations and panels that explore the history, design, and cultural context of the banjo. 

Since 1998, the Banjo Gathering has been the platform for banjo collectors, researchers, instrument builders, and musicians to share new scholarship and findings about the banjo as a historical, cultural, and built object.