Hi momnopp. If you live in Maryland and are close to D.C., you're within fairly easy driving distance of a wealth of folk music. 'Fraid I can't put you onto specific places/Websites, but check out local tourist bureaus as a starting point and explore the mountains of Virginia, W. Va., and North Carolina. There are bunches of things going on (I know of a blues festival in Augusta, WV and there are lots of festivals around Asheville, NC. There was a thread a couple of weeks ago about one week of workshops, etc. in Swannonoa, NC. Try searching for "Swannanoa" and that should pull it up.

As for being a lonesome thirty-something in the folk scene, maybe its just that you had the wisdom to go for the good stuff a lot sooner than some of us old fogies.

cheers,

david