- Where: South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets, Lawrence
- Cost: Free
- Age limit: All ages
Description
Contests, Concerts and Workshops!
It is time to mark your calendars for the 28th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship in Lawrence, KS, August 24th. This free event will include competitions in fiddle (featuring a separate youth division), flatpick guitar, fingerpick guitar, mandolin and banjo, ensemble folk singing and the ever-popular miscellaneous acoustic instruments.
Starting at 12pm, there will be free concerts, great food and special activities for the kids and of course the states top musicians battling for prizes and bragging rights. Check out our schedule page for times and stage locations of the competitions.
Everyone is invited to join us for this late summer afternoon of music and celebration of americana. Bring a lawn chair and come see who is crowned "State Champ".
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 the 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.
For more information visit kansasfiddlingandpicking.org or call 785-830-9640