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
The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas is now over, along with the national level competitions so closely associated with the festival. The winners of the contests have been announced via email, but are not currently featured on the festival website.
The winners of the instrument contests at the 2008 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS have been announced. Here are a few highlights. Flatpick Guitar 1st place: Tyler Grant - Nashville, TN 2nd place: Allen Shadd - Fort Mill, SC 3rd place: Brandon Davis -
We posted twice over the weekend with news about how Hurricane Ike and its aftermath has affected the big Walnut Valley Festival scheduled to start tomorrow (9/17) in Winfield, KS. Local officials closed the campground on Friday, forcing early campers to
High water and bad weather will not stop the 2008 Walnut Valley Festival from starting this coming Wednesday (9/17). So say festival organizers in the face of a mandatory evacuation of the campground this past Friday. Their most recent press release
The storm surge from Hurricane Ike is already causing problems in coastal Texas, and now wreaking havoc for people planning to camp out early in Winfield. The Walnut Valley Festival isn't scheduled to begin until next Wednesday (9/17), and the Winfield
