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Fiddle Contests & Festivals - U.S.
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest® and Festival
(Weiser, ID)
Alabama
Atmore Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
(Atmore, AL)
Landmark Park's Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
(Dothan, AL)
Official Alabama State Fiddling Championship
(Huntsville, AL)
Tennesse Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
(Athens, AL)
Alaska
Alaska Folk Festival
(Juneau, AK)
Alaska State Fair Fiddle Contest
(Anchorage, AK)
Southeast Alaska State Fair Fiddle Contest
(Haines, AK)
Arizona
Annual Old Time Fiddlers Contest
(Tucson, AZ)
Desert Fiesta Country Music Jamboree
(Salome, AZ)
Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Championship
(Wickenburg, AZ)
Sierra Vista Fiddle Contest
(Sierra Vista, AZ)
Turquoise Valley Old Time Music Festival
(Naco, AZ)
Vertilee Floyd Memorial Old Time Fiddlers Contest Arizona State Championship
(Payson, AZ)
Arkansas
Arkansas Fiddlers Convention
(Harrison, AR)
California
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
(Berkeley, CA)
California State Old Time Fiddlers Assc. State Championships
(Oroville, CA)
CSOTFA District 6 Amateur Fiddle & Flatpick Contest
(Redding, CA)
Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Festival
(Cloverdale, CA)
Death Valley '49ers Encampment Fiddle & Pickin' Contest
(Death Valley National Park, CA)
Fiddle & Bango Contest
(Columbia, CA)
Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention and Festival
(Goleta, CA)
Redwood Empire Fair Fiddle Contest
(Ukiah, CA)
Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association Youth Fiddle Contest
(San Jose, CA)
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival
(Agoura Hills, CA)
Weaverville Open Fiddle Contest
(Weaverville, CA)
Western Open Fiddle Championships
(Red Bluff, CA)
Colorado
Colorado Fiddle Championships - State Contest
(Denver, CO)
Fiddlers Along The Arkansas
(Canon City, CO)
Connecticut
Delaware
Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddlers Festival
(Rehoboth Beach, DE)
Florida
Florida Old Time Music Championship
(Dade City, FL)
Florida State Fiddlers Association Annual Convention
(Keystone Heights, FL)
Georgia
1890s Day Jamboree Fiddle Contest
(Ringgold, GA)
Georgia's Official State Fiddlers' Convention
(Hiawassee, GA)
Westville Fiddle Contest
(Lumpkin, GA)
Hawaii
Idaho
Fiddlin' On The Falls
(Idaho Falls, ID)
Idaho Open Fiddle Contest
(Nampa, ID)
Idaho State Fiddle Contest
(Grangeville, ID)
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest® and Festival
(Weiser, ID)
Teton Valley Fiddler's Contest
(Driggs, ID)
Wild West Fiddle Contest
(Kuna, ID)
Illinois
Appletime Fiddle & Banjo Contest
(Murphysboro, IL)
Madison County Fair Fiddle Contest
(Highland, IL)
Midwest Invitational Fiddle Contest
(Chicago, IL)
Harvest Fest and Fair in the Square Fiddlers Contest
(Woodstock, IL)
Illinois State Fair Fiddle & Banjo Contest
(Springfield, IL)
Old Settlers Days Fiddle Contest
(Kampsville, IL)
Old Time Music Fete
(Cahokia, IL)
Sandwich Fair Fiddle Contest
(Sandwich, IL)
Indiana
Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom
(Nashville, IN)
Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering
(Battle Ground, IN)
Indiana State Picking & Fiddling Championships
(Petersburg, IN)
Metamora Old Time Music Festival
(Metamora, IN)
Riley Festival Old Fiddler's Contest
(Greenfield, IN)
Traditional Arts Indiana State Fair Fiddle Contest
(Bloomington, IN)
Iowa
Iowa Friends of Old-Time Music Fiddler's Picnic
(Iowa City, IA)
Iowa State Fair Fiddlers' Contest
(Des Moines, IA)
Kansas
Kansas State Fiddling & Picking Championships Weekend
(Lawrence, KS)
Walnut Valley Festival
(Winfield, KS)
Kentucky
Morehead Old Time Fiddlers Convention
(Morehead, KY)
Official Kentucky State Championship
(Falls Of Rough, KY)
Western Kentucky Regional Fiddle Festival
(Murray, KY)
Louisiana
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
