Joining VYF

Posted on August 27, 2024

Valley Youth Fiddlers is gearing up for another exciting year and now is the time to consider joining our merry little group.

Valley Youth Fiddlers is an organization that your child can grow with. We have several levels from beginner through to advanced. That said new members are expected to have a minimum of 1 year of lessons under their belt and be at least 5 years old. Members are expected to take lessons throughout their time in VYF. We have workshops where we learn new tunes and practices where we fine tune them but our group is not intended to be and can't be a replacement for regular one on one instruction. The VYF season starts each year in September. We suggest anyone who would like to be a member to reach out to us before September and start with us at the beginning of the year.

While our group is primarily focused on fiddlers we also welcome piano, guitar, bass, and drummers in our group. If you are looking to joing as one of these instruments you will probably want to have more than a year of experience. While we write multiple level parts for fiddle we dont generally write multi-level parts for the other instruments. Its also not a guarantee that when mentors come for workshops they will know your instrument. Backup as we call all the other instruments generally work as a team to help each other out and figure out work arounds for parts that might not be at someones level. It is ideal if your parent also knows your instrument or you have 2-3 years experience if you want to be in backup.

If you would like to become a member of VYF then please email us.

Tickets on Sale for Aurora Radio

Posted on April 27, 2024

Our year end concert, Aurora Radio is back with all new tales with your favourite characters, Bitter Bob, Sarah and more. Plus we have a special guest Mark Perry will be joining us on stage.

There is only one night so tickets will go very quickly. Don’t miss out on this fantastic show.

Tickets available at Mountain Eagle Books

General Admission $20

Youth 12 and under $15

Year End Concert - Aurora Radio

Posted on April 18, 2024

After another year of hard work the Valley Youth Fiddlers is proud to announce we will be producing another amazing year end concert. This year it is a 1 day only show on Sunday June 2. We will be revisiting the set and style of our Aurora Radio production of 2018 with all new stories, tunes and characters plus we have a special guest this year Mark Perry will be joining us on stage. Aurora radio is a variety type show featuring music and stories in the style of The Vinyl Cafe. You can expect to hear more from the characters in our 2018 show with Bitter Bob, Sarah and more.

Tickets are not released yet but we will have more information very soon.

Northwest Fiddle Fest is back

Posted on January 10, 2024

We are in the early planning stages but Northwest Fiddle Fest is coming back after an extended hiatus due to Covid. The event will be in late August 2025 at Camp Caledonia on beautiful Tyhee Lake. You can expect an amazing full schedule with daily workshops, community trad jam night, instructors concert, family dance and more. We hope to have a list of the amazing professional mentors line up very soon.

If you have ever attended this amazing event in the past you know you don't want to miss out in 2025. Save the date August 26-30, 2025

More info as it becomes available at https://valleyyouthfiddlers.com/fiddlefest/