| Open Fiddle | Senior Fiddle | Youth Fiddle | Open Banjo | Senior Banjo | Youth Banjo | Grand Champion Old-Time Flat-foot Dance Winner | Old-Time Flat-foot Dance – 60 years and older | Old-Time Flat-foot Dance – 41 years through 59 | Old-Time Flat-foot Dance – 16 years through 40 | Old-Time Flat-foot Dance – 15 years and under | Neo-Traditional Band | Youth Neo-Traditional Band | Traditional Band | Youth Traditional Band |
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| 2025 | Andrew Small (Floyd, VA) | Gerry Milnes (Elkins, WV) | Josh Wills (Checotah, OK) | Mitch Depew (Moorestown, NJ) | Mac Traynham (Willis, VA) | Rowan DeMont (Elverson, PA) | Becky Hill (Brentwood, MD) | Gordy Hinners (Banner Elk, NC) | Becky Hill (Brentwood, MD) | Becky Hill (Brentwood, MD) | Colette Rainwater (Murfreesboro, TN) | From China to Appalachia (Silver Spring, MD) | The Bogey’s (Boone, NC) | The New Floyd County (Ramblers, Floyd VA) | Turtle Mountain (Winchester, KY) |
| 2024 | Tessa McCoy (Greenville, WV) | Gerry Milnes (Elkins, WV) | Sylvie Davis (Leicester, NC) | Adam Hurt (Danville, VA) | Gerry Milnes (Elkins, WV) | Edwin McCoy (Greenville, WV) | Jacob Fennell (Dickson, TN) | Ruth Alpert (Santa Barbara, CA) | Kelsey Sutton (Providence, RI) | Kelsey Sutton (Providence, RI) | Jacob Fennell (Dickson, TN) | Blue Ridge Gathering (Maryville, TN) | The Rockin’ Chestnuts (Delaware, OH) | The McCoys (Greenville, WV) | The Bogey’s (Boone, NC) |
| 2023 | AJ Srubas (Minneapolis, MN) | Christopher Germain (Abington, PA) | Liam Farley (Chapmanville, WV) | Chance McCoy (Greenville, WV) | Mark Rast (Lancaster, PA) | Edwin McCoy (Greenville, WV) | Ruth Alpert (Santa Barbara, CA) | Ruth Alpert (Santa Barbara, CA) | Nathan Vargo (Pittsburgh, PA) | Nathan Vargo (Pittsburgh, PA) | Ola Moeckel (Floyd, VA) | The Wild Shoats (Morgantown, WV) | The Ithaca Floyd Exchange (Floyd, VA) | The McCoys (Greenville, WV) | The Old Time Rowdies (Floyd, VA) |
| 2022 | Tessa Dillion (St. Albans, WV) | Peter Vigour (Croset, VA) | Huck Tritsch (Millheim, PA) | Trevor Hammons (Marlinton, WV) | Thomas Traynham (Willis, VA) | Samuel Harris (Raleigh, NC) | Jacob Fennell (Dickson, TN) | Jane Henderson, (Bloom, TN) | Margaret Van Doreen (Ann Arbor, MI) | Margaret Van Doreen (Ann Arbor, MI) | Jacob Fennell (Dickson, TN) | Hemlock & Hickory (Capon Bridge, WV) | The Long Necked Legs (Asheville, NC) | The Tennessee Hillbuddies (Elizabethton, TN) | The Flaming Fire (Lexington, VA) |
| 2021 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 [3] | Nokosee Fields (Stillwater, OK) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Huck Tritsch (Millheim, PA) | Jake Blount (Washington, DC) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Nora Brown (Brooklyn, NY) | Ruth Alpert (Santa Barbara, CA) | Ruth Alpert (Santa Barbara, CA) | Kathy Grabarczyk (Brooklyn, NY) | Matthew Kupstas (Hickory, NC) | Ola Moeckel (Floyd, VA) | Ken and Brad Kolodner Quartet (Baltimore, MD) | Ithassippi String Band (Ithaca, NY) | The Ruglifters (Asheville, NC) | The Rattlesnake Roasters (Frederick, MD) |
