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Updated December 7, 2009

Festivals

Contact us via email to suggest a festival listing.

Also see our listing of old-time, folk, and acoustic music camps

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

2009

DECEMBER


4-6

Suwannee Old-Time Music Weekend

Dade City, FL

 


12-14

Dare to Be Square

Seattle, WA

 

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2010

JANUARY


13-17

Portland Old-Time Music Gathering

Portland, OR

 


27-28

Cloverdale Old-Time Fiddle Contest

Cloverdale, CA

 

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FEBRUARY


19-20

Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Boone, NC

 

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MARCH


5-7

Breakin' Up Winter

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

 


11-14

Southeastern Cowboy Gathering

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

 


14-20

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

 

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APRIL


17

Old-Time Fiddlers' and Bluegrass Jamboree

Holladay, Tennessee

 


17-19

Bear on the Square Mountain Festival

Dahlonega, Georgia

 


29-May 2

MerleFest

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

 

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MAY


28-30

Vandalia Gathering

Vandalia, West Virginia
Phone: Division of Culture and History @ 304-558-0220

 


28-30

Florida Folk Festival

White Springs, Florida

 



Ole-Time Fiddlers & Bluegrass Festival

Union Grove, North Carolina
Phone: Harper Van Hoy @ 704-539-4417

 

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JUNE


4-5

Mt. Airy Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

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

 



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

 


11-13

Seedtime on the Cumberland

Whitesburg, Kentucky
Phone: 606-633-0108

 



American Heritage Music Festival

Grove, Oklahoma
Phone: 800-526-2523

 




Homeplace Pickin' Party

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

 



Bluff Mountain Festival

Hot Springs, Arkansas
Phone: 828-689-5507

 



Arthur Smith, Robert Spicer Memorial Fiddler's Contest

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

 



12th Annual Old-Time Music Ozark Heritage Festival

West Plains, Missouri


19

Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival & Guitar Competition

Wilson, Virginia

 


21-26

National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest

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

 

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JULY



Tennessee & National Championship Fiddlers Jamboree

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

 



Uncle Dave Macon Days

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

 



Kentucky State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest

Litchfield, Kentucky

 



Atmore Rotary Club Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Escambia High School
Competition, jamming, barbecue
Call 1-251-368-2106

 



Swannanoa Traditional Song Week

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

 



Swannanoa Fiddle Week

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

 



Allegheny County Fiddler’s Convention

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

 



Swannanoa Old-Time Week

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

 



Appalachian String Band Music Festival

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

 


Saturday
evenings

Shindig on the Green

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

 

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AUGUST



69th Annual Old Fiddlers Convention-Galax

Galax, Virginia
Phone: 276-236-8541

 



Canadian Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest

London, Ontario

 



Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival

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




Birmingham Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance Weekend

Mentone, Alabama

 



Branson Olde Time Fiddle Festival

Branson, Missouri

 



Indiana State Picking & Fiddling Championships

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

 

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SEPTEMBER



J.P. Fraley's Mountain Music Festival

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

 



Mountaineer Festival at Fall Creek Falls

Pikeville, Tennessee
Phone: 423-881-5708

 



Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance Festival

Buena Vista, Virginia

 



Walnut Valley Festival

Winfield, Kansas
Phone: 620-221-3250

 

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OCTOBER



Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

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



Tennessee Fall Homecoming - Museum of Appalachia

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

 



Florida State Fiddlers Association Convention
and Fall Harvest Festival

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

 



Harvest Festival at Cannonsburg Pioneer Village

Murfreesboro, TN
Phone:890-0355

 

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NOVEMBER



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