Clifftop: the week before the first full weekend in August (originally planned so that people with lots of vacation could go from Clifftop down to Galax, which is the next weekend)
this year August 1-5. It fills up earlier every year! Where: Camp Washington-Carver, Clifftop WV (off Interstate 64 about an hour east of Charleston WV)
What: Biggest single concentration of oldtime music in the world. Everybody camps out (tents, tarps and RVs, no good motels anywhere nearby) and plays music. There are a few planned events (the banjo, fiddle, Traditional String Band and Non-Traditional String Band contests, a couple of concerts and workshops, plus square & contra dances in the lodge each night but mostly this is an excuse to see our friends and play music.
sorry I can't remember the URL for the website but there IS one.
PETE