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2007-08 Fiddle Contests & Camps



If you have any information regarding these or any other upcoming contests, please E-mail Tony Ludiker.

Note: Names of contests which are underlined (hyperlinks) will take you to the contest website if clicked. Names of contact persons which are underlined will take you to your email program if clicked.

Note: Most State contests are open only to qualified residents. Some have twin fiddle or "no-holds-barred" divisions open to everyone. Check with the contest coordinator.

 

JANUARY

 

January 12-13, 2008
Colorado State Fiddle Championships
Denver, Colorado
Denice Carter
(303)286-1802

January 18-19, 2008
Lyn Neal's String Fling 2007
Lions Center, 225 "A" Street
Brawley, California
Jerry David
(760) 355-4582

January 26-27, 2008
33rd Annual Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Contest
Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds
Cloverdale, California
Cloverdale Historical Society
(707)894-2067
Bonnie Asien
(707)894-0894

     
 

FEBRUARY

 

Early February?
Gaston Oldtime Fiddlers Jubilee Contest
Gaston High School
Gaston, Oregon
Lew Holt
(503)391-5377

(Always the Sunday of President's weekend)
The Dillon Fiddle Contest
Dillon, Montana
Sandy or Jeannie James
(406)681-3172
(406)683-5886

 
 

MARCH

 

March 23-24, 2007
33rd Annual State of Tennessee Old Time Fiddlers Championship and Festival
Rossville High School
Clarksville, Tennessee

   
 

APRIL

 

April 13-14, 2008
Idaho State Oldtime Fiddle Contest
(Open to Idaho residents only)
Iona City Building
3548 Main Street
Iona, Idaho (close to Idaho Falls)
e-mail: ttfiddle@hotmail.com
Teresa Tomita
(208)520-9588

April 14-15, 2007
PLEASE NOTE! CHANGE IN VENUE FOR 2007!
39th Annual Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest
West Valley High School
8301 E Buckeye Ave
Spokane, Washington
nwfiddlers@aol.com
Ed & Kerri Miller
(509)228-9030

April 24-27, 2008
38th Annual Texas State Championship Fiddlers Frolicks
Knights of Columbus Hall
Hallettsville, Texas

April 27-29, 2007
Washington State Fiddle Contest
Eastmont Junior High School
East Wenatchee, Washington
e-mail: wotfacontest@hotmail.com
Earl Calvert
(509)886-1614

Late April Fiesta Fiddle Contest
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Sada Cox
Write NMOTFA, P.O. Box 469, T or C, NM 87901
(505)894-1506
(505)894-8752

May 26-27, 2008 (Saturday and Sunday)
35th Annual Oldtime Fiddlers Contest
Thermopolis High School Auditorium
Thermopolis, Wyoming
(307)921-8120
 

MAY

 

May 2-4, 2008 (always first weekend of May)
First Annual Columbia George Fiddle Contest
Hood River Middle School
Hood River, Oregon
info@columbiagorgefiddlecontest.com

May 11-13, 2007
2007 Texas Fiddle and Guitar Workshop
Instructors: Jimmie Don Bates and Joey McKenzie
Denver, Colorado

 

May 18-19, 2007
Oregon State Fiddle Championships
Chemeketa Community College
Building 50
Salem, Oregon
Starr McMullen
(541)745-5130
Lew Holt
(503)391-5377

May 17, 2008
13th Annual Gary Bebee Memorial Fiddlers Contest
(Come early for Jam Session Friday the 16th, 8PM)
The Tin Cup Golf Course -- 1/2 mile south of Malta
Malta, Montana
Lynn Cummings
(406)654-1926 or (406)366-4477
Jay Southwick
(406)654-2094

May 26, 2007
9th Annual Monumental Fiddling Championship
Homestead National Monument of America
Beatrice, Nebraska
Susan Cook, Park Ranger
(402)223-3514
     
 

JUNE

 

June 1-2, 2007
Idaho Open Fiddle Contest
Civic Center
Nampa, Idaho
Skeeter Meyers
208-463-0363
850 W. Edwards Ave., Nampa, Idaho 83686

June 2, 2007
Greendale's Banjo and Fiddle Contest
Downtown Park Gazebo
Downtown Historic Greendale, Wisconsin
414-803-747

June 5-7, 2008
Always the first full week in June
Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest
(American Heritage Music Festival)
E-mail: mail@grandlakefestivals.com
Grove Civic Center
Grove, Oklahoma
Contact Kathleen Pixley
(918)786-8896
or 1-800-526-2523

June 8-12, 2007
Peach Bottom Farm Fiddle and Strings Camp
Peach Bottom Farm
Independence, Virginia

June 6-7, 2008
INTERNATIONAL OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONTEST
International Peace Garden on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba
For more information:
Dr. Tim Wollenzien
International Old Time Fiddlers Contest
111-11th Ave SW, Minot, ND 58701
(701)838-8472 (August through May)
(701)263-4211 (June and July)
E-mail: info@internationalmusiccamp.com

June 9, 2007 (always the Saturday before Weiser)
10th Annual Nevada State Fiddle Contest
Wells, Nevada

June 9-10, 2007
River City Fiddle Fest
Q'emiln Riverside Park (South City Park)
Post Falls, Idaho
E-mail for info

 June 15-16, 2007
Fiddlin' On The Falls
Idaho Falls, Idaho
$1400 prize for Championship Division first place -- over $8000 total prize money
Joe and Jacie Sites

June 26-28, 2008
Fiddlers Family Fun Festival
6th Annual Arthur Smith - Robert Spicer Memorial Fiddler's Contest (June 28)
Dickson County Fairgrounds
Dickson, Tennessee
www.kiwanisofdickson.com
www.dicksoncountychamber.com
 

 June 18-23, 2007
3rd full week in June
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest
The National Oldtime Fiddlers' Association
8 East Idaho
Weiser, Idaho
83672
(800)437-1280

 
 

JULY

 

July 7, 2007
11th Annual Teton Valley Fiddlers' Contest
Driggs, Idaho
Tim Hodgson
(208)787-9857

July 9-13, 2007
Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Workshop
Wallowa, Oregon

July 26-28, 2008
Montana State Old-Time Fiddler's Contest
Red Lodge, Montana
Jill Flikkema
(406)285-3823
Open to all!

