Event Calendar
The Michigan Fiddlers Association has the events listed below scheduled for calendar year 2023. This year we are also listing Original Michigan Fiddlers Association jamborees on this page. For more information about the OMFA jamborees, please visit: http://originalmichiganfiddlers.com/
This year the MFA will not be having square dances at it’s fiddler jamborees. Instead dances will be held separately at Studio 18 at 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323. These events are also listed below.
Please re-check this web page or the Michigan Fiddlers Association Facebook page or contact president, Bob Warner (email:bobwarner40@gmail.com) to verify that an event will be occurring before traveling to the event.
2023 Event schedule
All regular MFA jamboree times:
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Fiddlers entertaining with backup and open jamming
May 20, 2023(Saturday) – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. fiddlers jamboree, square dancing 5:00 p.m. OMFA fiddlers jamboree, co-hosted with MFA. Cadillac Senior Center 602 Chestnut St. Cadillac, MI 49061.
May 20, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
June 24, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
August 11-12, 2023(Friday,Saturday) Fiddlers Convention, Fiddlers Hall of Fame induction 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Winding Creek Campground, 2329 Campground Rd. Hastings, MI 49058. Click on this link to view and/or download the festival and workshop schedules for this festival: http://www.michiganfiddlers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MFA-August-Hastings-festival-schedule-2023.pdf Admission for the fiddlers convention this year will be by donation (not including camping or campground fees). For further information about making camping reservations for this event please see: https://windingcreekcamp.org/, and carefully read the policies and guidelines before making a reservation.
September 16, 2023(Saturday) – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. fiddlers jamboree, square dancing 5:00 p.m. OMFA fiddlers jamboree. Chippewa Lake Community Building, 10467 19 Mile Rd. Rodney, MI 49342.
September 23, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
September 30, 2023(Saturday) – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. fiddlers jamboree, square dancing 5:00 p.m. OMFA fiddlers jamboree. Interlochen Golden Fellowship Hall, 9700 Riley Rd. Interlochen, MI 496431.
October 7, 2023(Saturday) – afternoon Michigan State Fiddle Contest as a part of the Huron Township Applefest. For more information about Applefest, see: https://www.hurontownshipapplefest.com/. For contest rules, see: https://www.hurontownshipapplefest.com/fiddlerrules.
October 14, 2023(Saturday) – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. MFA Fiddlers Jamboree. Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings 49058.
October 21, 2023(Saturday) – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. fiddlers jamboree, square dancing 5:00 p.m. OMFA fiddlers jamboree. Kalkaska Senior Center, 303 S. Coral St. Kalkaska, MI 49646.
October 28, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
February 11, 2023(Saturday) – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. MFA Fiddlers Jamboree. Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings 49058.
March 25, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
April 8, 2023(Saturday)(CANCELLED) – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (THIS JAMBOREE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO A GAS LINE BREAK THAT PROVIDES NATURAL GAS TO MOST OF THE HASTINGS AREA INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF THIS JAMBOREE) MFA Fiddlers Jamboree. Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings 49058.
April 22, 2023(Saturday) – 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Square Dancing, Studio 18, 1818 142nd Ave., Dorr, MI 49323.
May 13, 2023(Saturday) – 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. MFA Fiddlers Jamboree co-hosted with OMFA. Piki’s Cafe, 111 W. Main St. Hopkins, MI 49328.
Contact:
Membership dues for the Michigan Fiddlers’ Association are $10.00 per family per year. The membership begins when you join or renew.
You can send your dues to David Dombrowski, 1450 N. Payne Lake Rd. Middleville, MI 49333 or pay at any Fiddlers’ Jamboree or at the Convention in August. All checks should be made payable to the Michigan Fiddlers’ Association. Once your dues have been received, you will be sent or given a membership card and be placed on our membership list.
You can attend the functions without being a member, but we hope you will want to be an active member of the Michigan Fiddlers’ Association.
For more information, contact Bob Warner, President (email:bobwarner40@gmail.com).
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