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JanuaryJanuary 6-7, 2018
Colorado Fiddle Championships Denver, CO ⭐ January 12-14 2018 Territorial Fiddle Contest Worthen, AZ January 13 2018 Worthen Memorial Fiddle Contest Yuma, AZ January 27, 2018 Montana Winter Fair Fiddle Contest Lewiston, MT |
FebruaryFebruary 1-4, 2018
Ajo Old-Time Fiddlers Contest Ajo, AZ February 9-11, 2018 (always the 2nd weekend in Feb) Eastern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Contest Safford, AZ CANCELLED- February 18, 2017 (always on President's Day weekend) Spirit of the West Fiddle Contest Ellensburg, WA February 17-18 2018 Dillon Fiddle Contest Depot Theater - Dillon, MT February 25, 2017 Southern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Contest Tucson, AZ |
MarchMarch 10-11, 2017 TN State Old Time Fiddlers Championship Clarksville, TN March 10, 2018 (always the 2nd weekend in March) Great Southern Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention Chattanooga, TN March 12, 2016 Car-Truck-Tractor Show & Fiddle Contest Northport, AL March 17, 2018 Oregon State Old-Time Fiddlers Contest (now open to all residents!) Salem, OR⭐ March 16-17, 2018 California State Fiddle Championships Oroville, CA March 17, 2018 Spring Farm Day Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention Dothan, AL |
April
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MayMay 6, 2017 TOTFA Contest Groesbeck, TX ⭐ May 6, 2017 BGS Fiddle & Banjo Contest New Athens, IL May 19, 2017 Play The Gap Fiddle Contest Yakima, WA May 19-20 2017 Nevada State Fiddle Championships Eureka, NV May 20, 2017 Idaho State University Contest Pocatello, ID May 20, 2017 Great Big Yam Potatoes Old Time Music Gathering and Fiddle Contest Washington, MS May 21, 2017 Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, CA May 20, 2017 Fiddlers on the Peak Contest Chewelah, WA May 20, 2017 Julian Fiddle and Picking Contest Julian, CA May 21, 2016 Godley Fiddle Contest Godley, TX May 21, 2016 Down From the Hills - Mississippi Bluegrass Championship New Albany, MS May 26-27, 2017 1890's Day Jamboree Ringold, GA May 26-28, 2017 Vandalia Gathering Charleston, WV May 26-28, 2017 Fiddlers Grove Contest Union Grove, NC May 27, 2017 Athens Fiddlers Reunion Athens, TX ⭐ Facebook May 28, 2017 (always the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend) Official Florida State Fiddle Contest White Springs, FL May 31- June 3, 2017 John Hartford Memorial Festival and Contest Bean Blossom, IN |
JuneJune 2-3 2017
46th Annual Blue Grass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Mount Airy, NC June 3, 2017 Utah State Instrument Championships Ogden, UT June 3, 2017 DeKalb County Fiddlers' Convention Fort Payne, AL June 10, 2017 International Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest Dunseith, ND June 8-10, 2017 Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest Grove, OK ⭐ June 15-17, 2017 Maury River Fiddlers Convention Buena Vista, VA June 16-17, 2017 Idaho Open Fiddle Contest Nampa, ID June 19-24, 2017 (always the third full week in June) National Old-Time Fiddlers Contest Weiser, ID ⭐ June 23-24, 2017 Grayson County Fiddlers Convention Elk Creek, VA June 25, 2017 Smitty's Amateur Fiddlers Contest Big Lake Township, MN June 30- July 1, 2017 Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree Smithville, TN |
JulyJuly 4, 2016
TOTFA Contest Belton, TX ⭐ July 4th 2017 Fiddles & Fireworks Contest Bunceton, MO Contact Sherry Craig 660-537-6969 July 7-8, 2017 Uncle Dave Macon Days Old Time Contest and Festival Murfreesboro, TN July 8, 2017 (not confirmed) Ohio Hills Folk Festival Fiddle and Banjo Contest Quaker City, OH July 15, 2017 Sauder Village Fiddle Contest Archbold, OH July 15, 2017 Twin Lakes National Fiddler Championships Leitchfield, KY July 15, 2017 Louisiana State Fiddling Championship Natchitoches, LA July 22, 2017 Bluegrass Along the Harpeth Franklin, TN July 23, 2016 First Annual Clint Keys Memorial Contest West Texas Cowboy Church Gardendale, TX (for more info call Shane Keys- 432-349-0862) July 23, 2017 Montrose Fiddle Contest Montrose, CO July 24, 2016 Luebbering Annual Fiddle Contest Luebbering, MO For further info, call (636) 629-1717 July 29-30, 2016 Morehead Old Time Music Festival Morehead, KY July 30, 2016 Peabody Hale Fiddle Contest Crawford, NE July 29, 2017 Weld County Fiddle Fest Greely, CO July 29, 2017 (always the last Sunday in July) East Benton Fiddlers' Contest, Convention and Bluegrass Festival East Benton, ME |
August
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September
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OctoberOctober 1, 2016
TOTFA-Chicken & Bread Days Heritage Festival Bowie, TX ⭐ October 1-2, 2016 Oklahoma State Picking & Fiddling Championships Tulsa, OK October 1, 2016 Olde Tyme Apple Festival Versailles, MO October 3-4, 2015 NMOTFA State Fiddle Championship Truth or Consequences, NM October 6-8, 2016 Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Athens, AL October 8, 2016 JT's Fiddle Off Portland, OR ⭐ October 8, 2016 Indiana State Fiddling and Picking Championships Boonville, IN October 8, 2016 Loretta Lynn's Pickin' Singing and Dancing Jamboree Hurricane Mills, TN October 8, 2016 (Not Confirmed) Guadalupe County Fair Fiddlers Contest Seguin, TX October 9, 2016 Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention Santa Barbara, CA October 9, 2016 Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee Avoca, NE October 14-15, 2017 Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest Greenville, TX ⭐ October 14-15, 2016 Georgia Official State Fiddlers' Convention/Contest Hiawassee, GA October 15, 2016 TOTFA Contest - East Texas Yamboree Fiddlers Contest Gilmer, TX ⭐ October 16, 2016 Illinois State Old Time Fiddle Contest Effingham, IL October 20-22, 2016 Western Open Fiddle Championships Red Bluff, CA October 22, 2016 World Championship Fiddlers Festival Crockett, TX ⭐ October 24, 2015 Mid-Atlantic Fiddle, Banjo & Mandolin Championship Frostburg, MD October 29, 2016 Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddler's Festival Rehoboth Beach, Delaware |
NovemberNovember 11-13, 2016
Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Contest Wickenburg, AZ November 12, 2016 Grassy Green Picking and Fiddling Contest Death Valley, CA For more information call Bill Whitfield at 209.402.3881 November 12, 2016 Dale McPherson Memorial and TOTFA Championship Glen Rose, TX ⭐ November 12, 2016 Utah State Fiddle Contest West Valley, UT |
December
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