Upcoming
May 6, 2026, 6-7pm, Goddard School of Macungie
Do Music (not screentime) with your Littles. Come learn how to have screen-free fun with yout kids while making music and moving your body!
June 13, 2026, 1-4:30, Greens and grains, Quakertown, PA
A fun acoustic music fest, ourdoors and family-friendly. My set’s time is TBD!
Sept 20, 2026, times tbd, Berks fiddle fest
Hammered Dulcimer workshop, Clawhammer Banjo workshop!
Nov 6-7, 2026, Nutmeg dulcimer festival, Milford, CT
Hard to believe I helped found this fest 23 years ago…I’ll be back teaching multiple classes this year!
Kids Songs!
Northside String Band
Bio
Deborah Justice began playing folk music over 25 years ago. After childhood piano, Deborah discovered the hammered dulcimer, which she now teaches in private lessons and at regional festivals. While performing Irish, Eastern European, Arabic, and klezmer musics at the PA Renaissance Faire, Deborah learned to play guitar and within a few years quicky discovered old-time music. When she moved to Syracuse, NY in 2013, she got started on clawhammer banjo. Deborah has degrees in ethnomusicology (BA through PhD), throws axes as a hobby, and traces her Scots-Irish roots right back to Clan Menzies in the Highlands!
recent past performances
Friends of Stewart Park Benefit at Kilpatrick’s Irish Pub -Wintersquabee at Stone Cat Cafe -The Scalehouse - Barry Family Cellars - Fleur de Lis Brew Works- Americana Vineyards - Monks on the Commons - MapleFest at WellSpring Forest Farm -Finger Lakes Celtic Festival - Allegheny Celtic Fest - Rochester Contra Dance - Binghamton Porchfest - Dundee Scottish Festival - FLX Oktoberfest - Ithaca Porchfest - Trumansburg Conservatory Contra Dance - Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival - Contra Dance at Slow Lane - Cornell Elves Blanket Bee - Tioga County Contra Dance - Celtic Christmas at The Heart Light Center - Danby Town Hall Concert Series - Music and Meditation at the Tatkon Center, Cornell University - Hector Wine Company, Hector, NY - Six Mile Creek Winery - Sheldrake Point Winery - Bottomless Brewing - PA German Cutural Heritage Center in Kutztown, PA