(Natchitoches, LA)
Maine
East Benton Fiddler's Convention & Contest
(East Benton, ME)
Ogunquit Fiddlers Contest & Old Time Radio Gang
(Ogunquit, ME)
Maryland
Berlin Fiddler's Convention
(Berlin, MD)
Massachusetts
Banjo and Fiddle Contests
(Lowell, MA)
Bolton Fair Old Time Fiddler's Contest
(Lancaster, MA)
Fiddle Hell
(Groton, MA)
John Putnam Fiddler's Reunion
(Greenfield, MA)
Rochester Country Fair Fiddle Contest
(Rochester, MA)
Michigan
Huckleberry Backyard Jam Fiddle Contest
(Flint, MI)
Michigan State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest
(New Boston, MI)
Minnesota
Little Falls Dam Festival Fiddle Contest
(Little Falls, MN)
Mille Lacs County Fair Fiddle Contest
(Princeton, MN)
Minnesota Pioneer Park Fiddler's Festival
(Annandale, MN)
Minnesota State Fiddle Contest
(St. Paul, MN)
Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championship & Festival
(Cotton, MN)
Mower County Fair Old Time Fiddlers Contest
(Austin, MN)
Rochesterfest Fiddle Contest
(Rochester, MN)
Terrace Mill Fall Festival and Fiddlers' Contest
(Terrace, MN)
Wright County Fair Fiddler Contest
(Howard Lake, MN)
Mississippi
Missouri
Boonville, Missouri Fiddle Contest
(Boonville, MO)
Branson Olde Time Fiddle Festival
(Branson, MO)
Ozarks Spring Fiddlers Convention
(Branson, MO)
SEMO District Fair Fiddler's Contest
(Cape Girardeau, MO)
Montana
Montana Old Time Fiddlers' Convention & Annual Fiddling Show
(Lewistown, MT)
Montana State Fiddle Contest
(Red Lodge, MT)
Montana Winter Fair Fiddler's Contest
(Lewistown, MT)
Nebraska
Monumental Fiddling Championship and Acoustic Band Contest
(Beatrice, NE)
Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee
(Avoca, NE)
Nevada
Wells, Nevada Fiddling Contest
(Wells, NV)
New Hampshire
Deerfield Fair Fiddler's Contest
(Deerfield, NH)
Richmond Blueberry Fiddle Festival
(Swanzey, NH)
Stark, New Hampshire Fiddler's Contest
(Stark, NH)
New Jersey
Fireback Fiddle Contest
(Oxford, NJ)
Folk Exchange Fiddle Contest
(Titusville, NJ)
New Jersey State Fair Fiddler's Contest
(Augusta, NJ)
New Mexico
Santa Fe Traditional & Bluegrass Music Festival
(Santa Fe, NM)
New York
Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion
(Altamont, NY)
Fiddlers' Jamboree
(Athol, NY)
Fiddlin's Fun Festival
(Binghamton, NY)
New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers' Assn. Fiddlers' Picnic Festival
(Osceola, NY)
North Carolina
Alleghany County Fiddler's Convention
(Sparta, NC)
Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
(Boone, NC)
Charlie Poole Music Festival
(Eden, NC)
Fiddler's Grove
(Union Grove, NC)
Highfalls Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
(Highfalls, NC)
Happy Valley Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
(Lenoir, NC)
Hoppin' John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention
(Pittsboro, NC)
Mt. Airy Bluegrass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention
(Mt. Airy, NC)
Swannanoa Gathering Fiddle Week
(Swannanoa, NC)
Yadkinville Bluegrass Contest & Fiddlers' Convention
(Yadkinville, NC)
North Dakota
Fargo Fiddle Contest
(West Fargo, ND)
Governor Arthur A. Link Fiddle Contest
(Bismarck, ND)
International Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest
(Dunseith, ND)
Ohio
Appalachian Mountain Music Festival
(Harveysburg, OH)
Dan Emmett Old-Time Fiddle Contest
(Mt. Vernon, OH)
Ohio State Fiddling Championship
(Nelsonville, OH)
Raccoon County Music Festival Fiddle Contest
(Burton, OH)
Oklahoma
Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest
(Grove, OK)
Oklahoma State Fiddler's Championships
(Tulsa, OK)
Oregon
Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest
(Hood River, OR)
High Desert Fiddlers Country Music Jamboree
(Burns, OR)
Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association Championship Contest
(Salem, OR)
Portland Old-time Music Gathering
(Portland, OR)
Union County Fair Fiddle Contest
(La Grande, OR)
Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Workshop
(Enterprise, OR)
