Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 09/09/2011 10:25 AM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 09/09/2011 02:06 PM
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Fiddletown Setting the Stage for Annual Fiddle Jamboree and Sierra Nevada Music Cultural Heritage Street Fair
Amador County, CA....All Hail to the Fiddle! Fiddletown fans grab your hose and socks and pull and get ready for some high steppin, old time fiddling, and clawhammer banjo pickin! September is here and the Annual Fiddletown Fiddlers’ Jam and Fiddle Contest will soon be upon us. Held every third Saturday of September, the Fiddletown Community Center would like you to join in this year’s music festival and street fair on Saturday, September 17th 2011. Look for the family fun activities at the base of the Giant Fiddle to last all day from 10AM – 5PM and it is FREE admission.....
For the Fiddle Contest, Fiddlers of all ages are wanted to rosin up their bows for this day-long competition. The event also includes musical entertainment from bands representing a variety of music genres. This year’s lineup features bands hot off the fiddlin circuit including Brothers Comatose, Foothill Billies, Extended Roots, Felipe and Joanne Ferraz, Second Coming, and Giorgi. There will also be an open mic, and a whole lot of fiddling in the "Fiddle Capital of the West".
Enjoy a street fair in a beautiful, historic Gold Rush Town where for blocks there will be handmade crafts, vendors, and old-time fiddle jamming on steps and street corners throughout the town. Savor a glass of wine hosted by the Fiddletown AVA Winetasting. The aromatic smell of barbecue will be ever present thanks to Incahoots BBQ and Clark’s Corner will also provide regional cuisine.
Held in the town community center are raffle prizes galore including a $400 range grill. Prizes awarded throughout the day include wine, gift baskets, B&B stays, art, dining, and also back by popular demand the Horseshoes in the Park contest.
Come to Fiddletown to hear the music but leave learning a lot of history about the California Gold Rush. There will be opportunities to explore some of the oldest Chinese buildings in North America thanks to the Fiddletown Preservation Society that won the 2010 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation.
For Directions or more information about Fiddletown, check out their website at:
http://www.fiddletownca.org
About Fiddletown
Fiddletown, California (96629) is located in beautiful Amador County up Fiddletown Road. Travel to the right of “the fork in the road” leading to Amador Wine Country and in about 5 miles you will discover a peaceful, rural community surrounded by majestic mountain views of the Sierra Nevada. It is a historic town founded in 1849 during the height of the California Gold Rush. The town got its name from the legend that a band of fiddlers from Missouri settled there to gold pan but spent hours fiddling around the blazing campfires of the mining camps instead.