CONTESTS

Gallagher Fest 2024 brought out many great musicians and artists - the best of the best in the Middle Tennessee area and abroad - to compete in an array of contests: flat-picking, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin contests with top-notch prizes and foot-tapping jams.

This year, 2025, we are narrowing down the contest to one: flat-picking. Although we enjoyed having the variety of musicians and instruments, and appreciate the skills and effort of each and every contestant, a singular flat-picking contest will be the 2025 way. In the future, we will add contests back as our numbers grow and word gets out year-by-year.

Where do I sign up?

Sign-ups will be day of, the Morning of May 17th at 8:30am.

However, if you would like to sign up early (we will take a limited amount of contestants), follow the button below to pay and sign up.

E-mail contact@gallagherfest.com with any questions.

What do I win?

Contestants compete for a brand-new Gallagher G-45 donated to Gallagher Fest by Gallagher Guitar Company.

First prize is the G-45

Second Prize is $150

Third Prize is $75

Scoring Criteria for Contests:

Tone
Technique
Rhythm and Timing
Degree of Difficulty
Execution
Judges Subjective Evaluation

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