

Bluegrass Weekend
29 until 31 augustus 2025
A weekend immersed in bluegrass
At a special outdoor location, in the middle of the green heart of the Netherlands, at Camping De Oude Boomgaard, everything revolves around music.
Experienced bluegrass teachers from home and abroad give intensive workshops per instrument in small groups. You will not only learn the tricks of the trade, but will also gain new inspiration and musical insights.
When the campfire is lit in the evening, the day can be concluded with a joint jam session, where participants and teachers can make music together until late at night.
The weekend will be festively concluded with performances by the participants - in an intimate setting for the participants.
Jamming
Jamming is the essence of bluegrass. Whether you are a beginner or already experienced, jamming is the best way to grow as a musician. Beginners learn the basics of bluegrass and gain self-confidence, while advanced players can hone their own playing and gain new insights by playing together. Changing roles and playing together with different levels makes the jam sessions a rich learning experience. The jams are led by the teachers.
Everyone is important for a good jam. If you are a beginner, you can play the rhythm. Advanced players can go wild with the runs and licks they have just learned, and the pros can solo. From the beginning, you learn to play along by ear, follow chords, and actively listen to others. It's all about having fun.
Band Lab
For those who would like to gain stage experience, there is bandlab. Under the guidance of one of the teachers, you will study one or two bluegrass classics as a band, which you can perform for the other participants of the camp at the end of the weekend.
Whether you want to improve your playing, explore new musical directions, or are simply looking for new inspiration, this is the only Dutch bluegrass summer camp for you. It will be a weekend you will never forget.
If there are enough registrations, summer camp will continue. So drag all your friends along! You will receive a message as soon as there are enough registrations and no later than July 20, 2025. To finalize your registration, you will also receive a payment link around that time.
OUR TEACHERS

Guitar
Bertolf Lentink
Bertolf Lentink (1980) was introduced to Bluegrass music at an early age in his parental home. After studying guitar at the conservatory, he was asked to join Ilse DeLange's band. His solo career began in 2008 with the single 'Another Day', which even reached the Top 40. In 2010, he won a Silver Harp and has released 7 solo albums to date. His latest album 'Bluefinger' was recorded in Nashville, with great Bluegrass heroes such as Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan and Mark Schatz. The Het Uur van de Wolf documentary 'Bertolf in Bluegrass' was also made about this. In addition to his solo work, Bertolf was part of the supergroup 'Musketiers', with Paskal Jakobsen, Paul de Munnik and Daniel Lohues. He also toured the theaters with the band Her Majesty, with which they examined music by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He also did session work for Henny Vrienten and Douwe Bob, among others.

Mandolin
Kylie Kay Anderson
Kylie Kay Anderson is originally from Utah, USA. Her dad taught her to play her first guitar chords at age 9 and she was introduced to bluegrass mandolin at age 13. Growing up, Kylie studied mandolin with one of the most respected bluegrass teachers in the Western US and stayed busy writing music and performing. Eventually, Kylie's passion led her to study music at the university level, including studies in Music Therapy at Utah State University and in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University, where she was able to study under some of her bluegrass music heroes. Since relocating to Europe, Kylie's music journey has continued to include teaching and performance experiences across Europe.

Banjo
Paul van Vlodrop
Paul van Vlodrop is one of the founders of Dutch bluegrass, and has built a reputation as one of Europe's top musicians in the genre since the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s he toured with various renowned American artists, including Jim Eanes, Byron Berline and Chris Jones. In 2002 his then band 4 Wheel Drive was voted European band of the year by colleagues, with the prize being a send-off to the prestigious IBMA festival in Louisville, KY. In the following years he has mainly been active as a session musician and has built up an impressive discography. His contributions can be heard on albums by Major Dundee, Normaal and the 3 J's. Since 2006 Paul has a music class for banjo, mandolin and guitar in Amsterdam. His album Alley Cat was recently released, which received rave reviews from Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Today, among others. His solo program includes songs and tunes from his CD, supplemented with work by favorite singer/songwriters (including John Prine, James Taylor, Willie Nelson).

Violin
Tijmen Veelenturf
Tijmen Veelenturf (1990) specialized in Bluegrass Fiddle after his studies at the conservatory. At the Mountain City Fiddle Convention, the oldest Fiddle Competition in the US, he won first prize. In Europe he toured in May 2025 with Kristy Cox & Grasstime and played at La Roche Bluegrass festival with Johnny & the Yooahoos and Longway Home. In the Netherlands he regularly plays with the Bluegrass Boogiemen. He also worked with Douwe Bob, Tim Knol, Tangarine, Corrie van Binsbergen and Frédérique Spigt. In addition to playing, Tijmen has been teaching violin to amateur and professional musicians for over 15 years. Tijmen is a certified Wernick teacher (bluegrass jam teacher with the Pete Wernick method, banjoist of HotRize). Tijmen is the initiator and organizer of this Bluegrass camp.
Pricing
€400,-
If you book before August 4, 2025, you pay €350.
The price includes accommodation, meals and all music activities.
Only alcoholic drinks are not included.
Included in the price:
🏕️ Stay in your own tent, van or camper on the orchard
🍽️ Three meals a day, freshly prepared by our chef
🍷 Alcoholic drinks available for purchase at the bar from 6pm
🎻 Workshops and playing together with professional bluegrass musicians
🎶 Exclusive concert by the teachers
🔥 Break-out jam sessions
🌳 Space for relaxation and a walking route of approximately 3 hours through the polder and the Linschotense Bos
Camping De Oude Boomgaard
The course takes place at the Oude Boomgaard nature camping site in Snelrewaard, near Woerden in the Green Heart of the Netherlands. At a nineteenth-century farm with an orchard with old fruit varieties, you camp in a rural and quiet environment.
The farm is located in the middle of nature, with space for camping and hiking trails in the area.
There is more than enough space to practice and make music, even when the weather is less nice.
South Linschoterzandweg 21
3425 EM Snelrewaard
Utrecht

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