North American Fiddle Contests by Date
These dates are based on information provided to the National Fiddlers' Inc Office by the general public and contest chairpersons.  This information is provided as a community service and should be confirmed by the actual contest to confirm correct and that no changes have been made.

January

10-11  Annual Old Time Fiddlers Contest, The Worthen Memorial, Yuma Jaycees, Yuma Park and Swap, 4000 S 4^th Ave., Yuma, Arizona; contact Kaweah at Ph. 928-317-1439 or email: Kworthen_01@msn.com

10-11  Nationally Certified Colorado State Fiddle Championship, Denver, Colorado; contact Denice Carter, COTFA; email: fidlmom1@aol.com; web: www.coloradofiddlers.org

16-18  Blythe Bluegrass Festival, Colorado River Fairgrounds, Blythe, California; email: blythebluegrass@yahoo.com; website: www.blythebluegrass.com

16-18  Desert Fiesta Music Festival, Salome, Arizona; contact Linda 928-859-4621 or email:  ldarland@tds.net or tuffy@tds.net

24-25  Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Contest, Citrus Fairgrounds, Cloverdale, California; contact Bonnie Aisen at P.O. Box 628, Cloverdale CA 95425; 707-894-2067 or info@cloverdalehistoricalsociety; web: www.cloverdalehistoricalsociety.org

Jan. 31-Feb 1  Snow Deer Festival, North Side Improvement League, Mill Street, Watertown, New York; sponsored by NY State Old Tyme Fiddlers’ Assn.; website: www.nysotfa.homestead.com

February

5-8  Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Ajo, Arizona; contact Linda Darland, Ph. 928-859-4621 or email: ldarland@tds.net; Web: www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org

TBA  Fiddle Contest, 518 S. Main St., Quitman, Texas; contact Heidi email:  fiddlegirl316.yahoo.com

14-15  Annual Eastern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Graham County Fairgrounds, Safford, Arizona; contact Judy Cantrell 928-651-3839 or Mary Jones 928-428-6825

TBA  Saint Peter Fiddle Contest with Winterfest, Trinity Lutheran Church, 511 S. 5^th St., St. Peter, Minnesota 56082; contact Andy Lo at alo@hickorytech.net

21  Amateur Fiddle & Flatpick Contest, Redding, CSOTFA, District 6, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Dr., Redding, California;website: www.csotfa.org

22  Annual Old Time Fiddle Contest, DeMeester Performing Arts Center, Tucson, Arizona; contact Bob 520-883-1323 or Wilbur 520-743-7086

March

13-14 or 27-28  Nationally Certified California State Open Fiddle Championships, Oroville, California; contact Eric Anderson, 916-764-2195, email: pcweasel@msn.com; or Bob Hedrick, ph. 530-589-4844, email bch462@sbcglobal.net; web: www.csotfa.org

20-21    Nationally Certified Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers State Championship, Chemetka Community College, Salem, Oregon; contact Lew Holt, 1625 19^th St. NE, Salem OR 97301; email: lewholt@aol.com; web: oregonoldtimefiddling.org

20-21  Annual Tennessee State Old Time Fiddlers Championship, Rossview High School Clarksville, Tennessee Contact: Hilldale Civitan Club, P.O. Box 3066, Clarksville, TN 37043; info@hilldalecivitan.org;  www.tnfiddlers.com

April

  Annual Fiddlers Contest, sponsored by the Pillager Fair Board, contact Arnold Cole, P.O. Box 145, Pillager, North Dakota  56473, ph. 218-746-3764 or cell ph. 218-746-3764

17-19  Annual Arizona Outback Spring Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona; contact Linda 928-859-4621 or email: ldarland@tds.net

  Amateur Fiddle and Picking Contest, California State OTFA, Dist. 8, Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Road, Oak View, California; contact Joe Hunsinger at 805-581-9393

18-19  Nationally Certified Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest, West Valley High School, corner of Buckeye and Vista, Spokane Valley, Washington; contact nwfiddlers@aol.com, Ed & Kerri Miller ph. 509-226-9030; website: www.nwregionals.com

24-26  Annual Texas State Championship Fiddlers’ Frolics, Knights of Columbus Hall, Hallettsville, Texas; Contact: 361-798-2311 or 361-798-5934, or Cherri Fryer email: cherrifryer@aol.com ; website: www.fiddlersfrolics.com

  Fiesta Fiddle Contest, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; contact Margaret Thoma, P.O. Box 469, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901, ph. 505-894-8752; email:  sawinters@riolink.com

25  Alabama State Fiddling Championship, Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville, Alabama, website:  www.panoply.org

