Congratulations to 2026 winners! And thank you to every contestant, judge, volunteer, musician, dancer, cook, vendor, sponsor, and festival-goer who made this year’s Hoppin’ John such a special weekend. We’ll see y’all again next year! 🪕❤️

Old-Time String Band

🥇 The New Floyd County Ramblers

🥈 The Horse Thieves

🥉 Doctor O’Connell’s Country Dance Orchestra

Bluegrass Band

🥇 The Cultivators

🥈 Tiny Cowboy

🥉 Rocky Top Bottoms

Non-Traditional Band

🥇 Shady Grove

🥈 Ferrum College Roadshow

🥉 Super Critter

Mandolin

🥇 Zeb Gambill

🥈 Alex Meredith

🥉 Andrew Burns

Bass

🥇 Jacob Brewer

🥈 Ben Noblit

🥉 Chris Stockard

Guitar

🥇 Jen Maurer

🥈 Zeb Gambill

🥉 Allen Barnosky

Duet Singing

🥇 Maggie Thornton & Emilyn Bishop

🥈 Ed Norman & Soo Keith

🥉 Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small

Folk Song

🥇 Ashlee Watkins

🥈 Jon Newlin

🥉 Madison Cox

Banjo

🥇 Sam Harris

🥈 Lilli Shelton

🥉 Devon Flaherty

Fiddle

🥇 Nathan Vargo

🥈 Andrew Small

🥉 Michael DeVito

Instrument Duos

🥇 Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones

🥈 Alex Meredith & Zeb Gambill

🥉 Nathan Vargo & Lilli Shelton

Adult Dance

🥇 Julie Chiles

🥈 Kelsey Sutton

🥉 Nathan Vargo

Kids Folk Song

🥇 Layla Sawyer

🥈 Cody Sawyer

🥉 Sam Purvis

Kids Fiddle

🥇 Miles Kexel

🥈 Esamae Riley

🥉 Shepard Riley

Kids Other Instrument

🥇 Miles Kexel

🥈 Esamae Riley

🥉 Shepard Riley

Kids Dance

🥇 Walter Lewis

🥈 Miles Kexel

🥉 Alice Lewis

🍲 COOK-OFF

🥇 Shady Grove

🥈 Team Turtle

🥉 Princess and the Cow Peas

🧵 QUILT RAFFLE

🎉 Katherine Baldwin