NOWHERE ELSE FESTIVAL 2026
Labor Day Weekend
(subject to small tweaks/additions)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 (VIP Ticket Holders)
2:00pm Camp Sites Available to VIP Ticket Holders w/Camping Passes
4:00pm Gates Open ~ Opening Reception in Barn Art Gallery
5:30pm VIP Festive Picnic on the Farm
7:30pm Karin and Linford of Over the Rhine in Concert w/Joshua Thomas
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
9:00am Gates Open/Barn Art Gallery Open
WORKSHOPS/CONVERSATIONS
10:00am - 10:45am (Barn Loft) Recovering The Beloved: Festival Keynote Address ~ Linford Detweiler
10:00am - 11:30am (Kids/Shelter Tent) Children’s Workshop ~ Make Your Own Nowhere Else Tee Shirt with Molly and Betsy Detweiler and Joel and Barb Cox ($5 suggested donation)
10:00am - 11:30am (Meet at Merch Tent) Leave The Edges Wild ~ A Nowhere Else Permaculture Walk with Alex Rhinehart (Be prepared for a walking tour of the site.)
10:00am - 11:30am (Dining Tent) A Hands On Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop with John Paul Davis 11:00am - 11:45am (Barn Loft) Peace Pole Dedication ~ Lightning Atkinson and Owen Brock ~ May Peace Prevail On Earth
12:00pm - 12:45pm (Barn Loft) The Wild Poets Bramble Ramble: Poets in the Round ~ Natasha Oladokun, Pauletta Hansel, Anne M. Doe Overstreet, Brian Volck, John Paul Davis
THE MUSIC
1:00pm - 1:45pm Joshua Thomas
2:00pm - 2:45pm The Montvales
3:00pm - 3:45pm Ben Sollee
4:00pm - 4:45pm Tift Merritt
5:00pm - 5:45pm Vance Gilbert
6:15pm - 7:15 pm The Golden Hours
7:30pm - 8:30pm Parker Millsap
9:00pm Over the Rhine & The Newbees
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
9:00am Gates Open/Barn Art Gallery Open
WORKSHOPS/CONVERSATIONS
10:00am - 10:45am (Shelter Tent) Now Here: Morning Meditation and Mindful Movement ~ Mindfulness Workshop, Tim Porter and Jackie Wright-Martin.
10:00am - 1o:45am (Barn Loft) The Art Of The Musical Couple ~ Featuring the members of David Wax Museum (Suz Slezak & David Wax) and Lowland Hum (Lauren and Daniel Goans).
10:00am - 11:00am (Dining Tent) Songwriting Workshop and musical conversation with Vance Gilbert.
11:00am - 11:45am (Barn Loft) Lost and Found ~ Linford Detweiler interviews Jeffrey Overstreet, writer, teacher, film critic and more, regarding his life long love of the arts.
11:00pm - 12:00pm (Shelter Tent) Open Jam ~ Eddie Dickerson and Jackie Wright-Martin ~ All are welcome.
12:00pm - 12:45pm (Barn Loft) What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding ~ Tift Merritt, Ben Sollee, Brian Volck and John Paul Davis
THE MUSIC
1:00pm - 2:00pm The Newbees & Badass Brass ~ ABBEY ROAD
2:30pm - 3:45pm The Wild Edges Bramble Ramble ~ Songwriters In The Round:
Linford and Karin, Ben Sollee, Tift Merritt, Parker Millsap, Vance Gilbert
4:00pm - 5:00pm Teddy Thompson
5:30pm - 6:30pm Anna Tivel
6:45pm - 7:45pm Jeffrey Martin
8:15pm Over the Rhine & Friends