Kansas fiddling and picking contest
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SCHEDULE

Saturday, August 23rd

Workshops
We are excited to offer these workshops! Workshops are on Saturday.
Prices and location are below.
Clogging: 9:45-10:45am @ Americana Music Academy—$10
Instructor; Lilly Mason
Mandolin: 11am-12pm @ South Park Rec Center—$10
Instructor; Scott Tichenor
Fiddle: 12:15-1:15pm @ South Park Rec Center—$10
Instructor; Jamie Logan
Calling Contra Dances: 1:30-3:30pm @ South Park Rec Center—$15
Instructor; Jill Allen
Playing for Contra Dances: 1:30-3:30pm @ South Park Rec Center—$15
Instructor; Greg Allen
(The Contra Dance workshops will run concurrently and join together for the final run through)
Hammered Dulcimer: 3:45-4:45pm @ South Park Rec Center—$10
Instructor; Linda Thomas

Free ice cream social and jam session
6:00 pm until too dark to play!
In South Park, just north of the Recreation Center
Rain location: Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass. Street

Sunday, August 24th
Contests, concerts, jam sessions and more, in South Park
Sunday events are FREE for non-contestants.
Noon to 5:00 pm:
The park is adjacent to downtown Lawrence. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs, and instruments if you play. In case of rain, outdoor events will be held in the Community Building at 11th and Vermont (next to the northwest side of the park).

Below are the stage schedules. (Schedules may change)

South Stage
Starting at 12:00pm
Misc. Instruments (Sponsored by Personalized Family Dental Care)
Ensemble Folk (Sponsored by Community Mercantile)
  Concert: O'shea Sisters
Youth Fiddling (Sponsored by KC Strings)
Fiddle (Sponsored by Beautiful Music)
Senior Fiddling (Sponsored by Crandon & Crandon, Optometrists)
  Concert: MAW

North Stage
Starting at 12:00pm
  Concert: Thomas/DeLancey Trio 
Banjo (Sponsored by Cottin’s Hardware)
Flatpicking Guitar (Sponsored by Mass Street Music)
Mandolin (Sponsored by Mandolin Cafe)
  Concert: Dan Bliss
Fingerpicking Guitar (Sponsored by Slimmer’s Auto Service)

Activities
Visit out activities page for more info on these activities.
Poet-in-the-Box, Chantel Guidry--12-1pm at the Activitities Tent.
Shape Note Singing
--1-3pm at the Activitities Tent.
Story Telling with Mike Rundle--3-3:30pm at the Activitities Tent.
Family Music Jam with Megan Helm--3:30-4:30 pm, at the Activities Tent.
Silly Hat Making for Kids--12-5pm at the S.E. part of the park.
Rolling Prairie Learning Lab--12-5pm at the S.E. part of the park.
Jam in the Park--12-5pm at the N.E. part of the park.

See a list of last years winners.

   

Finding your way around the event

Download an event map (pdf)
kansas fiddling map

Contestants
Get your registration form here.

Concerts
Visit our performers page to learn about this year's acts.



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