| Thursday, April 7 - Evening |
7:00 -
8:00 | Conference Opening: Greetings from banjoists, Boone hosts. Words and music from African American elder Joe Thompson. |
8:30 -
Until | Socializing, viewing of banjo exhibit, jamming and playing. |
| Friday, April 8 - All Day |
8:00 -
9:00 | Breakfast / Registration / Black banjoist film screenings |
9:00 -
10:00 | African Banjo Predecessors - Ulf Jagfors and Ephraim McDowell |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Contemporary African Strings - Daniel Jatta and Cheick Hamala Diabate |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Gourd Banjo : Development and Playing |
12:30 -
2:00 | Lunch |
2:00 -
3:30 | Banjo History, Horace Weston, & Ragtime Banjo |
3:45 -
5:15 | Black Banjo Influence on Appalachian Banjo Players |
5:15 -
7:00 | Dinner / Jamming / Film screenings / Mingling |
7:30 -
until | Friday Night Frolic: Fun! Music and Dance |
| Saturday, April 9 - All Day |
8:00 -
9:00 | Breakfast / Registration / Black banjoist film screenings. |
9:00 -
10:00 | Rappin’ & Pickin’: Banjo and Rhythm - Sule Wilson & Clif Ervin |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Blacks and the Box: African American Fiddling |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Black String Band Music: Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, & Drum |
12:15 -
1:45 | Lunch / Special film of Joe Thompson shown |
1:45 -
2:45 | African American Elders Speak about the Banjo |
2:45 -
3:45 | Black Banjo Echoes in the Mountains - Cece Conway, Mike Seeger |
4:00 -
5:00 | Blacks, Blues and Banjo |
5:00 -
5:45 | Classic Jazz Banjo: Special Presentation with Don Vappie |
5:45 -
8:00 | Dinner |
8:00 -
until | Ring the Banjar! Black Banjoists Concert and Frolic |
| Sunday, April 10 - Morning |
9:15 -
10:15 | Black banjoists, drummers, pickers and dancers meet |
| 10:20 - 11:20 | Banjo and the African American Community (why &/or why not) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Black Banjoists and the Old Time Music and Banjo Communities |
