2024 American Heritage Music Festival
Grand Lake Festivals is extremely pleased to partner with Har-Ber Village for the American Heritage Music Festival and Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest. "This is wonderful synergy and a win-win for everyone involved," commented Shirley Adams, Chair of the festivals. The American Heritage Music Festival and the Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest will bring lots of musical performers, jamming, and competition fun to Har-Ber Village June 7 & 8, with popular emcees Bob Fjeldsted, National Fiddler Hall of Fame President, and Gerry Lay, outstanding singer and multi-instrumentalist guiding the events and Ron Young singing the National Anthem. Music all weekend features many outstanding bands including bluegrass band Possum Trot, Parkhill Pickers, Janet Stowers Band, Bob Fjeldsted Trio, Prairie Breeze String Band, Josh Wills Group, and World Champion bones player Barry Patton joining renowned Hee Haw fiddler, Jana Jae, for exciting entertainment at the Event Center and throughout the Village. Stellar fiddle champ Judges Jacie Sites, Joe Sites, and Paul DeWeber, will also perform!
Har-Ber Village Executive Director, Nicole Reynolds, is offering a reduced special festival admission fee of $7.50 for Saturday. Reynolds said, "We want all families, friends and visitors to be able to come and enjoy this wonderful festival." The Village will be alive with the music and demonstrations all up and down Main Street and throughout the Village.
Saturday at 8:00 am, registration and festivities will continue and feature the Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest as fiddlers from around the country vie for cash prizes in their age categories and the Grand Champion prize of $1,000. Registered contestants plus one receive all-event wristbands when they enter. Save with $6 Early Bird Registration before midnight, May 15!! Visit https://www.grandlakefestivals.com for a Schedule and to register for contests online with PayPal.
Grand Lake Festivals is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promote Oklahoma and the performing arts by providing educational workshops, festivals, and performances. Grand Lake Festivals thanks all volunteers and sponsors, including Cherokee Nation Businesses, the Oklahoma Arts Council,
the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Fiddler Hall of Fame, the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, the Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau, Grand Lake Association, the Grand Area Creative Alliance and area newspapers, radio and tv stations. Area businesses are invited to sponsor, and area residents to volunteer and enjoy the vibrant energy of these festivals.
For info, call 918-786-8896 or 918-786-5780, and visit www.grandlakefestivals.com
