Elliot King and Truett Wagner at the 2025 Star Fiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock attended the 98th Star Fiddlers’ Convention held this past weekend at the Star Elementary School, in the small Montgomery County town of Star,
Crucial Country, 1st Place Band, at the 2025 Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 98th annual Star Fiddlers' Convention is now in the books. The long-running acoustic talent contest ran over four hours and attracted more than
As the weather warms, thoughts turn to spring and fiddlers' conventions. Three such talent competitions held in Montgomery, Randolph, and Moore Counties in central North Carolina have been a tradition for almost 100 years. They feature the skills of local
The Ricky Dunn Band at the 97th Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock attended the 97th Star Fiddlers' Convention held this past weekend at the original location, Star Elementary School, in the small Montgomery County town
Nathan Aldridge, Derrick Allred, Mike McCollum, and Danny Bowers getting ready to jam in thehallway at the 2024 Star Fiddlers' Convention - photo © Gary Hatley The 97th Annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention is in the books. The long-running central North Carolina
The Allred Family at the 2023 Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Three long-running central North Carolina fiddlers' convention will return this spring with a number of improvements. This Saturday, on March 2, the 97th Annual Star Fiddlers' Convention
Band competition winners Southern Blend at the 2023 Star Fiddlers' Convention "It was fantastic! We did not expect this many people. We had a really good crowd," shared Mary Callicutt of the Halcyon's Women’s Club, sponsor for the 96th annual Star
The 95th Annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention, the longest continuously running convention in North Carolina, is now in the record books and with it, the largest crowd and group of contestants that the talent contest has seen in recent years. Mary Callicutt