29  National Fiddler Hall of Fame 2^nd Inaugural Gala, Performing Arts Center for Education, Tulsa, Oklahoma; website: www.nationalfiddlerhalloffame.org

May

2-3  Nationally Certified Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest, Hood River, Oregon; contact Denise McCravey, 610 Oak St., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-490-0079 or director@ColumbiaGorgeFiddleContest.com; website:www.ColumbiaGorgeFiddleContest.com

15-17  Nationally Certified 43nd Annual Washington State Fiddle Contest, Eastmont Jr. High School, East Wenatchee, Washington; contact Earl Calvert, ph. 509-886-1614; email:  wotfacontest@hotmail.com ; website:  www.wotfa.org

  Annual Super Fiddle Show, Riverview High School Theatre, Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada; for info see website:  www.ivanhicks.com

22-24  85^th Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival, Fiddlers Grove Campground, Union Grove, North Carolina; www.fiddlersgrove.com

  Annual Monumental Fiddling Championship, Homestead National Monument of America, 8523 West State Hwy. 4, Beatrice, Nebraska  68310; ph. 402-223-3514; contact susan_cook@nps.gov

  Nationally Certified Idaho Open Fiddle Contest, Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho; contact Roberta Pearce, ph. 208-249-5639; email: spearce16@cableone.net; website: www.idopenfiddlecontest.com

  Nationally Certified River City Fiddle Fest, Post Falls, Idaho; contact JayDean Ludiker, 1408 N. Vista Rd., Spokane, Washington; email: jaydean@earthlink.net

30-31  Nationally Certified Wyoming State Fiddler’s Contest, Hot Springs High School Auditorium, Thermopolis, Wyoming; contact Ed Capan, ed_capan@yahoo.com or 307-921-8120; web: www.wyomingfiddle.org

June

5-6  Nationally Certified Annual Old-Time International Fiddlers’ Workshop and Contest, Dunseith, ND, sponsored by the International Music Camp, 1930 23rd Ave. SE, Minot, North Dakota 58701, ph. 701-838-8472; website:  www.internationalmusiccamp.com

11-13  Nationally Certified Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest, Grove, Oklahoma; contact Grand Lake Festivals, Inc., P.O. Box 451590, Grove, OK 74345; web:  www.grandlakefestivals.com

19-20  Annual Fiddle Contest, Colonial Theater, Idaho Falls, Idaho; contact Jaclyn Sites at email: fiddlingjacie@hotmail.com; web: www.fiddlinonthefalls.com

  Annual Old-Time Fiddle Contest, Bethel, Missouri; contact: Wendy Brumbaugh, 573-633-2640; email: brumbaughw@missouri.edu

21  Nationally Certified Nevada State Fiddle Contest, Chamber of Commerce, Wells, Nevada; contact Peg Kaplan, C of C, P.O. Box 615,Wells, NV 89835, 775-752-3540

22-29  National Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest & Festival, Weiser, Idaho; contact Karen Penner, Director, 115 W. Idaho, Weiser, ID 83672, Ph. 1-800-437-1280; Treasure Valley residents call 414-0255, or FAX 208-414-0256, or email director@fiddlecontest.com; web: www.fiddlecontest.com

  Annual Fargo Fiddle Contest, Red River Valley Fair, Fargo, North Dakota; contact Ann Schluter, Ph. 218-236-1470; email: waltzinfdl@aol.com; web: www.fiddlend.com

  Fiddlin’s Fun Festival, Roberson Museum, Binghamton, New York;  web: www.fiddlinsfun.org

  Dickson Fiddler’s Contest and Family Fun Festival, Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, Tennessee; contact Sonya Brogdon at brogdon@mac.com or 615-740-8356; see www.dickson-fiddlers.com or www.kiwanisofdickson.com

  Smity’s Amateur Fiddlers’ Contest, sponsored by Big Lake Spud Fest, Big Lake, Minnesota; contact Norm & Dee Leslie, 763-263-2218, 21540 County Road 43, Big Lake, MN 55309  (all contestants receive a free 100 lb. sack of spuds)

June 28 – July 5  Festival of Fiddle Tunes, Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington; contact Warren Argo, ph. 360-385-3102 x130; email: warren@centrum.org; website:  www.centrum.org

July

June 28 – July 5  Festival of Fiddle Tunes, Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington; contact Warren Argo, ph. 360-385-3102 x130; email: warren@centrum.org; website:  www.centrum.org

17-18  Kentucky Old Time State Fiddle Championship, Rough River Dam State Park, Kentucky; contact Brent Miller, 270-259-3578, P.O. Box 4042, Leitchfield, KY 42755; email kyfiddler@comcast.net; website: kentuckyfiddler.com

