HooMac
2024 Bloomington
The first FARMette, with keynote Tim Grimm.
FARMette Indiana, hosted by HooMac
What is FARMette?
FARMette is a single day each year devoted to Indiana's original folk and songwriter music. It brings together songwriters, performers, venues, presenters, and industry partners from across the state for showcases, panels and workshops, networking, and live performance.
The name tells you the relationship. A FARMette is a taste of FARM, the little version of the Folk Alliance Region Midwest gathering, and FARMette events take place in other states across the FARM region. HooMac hosts FARMette Indiana, held only in Indiana, in permanent partnership with FARM, the regional home of the Folk Alliance International community.
Rooted in the traditions of those larger gatherings, FARMette is built at a Hoosier scale: intimate, welcoming, and focused on connecting Indiana's original music community to one another and to the wider folk world.
Each FARMette opens with a kickoff event the night before and closes with a brunch the morning after. In between: a keynote, expert panels, mentor conversations, and an afternoon and evening of private showcases hosted by venues and presenters from around the state.
Each year FARMette is held in a different Indiana city. The first three, in Bloomington, Nashville in Brown County, and South Bend, each met or exceeded usable capacity.
FARMette
Host cities
- 2026South BendKeynote Tim Easton · Recap
- 2027RichmondKeynote Art Menius
- 2028Nashville / Brown CountyKeynote Tim Grimm
- 2029Lawrenceburg / Metamora
- 2030Fort Wayne
- 2031Madison
- 2032Indianapolis
- 2033South Bend
From the 2026 attendee survey
What attendees say
94 percent
rated their FARMette experience excellent or good.
41 of 52 songwriters
made at least one new industry connection. Nineteen made four or more.
One in three
traveled from outside Indiana: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Ontario.
FARMette met every objective of an industry conference: networking, booking opportunities, learning. What sets it apart is the welcoming nature and community.
A returning attendee who drives four hours each way from Madison, Indiana
Look back
Past FARMettes
2025 Nashville
Brown County, with keynote Lydia Loveless.
2026 South Bend
IU South Bend, with keynote Tim Easton.
Support original music in Indiana
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