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Event Description

Following the success of 2025, MondoBanjo returns for its second annual weekend event! Strumming New Traditions: Join the Rhythm at Mondo Banjo Festival on Wolfe Island. 🪕

Founded by banjoists Tim Posgate, Jason Mercer, and Teilhard Frost, MondoBanjo is a one-of-a-kind festival celebrating the banjo in all its forms. Set on beautiful Wolfe Island, this three-day gathering features concerts, workshops, collaborations, and artists from across genres including folk, jazz, old-time, experimental, and global music. MondoBanjo brings together adventurous musicians and curious audiences for a joyful, boundary-pushing celebration of one of the world’s most versatile instruments.

2026 Festival Lineup: Lotus Wight, Art Bouman, C.A. & Sonny, Steafan & Saskia, Kate Weekes, The Tone Rangers, Family Square Dance, and Birdie Whyte. Plus an all-artist grand finale.

Friday Festival Pass Includes meet n' greet, 2 concerts + jam sessions - $35.00
Weekend Festival Pass 3 days full attendance to everything at MondoBanjo - $120.00

MondoBanjo: Wolfe Island's Festival of the Banjo is a family-friendly event held at the historic Hotel Wolfe Island (free ferry from downtown Kingston).

Come to listen, stay to jam! 🪕

🪕 FRIDAY
• 6:30–7:30 PM — Meet and Greet (Piano Lounge)
• 8:00–9:00 PM — Lotus Wight (Main Bar)
• 9:30–10:15 PM — Stéafán & Saskia (Main Bar)
• 10:30–11:30 PM — Open Jam: All Styles Welcome

🪕 SATURDAY
• 8:00–8:45 AM — Tai Chi “on the dock” with Teilhard Frost
• 10:00–11:20 AM — Banjo Roundtable (Workshop, Main Room)
• 11:30 AM–12:20 PM — The Banjo in Ireland? Yes! (Workshop, Piano Lounge)
• 12:30–2:00 PM — Lunch Break
• 1:00–1:45 PM — Birdie Whyte Concert (Patio)
• 2:00–3:00 PM — The Bluegrass Banjo (Workshop, Piano Lounge)
• 3:10–4:10 PM — Ragtime Banjo (Workshop, Piano Lounge)
• 4:30–6:00 PM — Banjo Open Mic with Mary Gick and Ann Downey (Main Bar)
• 6:45–7:00 PM — Suppertime
• 7:00–7:50 PM — Art Bouman (Main Bar)
• 8:00–8:50 PM — C.A. and Sonny (Main Bar)
• 9:00–9:50 PM — The Tone Rangers with Chris Quinn (Main Bar)
• 10:30 PM–Midnight — Open Jam: All Styles Welcome

🪕 SUNDAY
• 8:00–8:45 AM — Yoga on the Dock with Chris Brown, accompanied by Tim Posgate/banjo
• 10:00–11:00 AM — Square Dance with Thomas Henbest
• 11:10 AM–12:00 PM — Kate and Birdie on Writing with the Banjo (Workshop, Piano Lounge)
• 12:05–12:50 PM — The Banjo and the African Roots of Pan-American Music (Workshop, Main Bar)
• 12:30–2:00 PM — Lunch Break
• 2:00–2:50 PM — Kate Weeks Trio (Main Bar)
• 2:50–3:00 PM — Raffle and Auction Winners Announced
• 3:00–4:00 PM — Grand Finale Sunday Review