Ashokan Summer Raffle 2024

$2,455.00 raised

· Entries close Aug 26, 2024 at 9:00AM ·

0 days to go

Enter Now

banjo-raffle-white.png 423.45 KB

At the Ashokan Center we welcome thousands of school children each spring and fall for life-changing outdoor education and team-building experiences in nature. In the summertime we turn our focus to lifelong learning and fun for adults and families, with Music & Dance Camps, dances, concerts, summer day camps, and the Summer Hoot.

Help us keep inspiring learning and building community year-round through shared experiences in nature, music, history and art! We thank you for sharing this raffle with your friends and purchasing tickets for a chance to win one of the wonderful prizes!

Tickets are on sale below until 9am on Monday August, 26th at 9am ET.

All winners will be notified by phone and email that day!

Ashokan Logo Horizontal.png 125.39 KB

The Prizes

  • Deering Goodtime Deco Openback Banjo with Scooped Fretboard

    The Goodtime Deco openback with Scoop brings art deco style fingerboard inlays and peghead engraving to the standard Goodtime design. The scooped fretboard for easy play over the neck, makes it especially appealing to students of Old Time or Appalachian styles. Added special feature is a bronze powdercoat finish on the tailpiece, tension hoop & armrest.  With its excellent tone and playability, the Goodtime Deco banjo is a great student banjo.  It has a slender rock maple neck and a 3-ply violin grade maple rim with an 11” frosted head. Value $529 USD, courtesy of our friends at Elderly Instruments.
  • Ashokan Music & Dance Camp Registration with Bunk

    Attend one of our renowned and memorable weekend or week-long Music & Dance Camps at Ashokan. This includes registration and a bunk for one person at any upcoming camp in the next 12 months: Banjo Weekend, New Year's Weekend, Old Time Rollick, Scottish String Fling, Uke Fest, Ariles Son Jarocho Camp, Western & Swing Week, Northern Week, Acoustic Guitar Camp, Bluegrass Camp, Family Camp, or Southern Week! Value $495-1185 (depending on camp choice) courtesy of the Ashokan Center!
    2023_AshokanWestern&SwingWeek_OHorta - 1550.jpg 7.98 MB


  • Four Tickets + Private Room for the Winter Hoot

    Private rooms sell out quickly - guarantee your cozy accommodations plus 4 weekend passes to the 13th Annual Winter Hoot at the Ashokan Center January 31 - Feb 2, 2025. The Winter Hoot is a down-home, down-to-earth, music gathering where everyone is welcome and there's joy to spare. Located at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, NY (20 min from Woodstock) the event begins with a Friday dinner, concert, and jam, continues with music, fun activities, and dancing all day/night on Saturday, and ends with yoga and a farewell singalong on Sunday. Don't miss the blacksmithing, mini concerts in the pewter shop, kids zone activities, local food & libations! Lineup to be announced on Thanksgiving. Value approx $500, courtesy of the Ashokan Center.
    2024_winterhoot_zwilliams-209.jpg 3.73 MB
  • Four tickets to the Brooklyn Folk Festival

    Bring your family or friends to Brooklyn for a fabulous weekend of music, dancing, and fun November 10-12, 2024. The incredible lineup includes: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Alice Gerrard, Peggy Seeger, Sonia Sanchez, The Fugs, Charlie Parr, Jake Blount, Dom Flemons, Nora Brown, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, Down Hill Strugglers, Mamie Minch, Katie Martucci, Peter Stampfel, Lone Piñon and many more! Value $568, courtesy of our friends at Jalopy Theatre.
    Screenshot 2024-05-28 at 2.55.55 PM.png 1.96 MB
  • Five tickets to Oldtone

    End the summer in style with 5 Full Festival Passes (no camping) to Oldtone roots music festival Sept 5-8, 2024 in Hillsdale, NY. The exciting lineup includes Foghorn Stringband, Deslondes, Jordan Thibodeaux Joel Savoy & Cedric Watson, Down Hill Strugglers, Krissie & the Cranks, Moonshine Holler, and more! Value $475, courtesy of our friends at Oldtone.
    Screenshot 2024-07-11 at 5.09.03 PM.png 1.8 MB