Rockygrass Instrument Contests
2025

Rockygrass Instrument Contests

Rockygrass Instrument Contests

Rockygrass Instrument Contests

The RockyGrass Music Competitions are traditional bluegrass competitions that began at the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival in 1973. Instrumentalists can compete in the following categories: flatpick guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, and fiddle.

How To Enter

Instrument Contest tickets for can be purchased starting Thursday January 23th at 10am MT when RockyGrass Tickets go on sale.

Each entry is $15. Contestants may enter multiple categories however they may not enter a category that they have previously won.

Only (12) tickets will be sold per instrument.

Since the contests are held inside the festival grounds, all contestants must have either a 3-day pass or single-day tickets for Friday (the preliminary round) and Saturday (final round).

An email to all contestants will be sent out in June to confirm contestant registration and gather contestant contact information. If registration is not confirmed in June, the ticket will be void. Please send questions to contests@bluegrass.com.

2024 Instrument Contest Results

2024 Contest Prizes

Rules & Scoring

Questions?

Please reach out to us at contests@bluegrass.com.