53rd Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention Broadcast

Join us for the 53rd annual Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention! Our broadcast will begin at 7pm Friday and at 2pm on Saturday at 740am and 106.7fm locally, and worldwide online at www.wpaq740.com. There will also be some outstanding workshops this year! find out more and Register for the fiddlers convention at https://surryarts.org/mafiddlersconvention/register_individual.html
53rd Annual Mount Airy Blue Grass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

FREE Workshops and Dances – Thursday, June 5 – Friday, June 6, 2025 information listed below.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

10:00 am – 11:00 noon

· Kyle Dean Smith – Upright Bass

· Wes Clifton – Guitar

· Mac and Hanna Traynham – Blue Ridge style Clawhammer Banjo

11:30 am-12:30 pm

· Darrius Flowers – Youth Stringed Instruments

· Kyle Dean Smith – Blue Ridge Guitar

· Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves– Mountain Dulcimer Playing Basics & History

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

· Darrius Flowers – Youth Stringed Instruments

· Wes Clifton – Guitar

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

· Kyle Dean Smith – Old-Time Guitar Runs with Wes Clifton Mandolin

· Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves – Playing Fiddle Tunes on Mountain Dulcimer

· Mac and Hanna Traynham – Blue Ridge style Old-Time Fiddle

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

· Old Time Jam, Kyle Dean Smith, Lois Hornbostel, Ehukai Teves, Wes Clifton, Mac Traynham

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

· Dance featuring Trish Fore and the Wildcats

Friday, June 6, 2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am

· Martha Spencer – Old-Time Fiddle Beginner-Intermediate with Wes Clifton - Mandolin

· Lucas Pasley – Old-Time Fiddle Intermediate-Advanced

· Kyle Dean Smith – Guitar Runs – Blue Ridge Style

· Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves – Playing Back-up Chords on the Mountain Dulcimer

11:00 am-12:00 pm

· Emily Spencer – Clawhammer Banjo

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

· Circle - hosted by Jim Vipperman with Kevin and Trish Fore, Lois Hornbostel, Ehukai Teves, Travis Watts, Darrius Flowers, Martha Spencer, Lucas Pasley, Emily Spencer, Mac Traynham, Kyle Dean Smith, Wes Clifton

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

· Michael Motley - Dance Workshop accompanied by Travis Watts, Darrius Flowers, Wes Clifton, Martha Spencer, Lucas Pasley, Kyle Dean Smith

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

· Travis Watts – Beginner-Intermediate Bluegrass Banjo

· Darrius Flowers – Youth Stringed Instruments

· Martha Spencer and Wes Clifton – Playing together with Singing focus

· Lucas Pasley – Intermediate-Advanced Old-Time Fiddle

· Emily Spencer – Clawhammer Banjo

· Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves – Mountain Dulcimer for Experienced Players

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

· Wes Clifton – Mandolin with Travis Watts – Banjo

· Darrius Flowers – Youth String Instruments

· Kyle Dean Smith – Upright Bass

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

· The Nunn Brothers

The workshops are hosted by the Surry Arts Council and Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. and made possible through support from the Grassroots Grant Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the department of natural and cultural resources.

You may also like the following events from WPAQ 740 AM 106.7 FM The Voice of the Blue Ridge:

• This Saturday, 31st May, 11:00 am, Merry Go Round featuring The Voices One Choir and the Wilkes Record Players in Mount Airy

Also check out other Music events in Mount Airy, Entertainment events in Mount Airy, Workshops in Mount Airy.