Common Ground on the Hill is an annual summer festival at McDaniel College

McDaniel College

McDaniel College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Westminster, Maryland, located 30 miles northwest of Baltimore. The college also has a satellite campus located in Budapest, Hungary. Until July 2002, it was known as Western Maryland College...

 in Westminster, Maryland

Westminster, Maryland

Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV...

, first held in 1994. Common Ground brings together musicians, artists and craftsmen from many different cultures for the celebration. Over a two week span, Common Ground on the Hill offers a number of classes, workshops and concerts. Common Ground has attracted a number of well-known musicians to perform, including Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...

 and Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter and storyteller.-Biography:Chapin attended State University of New York at Plattsburgh and graduated in 1966. From 1971-1976, he hosted a TV show called Make a Wish...

. Originally founded by Walt Michael, the festival and workshop website is http://www.commongroundonthehill.com/