2024 QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

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The all-inclusive registration fee 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 14 staff members (up from five)

- two evening dances (open to the public)

- TWO staff concerts this year (up from one last year)

- various staff-led sings and jams

- a lasting network of musical connections and community

Because there is limited capacity, the pricing is set for the full weekend and there is no discount for missing meals or sleeping offsite. However, there will be a limited number of day passes available (see below).

Yes! If you need financial aid to attend the Romp, let us know. We do our very best to make participation possible for everyone. In past years we have been able to make it work out for everyone who needed it. 

Once we have received enough full-pay registrations and/or donations to cover our fundamental costs, we will begin offering financial aid in the order it was requested and to as many participants as our funds allow. Financial aid inquiries and requests will be kept confidential. 

Send in the regular registration form now, check the financial aid box, and tell us us how much you can afford to pay. We will keep a wait list and contact you as funds become available.

If you are financially secure and interested in making participation possible for others, let us know!

No, but read on: 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.

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 everyone who needs it. 

If you need financial aid, please check the box on the registration form and let us know what you can afford to pay. Priority for financial aid is first-come, first-served, so don't delay in registering. We'll be in touch.

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:

• $175 - Saturday only ~ 7:30 am - 10:00 pm (includes all three meals, concert, workshops, and dancing)
• $125 - Sunday only ~ 7:30 am - 5:30 pm (includes breakfast and lunch, workshops, and concert)

Overnighting is only available for full-weekend participants.

If what you're looking for is a full-blown dance weekend, this is not it. 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!

Our idea of a weekend-long romp includes dancing both evenings from after dinner until about 10:00 pm. See the Schedule and Workshops pages for more info on specific dance details and offerings.

You can come for JUST the evening dances if you choose, and no pre-registration is required. Dancing begins at 7:30 on Fri and Sat nights and lasts about two hours or so. Pay at the door and join the fun!

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. 

We do our best to offer workshops on a variety of instruments at a range of experience levels in multiple genres. See our Workshops page for more information.

If you want to offer 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 want to offer. We'll consider on a case-by-case basis whether it fits into our programming plan for that year. Creative workshop offerings from participants are welcome, but they do not represent work exchange. 

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 lineup since 2023. 

Yes, if you come prepared to make your own! Please bring a blank t-shirt, bag, patch, or another blank fabric item to print on. Our friend John Shaw, a talented screen printing artist, will be with us on Saturday to help with a fun, artsy DIY workshop featuring our fabulous logo by artist Satya Moses.

T-shirt printing will happen during the second scheduled workshop slot on Saturday, and again during a workshop slot on Saturday.

There will also be a limited number of preprinted shirts available for sale in men's and women's sizes to benefit next year's Romp.

Our region is incredibly (almost unbelievably!) rich in accomplished musicians. We have plenty of staff-capable friends and neighbors to fill many years of staff rosters, and we are always happy to add to the list, so let us know if you are interested. We can highlight only a fraction of those folks as staff each year, and staff selection depends on a number of factors. 

Meanwhile, we do hope that you will join us as an enthusiastic participant and let us know if you want to be considered for a staff role in a future year.

"Why pay to attend an event when I'm used to being paid to be on staff?" Come for the fun of it and to help support a growing local celebration of the traditions we love! Come have some epic fun! Come because we are building community and strengthening connections through traditions, all of which support your work! Come because teachers are learners, learners are teachers, and we can all learn from each other! Come because we're friends and neighbors, we cheer each other on, and we are all in this together! 

No and no. The cost of participation is the same whether you sleep in a tent, in a dorm room, at home, or somewhere else offsite. Overnighting is available only for full-weekend participants. Meals are a big part the Romp community experience, and everyone is included. If you have special dietary needs, our chef is very experienced with food accommodations. Plan to join us for meals even if you choose to stay offsite! If the cost of participation is out of reach, let's have an easy conversation about financial aid. We want you here, and we will do what we can to help make it possible.