Fiddle & Pickin’ Contest

Nov 12 – 13, 2010

The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage and Arts Center will again proudly host this year's Fiddle and Pickin' contest.

The two day event will consist of the Fiddle and Pickin' contests and workshops.

Friday at 1pm ~ Fiddle Variety Show!

Friday at 7pm ~ Entertainment Division -- Join local Celebrity Judges and see which group/individual wins the competition ~ it will be an exciting night ~ a variety of contestants from Fiddlers, Comedians, Bands to Vocalists!

Saturday from 8am - 5pm the Fiddle & Pickin’ Competitions ~ Come & watch the competition with musicians 5 to 90 yr. olds! Awards & Prize Money!!

Saturday at 6:30 ~ a Night to Remember ~ Featured Entertainment ~ Prize Winning Music & Food ~ you won't want to miss it!!

Complete information and entry and ticket forms will be available through this link - http://www.fredoldfieldcenter.net/FiddleFestival2010.shtml

We hope to see you here for the contest!

For further questions contact Merrillee Goodroad at: fredsfiddlecontest@gmail.com or 253-471-7594

While checking back you might be interested in listening to some more fiddling. Click this link for more songs and please realize that the music at the source is about 100 times better than these that are reduced to "telephone quality" to reduce their size for downloading to play. Click this link for many more favorite fiddle tunes

For more information you are more than welcome to visit and join our Facebook page - FRED OLDFIELD OLD TIME FIDDLE FESTIVAL

This link will open the Winner Listing for last year's Fiddle Festival Winners!

This is a link to some of the photos taken during the 2009 Fiddle and Pickin' contest and are representative of what we expect to see this coming November.

This link will open last year's Fiddle Festival information pages for you to look over. The Contest rules and procedures will, for the most part, be pretty much the same as what we will have for this year but until official they are only a guide for what to expect.