California

January 19 - 20, 2007
Lyn Neal's  String Fling 2007
Imperial Valley Expo Grounds, El Centro, California
Contact Jerry David (760) 355-4582 or email jandldavid@hotmailcom

January 26-27, 2007
32nd Annual Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Contest
Citrus Fairgrounds, Cloverdale, California
Contact Bonnie Asien at info@cloverdalehistoricalsociety.org

February, 2006
CSOTFA District 6 Annual Amateur Fiddle & Flatpick Contest
St. James Lutheran Church,  Redding, California
Contact Marcella Nankervis  474-5555 or Anne Huber 243-0676
Website:  www.fiddlenet.us

March 17-18, 2006 Nationally Certified
CSTOA State Championships
CA Residents only, Oroville, California
Contact Sharon Barrett  (530) 527-6127  or email texshar@pacbell.net

May 21, 2006:
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest
Paramount Ranch, Agoura Hills, California
Contact Warren Garfield 818-382-4819 or email: info@topangabanjofiddle.org
website: www.topangabanjofiddle.org/event

May 25 - 28, 2006:
Annual Strawberry Spring Music Festival
Sonora, California
P.O. Box 664, Jamestown CA  95327
Call (209) 984-8630 website:  www.strawberrymusic.com

July:
Shasta Fiddle Camp
Whiskeytown Lake, Redding, California
Contact E. Johnson (530) 246-2172

August 12, 2006
Redwood Empire Fair Fiddle Contest
Ukiah, California
Contact Laura Smith 707-743-1303 or email at  laurafiddler@saber.net

August:
Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling Camp
Camp Cambell in the Santa Cruz Mountains,
Write to VOM, 1281 5th Ave, San Francisco, California 94122
call (415) 566-4355
website: www.valleyofthemoon.org email: vom@monitor.net

August:
Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
Call (615) 377-6064 or e-mail  fiddlecamp@pegasusnet.com

September 15-17,2006: Nationally Certified
CSOTFA #3 Central Regional Fiddlin' Down the Tracks Contest
Tehachapi, California
Contact Cathy Sponsler 661-823-0963
website: www.tehachapi.com/fiddlecontest.

September 17, 2005:
(Third Saturday In Sept.)
Fiddletown Jamboree
Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth, California
Call (209) 245-3067 or (209) 296-4061

September:
Annual Jamboree
Fiddletown, California
Call (209) 245-3047 or (209) 296-4061

October 19-21, 2006: Nationally Certified
Western Open Fiddle Championships (22nd Anniversary)
Tehama Co. Fairgrounds, Red Bluff, California
Contact Sharon or Tex Ash at (530) 527-6127, e-mail: texshar@pacbell.net
or visit website:  www.westernopenfiddle.com

November 2005
Death Valley '49ers Oldtime Fiddle and Grassy Green Pickin' Contests
Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California
Contact Irene at 1-800-662-8898 or email:  irene@sevierustah.net