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Fiddle Contests & Festivals - U.S.

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Independent Documentary Filmmaking

Instrument Makers & Music Stores

Musicians

Online Fiddle Communities & Stuff

Publications


Fiddle Associations - U.S.

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Fiddle Associations - Canada & World

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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)

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)

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)

Cloverdale Fiddle Festival (CSOTFA District 10)
  (Cloverdale, CA)

CSOTFA District 6 Amateur Fiddle & Flatpick Contest
  (Redding, 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)

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)

Montrose County Fair Fiddle Contest
  (Montrose, CO)

Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp
  (Winter Park, CO)

Strasburg Hometown Days Fiddle Contest
  (Strasburg, CO)

Weld County Fair Fiddle Fest
  (Greeley, CO)

Connecticut

Delaware

Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddlers Festival
  (Rehoboth Beach, DE)

Florida

Georgia

1890s Day Jamboree Fiddle Contest
  (Ringgold, GA)

Georgia's Official State Fiddlers' Convention
  (Hiawassee, GA)

Hawaii

Idaho

Idaho Open Fiddle Contest
  (Nampa, ID)

Idaho State Fiddle Contest
  (Grangeville, ID)

National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest® and Festival
  (Weiser, ID)

Illinois

Illinois State Old Time Fiddle Contest
  (Effingham, IL)

Old Settlers Days Fiddle Contest
  (Kampsville, IL)

Indiana

Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering
  (Battle Ground, IN)

Indiana State Picking & Fiddling Championships
  (Petersburg, IN)

Traditional Arts Indiana State Fair Fiddle Contest
  (Indianapolis, 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
  (Elizabethtown, KY)

Twin Lakes National Fiddler Championship
  (Leitchfield, KY)

Louisiana

Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
  (Natchitoches, LA)

Maine

East Benton Fiddler's Convention & Contest
  (East Benton, ME)

Maryland

Mid-Atlantic Grand Fiddle Mandolin & Banjo Championship
  (Frostburg, MD)

Massachusetts

Banjo and Fiddle Contests
  (Lowell, MA)

Bolton Fair Old Time Fiddler's Contest
  (Lancaster, MA)

Fiddle Hell
  (Groton, MA)

Rochester Country Fair Fiddle Contest
  (Rochester, MA)

Michigan

Michigan State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest
  (New Boston, MI)

Minnesota

Bluff Country Gathering
  (Lanesboro, MN)

Mille Lacs County Fair Fiddle Contest
  (Princeton, MN)

Minnesota Pioneer Park Fiddler's Festival
  (Annandale, MN)

Terrace Mill Fall Festival and Fiddlers' Contest
  (Terrace, MN)

Mississippi

Down From The Hills Heritage Music Festival
  (New Albany, MS)

Missouri

Branson Olde Time Fiddle Festival
  (Branson, MO)

Missouri Fiddle Contests
  (Windsor, MO)

Montana

Montana Old Time Fiddle Fest
  (Pony, MT)

Montana State Fiddle Contest
  (Choteau, MT)

Montana Winter Fair Fiddler's Contest
  (Lewistown, MT)

Nebraska

Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee
  (Avoca, NE)

Nevada

Nevada State Fiddle Contest
  (Wells, NV)

New Hampshire

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 Bluegrass And Old Time Music Festival
  (Santa Fe, NM)

New York

42nd Annual Fiddlers' Picnic Festival
  (Redfield, NY)

Ashokan Music & Dance Camps
  (Saugerties, NY)

Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion
  (Altamont, NY)

Fiddlers' Jamboree
  (Athol, NY)

Old Songs Festival
  (Altamont, 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)

North Dakota

International Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest
  (Dunseith, ND)

Ohio

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 Picking & Fiddling Championships
  (Tulsa, OK)

Oregon

High Desert Fiddlers Country Music Jamboree
  (Burns, OR)

Juniper Jam
  (Enterprise, OR)

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association Championship Contest
  (Salem, OR)

Portland Old-time Music Gathering
  (Portland, OR)

Willamette Valley Fiddle Contest
  (Corvallis, OR)

Pennsylvania

Lyons Fiddle Festival
  (Lyons, PA)

Pennsylvania State Fiddle Contest
  (DuBois, 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

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)

Texas Western Swing Fiddling Showcase
  (Belton, TX)

Western Heritage Classic Fiddle Contest
  (Abilene, TX)

Utah

Salt Lake City Fiddlin & Pickin Contest
  (Salt Lake City, UT)

Utah State Fiddle Contest
  (Salt Lake City, UT)