Pennsylvania
Chester County Old Fiddlers' Picnic
(Coatesville, PA)
Greene Dreher Sterling Fiddle Contest
(Newfoundland,PA)
Lyons Fiddle Festival
(Lyons, PA)
Pennsylvania State Fiddle Contest
(DuBois, PA)
Ron Nauman Fiddle Contest
(East Stroudsburg, PA)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Breakin' Up Winter
(Lebanon, TN)
Grand Master Fiddler Championship
(Nashville, TN)
Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree
(Smithville, TN)
State of Tennessee Old-Time Fiddlers' Championships
(Clarksville, TN)
Uncle Dave Macon Days
(Murfreesboro, TN)
Texas
Burnet BBQ Cook-off & Fiddlers Festival
(Burnet, TX)
East Texas Yamboree Fiddler's Contest
(Gilmer, TX)
Fiddlers Frolics, Texas State Championship
(Hallettsville, TX)
Johnson County Pioneers & Old Settlers Reunion Fiddlers Contest
(Alvarado, TX)
Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering & Western Swing Festival
(Fort Worth, TX)
Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo Foot Tappin' Fiddle Contest
(Austin, TX)
Texas Western Swing Fiddling Showcase
(Belton, TX)
Western Heritage Classic Fiddle Contest
(Abilene, TX)
Whitewright Fiddle Fest
(Whitewright, TX)
Utah
American West Old Time Heritage Fiddle Contest
(Wellsville, UT)
Utah Old Time Fiddlers Contest
(Salt Lake City, UT)
Utah Old Time Fiddlers State Fiddle Contest
(Richfield, UT)
Western Legends Round-Up Fiddle Contest
(Kanab, UT)
Vermont
Brandon Independence Day Fiddle Contest
(Brandon, VT)
Cracker Barrel Bazaar Fiddlers Contest
(Newbury, VT)
Lake Champlain Bluegrass Fiddle & Banjo Contest
(Alburg, VT)
Northeast Kingdom Cultural Heritage Festival Fiddle Contest
(Lyndonville, VT)
Northeast Regional Old Time Fiddlers' Contest & Festival
(Barre, VT)
Virginia
Roanoke Fiddle Fest
(Roanoke, VA)
Holiday Lake Old Time Music Festival
(Appomattox, VA)
Maury River Fiddlers' Convention
(Buena Vista, VA)
Old Fiddler's Convention
(Galax, VA)
Tazewell County Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention
(Tazewell, VA)
Washington
Centralia Old-Time Music Campout
(Centralia, WA)
Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes
(Port Townsend, WA)
Goose Creek Opry
(Wilbur, WA)
North Cascades Oldtime Fiddlers Contest
(Winthrop, WA)
Northwest Folklife
(Seattle, WA)
Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest
(Spokane, WA)
Olympia Old-Time Music Fest
(Olympia, WA)
Shelton Old Time Fiddlers Fest
(Shelton, WA)
Spokane Folklore Society Fall Folk Festival
(Spokane, WA)
Washington Open Fiddle Contest
(Republic, WA)
Washington State Fiddlers' Contest
(East Wenatchee, WA)
Wintergrass
(Tacoma, WA)
West Virginia
Appalachian String Band Music Festival
(Clifftop, WV)
Appalachian Style Fiddle Contest
(Morgantown, WV)
Augusta Old-Time Fiddlers Reunion
(Elkins, WV)
Franklin George Old Time Music Gathering
(Gandeeville, WV)
Wisconsin
Old Tyme Fiddle Contest
(Pepin, WI)
Ozaukee County Pioneer Village Old Time Fiddlers' Contest
(Saukville, WI)
Wakely Creek Old Time Acoustic Fiddle & Harmonica Contest and Music Fest
(Nekoosa, WI)
Wannigan Days Fiddle Contest
(St. Croix Falls, WI)
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountain Festival
(Buffalo, WY)
Teton County Fair Fiddle Contest
(Jackson, WY)
Wyoming Old Time Fiddle Association State Fiddle Contest
(Thermopolis, WY)
Fiddle Contests & Festivals - Canada & World
Canada
Alberta
Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship
(Radway, AB)
British Columbia
Central Fraser Valley Provincial Fiddle Contest
(Abbotsford, BC)
Coombs Old Time Fiddlers Fiddle Jamboree
(Qualicum Bay, BC)
Cowichan Valley Fiddle Fever
(Duncan, BC)
Kelowna Old Time Fiddle Contest
(Kelowna, BC)
Prince George Old Time Fiddle Contest
(Prince George, BC)
Manitoba
Carman Fiddle Festival
(Carman, MB)
Newfoundland
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2008
(St. John's, NL)
Nova Scotia
Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling
(Cape Breton, NS)
Maritime Fiddle Festival
(Dartmouth, NS)
Ontario
Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship
(Ottawa, ON)
Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship
(Shelburne, ON)
Donnybrook Fiddle and Step Dance Competition
(Dorchester, ON)
Fiddlers On The Trent Festival
(Frankford, ON)
Newmarket Fiddle and Step Dance Festival
(Newmarket, ON)
Ontario Open Fiddle and Step Dance Contest
(Bobcaygeon, ON)
Orangeville Fiddle and Step Dance Camp
(Orangeville, ON)
Ottawa Fiddle and Stepdance Competition
(Richmond, ON)
Pakenham Fiddle and Step Dance Competition
(Pakenham, ON)
Pembroke Old Time Fiddling & Step Dancing Championships
(Pembroke, ON)
Southwestern Ontario Open Fiddle & Stepdance Championships
(Tavistock, ON)
Sturgeon Falls Step Dance & Fiddle Festival
(West Nipissing, ON)
Vankleek Hill Fiddling, Step Dancing & Square Dancing Competition
(Vankleek Hill, ON)
Prince Edward Island
Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival
(Rollo Bay, PE)
Saskatchewan
Govan Fiddle Festival & Saskatchewan Fiddle Championships
(Nokomis, SK)
John Arcand Fiddle Fest
(Saskatoon, SK)
England
London Fiddle Convention
(London, England)
Rothbury Traditional Music Festival
(Rothbury, England)
Scotland
Isle of Skye Accordion & Fiddle Festival
(Isle of Skye, Scotland)
Scots Fiddle Festival - Fiddle 2008
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival
(Shetland, Scotland)
Wales
Fiddle Festival of Wales
(Pembroke, Wales)
Independent Documentary Filmmaking
Independent Feature Project ('IFP')
Instrument Makers & Music Stores
American Federation of Violin & Bow Makers
(Mt. Airy, MD)
Archtop.com
(Seattle, WA)
Clinesmith Instruments
(Glide, OR)
Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments
(Missoula, MT)
David Bromberg Fine Violins
(Wilmington, DE)
Cole Mandolins
(Filer, ID)
Jonathan Cooper Violin Maker
(Gorham, ME)
DoubleStop FiddleShop
(Guthrie, OK)
Hartz Music Shop
(Meridian, ID)
Owyhee Mountain Fiddle Shop
(Nampa, ID)
Sites' Music School & Violin Shop
(Idaho Falls, ID)
Swing Cat Enterprises
(Seattle, WA)
Voyager Recordings & Publications
(Seattle, WA)
Wyatt Fiddle Shop
(Independence, MO)
Musicians
Paul Anastasio
Darol Anger
Byron Berline
Booher Family
David Bromberg
Don Burnham
Isaac Callender
Denice Carter
Daniel and Amy Carwile
Hanneke Cassel
Jim 'Texas Shorty' Chancellor
Tristan and Tashina Clarridge
Bob Dylan
Randy Elmore
Foghorn String Band
John Francis
Johnny Gimble
Alex Hargreaves
Bubba Hopkins
David Kaemmer
Amanda Kerr
Jamie Laval
Bridget Law
Dennis Ludiker
JayDean Ludiker
Tony Ludiker
Megan B. Lynch
Pete Martin
Michael Mendelson
Dale and Tobi Morris
Mark O'Connor
Nate Olson
Quebe Sisters
Roberta Rast
John Relph
Donna Reuter
Doc Peter Rolland
Monique Ruwe
Saline Fiddlers
Becky Smith
Buddy Spicher
Roy Thackerson
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Joe Venuti
April Verch
The Voetberg Family
Eileen Walter
Doc Watson Guitar
Vivian & Phil Williams
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Online Fiddle Communities & Stuff
Fiddle Fork
Fiddle Tunes Of The Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection,
Library of Congress
The Fiddler's Companion
Folkjam.org (find and post jams)
Friends of American Old-Time Music & Dance
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
Indiana University Sheet Music Collection
Junior Appalachian Musicians
Kentucky Center for Traditional Music
Old-Time Music Home Page
A Ride With Bob (a musical about Bob Wills)
University of Vermont String Pedagogy Notebook
Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum
The Violin Site
Western Swing Society
Publications
Cybergrass
Fiddler Magazine
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Online
Mandozine
The Old Time Herald
Strings Magazine
Western Swing Monthly
State, Regional & International Fiddle Associations
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arizona Old Time Fiddlers
Arizona Old Time Fiddlers, Yuma Territorial Chapter
Tucson Old Time Music Circle
Arkansas
Arkansas State Old Time Fiddler's Association
California
