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The all-inclusive weekend registration package includes:

• full participation from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon
• six meals: Fri/Sat dinner + Sat/Sun breakfast + Sat/Sun lunch
• a bed in a dorm room (single or double), or you can opt to tent onsite, or you can stay offsite if you wish
• six workshop periods with multiple activities led by over a dozen staff members
• two evening dances (open to the public)
• two staff concerts (Sat & Sun)
• various staff-led sings and jams
• a lasting network of musical connections and community

Your registration fee covers this whole package no matter which amount you pay. We believe strongly that access to housing and meals should not be privileged by relative financial ability.

Because there is limited capacity and a reservation is for either a full day or the whole weekend, there is no discount for missing meals or sleeping offsite. 

However, there are other options if you can't come for the whole weekend. Day Passes are available for Saturday or Sunday. Or come just for a Concert-Dinner-Dance combo on Saturday afternoon and evening. Or come to an Evening Dance on Saturday or Sunday (by donation no registration needed)!

Yes! If you need a helping hand to attend the Romp, let us know. We do our very best to make participation possible for everyone. Everyone who receives financial aid must make a financial contribution, but In past years we have been able to make it work out for everyone who needed assistance.  More info is here.

No, but hear us out: We get it, we do! We know from our own experience as parents that it can be challenging or impossible to afford to bring a whole family to a premium event. So here is how we handle that:

Our financial aid policy is the same for all ages. We do not offer a family discount or age-specific pricing for weekend or day participants. We do our best to make financial assistance possible for every single participant who needs it. So if you need assistance to make the financial math work for your family, let us know on your registration form.

Yes! Register here for a Day Pass. 

Full weekend registrations will be given priority if capacity becomes an issue, but we should be able to fit everyone in! Pricing is as follows:

• $65 - Friday only ~ 4:30 pm - 10:30+ pm (includes dinner, jamming, welcome gathering, dancing, evening activities)
• $185 - Saturday only ~ 7:30 am - 10:30+ pm (includes all three meals, workshops, concert, dancing, evening activities)
  $130 - Sunday only ~ 7:30 am - 4:30 pm (includes breakfast, lunch, workshops, concert, farewell gathering)

Overnighting is available only for full-weekend participants.

Yes! If you live in the area and would rather sleep in your own bed, or if you prefer another local place to sleep, that is totally fine. The cost of participation is the same whether you sleep onsite or offsite, and there is no discount for missed meals. Please let us know in advance if you will be sleeping offsite so we can coordinate parking to be sure you can get in and out. 

If you are attending the Romp for more than one day, even if you are sleeping at home, please register for the full weekend. 

If what you're looking for is a full-blown dance weekend, this is not that. But if you want some dancing with your jamming, some romping with your singing, and a lot of fun variety in your weekend, you will have it!

We feature family-friendly, community style dancing for all ages and abilities on Friday night, and inclusive, contemporary contradancing on Saturday night. Our all-star staff includes a wealth of experience playing and calling for contradances and other types of dancing.

Drop in (by donation) on either night. Dancing goes from 7:30-9:30, followed by a social snack potluck, and then late-night jamming. The public is welcome; no registration required for either of these evening dances and the activities that follow. Donate to the Romp at the door and join the fun!

We offer workshops, presentations, and jams on a variety of instruments at a range of experience levels in multiple genres. Each year, our workshops are designed to make the best use of our staff's strengths for that year while addressing some of the interests and needs that we see in our community. 

There's something for everyone, from brand-new beginners to experienced players. We typically offer workshops covering various elements of singing, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, pennywhistle, flute, cello/bass, and more. Sometimes we include workshops for piano, accordion, concertina, and/or banjo. We switch things up from year to year to keep it varied and interesting, but we always have our community's needs in mind. 

See our Workshops page for more information.

Yes! There are a few different ways this can happen Our friend John Shaw, a talented screen printing artist, offers a fun, artsy, DIY workshop on Saturday to print our fabulous logo by artist Satya Moses on t-shirts and other items.

We will have both blank and preprinted shirts available for purchase in men's and women's sizes in "this year's color(s)." You can buy a pre-printed shirt, or print your own in Saturday's workshop.

Or bring your own shirt, cotton tote bag, or other large cotton item if you want to try your hand at printing something other than a t-shirt! You will need to participate in the workshop to print your own if you bring something from home.

We also have a limited number of pre-printed shirts available in colors from past years. (When they're gone, they're gone!)

Potash Hill is an absolutely beautiful spot in idyllic Marlboro, Vermont, roughly 20 minutes outside of Brattleboro. Potash Hill is the new incarnation of the old Marlboro College campus, which has a long history of hosting musical events, and we are thrilled to have been part of their annual event lineup since 2023. 

If you want to suggest a class, workshop, jam, kid activity, or other fun thing that isn't on our agenda, please contact us well in advance about what you have in mind. We'll consider case-by-case whether it fits into our programming plan for the coming year. Although creative workshop ideas from participants are welcome, they do not represent work exchange if accepted. 

As you know, our region is incredibly (mind-flowingly!) rich in accomplished musicians. We have more than enough staff-level friends and neighbors to fill many years of Romp rosters, and if you live in the area, it sounds like you may be among them. 

We highlight a limited number of full-weekend and part-weekend staff each year, rotating our hired staff to keep things interesting and spread the opportunities around. We choose each year's staff with the community's needs in mind. 

We hope to be doing this for years and years, so feel free to let us know if you would like to be considered.

Meanwhile, we have designed the Romp to be fun and rewarding for participants at all levels, from rank beginner to professional. Some of our past staff members have so much fun at the Romp that they have returned as participants in later years. Likewise, sometimes participants are later hired as staff. We encourage you to join us as a participant so you can see for yourself what the Romp is all about.

Where teachers can be learners, and learners can be teachers, we strengthen our community as we learn and grow together.