NOTSBA invites you to be a part of our annual gathering of old-time music lovers from around the country who come to learn, jam, dance, sing, hike, eat, and just sit around talking about and enjoying the music we all love. Breakin’ Up Winter is NOTSBA’s annual retreat held at Cedars of Lebanon State Park the first weekend in March every year. The time there is leisurely and peaceful, the perfect opportunity to commune with Mother Nature and connect with your inner bum-ditty.

The backbone of Breakin’ Up Winter is our Roots of Old-Time Music presentation lineup. Breakin’ Up Winter attracts quality speakers every year. A team of presenters each give a talk and a tune workshop, and most lead an open jam. Presenters come from all across the country, injecting new character into old time classics and teaching new tunes for us to savor. Some presenters are fiddlers, some banjo players, others are guitar pickers or play pretty near anything that makes music. The atmosphere is always light and many laughs are heard between tunes. BUW is always fun and rewarding to attend.