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North American Fiddle Contests by Date
January 10-11 Annual Old Time Fiddlers Contest, The Worthen Memorial, Yuma Jaycees, Yuma Park and Swap, 4000 S 4th 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 7 Saint Peter Fiddle Contest with Winterfest, Trinity Lutheran Church, 511 S. 5th St., St. Peter, Minnesota 56082; contact Andy Lo at alo@hickorytech.netTBA Fiddle Contest, 518 S. Main St., Quitman, Texas; contact Heidi email: fiddlegirl316.yahoo.com 13-15 26th Dillon Fiddle Contest; Dillon, Montana, Sponsored by Junior Fiddlers; Contact Sandy James 406-681-3172 13-14 Annual Eastern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Graham County Fairgrounds, Safford, Arizona; contact Frank Hughes 928-428-1728 or Ida Carstens 928-428-3413 14 Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo Fiddlers Contest, Travis County expo Center, Austin, Texas; contact Jennie@rodeoaustin.com or www.rodeoaustin.com or www.texasoldtimefiddlers.org 21 Amateur Fiddle & Flatpick Contest, Redding, CSOTFA, District 6, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Dr., Redding, California; website: www.csotfa.org 22 69th Annual Old Time Fiddle Contest, DeMeester Performing Arts Center, Tucson, Arizona; contact wlwelsh@comcast.net or Wilbur 520-743-7086 March 14 Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo Fiddlers Contest, Travis County Expo Center, Austin, Texas; contact jennie@rodeoaustin.com or see www.rodeoaustin.com 19-22 Arkansas Fiddlers Convention, South Campus, North Arkansas College, Harrison, Arkansas; contact Carl Wills 870-429-6174 20-21 Nationally Certified 44th Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers State Championship, Chemetka Community College, Salem, Oregon; contact Lew Holt, 1625 19th 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 27-28 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 April 4 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 16-18 Oklahoma State Fiddlers Convention, Elk City, Oklahoma; contact Kent Harrison 405-733-8688 or jkhfiddler@sbcglobal.net 17-19 Annual Arizona Outback Spring Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona; contact Linda 928-859-4621 or email: ldarland@tds.net 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 25 Alabama State Fiddling Championship, Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville, Alabama, website: www.panoply.org 29 National Fiddler Hall of Fame 2nd 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 9 Annual Super Fiddle Show, Riverview High School Theatre, Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada; for info see website: www.ivanhicks.com 15-17 Nationally Certified 44th 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 17 49th Fiddle Contest, Topanga, California; contact P.O. Box 571955, Tarzana, CA 91357; ph. 818-382-4819; email: info@topangabanjofiddle.org; website: www.topangabanjofiddle.org 22-24 85th Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival, Fiddlers Grove Campground, Union Grove, North Carolina; www.fiddlersgrove.com 22-25 56th Folk Festival and State Fiddle Contest, Stephen Foster State Park, White Springs, Florida, http://www.floridastateparks.org 23 Annual Monumental Fiddling and Acoustic Band Contests, Homestead National Monument of America, 8523 West State Hwy. 4, Beatrice, Nebraska 68310; ph. 402-223-3514; contact susan_cook@nps.gov CANCELLED 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 Idaho Open Fiddle Contest, Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho; contact Roberta Pearce, ph. 208-466-5639; email: spearce16@cableone.net; website: www.idopenfiddlecontest.com 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 13 Fiddlin’s Fun Festival, Roberson Museum, Binghamton, New York; web: www.fiddlinsfun.org 19-20 Annual Fiddle Contest, Colonial Theater, Idaho Falls, Idaho; contact Jaclyn Sites at email: fiddlingjacie@hotmail.com; web: www.fiddlinonthefalls.com 20 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 20 Annual Old-Time Fiddle Contest, Bethel, Missouri; contact: Wendy Brumbaugh, 573-633-2640; email: brumbaughw@missouri.edu 19-20 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 22-27 National Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest & Festival, Weiser, Idaho; contact Karen Penner, Director, P.O. Box 447, 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 28 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) TBA 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 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 11-12 Nationally Certified Idaho State Old Time Fiddlers Championship (was Mannie’s Jamboree and Fiddle Contest), Shoshone, Idaho; contact Ken Worthington, 208-720-3358, or for registration, Dolores Koonce, 228 Orchard Dr., Gooding ID 83330 18 3rd Annual Wild West Fiddle Contest and Show, Kuna, Idaho park. Guitar flatpicking and guitar backup divisions added this year. Contact Monique Ruwe for information. 208-284-2851 or ruwemusic@msn.com. 