About
Ashokan Music & Dance Camps are part of the Ashokan Center’s public community events, which also include festivals. The camps take place within a nonprofit organization that focuses on music, nature, history, and art.
• Schedule: Phone is answered Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm for information and registration questions.
The Ashokan Center is an independent music and nature nonprofit established in 2008, with a mission to inspire learning and build community through shared experiences in nature, history, music, and art. The organization welcomes school groups for educational field trips, hosts public community events including festivals and Music & Dance Camps, and rents its facility for private retreats, conferences, and weddings. The land has a long history as a favored hunting and fishing ground for the Munsee Indians for generations and became home to Americans of European descent in the 1730s, with the first mill and blacksmith shop in Ulster County built there by Lemuel Winchell, who later constructed Winchell’s Inn, Ashokan’s historic centerpiece. The site has been declared a Historic District on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Ashokan Center programming is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Ashokan Center runs a composting initiative that reduces food waste significantly and teaches mindfulness and respect for the planet and for those who grow and cook the food. The organization describes itself as a welcoming community to all, valuing interactions across age groups and generations, and states that all are welcome. The Center has received 100% of its electricity from solar since 2018 and has a stated commitment to a zero carbon footprint by 2030.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
• Schedule: Phone is answered Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm for information and registration questions.
The Ashokan Center is an independent music and nature nonprofit established in 2008, with a mission to inspire learning and build community through shared experiences in nature, history, music, and art. The organization welcomes school groups for educational field trips, hosts public community events including festivals and Music & Dance Camps, and rents its facility for private retreats, conferences, and weddings. The land has a long history as a favored hunting and fishing ground for the Munsee Indians for generations and became home to Americans of European descent in the 1730s, with the first mill and blacksmith shop in Ulster County built there by Lemuel Winchell, who later constructed Winchell’s Inn, Ashokan’s historic centerpiece. The site has been declared a Historic District on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Ashokan Center programming is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Ashokan Center runs a composting initiative that reduces food waste significantly and teaches mindfulness and respect for the planet and for those who grow and cook the food. The organization describes itself as a welcoming community to all, valuing interactions across age groups and generations, and states that all are welcome. The Center has received 100% of its electricity from solar since 2018 and has a stated commitment to a zero carbon footprint by 2030.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
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