More than $10,000 in prize money was awarded for the best banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin players, along with the best bluegrass band.

Unlike the harp there is no unbroken tradition of fiddle playing in Wales, but because the players wrote down their tunes the repertoire has been preserved. We don't know how the fiddle actually ...

Organizers have said the goal of the Fiddle Fest is to maintain the traditions of bluegrass and old-time fiddle music. To learn more, go to thefiddlefest.com.

Marking the first public concert at the museum, the Fiddle & Fern Ensemble will present an evening of folk-inspired music, drawing inspiration from the GRAMMY-nominated group Danish String Quartet.