Festival list

[Bob Buckingham]

Here’s a partial list of festers for this year:

2019 Fiddle Conventions List

Here is a "partial" list of 2019 fiddlers' conventions and festivals in the Virginia-Carolina Blue Ridge and a few in bordering states, also. Some events are slow in posting exact dates, so keep checking with them for the dates or changes.
February 9 - ASU OT Fiddlers - Boone, NC
February 22-23 - Bluegrass First Class Festival - Asheville, NC
March 2 - Star Fiddlers - Star, NC
March 9 - Highfalls Fiddlers - Robbins, NC
March 16 - Seagrove Fiddlers - Seagrove, NC
April 5-6 - Surry OT Fiddlers - Dobson, NC
April 13 - RockyFest - Hiddenite, NC
April 20 - Yadkin Valley OT & BG Fiddlers -Yadkinville, NC
April 25 - 28 - MerleFest - Wilkesboro, NC
April 28 - Upper East Tennessee Fiddlers - Flag Pond, Tn.
? May 11 - Crooked Road Youth Festival - Abingdon, VA
May 10 - 13 - Denton BG Festival - Denton, NC
May 19 – Pickin’ in the Park BG Fest – Hagan State Park –
Greensboro, NC
May 25 - 26 - Vandalia Gathering - Charleston, WV
May 24 - 26 - Fiddlers Grove - Union Grove, NC
May 24 - 25 - Chantilly Farm BG Festival - Floyd, VA
May 23 - 25- Ralph Stanley's BG Festival - McClure, VA
May 23– 25 – Lil’ John’s Mtn. Music Fest.– Snow Camp, NC
2019 Blue Ridge Music Center Concert Series - Blue Ridge
Parkway - Galax, VA
June 7 - 8 - Mt. Airy OT & BG Fiddlers - Mt. Airy, NC
June 7 - 8 - HoustonFest - Galax, VA
June 7 - 15 - Mts. of Music Homecoming - Various
Locations (SW VA)
? June 7 - 8 - Henry Reed OT & BG Fiddlers - Newport, VA
June 20 - 23 - WV Folk Festival - Glenville, WV
June 15 - Wayne Henderson Festival - Mouth of Wilson, VA
June 28 - 29 -Grayson Co. OT & BG Fiddlers - Elk Creek, VA
? July 4 - 7 - Red, White & Bluegrass Fest- Morganton, NC
July 13 - Tazewell County OT & BG Fiddlers - Tazewell, VA
July 18 – 21 – Wayside BG Festival – Stuart, VA
July 19 - 20 - Alleghany Co. OT & BG Fiddlers - Sparta, NC
? July 23 - 27 - Mountain Music School - Big Stone Gap, VA
July 26 - 27 - Ashe Co. OT & BG Fiddlers - Jefferson, NC
July 31- Aug 4 - Appalachian String Band Fest - Clifftop,
WV
Aug. 5 - 10 - Old Fiddlers Convention - Galax, VA
Aug. 16 - 17- Fries OT & BG Fiddlers - Fries, VA
Aug. 23 - 24 - Johnson Co. OT Fiddlers - Laurel Bloomery,
TN
? Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 - Happy Valley OT & BG Fiddlers -
Lenoir, NC
? Aug 31 - Albert Hash Mem. Fest - Mouth of Wilson, VA
? Sept. 6 - 7 - Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance
Festival - Buena Vista, VA
Sept. - 12 - 14 - Hoppin' John OT & BG Fiddl- Silk Hope, NC
Sept. 21-22 - SC State Fiddling Championship - Pickens, SC
Sept. 20 - 22 - Bristol Rhythm & Roots - Bristol, VA – TN
Sept. 21 - 22 - Carolina in the Fall – Wilkesboro, NC
Sept. 24 - 28 - IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass - Raleigh, NC
? Oct. 5 - Bascom Lunsford Appal. Fest – Mars Hill, NC
? Oct. 11 - 13 - Autumn Leaves Festival - Mt. Airy, NC
Oct. 12 – Granite Quarry Fiddlers – Granite Quarry, NC
Oct. 18 - 20 - Home Craft Days Festival - Big Stone Gap, VA
? Oct. 19 – Folk Arts Festival - Radford Univ, Radford, VA
Oct. 26 - Blue Ridge Folklife Festival - Ferrum, VA
? Nov. 9 – Pickin’ at the MARC (Fiddlers Conv.) –
Wentworth, NC