March Madness calls for string music and there will be plenty of it in Calhoun, Georgia, this weekend – only the competitors will be playing fiddles and banjos instead of basketball.
American folk musician John McEuen will kick off the 13th annual Georgia String Band Festival on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Harris Arts Council in Calhoun.
If you go
› Where: Harris Arts Center, 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Georgia› What: Georgia String Band Festival› When: 7-10 p.m. Friday, March 29› What: Gordon County Fiddlers Convention› When: 1-6 p.m. Saturday, March 30› Admission: $20 Friday, $10 Saturday› For more information: 706-629-2599
McEuen has been a professional performer since 1962, when he began working as a magician in Disneyland’s Magic Shop as a teenager. He was a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966. Over 10,000 concerts and 300 television shows with the band and as a solo performer, he has pursued his passion for performing and recording.
On Saturday, some of the finest musicians in the South will compete in traditional singing, buck dancing, banjo, string bands and fiddle for $2,000 in prize money at the Gordon County Fiddler’s Convention.