The annual Walnut Valley Festival instrument contests unfailingly draw top competition in the various bluegrass and folk categories. 2025 saw the 53rd running of this venerable event, which also awarded cash prizes this year to songwriters for the first time. Like
Last month the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS held their annual picking championships for flatpicking guitar, finger style guitar, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and old time fiddle. These are among the most prestigious instrumental competitions in
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers at the 2023 Walnut Valley Festival - photo Walnut Valley Association Many thanks to the media team at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS for sharing these photos from their 2023 event. This year
Anthony Howell, 2023 National Banjo Champion at Walnut Valley in Winfield, KS The smoke has cleared from this past weekend's many instrumental competitions at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, and we have a list of this year's winners. These
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
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
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
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
Sullivan Tuttle, Allen Shadd, and Jason Shaw - winners of the Guitar Flat Pick Championship 2019 This past weekend saw the 48th annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, where they host the National Flat Picking Championships, as well as similar
Winners were chosen over this past weekend at the 45th Annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. Over the years, their National Flat Pick Guitar Championship and their National Bluegrass Banjo Championship have come to be recognized as among the most prestigious
