58th Annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
October 1-4, 2025
$47,350 Total Cash Prizes
The top eight contestants in each category receive prize money!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025
REGISTRATION: Begins at 12:00 Noon
COMPETITIONS HELD ON THE FOUNDERS HALL MAIN STAGE (Beginning at 7:00 PM)
Harmonica (Finals)
Mandolin (Finals)
Bluegrass Banjo (Finals)
Dobro (Finals)
COMPETITIONS HELD ON THE McCANDLESS HALL DELMORE BROTHERS STAGE (Beginning at 7:00 PM)
Dulcimer (Finals)
Old Time Singing (Finals)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025
REGISTRATION: Begins at 8:00 AM
COMPETITIONS HELD ON THE McCANDLESS HALL STAGE (Beginning at 9:30 AM)
Beginner Fiddler (Ages 10 & under) (Finals)
Apprentice Fiddler (Ages 11-15) (Finals)
Guitar Finger Picking (Finals)
Guitar Flat Picking (Finals)
Beginner Guitar (Ages 12 & under) (Finals)
Beginner Mandolin (Ages 12 & under) (Finals)
Beginner Banjo (Ages 12 & under) (Finals)
COMPETITIONS HELD ON THE FOUNDERS HALL MAIN STAGE (Beginning at 9:30 AM)
Old Time Banjo (Finals)
Classic Old Time Fiddler (Finals)
Senior Fiddler (Ages 55+) (Finals)
Old Time String Band
Bluegrass Band
Tennessee Valley Fiddle Champion
COMPETITIONS HELD ON THE BROWN HALL STAGE (Beginning at 2:00 pm)
Appalachian Buck Dancing
FINALS HELD ON THE FOUNDERS HALL MAIN STAGE (Saturday Afternoon)
Appalachian Buck Dancing
Old Time String Band
Bluegrass Band
Tennessee Valley Fiddle Champion
- IMPORTANT: Fiddle contestants may only enter one fiddle category.
- Aside from the “finals” categories listed above, winners in all other categories will be selected from the first-round competition with no finals in these categories.
For more information, please contact Brandy Conway by email.
Tickets
- An admission ticket will pay the entry fee for one category of the competition.
- Entry fees for additional categories are $5.00 each.
- Registration for Bluegrass and Old-Time Band is $10.00.
- Registration will close 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each category competition.
Brochure
Contest Rules
* These rules are not final. Check back closer to the competition for the final rules.