Directory of Primitive Living Skills
Gatherings & Knap-Ins
These gatherings take place every year about the same time, and usually the same place. Websites and contact details do change over time, so please send us a note if a listing needs to be updated. Thank you!
FEBRUARY
Winter Count - Maricopa, AZ - Joshua Sage and Kirsten Szykitka - 2119 Calle Tecolote - Santa Fe, NM 87505 - 505-570-9484.
Silver River Knap-In - Silver Springs State Park - Ocala, Florida - Contact: Scott Mitchell - Silver River Museum - 1445 NE 58th Avenue - Ocala, Florida 34470 - 352-236-5401 - [email protected].
Stone Age & Primitive Arts Festival - Ochlockonee River State Park, Florida. Contact: Jason Vickery, Park Service Specialist - Ochlockonee River State Park - 429 State Park Road - Sopchoppy, FL 32358 - 850-962-2771
Florida Earthskills Gathering - Little Orange Creek Nature Park. Hawthorne, Florida.
MARCH
Glass Buttes Knap-In - Central Oregon. Contact: [email protected].
Acorn Gathering Central Coast of California, just north of Santa Ynez. Contact: Acorn Gathering, 4 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Feral Families Gathering - Haven Shire Wildstead & Folk School - New Haven, KY 40051.
APRIL
Rivercane Rendezvous - Westminster, South Carolina. Contact: Earthskills Rendezvous, Inc. - PO Box 9221
Asheville NC 28815 - 828-278-9181.
SkyEarth Family Outdoor Skills Gathering - Graham, TX - Scott Ezzell - 4139 FM-1287 - Graham, TX 76450 - 817-994-7735 - [email protected]
Buckeye Gathering - Lake Concow Campground - Chico, California.
MAY
White Rock Primitive Skills and Crafts Gathering - Summer Lake, Oregon. Contact: Richard Waters - PO Box 1- Summer Lake, OR 97640 - 541-410-1630
Between the Rivers - Northeastern Washington. Contact: Patrick Farneman - Bridges to the Past - PO Box 14 - Valley, WA 99181 - [email protected].
Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Gathering (MAPS Meet) - Near Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - Bill Kaczor, MAPS Coordinator, 240-832-5435.
The Sharpening Stone - 106 NW "F" st. #240 - Grants Pass, OR 97526. [email protected]
Headwaters Gathering - Ontario. - Skeet Sutherland. [email protected]
JUNE
Saskatoon Circle - Katie Russell Sorenson - PO Box 455 - Twisp, WA 98856 - 509-449-1290 - [email protected].
Fire to Fire Gathering - Tabiona, UT - Brad Wade - 269-888-3473 - [email protected].
The Cattail Gathering - White Memorial Conservation Center's Mott Van Winkle Area - Litchfield, Connecticut - Andy Dobos.
Sloyd Skills Gathering - Stannard, Vermont - Penny - 802-274-7907 - [email protected]
JULY
Echoes in Time - Willamette Valley, Oregon - Peter Bauer - PO Box 6582 - Portland, OR 97228. 503-217-4469 [email protected]
The Whippoorwill Festival - Skills for Earth-Friendly Living - Lago Linda Hideaway, 950 Blacks Ridge Road, Beattyville KY 41311 - 859-447-6534 - [email protected]
Earthcraft Skillshare Ancestral Skills Gathering - Brenna Pixley, Held at Tillers international, Scotts, MI 49088 - [email protected]
Firemaker Primitive Skills Gathering - c/o 4190 Blenkinsop Rd - Victoria, BC
V8X 2C4 Canada. [email protected]
Puckerbrush Primitive Gathering - Columbia, Maine - Larry Balchen - 207-497-5621 - [email protected].
Wilder Waters Gathering - Turner, Maine - Sara Moore - Wilder Waters Community - 167 Thorne Mountain Road - Canton, ME, 04221 - [email protected].
Firefly Gathering - Horse Shoe, North Carolina - PO Box 18758 - Asheville, NC 28814 - 828-237-2551 - [email protected].
AUGUST
Moose Ridge Gathering - Upton, Maine - 207-533-2147.
Great Lakes Primitives Gathering - Chelsea, Michigan - Sue Vigliotti - 248-821-7838. [email protected]
Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering - Lake Superior - 715-813-0243
Rat Root Rendezvous - Wildwood, Alberta - Randy and Lori Breeuwsma - Box 483, Wildwood, Alberta, Canada - T0E 2M0 - 780-325-2345. [email protected]
Reeds & Roots Skillshare - Camp Roosevelt Firebird - Leesville Lake, Ohio - [email protected]
Alberta Primitive Skills Society Primitive Meet - Camp Teepee Pole - Sundre, Alberta, Canada - 403-505-8758 - [email protected]
Elkhorn Ancestral Skills Gathering - Boulder, Utah.
SEPTEMBER
Rabbitstick Rendezvous - Rexburg, Idaho - Dave & Paula Wescott - PO Box 905 - Rexburg, ID 83440 - 208-359-2400. [email protected]
Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Camp & Knap-In - Hulston Mill Historic Park,
near Greenfield MO - 104 N.
Arrowhead Rd. Willard, MO 65781 - 417-742-0773. [email protected]
Midwest Wild Harvest Festival - Wisconsin Badger Camp: Prairie du Chien, WI - Sam Thayer & Melissa Price.
Roots Rendezvous - Corinth, Vermont - Sarah Corrigan - Roots School - 802.456.1253. [email protected]
Piedmont Earthskills Gathering - Shakori Hills, Pittsboro, NC. Contact: [email protected].
OCTOBER
Falling Leaves - Westminster, South Carolina. Contact: Earthskills Rendezvous, Inc. - PO Box 9221
Asheville NC 28815 - 828-278-9181.
Mountaincraft and Music Gathering - Middletown, MD - Jason Drevenak -
North American Bushcraft School - 305-797-0414. [email protected]
Groundnut Gathering - western Massachusetts. Contact: Felix Lufkin, Leapfrog Programs. - 30 Pomeroy Court - Amherst MA, 01330.
Three Trees Earthways Gathering - Trails End Youth Camp - Bruce Wisconsin - Amy Schmidt -715-541-2783 - [email protected]
NOVEMBER
Birdsong Gathering - Hemet, California. Contact: 949-331-4779 [email protected]
Tom,
I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to write Participating in Nature, its been a wonderful help to me in my outdoor experiences.
For years i have searched the internet for information on "survival" or "outdoor skills" but with my dumb luck, never turned up much useful info. I finally "am a kid flipping burgers" (or used to be) so i had enough money to purchase a few books on the subject, including yours. Needless to say i have finally found some very useful skills to experiment with.
Even though i have spent my whole life growing up in the suburbs, my most memorable experiences have always been of the outdoors, from family camping trips to boy scout backpacking excursions into the rockies, i have truly found happiness and fulfillment from nature.
Again, thanks for your words! They have been very helpful.
--Aaron Armstrong
Primitive Living Skills
