The Walnut Valley Festival a.k.a. WINFIELD, has posted the "44 DAYS UNTIL THE WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2003" banner.
As of July 7, the list of entertainers for this year includes: Bill Barwick, Stephen Bennett, Roz Brown, Nick Charles, Classical Grass, Dan Crary, Julie Davis, Daybreak, Tommy Emmanuel, Pat Flynn, John Cowan & Friends with special guest Stuart Duncan, HeartStrings, The Hickory Project, Hot Club of Cowtown, Pete Huttlinger, Crow Johnson, Mark Johnson & Emory Lester, Marley's Ghost, Andy May, John McCutcheon, Modern Hicks, Karen Mueller, Kacey Musgraves, No Strings Attached, Barry Patton, Prairie Rose Wranglers, Prickly Pair, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Small Potatoes, The Special Consensus, Spontaneous Combustion, Linda Tilton, Walnut River String Band, Walnut Valley Men's Chorus, Barry Ward, The Wilders, Yonder Mountain String Band.
Four stages run simultaneously, 09:00 AM to midnight, Thursday – Saturday, and 09:00 AM to 5:00 PM+ on Sunday.
International Autoharp Championship (Thursday) National Finger Picking Guitar Championship (Thursday) National Mountain Dulcimer Championship (Friday) Walnut Valley Mandolin Championship (Friday) Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship (Friday) National Flat Pick Guitar Championship (Saturday) National Hammer Dulcimer Championship (Saturday) National Bluegrass Banjo Championship (Sunday)
An index to past winners at Winners probably includes quite a few folk you've heard of.. There is also a link there to past performers, or go direct to a Plethora of Performers
The Festival officially starts on September 18 (Thursday)
For early arrivals... Land Rush begins at 7 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 – the first day on which you can set up camp.
Lineup for the Landrush begins Thursday, September 4 at 8 a.m. You can check anytime between 8 am and 6 pm after that, and you will be assigned a place to park in line to wait for Land Rush.
Really early arrivals may camp in the city park, on or after 8:00 am on Thursday, August 21, to get in line for the Lineup for the Land Rush.
We've already had several contacts from friends who are well into preparations for this year's meet, so I hope it's not premature to start a thread for catters to communicate about the Festival.
See ya at Winfield? (about 45 miles SE from Wichita, KS, US.)