2025 CONVENTION WINNERS
Our 2025 Grand Champion Fiddle Winners!
Grand Champion
- Asa Nelson - from Johnson City, TN
1925 $20 Gold Coin
1st Runner Up
Hollace Oaks - from Snowville, VA
Custom Jason Barie Fiddle
2nd Place
Gabe Scott from Greenville, SC - $500
FOLK SONG
1st Place - Beverly Horton - Kingsport, TN
2nd Place - Gabe Scott - Greenville, SC
3rd Place -Tucker Conner - Fleetwood, NC
YOUTH CATEGORY
YOUTH GUITAR
1st Place - Elliot King - Carthage, NC
2nd Place - Berkley Stewart - Saltville, VA
3rd Place - Tucker Conner - Fleetwood, NC
YOUTH BANJO
1st Place - Berkley Stewart - Saltville, VA
2nd Place - Tucker Conner - Fleetwood, NC
YOUTH MANDOLIN
1st Place - Hollace Oaks - Snowville, VA
2nd Place - Orson Cornett - Boone, NC
3rd Place - Berkley Stewart - Saltville, VA
YOUTH FIDDLE
1st Place - Hollace Oaks - Snowville, VA
2nd Place - Macy Stevens - Granite Falls, VA
3rd Place - Orson Cornett - Boone, NC
YOUTH BAND
1st Place - Denim & Plaid - Snowville, VA
2nd Place - Hail Mary Bluegrass Band - Granite Falls, NC
ADULT CATEGORY
ADULT GUITAR
1st Place - Graydon Shepherd - W Jefferson NC
2nd Place - Gunner Salyer - Todd, NC
3rd Place - Vince Bullins - Lawsonville, NC
ADULT BANJO
1st Place - Kenny Price - Mountain City, TN
2nd Place - Grace Weatherly - Johnson City, TN
3rd Place - Oscar Boakswain - Johnson City, TN
ADULT MANDOLIN
1st Place - Vince Bullins - Lawsonville, NC
2nd Place - Joe Henson - Johnson City, TN
3rd Place - Scott Gearheart - Commodore, PA
ADULT FIDDLE
1st Place - Asa Nelson - Johnson City, TN
2nd Place - Gabe Scott - Greenville, SC
3rd Place - Matt Raum - Midway, TN
ADULT BAND
1st Place - Fireflight - Johnson City, TN
2nd Place - Autumn Ridge Band - Lenoir, NC
3rd Place - Sam Phipps Band - Laurel Bloomery, TN
COMPETITION CATEGORIES & PRIZES
In 2025, we were excited to present $14,500 in cash and prizes. In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Mountain City Fiddlers' Convention, the Grand Champion of the Fiddle Off took home the 1925 $20 Gold Piece, currently valued at over $3,000. The First Runner Up won the coveted Custom Jason Barie Fiddle!