16th Annual Glacier Fiddle Festival at Kalispell Cornerstone Community Church

Join us Friday night for an open jam and registration starting at 6pm.

Registration will open Saturday morning at 8am and the contest will begin at 9am.

The jam and contest are free for spectators to come and watch!

2026 Schedule of events (subject to change)

8:00 a.m. Registration (All day)
8:30 a.m. Judges Meeting

9:00 a.m.  
Rd. 1 Pee Wee
Rd. 1 Jr. Jr.
Rd. 1 Senior
Final Round Pee Wee
2nd Round Jr. Jr.
Trophy Presentations: Pee Wee and Jr. Jr.

Lunch Break

1:00 p.m.
Contest Preliminaries
Final Round Seniors
Rd. 1 Champion
Rd. 1 Juniors
Rd. 1 Adult
Rd. 2 Champions
Picking Junior and Adult
Trophy Presentation: Senior

Dinner Break

6:00 p.m.
Contest Preliminaries
Judges Entertain
Final Adult Round
Final Junior Round
No Holds Barred
Final Champion Round
Trophy Presentations: Junior, Adult, NHB, Picking, Champion, accompanist

We will be sticking to and timing a  5 minute time limit for all divisions this year

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