Welcome to the new academic year at NEFS!
NEFS 2026 Block 5 will begin on Weds 16th September and will run for 5 weeks on Zoom, with two additional video tutorials, and all Zoom calls available on demand. This block, we are so happy to have Stewart and Grace joined by our wonderful colleague, Sophy Ball. Our Saturday workshop will be on 3rd October – check our Classes web page for all the details, and visit the NEFS Shop to book
NEFS 2026 Block 5: Weds 16th September – 14th October
Stewart and Grace will be teaching together on Zoom again this block, and we are delighted to welcome Sophy Ball to a couple of our Wednesday evenings! Sophy will also be teaching at our Saturday in-person workshop on 3rd October with Stewart, which is sure to be another inspiring and informative day!
You can book your places now via the NEFS Shop.
NEFS Winter Residential 2026
Fri 4th – Sun 6th December 2026
Shepherds Dene, Northumberland
with Stewart Hardy and Grace Smith.
After yet another wonderful Winter Residential last year, we are very much looking forward to doing it all again! Grace and Stewart are such a fantastic teaching double act, supporting and complementing each other, and we are so very lucky to have them sharing another full weekend of tuition with us. Save the date!
NEFS Summer Workout Weekend 2026
We had another wonderful weekend in July at our Summer Workshop Weekend in Riding Mill. Stewart and Grace were fabulous tutors, and we were delighted that our talented friends in local fiddle quartet, Bottle Bank Band, came and played a concert for us on the Saturday evening. This was followed by an informal tunes session, which was a lovely way to end the day, and set us up for our second day of fiddle tuition. We can’t wait to do it again next year!
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Fiddle tuition online in the comfort of your own home, with Zoom calls and Video Tutorials on YouTube
North East Fiddle School worked hard to continue to bring the same excellent standards of fiddle teaching into your home during lockdown – wherever you are. We found this worked so well for adult fiddle learning that we are continuing to deliver regular fiddle practice and tune learning on Zoom, alongside in-depth tuition in the form of on-demand Video Tutorials, to work through at your convenience.
In-person workshops
There will be a full Saturday of in-person tuition for each block, including learning new tunes and all the relevant techniques required, plus a chance for a session to play our core repertoire together. We are also continually developing our offerings, so look out for our Winter Residential Weekends and our Summer Workshop Weekends, as well as the occasional Virtual Workout on Zoom.
Access to previous materials
As all of our Online Resources (including worksheets, audio files, video tutorials and recordings of our live Zoom calls) can be worked through in your own time, you can still sign up for previous courses. Please see the Shop for all the available Online Blocks.
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Our Summer Workshop Weekend in Riding Mill is coming round quickly! Join us for two days of fiddle workshops exploring jigs on the Saturday, and looking at developing harmonies on the fiddle on Sunday. Book either day or both! 😊On Saturday evening, there will be a concert with the fabulous fiddle quartet Bottle Bank Band, followed by a session - all welcome!
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