Vermont

Cracker Barrel Bazaar Fiddlers Contest
  (Newbury, VT)

Virginia

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)

Columbia Gorge Fiddle Contest
  (Stevenson, WA)

Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes
  (Port Townsend, 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)

Spirit Of The West Fiddle Contest
  (Ellensburg, WA)

Spokane Folklore Society Fall Folk Festival
  (Spokane, 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)

Wisconsin

Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Old Tyme Fiddle Contest
  (Pepin, WI)

Wyoming

Big Horn Mountain Festival
  (Buffalo, WY)

Rocky Mountain Regional Fiddle Contest
  (Casper, WY)

Teton County Fair Fiddle Contest
  (Jackson, WY)

Wyoming State Old Time Fiddle Contest
  (Douglas, WY)




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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 Fiddle Jamboree
  (Qualicum Bay, BC)

Kelowna Old Time Fiddle Contest
  (Kelowna, BC)

Prince George Old Time Fiddle Contest
  (Prince George, BC)

Victoria Fiddle Society FiddleFest
  (Victoria, BC)

Manitoba

Newfoundland

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)

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

Atlantic Fiddlers Jamboree
  (Evangeline Region, PE)

Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival
  (Rollo Bay, PE)

Saskatchewan

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
  (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival
  (Shetland, Scotland)


Wales

Australia

Newport Folk Festival
  (Newport, Victoria, Australia)




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)

Franke Violin Studio
  (Monroe, OR)

Hartz Music Shop
  (Meridian, ID)

Lundin's Violins
  (Coeur d'Alene, ID)

MyTalentForge.com

Owyhee Mountain Fiddle Shop
  (Nampa, ID)

Sites' Violin Shop
  (Rigby, 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

Don Burnham

Isaac Callender

Denice Carter

Daniel and Amy Carwile

Hanneke Cassel

Jim 'Texas Shorty' Chancellor

Megan B. Lynch Chowning

Tristan and Tashina Clarridge

Bob Dylan

Randy Elmore

Foghorn String Band

Johnny Gimble

Alex Hargreaves

Bubba Hopkins

Amanda Kerr

Barbara Lamb

Jamie Laval

Dennis Ludiker

JayDean Ludiker

Kimber Ludiker

Tony Ludiker

Pete Martin

Michael Mendelson

Dale and Tobi Morris

Mark O'Connor

Nate Olson

Quebe Sisters

Rainbow Fiddle Kids

Roberta Rast

John Relph

Doc Peter Rolland

Saline Fiddlers

Becky Smith

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

Joe Venuti

April Verch

The Voetberg Family

David Doc Wallace

Eileen Walter

Doc Watson Guitar

Vi Wickam

Vivian & Phil Williams

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys




**** UPDATED JUNE 2014 ****

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

Michael Hopkins String Pedagogy Notebook

Indiana University Sheet Music Collection

Junior Appalachian Musicians

Kentucky Center for Traditional Music

Mandolin Cafe

Old-Time Music Home Page

A Ride With Bob (a musical about Bob Wills)

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


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Fiddle Associations - U.S.

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

California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 1, Oroville Old Time Fiddlers

California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 2, Fresno County

California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 3

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, Fiddle San Diego

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, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties

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

Illinois Old Time Fiddlers Association

Indiana

Iowa

The Fiddlers Association of Iowa

Kansas

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

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Black River Valley Fiddlers Association

Fiddlers Of The Genesee

Fiddlin's Fun, NYS Old Tyme Fiddlers' Association, Southern Tier Chapter

New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers' Association

Old Songs

North Carolina

North Dakota

North Dakota Old Time Fiddlers Association

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association

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

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 Fiddlers' Association District #4

Wyoming Old Time Fiddle Association





**** UPDATED JUNE 2014 ****

Fiddle Associations - Canada & World

Canada

Alberta

Alberta Society of Fiddlers

Prairie Mountain Fiddlers, Calgary

Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddler's Association

British Columbia

British Columbia Old Time Fiddlers' Association

Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers

Coast String Fiddlers

Coombs Central Vancouver Island Fiddlers, Branch 11

Kelowna Old Time Fiddlers, Branch 7

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

Prince Edward Island Fiddlers Society, Queens County Chapter

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Fiddle Connections


England

The Sheffield Traditional Fiddlers Society


Scotland

Biggar Accordion & Fiddle Club

Box and Fiddle Club, National Association Accordion & Fiddle Clubs

Highland Accordion and Fiddle Club

Isle of Skye Accordion & Fiddle Club

Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Club


Australia

Newport Fiddle and Folk Club



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