17-18  Cracker Barrel Fiddler’s Contest, on the Common in Newbury, Vermont; contact Cracker Barrel Bazaar Committee, P.O.  Box 233, Newbury, VT 05051; website:  www.crackerbarrelbazaar.org

23-26  37^th Annual Fiddlers Picnic, 1171 Comins Rd., Osceola, New York, sponsored in part by the New York State Fiddlers Assn., P.O. Box 24, Redfield, New York 13437; ph. 315-599-7009; web: www.nysotfa.homestead.com

  Nationally Certified Montana State Old Time Fiddle Contest, Red Lodge, Montana; contact Emily Callender, 413 S. F St., Livingston, MT, 59047; ecallene@yahoo.com; website: www.montanafiddlers.org

  Fiddlers Along the Arkansas old time fiddle competition, Veterans Park, Cañon City, Colorado; sponsored by Colorado OTFA; email: information@fiddlersalongthearkansas.com and www.fiddlersalongthearkansas.com

  Washington OTFA Workshop, Kittitas Grade School, Kittitas, Washington; contact Bill Parker, chair, ph. 509-628-3340; email:  blu2gras@verizon.net or www.wotfa.org

30  Union County Fair Fiddle Contest, Fairgrounds, LaGrande, Oregon; contact Val Stockhoff, ph. 541-562-5873 or vstockhoff@coni.com or www.oregonoldtimefiddling.org

August

5-9  59^th Annual Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship, Shelburne, Ontario, Canada; email: shelburnefiddle@yahoo.ca ;web: www.shelburnefiddlecontest.on.ca

7-8  Nationally Certified Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championship & Festival, Cotton High School, Cotton, Minnesota; contact 218-482-5592 or 218-482-3303, website: www.cottontownship.org

19-21  Grant County Fair Fiddle Contest, Fairgrounds, John Day, Oregon; sponsored by Blue Mountain OTFA; contact Ivan McDaniel, 801 Furgeson Rd., John Day, OR 97845, Ph. 541-575-2574

  Willamette Valley Fiddle Contest, Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis, Oregon; contact Starr McMullen email: mcmulles@hotmail.com

  Oldfield Heritage Fiddle Contest and Festival, Western Washington Fairgrounds coordinated with WOTFA, Dist. 8, Puyallup, Washington; contact Merrillee Goodroad at fredsfiddlecontest@gmail.com or ph. 253-471-7594; info at www.fredoldfieldcenter.org

  Missouri State Fair Fiddle Contest, Sedalia, Missouri; contact Allen Wyatt email: wyattfiddle@comcast.net or website: www.fiddlesong.com

  Redwood Empire Fiddle Contest, Ukiah, California; contact Laura Smith at 707-743-1303 or email: laurafiddler@saber.net or contact the Fair Office at (707) 462-FAIR; web: www.redwoodempirefair.com.

  Nationally Certified Washington Open Fiddle Contest, Republic, Washington; contact Jayne Jurgensen, 179 Rose Valley Rd., Republic, WA 99166 ph. 509-775-3819; email jjurgensen@rcabletv.com; www.washingtonopenfiddlecontest.com

  Centralia Old-Time Music Campout, Washington; contact Ray Leach, 815 W. 6^th St., Centralia, WA; ph. 360-807-8461; email: ray@wefiddle.com; web: www.centraliacampout.com

21  Nationally Certified Ohio State Fiddling Championship, Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio; contact Keith Johnson, 86 E. Columbus St., Nelsonville, OH 45764, ph. 740-753-5248; email: johnsonk@grangeinsurance.com

  Nationally Certified Four Corners Reg. Fiddle Contest, San Juan County Fair, McGee Park, near Farmington, New Mexico; contact Tracy Haroldson, 38 Rd 3275, Aztec, NM 87410; ph. 505-334-3178 or 505-215-2912; email: haroldson8@msn.com

22  Nationally Certified Rocky Mountain Regional Fiddle Championships, Ramkota Best Western Hotel, Casper, Wyoming; contact Ann Robinson, 1923 Grass Creek Rd., Casper, WY 82604, ph. 307-266-6347 or email agrobinson@bresnan.net

  Genesee Country Village Fiddle Fair, Mumford New York; contact Kathy at 585-538-6822 or go to www.gcv.org

  Oklahoma State Fiddlers Convention, Western Hills Lodge, Wagoner, Oklahoma; contact Web Tipton 405-787-5220

  Minnesota State Fiddling Championship, State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota; contact Dee Scott at 952-472-2987 or Judy McKeand at 952-472-7587; web: www.fiddlemn.com

