Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival

Friday – Saturday
July 5 - 6, 2013

Commencing at
9:00 a.m. both days

Town Square
Smithville, Tennessee

Well, the 42nd Annual Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival is history...now let's catch up on sleep! For a list of winners and many great pictures, visit our local radio station's website, found here at WJLE. Many thanks to Station Manager Dewayne Page for his hard work taking photos and providing audio streaming of the event, despite the late nights and the weather. We also thank DTC for providing live webstreaming of the entire event. DTC will be rebroadcasting the Jamboree on their local channel DTC-TV 3 throughout the year, so tune in to watch the parts you missed!

We thank all of those who braved the rain to participate and watch this year's event! Those of us planning the festival have never been faced with an all-day rain event like we experienced this year, and we appreciate your patience with us as we worked to make the best of it. Our participation numbers were higher than last year's, and only one category final had to be cancelled...thank you for helping make this year a success even though the weather was a challenge.

Mark your calendars for July 4-5, 2014 to join us on the square in Smithville, Tennessee for next year's event!

The mission of the Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival is to preserve and perpetuate traditional Appalachian and Old-Time music, dance, and crafts.

News

New For 2013!

Friday, June 14th, 2013

In an effort to continue improving the Jamboree, the following changes have been made for 2013:

* A new category has been added for Old-Time Appalachian Folksinging: Duet, Trio, and Quartet.
* The Order of Events has changed: Band categories have been moved to later in the day.
* Junior and Senior Fiddlers will be asked to play two tunes in the Finals: a waltz and a breakdown.
* Old-Time Fiddle Bands and Bluegrass Bands will be asked to play two tunes in the Finals: one with vocals and one instrumental only.
* Five judges will score each music contestant, the high and low scores will be thrown out, and the remaining three scores will be used to determine the contestant’s final score.
* Renowned flat-picker Roy Curry will serve as head music judge, and dance expert Jeff Driggs will serve as the head dance judge.

See our “Crafts” section for changes to the craft rules.

We hope these changes will benefit both the contestants and the audience, and help us achieve our mission to preserve and perpetuate Appalachian and Old-Time music and dance. As always, if you have any questions, please contact us!