This article examines different actors’ perspectives on traditional music workshops in Sweden. The material consists of questionnaires answered by workshop participants, and interviews with teachers at the same workshops. The workshops are regarded as educational arenas characterised by non-formal learning practices for adult amateurs in the field of Swedish folk music. The study shows that the workshops are of importance to the participants in two ways: as opportunities for learning and as opportunities for socialising with others. These two aspects of the workshops are important also for the teachers. In my discussion of the results of the study, I raise the question whether learning and socialising should be seen as two sides of the same coin, and if this double nature can be regarded as a central aspect of the importance of the workshops for both participants and teachers.