39th Annual Appalachian Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio
The 39th Annual Appalachian Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio takes place at the Coney Island Park this Mother’s Day weekend, May 9 - 11, 2008.
The Annual Appalachian Festival is what you get when you combine today’s hottest bluegrass act with the nation’s largest outdoor Mother’s Day shopping experience…mix in some down-home cookin’… and add an authentically recreated mountain village. The festival takes place in the historic Coney Island, which is transformed into a mountain-life village celebrating the area’s rich Appalachian heritage.
You can expect to enjoy three full days of old timey music, handmade crafts, storytelling, food and fun. The theme for the 39th Appalachian Festival is “Wood—Reclaiming Our Roots.” The Festival presents an educational and cultural multi-media salute to the important heritage wood (the number one renewable natural resource) and forests have played – and still do today — in the lives of the Appalachian region. In addition, so popular last year, and back bigger and better than ever this year, is a coal mining exhibit featuring tools and implements of the mining trade, an award-winning photography and multi-media exhibit curated by Cincinnatian Shanon Rice, plus a simulated coal mine entrance that adventurous visitors may crawl through to see what it is like to go to work every day by entering an opening only 32” high. Both natural resource exhibits feature award-winning photography, artwork, video documentaries and guest speakers from the Appalachian forestry and coal mining industries. Foresters and coal miners will be on hand to answer questions and share their knowledge with Festival visitors.
One of Bluegrass music’s hottest groups is making its first-ever appearance at the Appalachian Festival. That group is Cherryholmes, so be sure to check out their performance at the festival Saturday night at 7 p.m. Other talented artists on tap for festival visitors include Laura Boosinger & Josh Goforth; Ann & Phil Case; The Glenn Ritchie Band;
Wayne Henderson & Jim Lloyd with Herb Keys; Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz with Debbi Kauffmann; Wild Carrot & The Roots Band; Rabbit Hash String Band; Calamity Rain; Warren & Judy Waldron; Comet Bluegrass Allstars; Ma Crow; David Brose; Kentucky Sassafras; The Corndrinkers; OK Ramblers; Dan Gellert; Bear Foot, and Cincinnati’s own Katie Laur.
Special stages for dance and storytelling can also be found at the Appalachian Festival. And don’t miss one of the world’s finest outdoor Mother’s Day shopping experiences with more than 100 crafters from 12 states featuring the finest in mountain handicrafts.
Festival hours are:
Friday, May 9: 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 10: 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 11: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
General admission is $8, senior citizens (55+) $4, children 4-11 $2, children under 3 FREE. Parking is $5. Special discount admission coupons (buy one adult admission, get half-off a second admission) are available at Kroger stores. For the first time ever, tickets can be purchased in advance on the Appalachian Festival Website www.appalachianfestival.org.
A special $20 three-day pass is available (on-line only) for the first time.
Proceeds from the three-day festival go toward grants to area organizations and individual artists involved in promoting Appalachian culture.
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