July 27-28, 2007
Montana State Old-Time Fiddler's Contest
Red Lodge, Montana
Jill Flikkema
(406)285-3823
Open to all!

July 27-29, 2007
18th Annual Fiddlers Along the Arkansas
Canon City
Colorado
Stan Mingus
(719)275-6685

Third Weekend in July
Kentucky State Old Time Fiddlers Contest
Open to all!
Rough River Dam State Resort Park

July 28, 2007 (always the last weekend of July)
4th Annual Goose Creek Opry Fiddle Contest & Blue Grass Pickings
Wilbur Town Park
Wilbur, Washington
Wally Kluver
(509)647-0167
July 28, 2007
(Always the last Saturday in July)
45th Annual Peabody Hale Fiddle Contest
Crawford, Nebraska
e-mail Marrietta Moffatt
(308)665-2175
Crawford Eagles Club
(308)665-2678
July 29, 2007
Shady Grove Fiddle Fest
Grove Park
Berrien Springs, Michigan
     
 

AUGUST

 

August 4, 2007
10th Annual Willamette Valley Fiddle Contest
Benton County Fairgrounds
Corvallis, Oregon
Starr McMullen
(541)745-5130

August 4, 2007 (Always first Saturday of August)
Scenic Six Fiddle Show
Potlatch High School
Potlatch, Idaho
Mabel Vogt
(208)875-0947

August 5, 2007 (Sunday)
New Jersey State Fair (fiddle contest)
Sussex County Fairgrounds
Plains Road
Augusta, New Jersey
Sandy Hull 973.948.6296   77mgb@nac.net
NJ Fair 973-948-5500    www.njstatefair.org

August 5, 2007 (Sunday)
12th Annual High Plains Fiddle Fest
Elbert County Fairgrounds
Kiowa, Colorado
Contact: Rita Cayou
(303)648-3175

August 11-19, 2007
Centralia Old-Time Music Campout
Centralia, WA

August 16-18, 2007
Acoustic Music Camp
Dallas, Texas

     

August 10-12, 2007
Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival Fiddle Contest
Route 2
Alburg, Vermont
(802)482-8110

August 9-10, 2008
14th Annual Washington Open Fiddle Contest
Republic School
Republic, Washington
Jay and Jayne Jurgensen
(509)775-3819

August 11, 2007
Redwood Empire Fair Fiddle Contest
Ukiah, California
Contact: Laura Smith
(707) 743-1303
or e-mail: fiddles4ever@saber.net

     

Always the 3rd Friday and Saturday of August
Oregon Trail Oldtime Fiddle Contest
Loso Hall, Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, Oregon
Janet Dodson
Info:1-800-848-9969
or (541)963-8588

August 18, 2007
Rocky Mountain Regional Fiddlers' Contest & Music Festival
Ramkota Best Western Hotel

Casper, Wyoming
Ann Robinson
(307)266-6347

 August 25, 2007
(Early registration and jam Friday night at Acme Signs, downtown Winthrop)
10th Annual North Cascades Oldtime Fiddle Contest
Winthrop, Washington
Brad Pinkerton
(509)996-2111

     
 

SEPTEMBER

 

August 31 - September 2, 2007
Always held Labor Day weekend
Jana Jae Fiddle Camp and Music Festival
Grove Civic Center
Grove, Oklahoma
E-mail for further info
Contact Kathleen Pixley
(918)786-8896
or 1-800-526-2523

September 13, 2008
Junior Fiddle Contest
Arbuckle Mt. Bluegrass Festival
Davis, Oklahoma
Visit the website (click the link above) for all rules and application form!

September 14-16, 2007
Fiddlin' Down the Tracks
West Park Activity Center
Tehachapi, California
Cathy Sponsler
(661)823-0963

September 15, 2007
Annual John Putnam Fiddler's Reunion & Folk Fest
Greenfield Energy Park
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Contact: Sandy Thomas
(413)774-6051 ext 14

September 15, 2007
Fiddletown Annual Fiddler's Jam & Contest
Main Street
Fiddletown, California
Dan Slater
(209)296-0918

September 28-29, 2007
Utah Old Time Fiddlers State Contest
Sevier Valley Center
Richfield, Utah
Sherry Adderly
(435)635-2303

September 29, 2007
41st Annual National Traditional Old Time Fiddlers Contest
Barre Municipal Auditorium
Barre, Vermont
Donna Commo
(802)476-7256
   
 

OCTOBER

 

October 5-6, 2007
Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers' Convention
Athens State University
Athens, Alabama
Rick Mould
(256)233-8215

October 5-6, 2007
(Please visit website for updates)
Grand Master Fiddler Championship
Nashville, Tennessee

October 25-27, 2007
Western Open Championships
Tehama District Fairgrounds
Red Bluff, California
Sharon or Tex Ash
(530)527-6127

Late October New Mexico State Championship Fiddle Contest
(All divisions open except State Championship Division)
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Sada Cox
Write NMOTFA, P.O. Box 469. T or C, NM 87901

(505)894-1506
505-894-8752

   
     
 

NOVEMBER

 
     
 

DECEMBER

 
     
     




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