Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival

09/21/2025

What a fantastic weekend for the 29th Annual Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival!! A huge THANK YOU to everyone that had a part in it!!! Our winners of the ducks, quilt, and guitar are in the pictures.

1st Place Ducky Derby Winner:
Dianna Turner

2nd Place Ducky Derby Winner:
Golda Staley

3rd Place Ducky Derby Winner:
Vic Lowhorn

Guitar Winner: Phil Hovious

Quilt Winner: Tonya Hardin

09/19/2025

Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival, 2nd night....come on down to the Veteran's Park in Burkesville KY.

09/17/2025

One of Burkesville/Cumberland County, best weekends!! Join us this weekend for some great entertainment!! Free admission/free parking!!

Some changes on schedule---

Fred Spencer will play on Thursday Sept 18 at 6 and 7:30!!

New Strength will play on Thursday September 18 at 6:45 and 8:15!!

Rounder Station will play only from 6 to 7:30 on Friday night, September 19!!

So sorry for any inconveniences!!

09/02/2025

🧵 Quilt Block Competition 🧵

Calling all quilters — from beginners to seasoned stitchers!

We’re excited to announce this years Quilt Block Competition where your creativity will become part of something bigger: a collaborative quilt to sell chances to help with funding the bluegrass festival.

🧷 Theme: Patriotic

📏 Block Size: 12.5" x 12.5"

📅 Deadline to Submit: Thursday, September18 at 8 PM at Log Cabin in Burkesville KY.

🏆 Prizes 1st Place $75, 2nd Place $50 and 3rd Place $25

All submitted blocks will be pieced into a quilt, to be displayed on the stage at the 30th Annual Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival.

Below is the quilt that will be displayed this year!! Chances will be sold $1 each or 6 for $5.

08/18/2025

We are one month away from our 29th Annual Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival--Times for each night:

Thursday-Sept. 18, 2015
Bluegrass Gospel

6:00 Fred Spencer
6:45 New Strength
7:30 Fred Spencer
8:15 New Strength

Friday -September 19, 2025
Traditional Bluegrass

6 to 7:30 Rounder Station
7:30 to 9 Volume 5

Saturday-Sept 20,2025
Traditional Bluegrass

1:00 Lincoln Mash/Heather Alley
1:45 Kenny Stinson/Perfect Tym'n
2:30 Shannon Slaughter
3:15 Special Censenus
4:00 Williamson Branch

4:45-5:30 Supper Break

5:30 Lincoln Mash/Heather Alley
6:15 Kenny Stinson/Perfect Tym'n
7:00 Shannon Slaughter
7:45 Special Censenus
8:30 Williamson Branch

Central Standard Times

We hope everyone can attend our annual event--free concert and free parking!! Great music, delicious food, awesome people at our beautiful Dr Schickel Veteran Memorial Park!!

06/12/2025

🎻🎶 Get ready for one of Burkesville’s best traditions —

the 29th Annual Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival is set for September 18-20, 2025! 🎶🎻
📍 214 Upper River Street, Burkesville, KY 42717

🎟 FREE concert & FREE parking!

🎤 Lineup:
Thursday, Sept 18 (Bluegrass Gospel):
• Fred Spencer
• New Strength

Friday, Sept 19 (Traditional Bluegrass):
• Rounder Station
• Volume 5

Saturday, Sept 20 (Traditional Bluegrass):
• Williamson Branch
• Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym’n
• Shannon Slaughter
• Special Consensus
• The Lincoln Mash/Heather Alley

🎙 Hosted by MC Randy Speck

📞 For more info, contact Carolyn Smith at 270-406-2888

🕰 Performance times will be announced soon — stay tuned!

A big thank you to Magnify Productions for audio, lighting, and video services. 🎧

Mark your calendars and make plans to join us along the banks of the Cumberland River for three days of great music, great people, and great memories. 🌄🎻

09/23/2024

28th Annual Bluegrass Festival was a great success this past weekend! We want to thank all our wonderful sponsors who helps us each year to keep this going. Thank you to our talented bands that sure can entertain our audience. A big thank you to the committee that works hard thru out the year preparing, organizing and working hard the week of. Thank you to Alex Peake, our sound guy. Thank you for our supporters and audience, who show up each year. Big thank you to everyone! Special thanks to Neal Poindexter for stepping in to help with emceeing. Please continue prayers for our MC John B Muliinex!!

Mark your calendar for next year- Sept 18, 19 and 20, 2025!

Winner of the quilt-Les Radford

Winner of the Mandolin-Darrell Spears

Duck Winners-1st place-Junior Pierce, 2nd place-James Kirege, 3rd place-Lola Curry

Quilt Block Winners-1st place-Carol Pierce, 2nd place-Kim Lohr and 3 place-Kelly Claywell

Don't have pictures of all yet, but will post when we receive them!

09/22/2024

09/21/2024

Beautiful day for some Bluegrass Music....Cutter and Cash & the Ky Grass....come on down to Burkesville, Ky....214 Veterans Park---bring lawn chairs, free admission and free parking!!

09/20/2024

Shade tree picking happening right now!!

09/20/2024

Food trucks open today at lunch, if you want to swing by for lunch!!!

09/20/2024

Our MC John B Mullinex, who has been coming to our festival for 25 years had a medical emergency this morning, and we are wanting all prayers to be lifted in his name!! Prayers for John B!!