The 53rd Annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship was will be held on Saturday August 31st and Sunday September 1st, 2024 (Labor Day Weekend), in Nashville, Tennessee, at the McAfee Concert Hall on the campus of Belmont University.  Contestants from all over the world will be competing for the Champion titles in Youth, Traditional, and Open categories. The contest is Free to attend and will also be livestreamed (see Schedule of Events page). There is no entry fee and parking is free.

 

NEW !!! REGISTRATION for the annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship Youth Fiddle Workshop will be held June 12th and June 13th, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm is now open!  The workshop is for ages 18 and under (or any college aged student actively enrolled in an undergraduate program) and is completely FREE to attend. CLICK HERE for more information. 

 

2024 SPECIAL GUESTS: Mark & Maggie O'Connor
 
Matthew Lin Scholarship
In honor of Matthew Lin, our 2014 GMFC Youth Champion that we lost this year, the Grand Master Fiddler Championship, Inc. has established the Matthew Thomas Lin Memorial Scholarship.  This fund will be used to provide a scholarship for music educational and will be awarded each year at the Grand Master Fiddler Championship competition.  Donations are  currently being accepted.  See the Donations page for more information on how you can honor Matthew and support his passion for fiddling. For pictures of last year's awardees and more information please click here

 

About Us

The Grand Master Fiddler Championship Inc. is organized as a Tennessee nonprofit and U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, formed to educate about and perpetuate fiddling as an art form and cultural treasure. The corporation's primary focus is holding the annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship competition - an event that has started many young musicians on their way to a career in music. As a 501(c)(3) entity, all donations are tax deductible, and we welcome your support to promote and educate about fiddling. Fund-raising efforts are being planned in order to expand the competition, enhance our educational efforts, and to further the awareness of fiddling around the globe.

 

Fiddling laid the foundation of the WSM Grand Ole Opry and remains important to country and bluegrass music today. For a quarter-century, the contest was sponsored by WSM, the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Association, and later by Gaylord Entertainment.  When financially able, the GMFC makes donations to such charities as the Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund and the Bluegrass Trust Fund which benefit musicians in need.  We do this in honor of the contributions of the pioneers to country, bluegrass and traditional music. Many of these pioneers such as Roy Acuff, Porter Wagoner, "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, Bill Monroe, Howdy Forrester and Tommy Jackson played the fiddle or were very involved with fiddling. We have also donated fiddles/violins to the W. O. Smith Community Music School in Nashville.

 

Please tell all your fiddle music friends, websites, discussion lists and other music sites about this web page! Let us hear from you and we will add you to the GMFC email list.



2024 Dr. Perry F. Harris Distinguished Fiddler Award Recipient

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