The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

06/20/2024

We would like to thank everyone who attended this year's festival and helped to make it a huge success. Special thanks to all who donated to our GoFundMe campaign or contributed to our other fund raising efforts like the silent auction and raffle, our craft and food vendors, the performers for their time and talent, especially Lowery Begay who was the highlight of our festival, our sponsors High Spirits Flutes, White Dove Circle of Light and Love , Spirit Wind Trading Post, the Ensign family, and especially the Ohio Arts Council for this year's grant award. Without the support of the Ohio Arts Council, we would not be able to host this event. https://oac.ohio.gov

05/28/2024

Our 2024 Performer and Workshop Schedule.

05/27/2024

Every year one of our flute makers creates a one of a kind Native American style flute to honor Leonard “Lone Crow” McGann, who left this world several years ago. This year master flute maker Joe Loftin had the honor of making the “Lone Crow” memorial flute that will be the featured flute at our silent auction table located at the Miami Valley Flute Circle booth in the center of the vendors row.
It's an A-frame style drone in the key of G, made primarily of walnut. The piece of wood that forms the strut between the two flute bodies was provided by Leonard McGann's daughter, Amber. And she did the high voltage burn that produced the lightning pattern on it. This will be a great flute to add to your collection! You Must be Present at the festival to bid on the flute and the winner Must be There to pick it up (We will not ship this).

05/24/2024

Every year many of our flute makers donate a flute for our silent auction, which greatly helps with our fund raising. This year High Spirits Flutes donated this beautiful Signature "Wild Horse" aromatic cedar flute in the key of G with turquoise inlay (which includes a Learn How to Play booklet) along with these great accessories: a single black eco flute stand, a flute blanket bag, and a Native Spirit Song Book Vol 2.

Bidding for this will be for the entire package, not single items, and bidding for all donated items will be done on Sat & Sun at the Miami Valley Flute Circle Booth in the center of the vendors row. Bidding closes at 5 pm both days and the highest bidder can then pick up their item(s). Important - You must be present to bid on items and to pick them up. We will not ship any items.

05/21/2024

Enjoy great music, shopping, and food at The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival. Free and open to the public.

05/17/2024

Enjoy this short video of our featured performers this year.

05/14/2024

Check out our craft and food vendors this year. Stop by their booth for some great shopping and eating!

05/13/2024

Check out our world class flute makers this year. Stop by their booth and check them out!

04/30/2024

Thanks to the kind and generous support of the public, we have reached and exceeded our GoFundMe goal for this year's Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival. We will be amping up our promo and updates in May, so stay up to date on our page https://www.facebook.com/TheOhioValleyIndigenousMusicFestival

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fest… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

04/29/2024

Thanks to all who have donated, we have reached our goal of $1500 with $1518 being donated for our GoFundMe campaign. However, after GoFundMe fees we actually have $1468.56. So, if we could raise just another $35 we will actually have $1500. Click below to donate.

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fest… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

04/11/2024

This year we welcome Louisiana Grill-Home of Bourbon Chicken, a local food vendor with great chicken, vegetarian, and gluten free items on their menu. Be sure to come out and enjoy their great food. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063861855870 https://www.louisiana-grill.com/

04/03/2024

We're just 2 months away and we've raised $1093 so far and we still need to raise $407 to meet our goal of $1500 for this year's Festival. Thanks for your support!

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fest… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

03/29/2024

The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

03/28/2024

This year we are honoring some of our master flute makers by having them as featured performers. They are Douglas Thunder Horse with Thunder Horse Flutes from Indiana, Danica Lee with https://www.whiteindianstudio.com from Colorado, Billy Crowbeak with http://www.woodpeckercreations.net from Ohio, Paul Nelson with https://www.slowrisemusic.com from Ohio. They are all world class musicians.

We are also honored to have World Champion Hoop Dancer and musician Lowery Begay, Mark Camden, Douglas Blue Feather, and The Miami Valley Flute Circle join us again this year.

03/06/2024

Help us with our goal. We can't do it without you!

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fest… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

02/02/2024

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival, June 1-2, 2024 at Patricia Allyn Park 7266 State Rt. 48 Springboro, OH, is now underway. Our goal this year is $1500. Click below to donate. Thanks for your support.

Fundraising for The 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fes… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 8th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

08/11/2023

Stay tuned for the 8th Annual Ohio The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival coming June 1-2, 2024.

05/31/2023

Word Champion Hoop Dancer, Lowery Begay, will be doing a hoop dance during his performance on Sat from 2:45-3:45 and Sun from 3:30-4:15. You won't want to miss this!

05/28/2023

Here is the revised performance and workshop schedule for this year.

05/16/2023

Thanks to everyone who donated to to our GoFundMe fundraiser this year. We reached our goal today!

05/15/2023

Every year one of our flute makers creates a one of a kind Native American style flute to honor Leonard “Lone Crow” McGann, who left this world several years ago. Leonard was with us back when our festival was at SunWatch Indian Village. This year master flute maker Douglas Thunder Horse of Thunder Horse Flutes had the honor of making the “Lone Crow” memorial flute that will be the featured flute at our silent auction table located at the Miami Valley Flute Circle booth in the center of the vendors row.

The flute is a key of A minor and made of Eastern Cedar with a stylized crow at the bottom of the flute and lots of details. This will be a great flute to add to your collection! You Must be Present at the festival to bid on the flute and the winner Must be There to pick it up (We will not ship this).

05/15/2023

We are only $30 away from meeting our fundraising goal for this year's festival. Click below to make a donation. Thanks for your support!

Fundraising for The 7th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fes… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 7th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

05/10/2023

We are just $315 away from meeting our fundraising goal this year and with your support we can get there! Click below to make a donation. Thank you!

Fundraising for The 7th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Fes… Douglas Blue Feather needs your support for 7th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival

05/06/2023

The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival is just 4 weeks away. We hope to see you there!

04/10/2023

This year's performers and performance times:
SATURDAY
10:00 - 10:45 Flute Makers Showcase
11:00 - 12:00 Danica Lee
12:15 - 1:15 Billy Crowbeak
1:30 - 2:30 Steve Rushingwind
2:45 - 3:45 Lowery Begay
4:00 - 5:00 Douglas Blue Feather
5:15 - 6:15 Mark Camden
6:30 - 7:30 Steve Rushingwind
8:00 - 9:00 Drum Circle hosted by Nelson Rios

SUNDAY
10:00 - 10:45 Miami Valley Flute Circle
11:00 - 11:45 Billy Crowbeak
12:00 - 12:45 Danica Lee
1:00 - 1:45 Mark Camden
2:00 - 2:45 Lowery Begay
3:00 - 3:45 Steve Rushingwind
4:00 - 4:45 Douglas Blue Feather
5:00 - 5:30 All Performers Jam
6:00 - 6:30 Awards/Raffle winners

02/22/2023

We are excited and honored to have Lowery Begay joining us for the first time this year. Originally from Nageezi, New Mexico, Lowery is a Native American Music Awards Nominee for "Flutist of the Year" and a Word Champion Hoop Dancer who toured and performed extensively with the Native rock band Brulé. Lowery has also been the emcee at the Great Mohican Powwow for several years. Lowery will be performing on Saturday and Sunday, times to be announced.

02/10/2023

Things are shaping up for a great festival this year, as we welcome back Steve Rushingwind and Nelson Rios!

06/21/2022

Thanks to all who came out to The 6th Annual Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival this year. Special thanks to the Ohio Arts Council oac.ohio.gov, for helping fund our event and to all who donated on GoFundMe.com, and through private donations.
See you next year June 3-4, 2023