OLD TIME BAND: Crooked Road Ramblers, Crumpler, N.C.; Fox Creek Ramblers, Galax, Va.; South Carolina Broadcasters, Mount Airy, N.C.; New Cabin Creek Boys, Mount Airy, N.C.; Slate Mountain Ramblers, Mount Airy, N.C.
BLUEGRASS BAND: Destination Bluegrass Band, Mocksville, N.C.; Cross Road, Cana, Va.; D.J.R. and G, King, N.C.; Adam McPeak and Mountain Thunder, Max Meadows, Va.; Old Bills, Advance, N.C.
OLD TIME FIDDLE: Kilby Spencer, Crumpler, N.C.; Richard Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Helen White, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Jerry Correll, Elk Creek, Va.; Levi Funk, Fries, Va.
OLD TIME BANJO: Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Jared Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Trish Fore, Galax, Va.; Kelley Breiding, Lewisville, N.C.; Daniel Boyer, Fries, Va.
BASS: Jerry Steinberg, Salem, Va.; David Campbell, Fleetwood, N.C.; Barbara Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Caleb Hagwood, Durham, N.C.; Donna Correll, Traphill, N.C.
VOCAL: Alan Teichman, Jamestown, N.C.; Sarah Osborne, Mount Airy, N.C.; John Goad, Rogersville, Tenn.; Susan Reeder, Galax, Va.; Kinsey Greene, Boone, N.C.
MANDOLIN: Catherine Conner, Stuart, Va.; Nick Goad, Stuart, Va.; Rodney Hodges, Galax, Va.; Adam McPeak, Max Meadows, Va.; Connor Lambert, Troutman, N.C.
GUITAR: Jeffrey Roten, Ennice, N.C.; Ben Watlington, Mocksville, N.C.; Eric Hardin, West Jefferson, N.C.; Steve Kilby, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Austin Mikeal, West Jefferson, N.C.
JUNIOR BAND: Jones Sisters, Linwood, N.C.; Next Generation, Asheboro, N.C.; Pike City, Hillsville, N.C.; Elk Creek Jam Band, Deep Gap, N.C.