Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention Explained

Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention
Location:Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States
Years Active:1972-present
Dates:First weekend in June
Genre:Bluegrass music, old-time music
Website:Official site

The Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention is a popular festival devoted to old-time and bluegrass music, as well as related arts such as dance, which takes place each summer at Veterans Memorial Park in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1972. It is held on the first weekend in June. The festival features numerous solo and band competitions, whose winners are awarded cash prizes.[1]

Regular performers at the festival include Benton Flippen, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Ira Bernstein.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 36th Annual Fiddlers Convention - Mount Airy, NC . 2009-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704164159/http://www.surryarts.org/fiddlersconvention/contests.html . 2008-07-04 .