Downtown Branson Fiddle Festival
Posted by Fisher Fisher on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:55 AM
Each year, downtown Branson comes alive to the sweet sound of fiddles ringing through the Ozarks as the Downtown Branson Fiddle Festival & Mid-American Fiddlers Championship takes the spotlight. This year's festival is coming up fast, this weekend, August 26-28. It's a great event every year, and this year is the 23rd year for the festival & contest. Fiddlers & fiddle music lovers from all over the country to our neck of the Ozarks this weekend, and it promises to be a memorable event.
The contest itself is Saturday-Sunday, with preliminaries Saturday from 10-6, and finals Sunday from 12-5. But there are festivities all weekend, including the Kick-Off Street Dance Friday night from 6:30-9:30. Another Street Square Dance is on tap for Saturday night from 6:30-9:30. There will be seminars & demonstrations all day, food vendors, pony rides, sidewalk sales, and general musical frivolity all weekend. Special guest appearance all weekend by actress & author Mary Mcdonough, who played "Erin" on TV's The Waltons. You might just want to pick up a copy of her book Lessons from the Mountain. She'll be doing book signings & Q & A.
Sunday morning before the finals there will be a special Sunday Morning Gospel show, featuring Bob Hubbard & Matt's Family Jam. You definitely don't want to miss any of it. For full details, including schedule & prices, visit: the Downtown Branson website at http://downtownbranson.org/?page_id=2447. We've also just lowered our Discounted Lodging Rates at Pointe Royale, giving you all the more reason to come see us at the Pointe, and hear some great fiddling downtown. See you there!
