Music

Appalachian Music detailFiddle tillersCU

The music of Appalachia has deep roots in Cincinnati.

Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns, and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland), the African music and blues of early African Americans, and to a lesser extent the music of Continental Europe.

 Signature styles of banjo playing in old-time and bluegrass music were pioneered and popularized by musicians from the Appalachian foothills. Today, the sounds of Appalachian music can be heard in a wide range of genres including ballad singing, bluegrass, blues, early country music, gospel, mountain swing, and old-time.

2025 Festival Musical Entertainment Schedule

Also, see our Storytelling and Dance schedules

Scheduled performers and times subject to change without notice

 

 

Weekend Highlights

Tony Holt and the Wildwood Valley Boys, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Cecil Jackson & Dry Ridge, Tony Hale & Blackwater, Danny Burton & The Thunderbirds,  The Tillers, Danny Davis Band, Corndrinkers, Duly Noted Bluegrass, WonPeace, Vernon McIntyre and Appalachian Grass, Forest Hills Bluegrass Band, Farmer and the Crow, Sherry Stanforth & Tangled Roots, Rita Beach & The Troubadors, Kentucky Lap Fiddler Band, Rabbit Hash String Band, Jolly Old Hawk...........
and many more favorites.
2025 Music Schedule

 Saturday
Katie Laur Memorial Stage

 
  1. Saturday
  2. Appalachian Heritage Stage
  1. Saturday
  2. Up Close & Personal
 
11:00 am 
 Forest Hills Bluegrass Band
 
12:00 pm
Corndrinkers

1:00 pm
Farmer and the Crow

2:00 pm
Rita Beach and the Troubadors
 
3:00 pm
Corndrinkers
 
4:00 pm
Rita Beach and the Troubadors
 
5:00 pm
Corryville Suzuki Strings
 
6:00 pm
Bings
 
7:00 pm
Farmer and the Crow
 
8:00 pm
Vernon McIntyre and Appalachian Grass
 
9:00 am
Recorded Music
 
10:00 am
Pickin' Pair 

11:00 am
Bings

 
12:00 pm
One Iota
 
1:00 pm
Tony Hale & Blackwater
 
2:00 pm
Duly Noted Bluegrass

3:00 pm
Tony and Rachel Holt Country and Bluegrass

 
4:00 pm
Tony and Rachel Holt Country and Bluegrass

5:00 pm
Danny Davis Band

6:00 pm
Vernon McIntyre and Appalachian Grass

7:00 pm
Cecil Jackson & Dry Ridge

8:00 pm
Danny Davis Band

9:00 pm
Cecil Jackson & Dry Ridge

 

 11:00 am
Kentucky Lap Fiddler Band

12:00 pm
Storyteller 'Mark Twain'

1:00 pm
Rabbit Hash String Band

2:00 pm
P's in a Pod

3:00 pm
Mike Oberst & Justine Cefalu Jolly Old Hawk

4:00 pm
One Iota

5:00 pm
Duly Noted Bluegrass

6:00 pm
Tony Hale & Blackwater

7:00 pm
The Tillers

8:00 pm
The Tillers
  1. Sunday
    Katie Laur Memorial Stage 
  1. Sunday
  2. Appalachian Heritage Stage
  1. Sunday
  2. Up Close & Personal
  3.  
 
12:00 pm
Forest Hills Bluegrass Band 
 
1:00 pm
The Bings
 
2:00 pm
Paul Ingram & Stephen Hollen "Old Coots"
 
3:00 pm
Rabbit Hash String Band
 
4:00 pm
Scott & Katie James
 
10:00 am 
New Richmond Church Choirs
 
11:00 am
WonPeace

12:00 pm
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road

1:00 pm
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road

2:00 pm
WonPeace

3:00 pm
Danny Burton and the Thunderbirds

4:00 pm
Danny Burton and the Thunderbirds
 
 
 
10:00 am
Gospel Music
 
11:00 am
Uncle Mike Carr

12:00 pm
Sherry Stanforth and Tangled Roots

1:00 pm
Rabbit Hash String Band

2:00 pm
Storyteller 'Mark Twain'

3:00 pm
Sherry Stanforth and Tangled Roots
 
4:00 pm
Appalachian Culture and Music Presentations

 

  1. Strolling thru the park for your entertainment throughout the weekend are:

Uncle Mike Carr   UncleMike_suitcase   UncleMike_playing     

Uncle Mike Carr is "Just fiddling around."

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  1. Russ & Barb Childers Vintage Rainbow Chasers
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  5. Rabbit Hash String Band Everywhere! with Barb, Russ, Warren & Judy
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  9. Scott James & Katie Allen of Kornerstone "Can't stop smiling"
  11. Randy Barger "The Bluegrass Jammin Man" Ask Him!
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  24. PA Sound Technicians by The Sound Workshop
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