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 - scott.mitchell@marion.k12.fl.us.
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: rockylmale@yahoo.com.
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 - scott@prairiehaventexas.com
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 - patrickf@bridgestothepast.org.
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. thesharpeningstone@gmail.com
Headwaters Gathering - Ontario. - Skeet Sutherland. info@wildernessschool.ca
JUNE
Saskatoon Circle - Katie Russell Sorenson - PO Box 455 - Twisp, WA 98856 - 509-449-1290 - saskatoongathering@gmail.com.
Fire to Fire Gathering - Tabiona, UT - Brad Wade - 269-888-3473 - info@firetofire.com.
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 - 68pennyg@gmail.com
JULY
Echoes in Time - Willamette Valley, Oregon - Peter Bauer - PO Box 6582 - Portland, OR 97228. 503-217-4469 peter@rewildportland.com
The Whippoorwill Festival - Skills for Earth-Friendly Living - Lago Linda Hideaway, 950 Blacks Ridge Road, Beattyville KY 41311 - 859-447-6534 - davecooper928@yahoo.com
Earthcraft Skillshare Ancestral Skills Gathering - Brenna Pixley, Held at Tillers international, Scotts, MI 49088 - EarthCraftSkillshare@gmail.com
Firemaker Primitive Skills Gathering - c/o 4190 Blenkinsop Rd - Victoria, BC
V8X 2C4 Canada. info@firemaker.org
Puckerbrush Primitive Gathering - Columbia, Maine - Larry Balchen - 207-497-5621 - info@prfgca.org.
Wilder Waters Gathering - Turner, Maine - Sara Moore - Wilder Waters Community - 167 Thorne Mountain Road - Canton, ME, 04221 - wilderwaterscommunity@gmail.com.
Firefly Gathering - Horse Shoe, North Carolina - PO Box 18758 - Asheville, NC 28814 - 828-237-2551 - info@fireflygathering.org.
AUGUST
Moose Ridge Gathering - Upton, Maine - 207-533-2147.
Great Lakes Primitives Gathering - Chelsea, Michigan - Sue Vigliotti - 248-821-7838. glpgathering@gmail.com
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. randyb@karamat.com
Reeds & Roots Skillshare - Camp Roosevelt Firebird - Leesville Lake, Ohio - reedsandroots@gmail.com
Alberta Primitive Skills Society Primitive Meet - Camp Teepee Pole - Sundre, Alberta, Canada - 403-505-8758 - albertaprimitiveskillssociety@gmail.com
Elkhorn Ancestral Skills Gathering - Boulder, Utah.
SEPTEMBER
Rabbitstick Rendezvous - Rexburg, Idaho - Dave & Paula Wescott - PO Box 905 - Rexburg, ID 83440 - 208-359-2400. Dwescot@aol.com
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. bo@firstearth.org
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. Info@rootsvt.com
Piedmont Earthskills Gathering - Shakori Hills, Pittsboro, NC. Contact: piedmontearthskillsgathering@gmail.com.
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. bushcraftforbipeds@gmail.com
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 - tipiretreats@gmail.com
NOVEMBER
Birdsong Gathering - Hemet, California. Contact: 949-331-4779 birdsonggathering@gmail.com
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
