Down-home bluegrass will be the music of choice Saturday at the Pappy Wade Ray Fiddle Contest and Bluegrass Show, set to take the stage at 5 p.m. at the Lions Club in Sparta.

The program, which is a salute to deceased fiddler Wade Ray, begins with a fiddle competition and a junior competition, with cash prizes for the top places in each division. George Portz and his Friends of Bluegrass, a series of other acts and an all-star fiddle jam will follow the contest.

Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for children and free for children under five. For more information, call George Portz at 618-632-1384.