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Festivals & Contests

Updated on July 22, 2007.
Some events haven't published their 2007 schedules, but links to their 2006 event might yield details or contact information. We try to focus on festivals where old-time string band music is a major component.

Use this online form to suggest a festival listing.

Jan - Feb - MAR - APR - MAY - JUN - JUL - AUG - SEP - OCT - NOV - Dec

 

July 2007

6-7

Tennessee & National Championship Fiddlers Jamboree

Smithville, Tennessee
Phone: Neil Dudney @ 615-597-8500

8

Roxbury Pickin 'n Fiddlin Contest

Roxbury, Connecticut
For more info, contact Billy Steers at 860-354-5921

13-15

Uncle Dave Macon Days

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Phone: 1-800-716-7560

20-21

Kentucky State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest

Litchfield, Kentucky

21 Atmore Rotary Club Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
Escambia High School
Competition, jamming, barbecue
Call 1-251-368-2106
22-28

Swannanoa Old-Time Music and Dance Week

Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina
Phone: 828-298-3434

20-21

Allegheny County Fiddler’s Convention

Sparta, North Carolina
Phone: Trever Nichols @ 336-372-8809

Saturday
evenings

Shindig on the Green

Asheville, North Carolina
Phone: Folk Heritage Committee @ 1-828-258-6101 ex.789

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August 2007

1-5

Appalachian String Band Music Festival

Clifftop, West Virginia
Phone: Pat Cowdery @ 304-558-0220 ext 130

5-11

Swannanoa Fiddle Week

Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina
Phone: 828-298-3434

6-11

69th Annual Old Fiddlers Convention-Galax

Galax, Virginia
Phone: 276-236-8541

8-12

Canadian Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest

London, Ontario

17-19

Birmingham Friends of Old-Time Music & Dance Festival
Camp Riverview
Email: ptfoster@bellsouth.net

25

Branson Olde Time Fiddle Festival

Branson, Missouri

Bell Witch Bluegrass Competitions

Adams, Tennessee
Phone: Patrick A. Fitzhugh @ 615.696.2589

19-20

Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival

Mount Vernon, Ohio
For more information, call 740-392-FEST (3378) or e-mail: festival@danemmett.org

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September 2007

5-9

J.P. Fraley's Mountain Music Festival

Olive Hill, Kentucky
Phone: 1-606-286-4411

8-9

Mountaineer Festival at Fall Creek Falls

Pikeville, Tennessee
Phone: 423-881-5708

7-8

Indiana State Picking & Fiddling Championships

Princeton, Indiana
Phone: Tony Rothrock @ 812-789-2518

7-8

Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance Festival

Buena Vista, Virginia

12-16

Walnut Valley Festival

Winfield, Kansas
Phone: 620-221-3250

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October 2007

5-6

Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Athens State University
Athens, Alabama
Phone: Rick Mould @ 1-256-233-8215

10-14

Tennessee Fall Homecoming - Museum of Appalachia

Norris, Tennessee
Phone: 1-865-494-0514

19-21

Florida State Fiddlers Association Convention
and Fall Harvest Festival

High Springs, Florida
Phone: 1-904-454-1853

27

Harvest Festival at Cannonsburg Pioneer Village

Phone:890-0355

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November 2007

9-10

Western Kentucky Regional Fiddle Festival

• Live Concerts and competitions • Lovett Auditorium • Compete or enjoy the South’s premier bluegrass and old-time musicians • 270-759-2199 •

Contact www.tourmurray.com

 

March 2008

 

Breaking Up Winter

NOTSBA's Annual Old-Time Music Retreat
Cedars of Lebanon Park
Lebanon, Tennessee

 

4th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering

Booth Western Art Musuem
Cartersville, Georgia
Phone: Doc Stovall @ (770)387-1265
Email: docs@boothmuseum.org

 

Ozark Folk School

Mount View, Arkansas
Beginning, intermediate and advance fiddle, banjo, dulcimer
Beginning ukulele
Southern Mountain Folk Singing
Crafts, organic gardening
870.269.3851 or FAX 870.269.2909

 

State of Tennessee Old-Time Fiddlers Championships

Clarksville, Tennessee

 

Florida Old-Time Music Championships

Dade City, Florida

 

June 2007

1-3

Mt. Airy Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Mt. Airy, North Carolina
Phone: 800-286-6193

2

Caney Fork River Ole Time Music Festival

$1,000 prize for best "Ole Time Music" band.
Gordonsville, TN
Call Marvin Baker at 1-615-735-5339
Or visit them online at www.myspace.com/caneyfork

4-6

Seedtime on the Cumberland

Whitesburg, Kentucky
Phone: 606-633-0108

7-9

American Heritage Music Festival

Grove, Oklahoma
Phone: 800-526-2523

9-10

Homeplace Pickin' Party

Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky
Phone: 1-800-525-7077

9

Bluff Mountain Festival

Hot Springs, Arkansas
Phone: 828-689-5507

9

Arthur Smith, Robert Spicer Memorial Fiddler's Contest

Dickson, Tennessee
Phone: Lacy Beasley @ 615-446-2349

15-17

12th Annual Old-Time Music Ozark Heritage Festival

West Plains, Missouri
Free Admission -- Kenny Baker, The Dillards, and more

16

Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival & Guitar Competition

Wilson, Virginia

18-23

National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest

Weiser, Idaho
Phone: 1-800-437-1280

22-23

Grayson County Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers Convention

Elk Creek, Virginia
Phone: Jerry Testerman @ 276-655-4740)

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