| 2018 | Henry Barnes (Washington Court House, OH) | Betty Vornbrock (Hillsville, VA) | Aila Wildman (Floyd, VA) | Cathy Fink (Silver Spring, MD) | Cathy Fink (Silver Spring, MD) | Nora Brown (Brooklyn, NY) | Gordy Hinners (Banner Elk, NC) | Gordy Hinners (Banner Elk, NC) | Ben Lieb (Concord, CA) | Becky Hill (Ashland City, TN) | Audrey Sementilli (Albany, OH) | Take Two (Charlottesville, VA) | Ithingtons (Ithaca, NY) | Big Possum Stringband (St. Albans, WV) | Joseph Riley (Hillsboro, WV) |
| 2017 | Rhys Jones (Warrenton, VA) | Barb Kuhns (Medway, OH) | Lillian Chase (Weaverville, NC) | Micah Spence (Chattanooga, TN) | Pete Peterson (Oxford, PA) | Nora Brown (Brooklyn, NY) | Hillary Klug (Shelbyville, TN) | Phil Jamison (Asheville, NC) | Susan Chalker (Sparks, MD) | Hillary Klug (Shelbyville, TN) | Luke Snuffer (Beckley, WV) | Che Apalache (Clemmons, NC) | Selin Brothers (N/A) | The Onlies (Seattle, WA) | Mud Hole Out of Control (Marlinton, WV) |
| 2016 [4] | Jason Cade (Athens, GA) | Pete Vigour (Crozet, VA) | Andrew Vogts (Chadds Ford, PA) | Bob Smakula (Elkins, WV) | Pete Peterson (Oxford, PA) | Joey Webb (Frankfort, KY) | Phil Jamison (Asheville, NC) | Phil Jamison (Asheville, NC) | Maureen Reed Burke (Tullahoma, TN) | Becky Hill (Elkins, WV) | Luke Snuffer (Beckley, WV) | The Early Mays (Pittsburgh, PA) | N/A (N/A) | The Moose Whisperers (Oslo, Norway) | The Onlies, (Seattle, WA) |
| 2015 [5] | Jake Krack (Marlinton, WV) | Rafe Stefanini (Elkins Park, PA) | Andrew Vogts (Chadds Ford, PA) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | Marvin Gaster (Sanford, NC) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | Suzanne Ambrose (Kendal, Cumbria, UK) | Rosie Davis (Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland) | Suzanne Ambrose (Kendal, Cumbria, UK) | Gyasi Heus (Hinton, WV) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | Roochie Toochie & the Ragtime Shepherd Kings (Nashville, TN) | The Psycho Exploding Orangutans (Chadds Ford, PA) | Buffalo Gap (Swoope, VA) | The Onlies (Seattle, WA) |
| 2014 [6] | Aaron Olwell (Nellysford, VA) | Dan Gellert (Dayton, OH) | William Brauneis (Washington, DC) | Bob Smakula (Elkins, WV) | Dan Gellert (Dayton, OH) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | Sam Timmreck (Minneapolis, MN) | Steve Green (West Fork, AK) | Bill McGuigan (Hellam, PA) | Sam Timmreck (Minneapolis, MN) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | No. 46-1/2 (Beckley, WV) | The Gypsy Hoppers (Urbana, Ill) | Bucking Mules (Durham, NC) | Lost Hat (Berkeley, CA) |
| 2013 | Clelia Stefanini (Elkins Park, PA) | Pete Vigour (Crozet, VA) | Leo Shannon (Seattle, WA) | Tim Bing (Huntington, WV) | John Morris (Ivydale, WV) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | -- | Kim Forry (Annapolis, MD) | Jay Bland (Kennesaw, GA) | Josephine Stewart (Charlottesville, VA) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | No. 47 (Elkins, WV) | The Mario Brothers Three (Fisherville, VA) | We See It, We Take It (Montrose, WV) | Elm Street Alley Cats (Elkins, WV) |