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 1
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 2
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 3
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 4
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 5
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 6
California State Old Time Fiddler's Association, District 7
California State Old Time Fiddler's Association, District 8
California State Old Time Fiddler's Association, District 9
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 10
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 13
California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 14
Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association
Colorado
Colorado Old Time Fiddlers Association
Connecticut
Bristol Old Time Fiddlers Club
Quiet Corner Fiddlers
Delaware
Florida
Florida State Fiddlers Association
Georgia
Hawaii
Bluegrass Hawaii Traditional & Bluegrass Music Society
Idaho
Idaho Old Time Fiddlers Association
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
The Fiddlers Association of Iowa
Kansas
Kansas Oldtime Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers
Kansas Prairie Pickers Association
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Falmouth Fiddlers Association
Michigan
Michigan Fiddlers Association
Minnesota
Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association
Minnesota State Fiddlers Association
Mississippi
Missouri
Missouri Traditional Fiddle & Dance Network
Montana
Montana State Oldtime Fiddlers Association
Nebraska
Big Muddy Fiddle Club
Nevada
Nevada Old-time Fiddlers Association
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Old-Time Country Dance Web Site
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Black River Valley Fiddlers Association
Fiddlers Of The Genesee
New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers' Association
NYS Old Tyme Fiddlers' Association, Southern Tier Chapter
North Carolina
North Dakota
North Dakota Old Time Fiddlers Association
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association (new)
Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association (original)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Old Fiddlers Club of Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Nashville Old-Time String Band Association
Texas
Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association
Utah
Utah Old Time Fiddlers & Country Music Assoc. Pioneer Chapter
Vermont
Northeast Fiddlers Association
Virginia
Washington
Spokane Folklore Society
Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association
Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 15
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin Old Time Fiddlers' Association
Wyoming
Wyoming Old Time Fiddle Association
Australia
Newport Fiddle and Folk Club
Canada
Alberta
Alberta Society of Fiddlers
Prairie Mountain Fiddlers
Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddler's Association
British Columbia
British Columbia Old Time Fiddlers' Association
Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers, Branch 4
Coast String Fiddlers
Coombs Central Vancouver Island Fiddlers, Branch 11
Victoria Fiddle Society
Manitoba
Manitoba Fiddle Association
New Brunswick
Maritime Fiddlers Association
Sussex Avenue Fiddlers
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Fiddlers' Association
Ontario
Pembroke & Area Fiddle Association
Vankleek Hill Fiddle & Dance Association
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island Fiddlers Society
PEI Fiddlers Society, Queens County Chapter
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Fiddlers Association
England
The Sheffield Traditional Fiddlers Society
Scotland
List of Scottish Accordion & Fiddle Clubs
Biggar Accordion & Fiddle Club
Highland Accordion and Fiddle Club
Isle of Skye Accordion & Fiddle Club
Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Club