1976

Byron Berline Band
Norman Blake
Bluegrass Attack
Bryan Bowers
Country Cookin'
Dan Crary
Jimmy Driftwood
Frosty Morn
John Hartford
Larry Hucke
Hutchinson Brothers
Don Lange
The Natural Grass
New Grass Revival
New Lost City Ramblers
Red, White, & Bluegrass
Smoky Valley Airlift
Sundance
Tut Taylor
Tecumseh
Thomas Singers
Town & Country Review
Happy Traum
Merle Travis
Uptown Bluegrass Band
Doc & Merle Watson
Pete Wernick
Buck White & the Down Home Folks
Wooten Brothers

National Flat Pick Guitar Championship

Orrin Star
First
Billy Kay
Second
Jimmy Gyles
Third

National Bluegrass Banjo Championship

Mark Maniscalo
First
Steve Hanson
Second
Gary Gray
Third

National Mountain Dulcimer Championship

David Schnaufer
First
Richard Coe
Second
Jim French
Third

Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship

Dick Barrett
First
Mark O'Connor
Second
Jeff Pritchard
Third

Walnut Valley Mandolin Championship (1976-2009)

Jimmy Gyles
First
Orrin Star
Second
Mark O'Connor
Third