| 2012 | Emily Schaad (Poughkeepsie, NY) | Paul Brown (Winston-Salem, NC) | Nina DeVitry (Columbia, PA) | Mac Traynham (Willis, VA) | Mike Kropp (Wyoming, RI) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | -- | Rodney Sutton (Marshall, NC) | Jay Bland (Kennesaw, GA) | Sarah Josephine Stewart (Charlottesville, VA) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | Drunken Catfish Ramblers (Fayetteville, AR) | Davy Jones’ Evidence Locker (Elkins, WV) | The Bucking Mules (Jonesborough, TN) | Lyin’ Lizzy and the Psycho Exploding Orangutans (Front Royal, Va) |
| 2011 | John Showman (Toronto, Canada) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Andrew Vogts (Chadds Ford, PA) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Rick Good (Spring Valley, OH) | Victor Furtado (Front Royal, VA) | -- | Marilyn Branch (Kalamazoo, MI) | Jay Bland (Kennesaw, GA) | Becky Hill (Elkins, WV) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | The Fish From Within (Lancaster, PA) | Banana Express (Winchester, VA) | Ratchet Mountain Rock Farmers (Athens, OH) | Psycho Exploding Orangutans (Front Royal, VA) |
| 2010 | Joseph Decosimo (Durham, NC) | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | William Brauneis (Washington, DC) | Paul Brown (Winston-Salem, NC) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Edward Bennett (Penzance, Cornwall, England) | -- | Tom Ogden (Pittsburgh, PA) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Becky Hill (Elkins, WV) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | Haggard Hopefuls (Ephrata, PA) | David's Nasty Toenail (Front Royal, VA) | Big Foot (Marshall, NC) | Guide Chickens (Washington, DC) |
| 2009 | Tatiana Hargreaves (Corvallis, OR) | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | Tatiana Hargreaves (Corvallis, OR) | Adam Hurt (Kernersville, NC) | Walt Koken (Avondale, Pa) | Jesse Reist (Lancaster, PA) | -- | Daniel Butner (Winston-Salem, NC) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Josephine Stewart (Charlottesville, VA) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | Nora Jane Struthers and Her Band (Nashville, TN) | -- | The Bailers (Greenville, WV) | -- |
| 2008 | Erynn Marshall (Gibsons, British Columbia) | Walt Koken (Avondale, PA) | Isaac Akers (Chapel Hill, NC) | Tim Bing (Huntington, WV) | Jimmy McCown (Hardy, KY) | Corbin Hayslett (Amherst, VA) | -- | Thomas Maupin (Murfreesboro, TN) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Becky Hill (Elkins, WV) | Rebecca Molaro (Asheville, NC) | Special Ed and the Short Bus (Richmond, VA) | -- | The New Mules (Bloomington, IN) | -- |
| 2007 [7] | Mike Bryant (Harriman, TN) | Jim Cauthen (Birmingham, AL) | Meade Richter (Sugar Grove, NC) | Adam Hurt (Winston-Salem, NC) | Walt Koken (Avondale, Pa) | Frank Evans (Toronto, Canada) | -- | Thomas Maupin (Murfreesboro, TN) | Ira Bernstein, (Asheville, NC) | Ira Bernstein, (Asheville, NC) | Molly McGuigan (Hellam, PA) | Old-Time Liberation Front (Lancaster, PA) | -- | New Dixie Entertainers (Harriman, TN) | -- |
