Since its inception in 1977, the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes has become one of the largest celebrations of traditional American music west of the Mississippi.
This year, the Festival continues under the helm of Artistic Director Dirk Powell as hundreds of players of traditional American music come to Fort Worden State Park for a full week of workshop classes, band labs, tutorials, dances, concerts, open jams, parties, and informal and spontaneous gatherings.
These workshops lead into mainstage shows where thousands of audience members pack McCurdy Pavilion, a World War I-era balloon hangar converted into one of the west’s most distinctive performance halls, to listen to the masters play.
Performances will take place at McCurdy Pavilion July 4, 6, and 7. This is your chance to hear some of
the finest that Irish, Cape Breton, Quebecois, Swedish, and Cajun music—which make up much of the historic quilt of traditional American music—has to offer. In addition there will be full sets by performers from New England, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, eastern Canada, and Missouri.
Tickets are available by calling Centrum at 800.733.3608 or 360.385.3102. Tickets are also available here at our secure online Acteva site.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 4
Mainstage Show, 1:30 pm
McCurdy Pavilion
Reserved-Seating Tickets: $16 ($5 for children 18 or under)
• Mac and Jenny Traynham: (Songs and Tunes from the Southern Mountains)
• Nightingale: (New England Contra Dance Music)
• The Carolina Chocolate Drops with Joe Thompson (Southern Stringband)
• April Verch (Canadian Fiddling)
Friday, July 6
Mainstage Show, 7:30 pm
McCurdy Pavilion
Reserved-Seating Tickets: $16 ($5 for children 18 or under)
• John White and Kenny Applebee (Missouri Fiddle Tunes)
• Daniel Lapp (Cape Breton Fiddle Tunes)
• Bonsoir, Catin (Cajun Tunes)
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle (Irish Tunes)
Saturday, July 7
Mainstage Show, 1:30 pm
McCurdy Pavilion
Reserved-Seating Tickets: $20 ($5 for children 18 or under)
• The Creole Cowboys (Creole Tunes)
• Bertram Levy (Tango Fiddle)
• Paul Dahlin and Family (Swedish Fiddle)
• Randy Wilson (Southern Banjo)
• Paul Anastasio and Doc Denning (Western Swing and Cowboy Music)
• Jesse Wells (Southern Fiddle)
• Denis Maheux and Sans Ages (Quebecois)