Fiddle Fest Weekend will be returning to Llano, Texas the 1st weekend in April 2012! Llano traditionally held a popular fiddle contest for twenty years - an established event that was held in early April and brought many talented fiddlers and music fans from Texas and beyond. The “Llano Fiddle Fest” group reintroduced the event in 2011, and it was hugely successful! Llano Fiddle Fest is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich and preserve the art of Texas style fiddling/music. An all day and family-friendly event, the contest is part of Llano Fiddle Fest weekend.
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The Llano Open Fiddle Contest will be held at the historic LanTex Theater
in downtown Llano on Saturday, April 7th. In addition to the Saturday fiddle
contest, other music venues will be chosen to showcase local and visiting
fiddlers throughout the weekend. A collection of antique musical instruments
will again be on display at the Llano Visitor Center. On Easter Sunday morning
a sunrise service with fiddle music and a Chuck Wagon breakfast is planned
to conclude the weekend of musical activities.
Amazing Grace played by fiddlers on the bank of the beautiful
Llano River - 2011 Fiddle Fest
Photo Courtesy of DustDevilDiver Photography
Fiddle Fest 2012 Event Schedule
Event |
Location |
Day / Time |
| Antique Instrument Art Exhibit & Fiddling History Tour | Llano Visitor Center | Friday, April 6: noon - 5 pm |
| Air Fiddle Contest & Fiddle Jam | Badu Wine Pub | Friday, April 6: 7
pm |
| LLANO OPEN FIDDLE CONTEST | LanTex Theater | Saturday, April 7: 10 am - 5:30 pm |
| Antique Instrument Art Exhibit | Llano Visitor
Center |
All Day
Saturday |
| Fiddler Appreciation & Fiddle Jam | To be announced | Saturday, April 7: 6 pm until |
| An Evening with The Fingerless Fiddler, Roy Thackerson | Fuel Coffee House | Saturday, April 7: 7 pm - 8:30 pm |
| Easter Service/ Chuck Wagon Breakfast
/ Music (all fiddlers welcome to join in the playing of "Amazing Grace" in the key of G!) |
Badu Park on the Llano River | Sunday, April 8: 8 am - 10 am |
| Antique Instrument Art Exhibit | Llano Visitor Center | Sunday, April 8: 10:30 am - 1:30 pm |
All events are free to the public except "An Evening
With Roy Thackerson". Limited tickets. $10.00
Donations accepted at Open Fiddle Contest will benefit Llano Food Bank and
other non-profit organizations.
