Mary Breckinridge Festival

Mary Breckinridge Festival The Mary Breckinridge Festival is traditionally held the first weekend of October each year. This is the birthplace of midwifery and family nursing in America.

We do our best to bring you quality entertainment and good family fun. Hyden, Kentucky, although a small town, has a great history and heritage. Mary Breckinridge, the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service came to Leslie County in 1925 to realize her vision, to establish a healthcare system which provides quality healthcare services to the families of this rural, underserved area, an area with f

ew roads and no physicians, where horseback was the only mode of travel. For the care of the mother and child, she also created the concept of nurse-midwifery in the United States, right here in Hyden. Today, the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing is the largest and foremost midwifery educational facility in the United States. The local population is very proud of this exceptional heritage and celebrates Mrs. Mary Breckinridge every year the first Saturday in October with a full day festival, starting with a parade with floats and special vehicles, continuing with multiple educational, cultural, and entertainment events. Not only do local residents enjoy the festival, but visitors from other counties and states travel to Hyden to participate in the events. The festival is always held on the first weekend in October.

10/05/2025
10/05/2025
Car Show ResultsBest of Show -Jerry Baker: 1976 Jeep CJ7Peoples Choice -Kennedy Sizemore: 2007 Corvette Pace CarB...
10/05/2025

Car Show Results

Best of Show
-Jerry Baker: 1976 Jeep CJ7

Peoples Choice
-Kennedy Sizemore: 2007 Corvette Pace Car

Best Classic Car
-Cova Maggard: 1941 Studebaker

Best Modern Truck
-Bernadine Stewart: 2018 F150

Best Low Rider
-Randy Slusher

Best Classic Truck
-Ronnie Gibson: 1950 Ford

Best Modern Car
-Kennedy Sizemore: 2007 Corvette Pace Car

Best Rat Rod
-Gavin Fugate

Best Jeep
-Jerry Baker: 1976 Jeep CJ7

Best Patina
- Randall Gibson - 1997 Chevy Truck

10/04/2025
10/04/2025

MBF parade information:

Line up starts at 9 am.
Parade leaves at 11:00, the bridge to the high school will be blocked at 10:45 with parade participants. So plan to be there accordingly to get on the float or truck you need to be on!

Floats will pull around the circle.

Our amazing Heather Bowling will be there to direct everyone where to go.

Make sure you have your form. Heather will have blank forms just in case and the folder if you signed up at city hall.

Please be patient and kind, we are looking forward to having a great parade!!

10/03/2025

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Main Street
Hyden, KY
41749

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