Category: Festivals
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Photoblog: Hillbilly Days of Yesteryear
Pikeville Hillbilly Days is one of Kentucky’s most attended festivals, being one of the state’s first festivals of the (mostly) warm months of the year. Hillbilly Days is known for its outlandish character, wide assortment of vendor booths, and charm that has endured for over 40 years. Most importantly, Hillbilly Days is also a fundraiser…
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Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Jeffery Justice
We continue our photo blog series “Beautiful Pike County, KY” with a sampling of photographer Jeffery Justice’s excellent camera work. Justice has dedicated his career to supporting economic growth in Eastern Kentucky, serving as a business and innovation champion at SOAR Innovation, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting innovation-driven small businesses and entrepreneurs in Appalachia…
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Hear the Story of the Hatfields & McCoys…from the Descendants
Over the past hundred years, the story of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys have become part of American legend. With stories of violence, forbidden love, heartbreak, and a relentless vendetta that pitted two mountain families against each other, it is no wonder that this tale has grown to the iconic level that is has. However, it…
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Big Sandy Heritage Museum Lecture Series – The Hatfields & The McCoys
As a part of this year’s Hatfield McCoy Heritage Days, local history buff Reed Potter hosted an interactive lecture series at the Big Sandy Heritage Museum on the Hatfields and the McCoys. A wide variety of topics concerning the history of the feud was discussed with an interactive dialogue with the visitors. The Big Sandy…
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What Hillbilly Days Means: From the Point of View of a Shriners Kid
Hillbilly Days is one of Kentucky’s most popular festivals, attended by hundreds of thousands of visitors from all around. But to me, Hillbilly Days is something special. It’s billed as “the festival with a heart”, but what exactly does that mean? When I was a child, I was born with deformities in my feet. This…
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Photoblog: Pike County’s Farmers Market
Fresh, home grown food at a reasonable price? Interesting handcrafted items? That’s what you get at Pike County’s Farmers Market every Tuesday and Saturday. But seeing is believing, so Pike County Tourism CVB would like to show you some of what you can find at our Farmers Market. Click here to learn more about Pike County’s Farmers…