Summer 2025 Line-up announced!
Sunday, July 14 - Saturday, July 18, 2025 at Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, CA Ft.
Riley Baucus
Rachel Baiman
George Jackson
David Thiessen
Jesse Fichman
Mason Via
Duncan Wickel
Sarah Savoy
Elise Levy
Thank you West Marin Fiddle Campers 2024!
It was such a magical time at the Commonweal Garden for our
4th annual West Marin Fiddle Camp, and we can’t wait to do it all again next year.
Save the date for West Marin Fiddle Camp 2025 July 14-18, 2025!
Photos by Jenna Mobley - Summer 2024
Poster by Amelia Heron
Summer 2024
full Line-up
Sunday, July 14 - Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, CA Ft.
Riley Baugus
Josh Rilko (of Sierra Ferrell)
Oliver Bates Craven (of Sierra Ferrell)
Peter Rowan
Cedric Watson
Nokosee Fields
Riley Calcagno (The Onelies)
Vivian Leva (The Onelies)
Rainy Miatke
West Marin Fiddle Camp is an outdoor acoustic roots music camp centering on immersion in rural American traditions in an inspiring natural setting.
Our past instructors include Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, Dirk Powell, Joel and Wilson Savoy, Eli West, Cahalen Morrison, Luke and Rachel Price, Cedric Watson, Nokosee Fields, Mark Schatz, Keith Little, Suzy and Eric Thompson and many more!
World-class musicians from around the country offer master classes and workshops in fiddle, banjo, guitar, voice, and mandolin for intermediate to advanced students, as well as band classes offering a full participatory experience in different genres. There will be plenty of additional programming on guitar and fiddle for beginners of all ages and a special Little Folkies children’s program for kids ages 7-12 on guitar, ukulele, and fiddle, plus songwriting workshops!
Photo Credits: Annie Bartholomew, Laura Kudritzki and Lisa Berman
A grass roots music camp offering classes, workshops and concerts featuring renowned world-class performers and teachers, at the Commonweal Gardens in Bolinas, CA. Nestled in a lush canyon with trails, beaches; surrounded by beautiful nature and wildlife. Evening fires, jams, delicious home-cooked meals and dinners.
Testimonial from 2021 student:
“I am an alum of the first annual camp that just ended two days ago. What a great experience. Some things of note: fantastic music, the best food ever, hawks making lazy circles in the sky, evening campfires, lots of adorable kids, cottontail bunnies all around, great teachers - Reeb Willms and Caleb Klauder for me, dancing at night, buttered popcorn, plums ripe for the picking, more amazing music/teachers - Riley Baugus, Dirk Powell, Irena Eide, Caroline Oakley, Simon Leone, Amelia Powell and distant ocean views.
The setting is in the Commonweal Gardens in Bolinas, CA, outside of town by a 10 minute drive. Beautiful drive from San Francisco and the East Bay. Irena and Dirk kept the size of the camp small enough to provide an intimate feeling among campers and teachers, yet big enough to have an eclectic mix of people. Music styles ranged from Old Time to Honky Tonk to Cajun.
I LOVED my experience there! Thanks to Irena and Dirk who made it happen.” -Anne A.
Located at the edge of the world in Bolinas, California at the beautiful Commonweal Gardens.
Just 45 minutes from Golden Gate Bridge, Bolinas is a beautiful, unspoiled hidden gem. With lots of beaches, surfing, hiking, and peaceful nature walks.
Commonweal Gardens is located at
480 Mesa Rd,
Bolinas, CA 94924