Last Friday evening (July 12), the small, approximately 100x80 foot park in downtown Erwin, TN, known as The Gathering Place, overflowed with local townspeople and quite a few musicians from both near and far. Lincoln Hensley, banjo player and leader
Highway sign at the 2024 Grayson County Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock spent the weekend in Elk Creek, VA to cover the 55th Grayson County Old-time and Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention, sponsored by the Elk Creek Volunteer
Common Ground, 1st Place Bluegrass Band at the 2024 GraysonCounty Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock Counting both adult and youth contestants, approximately 200 acoustic instrument pickers, folksong singers, and flatfoot dancers from as far away as Georgia and
Calvary's Chosen, 1st Place Bluegrass Gospel Band at Abingdon Fiddlers' – photo © G Nicholas Hancock One hundred seventeen contestants braved the heatwave to compete in the 3rd Abingdon Fiddlers’ Convention this past Friday through Sunday at the Washington County Fairgrounds
Brad Paisley plays his Henderson guitar as Wayne Henderson looks on - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Here is another gallery of Nick Hancock's images from the 30th and final Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition at the Grayson
The Gibson Brothers at the 30th Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival - photo © G Nicholas Hancock After 30 years, and $502,950 awarded in youth scholarships and music program grants, the Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition came to
Young dancer at the 2024 Mount Airy Fiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock Many people showed up this year to participate in bluegrass and old-time individual instrument competitions at the 2024 Mount Airy Fiddlers' Convention at the Veterans' Memorial
Chad Harrison, 1st place guitar at the 2024 Mt. Airy Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 52nd Mount Airy Fiddlers' Convention was held this past Friday and Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park in Mount Airy, NC. More than
Starlett & Big John at the 25th annual HLS Pickin' in the Park 2024 - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The 25th annual High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association (HLS) Pickin' in the Park festival was held this past Saturday at Hagan-Stone Park in Pleasant
Dance competition at the 2024 Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock Nick Hancock has shared this gallery of images he took during last weekend's Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention in Robbins, NC. Thanks Nick!
