Hundreds of festivalgoers set up chairs, tents and blankets on the field facing the stage, listening to bluegrass music and contests, while enjoying food trucks on the fiddle hill.
As organizer Becky Littlefield explains it, the East Benton Fiddler's Contest, Convention and Bluegrass Festival "is the biggest event of the year in East Benton, the only event of the year in East Benton."