52nd Annual Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, Kansas.
2024 National Guitar Flat Pick Championship results from the 52nd Annual Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, Kansas.
The Walnut Valley Festival is held annually on the 3rd weekend in September. It is the home of the following championships: International Autoharp, International Fingerstyle Guitar, National Mountain Dulcimer, National Flat Pick Guitar, National Hammered Dulcimer, and National Bluegrass Banjo. Other contests held at the Walnut Valley Festival are the National Mandolin Championship and the Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship.
Flat Guitar Contest Results:
Champion: Eric Hardin
City/State/Zip: Warrensville, NC
Prize Instrument Selected: D-MA Custom Guitar, provided by PK Thompson Guitars (Sisters, OR)
Hayes Griffin, Eric Hardin and Luke Lovejoy
2nd Place: Hayes Griffin
City/State/Zip: Columbus, OH
Prize Instrument Selected: Winfield Model Mahogany Adirondack Guitar, provided Collings Guitar (Austin, TX)
3rd Place: Luke Lovejoy
City/State/Zip: Spencer, IN
Prize Instrument Selected: D-28 Modern Deluxe Guitar, provided by C.F. Martin & Company, Inc. (Nazareth, PA)
Runners up: Jakob Thomas, South Charleston, WV and Steve Lewis, Jefferson, NC
30 contestants from 16 states and 2 countries (Canada and USA).
Pictured L-R: Hayes Griffin, Columbus, OH (2nd Place), Eric Hardin, Warrensville, NC (1st Place), and Luke Lovejoy, Spencer, IN (3rd Place)
