Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music & Arts Festival and Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention

To mark the culmination of Common Ground on the Hill’s Traditions Weeks, an all-day festival features traditional arts, crafts, music, and dance, plus kid-friendly activities, food vendors, and a wine and beer garden. The day begins with the Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention with band and individual instrumentalists and vocal competitions in genres including bluegrass, old-time and Celtic music, as well as the Eileen Carson Schatz Memorial Appalachian Dance contest. The crowning event of the festival is the awarding of the Robert H. Chambers Award for Excellence in the Traditional Arts.