September

  Junior Fiddle Contest (under 17 yr.), Davis, Oklahoma; contact Rosemary Bowen, Arbuckle Mt. Park, Rt. 2, Box 216, Wynnewood, OK 73098, ph. 405-665-5226, rosemary@brightok.net; www.arbucklemtbluegrasspark.com

19  Weaverville Open Fiddle Contest, Trinity Alps Performing Art Center; contact Jim French, P.O. Box 1397, Weaverville, California 96093; ph. 530-623-7105; email: mandos@snowcrest.net; website: csotfa.org/Weaverville.htm

18-19  Nationally Certified Fiddlin’ Down the Tracks, CSOTFA Dist. #3, Tehachapi, California; contact Leslie Schoenberg, ph. 661-821-0800; email: schoenbergzoo@sbcglobal.net

  36^th annual South Dakota Open Fiddle Contest and Jamboree (fiddle, accordion & harmonica contests), Old Hiway 50, Yankton, South Dakota; contact George Mallory, 5912 Lois Lane, Sioux Falls, SD, 57108, ph. 605-357-9357; email: fiddledd@att.net

  Sierra Vista Fiddle Contest, Veteran’s memorial Park, Sierra Vista, Arizona; contact David, ph. 520-220-1166; web: www.dkmusicstudio.com/fiddlecontest

  Nationally Certified Utah State Fiddle Contest, Richfield, Utah; contact Sherry Adderly, 164 W, 200 S, La Verkin UT 84745; ph. 435-635-2303

  Nationally Certified Northeast Old Time Fiddle Contest, Barre Opera House, Barre, Vermont; for info call Marc Gregoire, Ph. 802-476-7798; email: marcdeb186@verizon.net; website: www.nefiddlers.org

26-27  Nationally Certified Vertielee Floyd Memorial Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest, Arizona State Championship, Payson, Arizona; contact Bill Neal, ph. 928-978-8001; www.paysonfiddlers.org

  Fiddle Contest, Kuna, Idaho; contact Monique Ruwe, email:  ruwemusic@msn.com

19-20  Sierra Vista Fiddle Contest, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Sierra Vista, Arizona; contact David, ph. 520-220-1166; web: dkmusicstudio.com/fiddlecontest

  Nationally Certified Wagon Days Open Oldtime Fiddle Contest, Ketchum, Idaho; contact Ken Worthington, 41 Kilpatrick Bridge Rd., Bellevue, ID 83313, ph. 208-720-3358

  Sheffield Field Day Fiddlers’ Contest, Sheffield Federated Church, Rt. 122, Sheffield, Vermont; contact Malcolm Goldstein at 802-626-8439

  Fiddle Jamboree at Sod Buster Days, Fort Ransom State Park, North Dakota; contact Mary Ph. 701-845-4077; email: dpk@agristar.net

October

  Oklahoma State Fiddle Championship, Tulsa, Oklahoma

  Grand Master Fiddler Championship, Nashville, Tennessee; contact Howard Harris or Ed Carnes, 330 Mallory Station Road, Suite D-12, Franklin, TN 37067, ph. 615-778-8804, email: gmfcinfo4me@grandmasterfiddler.com. Pre-register at www.grandmasterfiddler.com

  Nationally Certified New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers State Championship Contest, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; contact Norene Tow ph. 505-894-8752 or write NMOTF, P.O. Box 469, T or C, NM 87901

22-24  Nationally Certified Western Open Fiddle Championships, Red Bluff, California; contact Sharon Barrett, 469 Jackson St., Red Bluff, CA 96080-3715, ph. 530-527-6127; email: texshar@packbell.net

  Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddler Convention, Athens State University, Athens, Alabama; contact Rick Mould, ph. 256-233-8215; email: rmould@athens.edu

November

  Annual Fall Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona; contact Linda at ph. 928-859-4621; web: arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org

  Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Championship, Wickenburg, Arizona; web: www.wickenburgchamber.com

  Athabascan Old Time Fiddling Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska; contact Bill Stevens, P.O. Box 10025, Fairbanks, AK 99710, ph. 907-451-8863; website:  www.fiddlechicks.com/billstevens.htm

  Death Valley Old Time Fiddling & Picking Contest, Furnace Creek, California; contact Phee Sherline at 760-723-7255 or phee@roadrunner.com

December

  Texas OTFA Fiddle Contest, Nacogdoches, Texas 75964; web: www.texasoldtimefiddlers.org

Youth Fiddle Contest, Drachman School, 1085 W. 10^th Ave., Tucson, Arizona; contact Wilbur Welsh at 520-743-7086 or email: wlwelsh@comcast.net