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 19 Sherburne County Fair Fiddle Contest, near Elk River, Minnesota; contact Deb Bistodeau 763-568-5135; email: fiddle_fever@hotmail.com 23-26 37th 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 24-25 Nationally Certified Montana State Old Time Fiddle Contest, Red Lodge, Montana; contact Frank Teeters, P.O. Box 606, Bridger, MT 59014; ph. 406-662-5092; website: www.montanafiddlers.org 24-26 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 27-31 Washington OTFA Workshop, Kittitas Grade School, Kittitas, Washington; contact Laura Farr, 200 SE Arcadia Ridge Dr., Shelton, WA 98584, ph. 360-427-1703; email: wtzfarr@msn.com; or www.wotfa.org 30 Union County Fair Fiddle Contest, Fairgrounds, LaGrande, Oregon; contact Val Stockhoff, 58338 Union Cove, Hwy. 237, Union, OR 97883, ph. 541-562-5873 or vstockhoff@eoni.com or www.oregonoldtimefiddling.org August 1 Willamette Valley Fiddle Contest, Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis, Oregon; contact Starr McMullen email: mcmulles@hotmail.com 5-9 59th 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 8 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. 9 Fiddle Contest, Mille Lacs County Fairgrounds, Minnesota; contact Deb Bistodeau, 763-389-2739 or email: fiddle_fever@hotmail.com 11-16 Centralia Old-Time Music Campout, Washington; contact Ray Leach, 815 W. 6th St., Centralia, WA; ph. 360-807-8461; email: ray@wefiddle.com; web: www.centraliacampout.com 15 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 19-21 Grant County Fair Performances, (100 Year Celebration), Fairgrounds, John Day, Oregon; sponsored by Blue Mountain OTFA; contact Denny Langford, ph. 541-562-5055 20-22 Oklahoma State Fiddlers Convention, Wagoner, Oklahoma; contact Kent Harrison 405-733-8688 or jkhfiddler@sbcglobal.net 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 23 Missouri State Fair Fiddle Contest, Sedalia, Missouri; contact Allen Wyatt email: wyattfiddle@comcast.net or website: www.fiddlesong.com 29-30 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 CANCELLED 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 CANCELLED 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 September 5-6 Indiana State Picking and Fiddling Contest, Gibson County Fairgraounds Princeton, Indiana; contact Vi Wickam, Director of Indiana State Picking and Fiddling Championships, ph. 812-589-0000; email: vi@424help.com; www.indianastatefiddle.org 12 8th Annual Fiddle Contest, Laura Ingalls Wilder Days, Pepin, Wisconsin; www.LauraDays.com 19 Junior Fiddle Contest (under 17 yr.), Davis, Oklahoma; contact Allen or Rosemary Bowen, Arbuckle Mt. Park, Rt. 2, Box 216, Wynnewood, OK 73098, ph. 405-665-5226, rosemary@brightok.net; www.arbucklemtbluegrasspark.com 18-19 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 18-20 Nationally Certified Fiddlin’ Down the Tracks, CSOTFA Dist. #3, Tehachapi, California; contact Leslie Schoenberg, ph. 661-821-0800; email: schoenbergzoo@sbcglobal.net; www.tehachapifiddlers.org 18-20 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 19 6th Annual Fargo Fiddle Contest, Bonanzaville, Pioneer Village, West Fargo, North Dakota; contact Ann Schluter, 218-236-1470; email: waltzinfdl@aol.com; www.fiddlend.com 19-20 Sierra Vista Fiddle Contest, Veteran’s memorial Park, Sierra Vista, Arizona; contact David, ph. 520-220-1166; web: www.dkmusicstudio.com/fiddlecontest 26 Nationally Certified Utah State Fiddle Contest, Richfield, Utah; contact Sherry Adderly, 164 W, 200 S, La Verkin UT 84745; ph. 435-635-2303 CANCELLED Nationally Certified Northeast Old Time Fiddle Contest, Barre Opera House, Barre, Vermont; for info call Lee Deyette, 103 VT Rt. 4 North, East Randolph, VT 05041, ph. 802-728-5188; 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 October 2-3 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddler Convention, Athens State University, Athens, Alabama; contact Rick Mould, ph. 256-233-8215; email: rmould@athens.edu 2-3 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 23-25 Nationally Certified New Mexico Old Time Fiddlers State Championship Contest, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; contact Donna Robbins, NMOTF, P.O. Box 469, T or C, NM 87901 22-24 Oklahoma State Fiddlers Convention, Elk City, Oklahoma; contact Kent Harrison 405-733-8688 or jkhfiddler@sbcglobal.net 22-24 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 TBA Oklahoma State Fiddle Championship, Tulsa, Oklahoma; www.tulsastatefair.com November 4-8 Death Valley Old Time Fiddling & Picking Contest, Furnace Creek, California; contact Phee Sherline at 760-723-7255 or phee@roadrunner.com; www.deathvalley49ers.org 6-8 Annual Fall Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona; contact Linda at ph. 928-859-4621; web: www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org 13-14 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 13-15 Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Championship, Wickenburg, Arizona; web: www.wickenburgchamber.com December TBA Texas OTFA Fiddle Contest, Nacogdoches, Texas 75964; web: www.texasoldtimefiddlers.org Youth Fiddle Contest, Drachman School, 1085 W. 10th Ave., Tucson, Arizona; contact Wilbur Welsh at 520-743-7086 or email: wlwelsh@comcast.net
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