An annual highlight on the Sorrento Centre events calendar!

Spend an inspiring, challenging, and thrilling week with others who share your passion for bluegrass and old-time in an immersive music environment! Whether you’ve been coming for years or will join us for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you.

Here’s what you will enjoy

Arrival: Your first stop is the Sorrento Centre Office for check-in. Then, you can get settled in your accommodations and explore the grounds. Meet old friends and make new. If you arrive on a Sunday, head to Kekuli for Camp Orientation at 4 p.m.

Workshops: Participants will meet with their group each morning for 1 hour and 45 minutes and each afternoon for 1 hour. An instructor facilitates the workshops with a specific instrument focus and playing level (beginner, intermediate, advanced).

It can be tempting to choose a workshop to spend time with a favourite instructor; however, participants get the most out of a workshop when they select one to match their playing level. We highly encourage all participants to sign up for a workshop, but also offer the option of ‘Picker & Grinner’ for those who want to join in on the NimberFingers fun without attending a workshop.

Pickers & Grinners: This option includes everything except a workshop and participation in the student concert. Pickers & Grinners are welcome to attend the student concert, but only registered workshop participants will play in the student concert. We will do our best to provide opportunities for Pickers & Grinners to meet up with each other.

Lunchtimes: Outside of the dining hall, each day at lunchtime a fun bluegrass-inspired activity is featured. These include the world-famous ‘Bluegrass Karaoke,’ the ‘Thursday Sidewalk Sale’, and more!

Meals are always a great time to connect with old friends and make new ones, in particular lunchtime with all the fun activities. Everyone is welcome to eat in the dining area, even those who are not on a meal plan.

Afternoons: The afternoons consist of two 1-hour drop-in sessions and 1 hour of your workshop.

Drop-in Sessions: There will be a variety of elective drop-in sessions covering a broad range of interests. Some are ‘BYI’ (bring your instrument), some are artist lectures or masterclasses, some are zany and fun-themed jams, and sometimes it’s just a chance to learn with another instructor or another instrument for an hour.

Evenings: The nights are pretty action-packed, filled with SO MUCH jamming. Every evening has a concert, instructor-led jams and dances, and then tunes and songs into the wee hours for those who choose to! We could say more, but you probably get the picture!

Register for NimbleFingers 2025

Registration is available for Adults (18+ years)

Both Weeks with Weekend Festival

Arrival: Sunday, July 6 after 3 pm (orientation at 4 pm)
Workshops Week 1: Monday, July 7 to Friday, July 11
Festival: Saturday, July 12, 11 am-10 pm
Workshops Week 2: Monday, July 14 to Friday, July 18
Departure: Friday, July 18  10 am. 11am from Sorrento Centre.

Food trucks will be on property for Festival Saturday.
No meals served on Saturday July 12.

Daily Lunch and Dinner
Daily Dinner Only
Daily Lunch Only
No Meals

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