Pikeville Hillbilly Days Festival

Y'all be sure to come and enjoy one of the state's largest festivals. Since 1977, Pike County, Kentucky has been celebrating Hillbilly Days. This internationally known annual event serves as a fundraiser to benefit the Shriners' Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Held in downtown Pikeville, this is one festival you've got to see to believe!

3 live stages of free entertainment, featuring a wide variety of music genres, clogging and square dancing. Men, women and youngsters pick and grin while trying to outdo each other with their wild hillbilly outfits.

Come Join Us! Stay the weekend in one of our great hotels. From the Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn to motels and economy lodging, Pikeville/Pike County features a wide range of accommodations that will fit into most any vacation budget. Bring the children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors; they'll have a ball!

While you're here, plan a few extra days to visit other interesting attractions in our area such as the famous Pikeville Cut Through Project, Hatfield-McCoy Feud Sites, Dils Cemetery (where Randolph McCoy and family members are buried), the Historic Pike County Courthouse and beautiful Breaks Interstate Park featuring the largest canyon east of the Mississippi as well as seasonal whitewater rafting.

Schedule of Events

8 - 11:30 a.m. - Hillbilly Breakfast - Thomas C. Cecil Masonic Lodge. 120 Pike St., Downtown Pikeville.
11 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Hillbilly Days Carnival - Located at the Downtown Pikeville Riverfill.
11 a.m. - 10 p.m. - Live Music  at Pike County Courthouse Stage - Daily - Live Music  at Pikeville City Park Stage
2 p.m. - Gov. Buckner and Hatfield-McCoy Presentation at Big Sandy Heritage Center
2 - 10 p.m. - Live Music  at Mtn Top Media Stage Appalachian Wireless Arena Mountain Top Media Stage, Main St.
6 p.m. - Hillbilly Degree Work: Men - Upike Gymnasium (Hillbilly Clan Headquarters).
6 p.m. - Annual Appalachian Beard And Mustache Contest - The Appalachian Center for the Arts. 218 2nd St. Contestants register at door; registration available all day before event.
7 p.m. - Hillbilly Degree Work: Women - Upike Gymnasium (Hillbilly Clan Headquarters).
7 p.m. - Micro Wrestling  at The Appalachian Wireless Arena

Court House Live Music Schedule

11:00 a.m. - The Kevin Prater Band
12:00 p.m. - Arlene Estep
1:00 p.m. - Trae Carlton
2:00 p.m. - Erin Rudd
3:00 p.m. - Kill Devil Hillbillies
4:00 p.m. - Carver Sound
5:00 p.m. - Sarah Kate Morgan
6:00 p.m. - Jerry King and Friends
7:00 p.m. - Donovan Blevins and the Hillbilly Drive Band
8:00 p.m. - Coaltown Dixie
9:00 p.m. - The Kevin Prater Band