| 2006 | Jake Krack (Orma, WV) | Jerry Lewis (Nettie, WV) | Isaac Akers (Chapel Hill, NC) | Jeremy Stephens (Danville, VA) | Pete Peterson (Oxford, PA) | Cole Holland (Athens, AL) | -- | Carole Bendick (Winfield, PA) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Alice Jameson (Asheville, NC) | Polecat Creek (Greensboro, NC) | -- | Whoopin’ Holler String Band (Orma, WV) | -- |
| 2005 | Jimmy Triplett (Ames, IA) | Speedy Tolliver (Arlington, VA) | Myra Morrison (Big Prairie, OH) | Mac Traynham (Willis, VA) | Marvin Gaster (Sanford, NC) | Frank Evans (Toronto, Canada) | -- | Thomas Maupin (Murfreesboro, TN) | Gordy Hinners (Weaverville, NC) | Gordy Hinners (Weaverville, NC) | Haley McGuigan (Hellam, PA) | Red Stick Ramblers (Eunice, LA) | -- | The Moonshine Monsters (Meadowbridge, WV) | -- |
| 2004 | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | Jarred Nutter (Meadow Bridge, WV) | Brian Fain (Stuart, VA) | Mack Benford (Trumansburg, NY) | Jarred Nutter (Meadow Bridge, WV) | -- | Charley Burton (Harmony, PA) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Trinity Kronk (Sewickley, PA) | Yeah Buddies (Spring Valley, OH) | -- | Big Missouri (St. Louis, MO) | -- |
| 2003 | Mark Simos (Watertown, MA) | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | Jarred Nutter (Meadow Bridge, WV) | Adam Hurt (Greensboro, NC) | Mack Benford (Trumansburg, NY) | Joanna Hartness (Greensboro, NC) | -- | Thomas Maupin (Murfreesboro, TN) | Andy Deaver-Edmonston (Tucker, GA) | Andy Deaver-Edmonston (Tucker, GA) | Saralyn Miller (Centerville, TN) | Mando Mafia (Barboursville, VA) | -- | Hoover Uprights (Beltsville, MD) | -- |
| 2002 | Rhys Jones (Chicago, IL) | Lester McCumbers (Nicut, WV) | Zack Fanok (Morgantown, WV) | Brian Fain (Stuart, VA) | Marvin Gaster (Sanford, NC) | Seth Swingle (Earlysville, VA) | -- | Ed Carson (Hot Rock, TN) | Sharon Leahy (Spring Valley, OH) | Sharon Leahy (Spring Valley, OH) | Emma Leahy-Good (Spring Valley, OH) | Synch-A-Therapy (Breaux Bridge, LA) | -- | Big Medicine (Raleigh, NC) | -- |
| 2001 | Mark Campbell (Richmond, VA) | Junior Spencer (Frankford, WV) | Stephanie Coleman (Glenville, IL) | Jake Owen (Marshall, NC) | Marvin Gaster (Sanford, NC) | Katherine Gura (Chapel Hill, NC) | -- | Thomas Maupin (Murfreesboro, TN) | Gordy Hinners (Weaverville, NC) | Gordy Hinners (Weaverville, NC) | Andrea Edwards (Copen, WV) | Cuttin’ Up Gumby (Harrisonburg, VA) | -- | Hoover Uprights (Beltsville, MD) | -- |
| 2000 | Kirk Sutphin (Walkertown, NC) | Elmer Rich (Morgantown, WV) | Stephanie Coleman (Glenville, IL) | Brien Fain (Stuart, VA) | Don Sarrell (Rising Fawn, GA) | Stephanie Coleman (Glenville, IL) | -- | Marilyn Branch (Kalamazoo, MI) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Ira Bernstein (Asheville, NC) | Andrea Edwards (Copen, WV) | The Marzaks (Charlottesville, VA) | -- | New Dixie Entertainers (Harriman, TN) | -- |
| 1999 | Bruce Molsky (Arlington, VA) | J.P. Fraley (Denton, KY) | Zack Fanok (Morgantown, WV) | Joe Newberry (Durham, NC) | Don Sarrell (Rising Fawn, GA) | Lydia Garrison (Ithaca, NY) | -- | Marilyn Branch (Kalamazoo, MI) | Phil Loyer (Riner, VA) | Phil Loyer (Riner, VA) | Chloe Edmonstone (Charlotte, NC) | Mando Mafia (Charlottesville, VA) | | New Dixie Entertainers (Harriman, TN) | |
