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  • Photos from Walnut Valley Festival 2022

    September 26, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2022 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS Many thanks to Rex Flottman, Media Director for the Walnut Valley Festival, for sharing these photos from their 2022 event - the 50th! - earlier this month

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  • Contest winners at the 50th annual Walnut Valley festival

    September 20, 2022 | by John Lawless

    2022 National Guitar Flat Pick Championship winners: Justus Ross, Holten Doucette, and Ian Ly There are a few festivals, contests, and conventions in the bluegrass and old time music world that are so thoroughly a part of the culture that you

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  • Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival book by Seth Bate 

    July 6, 2022 | by Richard Thompson

    The Walnut Valley Festival was launched in 1972 when a guitar maker , a farmer , and a businessman built their own music festival from the ground up. It has made the small town of Winfield into an annual destination

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  • Winfield competition winners for 2021

    September 23, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Paul Sgroi, Jason Shaw, and Holten Doucette - winners at the 2021 National Flat-Picking Championship After being unable to host their 2020 competitions, the Walnut Valley Festival held its National Flat-Picking Championships this past weekend in Winfield, KS. Though named for

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  • Walnut Valley opens contest registration for September 2021

    January 15, 2021 | by John Lawless

    The Walnut Valley Association in Winfield, KS, has announced that registration is now open for the 49th Walnut Valley Festival acoustic instrument championships in September 2021. Last year's event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions, but organizers believe that

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  • Walnut Valley Festival to host Spring workshops online

    December 10, 2020 | by John Lawless

    The Walnut Valley Festival, typically held each year in Winfield, KS, has announced a weekend of online workshops in March. Festival coordinators believe that they will be able to host a live, in-person event in September 2021, but based on the

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  • Walnut Valley Festival to host 2020 Hands On Workshops

    September 2, 2020 | by John Lawless

    We have reported earlier about aspects of the venerable Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS which are going forward despite the in-person music festival being cancelled for 2020. They already posted winners in their annual New Song Contest, and will

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  • 2020 NewSong Showcase winners announced by Walnut Valley Festival

    August 24, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Like every other music festival these days, last weekend's Walnut Valley Festival, normally held in Winfield, KS, will be hosted online. What would have been their 49th annual running of the festival, along with its prestigious picking competitions, was postponed until

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  • Battle of the bands returns for the virtual 2020 Walnut Valley Festival

    August 14, 2020 | by John Lawless

    The Walnut Valley Association has announced the return of the Battle of the Bands for their first virtual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, which they are calling WVF 48.5. This year should have been the 49th annual festival and

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  • Chris Jones assumes management of Winfield NewSong Showcase

    April 16, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Organizers of the long running Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS have announced that Chris Jones will serve as the new curator of their NewSong Showcase. As they look forward to the 49th annual festival in 2020, their songwriting competition

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