Welcome to the Festival!
Hip, hip, hooray! Its almost time for another wonderful weekend!

Step back into the past with a one-of-a-kind, old-fashioned family festival: the seventh annual Blueberry Fiddle Festival, organized by Richmond’s Immaculate Heart of Mary School. The festival is growing steadily as people who are looking for a truly family oriented event find out about us -- and then tell their friends.

Entertainment will include performances by New Hampshire’s Spirit Fiddle and the Fiddling Thomsons as well as other local talent. Enjoy the music while you savor a slice of homemade blueberry pie and cool off with ice cream from a local dairy.
Games, crafts, car show, and other activities provide fun for all ages: Win a sack race, admire and vote for that special antique car, find the perfect gift among the work of local artisans, place the winning bid on a blueberry cheesecake, boo the villain of the melodrama, dance with the Blueberry Man, watch the little ones sing and play, or take home a gold medal!

The Blueberry Fiddle Festival is easy to get to at the Cheshire Fairgrounds, Swanzey, NH. Admission is FREE; parking is a one-time $5.
For more information, browse this Web site or call 603-239-6495. See you there!
The 2008 contest winners are now posted, and pictures of the melodrama and musicians are up. A special "Thank you" to Jo-Ann Gerde for her beautiful photography (she took most of the pictures in '07 & '08).
Don't forget to visit our store for great blueberry items! We have now "re-stocked the shelves."
Last updated on June 16, 2009 (Feast of St. John Francis Regis)

Music Schedule for 2009
Please note: This schedule is subject to change, especially on Saturday.
Friday, August 7, 2009
- 2:00 Well-Tuned Trio
- 3:00 The Fiddling Thomsons
- 4:00 Future Famous Fiddlers & Blueberry Jammers
- 4:45 The Fiddling Thomsons
- 2-6:00 Blueberry Bake-off Entries Submitted
- 4-7:00 Friday Fish Fry
- 5:30 Blueberry Melodrama
- 6:00 Contra Dance Begins
- 7:00 Bake-off Judging Begins
Saturday, August 8, 2009
- 9:00 Festival opens
- 9:35 Contest Judges Questions & Answers
- 10:00 Junior-Junior & Junior Divisions
- 1:20 Future Famous Fiddlers & Blueberry Jammers
- 2:00 Spirit Fiddle
- 3:00 Bake-off & Car Show Awards/Auction/Melodrama
- 4:00 Blueberry Jammers
- 5:00 Spirit Fiddle
- 6:00 Jamboree and Dance

