Other ways you can watch or listen to the 2026 Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree

DTC TV will be airing the Jamboree LIVE, from kickoff to sign off, via web stream at www.DTC3.tv Free of charge!
and both on DTC3 (ch.3) and DTC3 HD (ch. 303) for DTC TV customers.

Listeners can also catch the Fiddlers Jamboree music LIVE on the web stream at www.wjle.com throughout the annual two day festival.

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Now accepting craft applications for 2026

2026 Craft Application

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"50 Year History of the Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival "

Visit our Arts & Crafts page for this year's crafters and their locations around the square, download or view on your phone,

Exciting Jamboree Dance News for 2025

We are pleased to announce the Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree has partnered with The National Clogging Organization (C.L.O.G.) and The National Clogging & Hoedown Council (N.C.H.C.) in sanctioning four traditional clogging categories to add to our festival starting in 2025! This is in addition to our current dance competitions. To review the rules please select the link below. Check back soon for Order of Events.

NCHC Contestant Rules & Regulations
Registration forms can be printed, filled out and presented the day of the event in person. Payment will need to be made at that time.
Remember, MUST BE REGISTERED AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR CATEGORY.

PLEASE READ THE CHANGES FOR CONTESTANTS

Contestant Rules & Regulations ~ Revised 2025

For more information and updates

Join Us for the 55th Annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival! Kick off the 2026 Jamboree weekend with our Official Opening Ceremony on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. in Evins Park, where community leaders and honored guests will welcome visitors to this year’s celebration. Music will be provided by the Smithville Community Chorus along with dancers from The Smithville Old Time Dance Club.

The festivities continue on Friday and Saturday at the main stage on the Courthouse Square. Beginning each morning at 8:30 a.m., with over 35 music and dance categories, streets filled with hand‑made crafts, and food booths offering festival favorites. Come experience why this FREE, family‑friendly event has been named the official Jamboree & Crafts Festival of the State of Tennessee.

The Grand Ole Opry, the world’s longest-running radio show and the show that made country music famous, is proud to announce that it has invited the 2026 Grand Fiddle Off Champion of the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival to perform on its legendary stage, the biggest stage in country music. The Smithville Jamboree, held annually on the Friday and Saturday nearest the Fourth of July in Smithville, Tennessee, is a major event that draws hundreds of musicians and crafts people, as well as thousands of spectators from around the world. The festival showcases the best of old-time Appalachian-style music and dance, as well as authentic Appalachian and handmade crafts.

Dan Tyminski as 2026 Blue Blaze AwardHonoree
Saturday, July 4th @5:00 pm.

The Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival is proud to announce that Dan Tyminski, one of the most celebrated voices and instrumentalists in modern bluegrass and American roots music, has been selected as the 2026 Blue Blaze Award recipient. Tyminski will be honored on Saturday, July 4, 2026, during the Jamboree’s nationally recognized program.

Tyminski is an award-winning vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and longtime member of Alison Krauss & Union Station. His iconic performance of “Man of Constant Sorrow” in O Brother, Where Art Thou? helped ignite a global resurgence of interest in old-time and bluegrass music. He has earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, collaborated across genres, and remained a steadfast ambassador for Appalachian musical traditions.

The Blue Blaze Award is presented annually to an artist who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the preservation and advancement of traditional Appalachian music. Tyminski’s career—spanning more than three decades—has shaped the sound of contemporary bluegrass while honoring the deep musical traditions that define the region.

We would like to thank our 2025 partners!

Live Streaming will start 9am, July3rd

WJLE Radio AM 1480-FM 101.7 has been broadcasting LIVE the on-stage entertainment of the Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival since its beginning in 1972. The first of any electronic media to do so. Listeners can also catch the Fiddlers Jamboree music LIVE on the web stream at www.wjle.com throughout the annual two day festival.