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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Childers, Stapleton to headline Healing Appalachia
Apr. 24—BOYD COUNTY — Tyler Childers, who began his music career in the Tri-State, will be headlining the Healing Appalachia concert on Sept. 19 and 20, along with Chris Stapleton. Childers, a Lawrence County, Kentucky native, began his music career in 2011 when he was just 19. In 2013, he played the Appalachian Uprising concert in Scottown. He played at the first Valstock in Kitts Hills in 2016, the Paramount Arts Center in 2018, the Nelsonville Music Festival in 2019 and numerous gigs in this area from Huntington to Chillicothe. In fact, he's played this area so many times that, in his song "Country Squire," he mentions Chillicothe, Circleville and the Country Music Highway. In 2020, Childers name was added to the Country Music Highway sign in Lawrence County, Kentucky, along with Ricky Skaggs, Larry Cordle, Don Rigsby and Keith Whitley. It was the Country Music Highway that brought Healing Appalachia to Boyd County from after the concert attendance outgrew the West Virginia State Fairgrounds where it had been held for the last five years. In its first year, the audience was about 1,500. Last year, it attracted nearly 20,000 music fans from 42 states and three countries. And the organizers decided to look for a bigger space along the Country Music Highway and decided on the Boyd County Fairgrounds. Healing Appalachia co-founder and show producer Charlie Hatcher explains he originally envisioned the concert "like a Farm Aid that would move around Appalachia. Let's not forget Appalachia is thirteen states and we love Appalachia whether you're from New York or Mississippi." Healing Appalachia's aim is to celebrate recovery and raise awareness of the opioid crisis in the region. In addition to its music acts, the event features speeches from those impacted by addiction, as well as resources and free Naloxone training. The rest of this year's lineup has yet to be announced, but "Blind Faith" tickets to the three-day show are on sale now at Organizations and businesses that would like to sponsor or partner with Healing Appalachia can email producer David Johnson at djohnson@
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers headline 1st Healing Appalachia music festival on Bluegrass soil
ASHLAND, Ky. (FOX 56) — It's official. Two Kentucky natives are set to headline the world's largest recovery-based music festival. After five years in West Virginia, Healing Appalachia announced its move to Kentucky for 2025. The festival will kick off on Sept. 19 on a mountaintop near the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland. Healing Appalachia 2025 brings hope to the bluegrass: New location, same mission 'We are thrilled that the Healing Appalachia team is taking a chance on Boyd County, Kentucky for 2025,' said Andrew Steele, Executive Director of Boyd County Tourism. 'The mission behind the festival is so impactful for our region, and we are excited to show off what Team Kentucky support looks like from local entities all the way up to the state level!' On Monday, April 21, Healing Appalachia announced that Tyler Childers will return alongside Chris Stapleton to headline. 2025 will mark the first year Stapleton will make an appearance and Childers' fifth consecutive headline slot. 'Two sons of the Country Music Highway come home to help us heal Appalachia,' organizers wrote. 'We can't wait to show you what else we've got in store.' Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers headline 1st Healing Appalachia music festival on Bluegrass soil Gov. Andy Beshear, Kentucky lawmakers mourning loss of Pope Francis Video shows start of Kentucky police chase involving stolen cop car It began as a small show for 1,500 people at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds and quickly became a cornerstone for music lovers, garnering nearly 20,000 attendees from 49 states and three countries. The Appalachian region took a hard hit amid the opioid epidemic, and Healing Appalachia works to bring resources to give Appalachians a new lease on life. Founded and hosted by Lawrence County's Tyler Childers and his team at Whizzbang BAM, Healing Appalachia has generated more than $5 million over the years. The full 2025 lineup hasn't been released yet, and tickets are on sale now. Click here for more information. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Healing Appalachia 2025 brings hope to the bluegrass: New location, same mission
ASHLAND, Ky. (FOX 56) — After five years in West Virginia, the world's largest recovery-based music festival is bringing hope to the hills of eastern Kentucky. The region took a hard hit amid the opioid epidemic, and Healing Appalachia works to bring resources to give Appalachians a new lease on life. Healing Appalachia 2025 brings hope to the bluegrass: New location, same mission Berea man allegedly shot man, watched him collapse before driving away In Kentucky bourbon country, the prospect of a trade war feels like a hangover that won't go away It began as a small show for 1,500 people at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds and quickly became a cornerstone for music lovers, garnering nearly 20,000 attendees from 49 states and three countries. Founded and hosted by Lawrence County Tyler Childers and his team at Whizzbang BAM, Healing Appalachia has generated more than $5 million over the years. Fans have come from far and wide to see acts like Gov't Mule, My Morning Jacket, Shooter Jennings, Sierra Ferrell, Lost Dog Street Band, 49 Winchester, Charles Wesley Godwin, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Galactic, Trey Anastasio, Margo Price, Sierra Hull, and many more. In September, the festival is taking its first step to further its mission. Organizers note that moving Healing Appalachia to other regional states was always part of the plan. Healing Appalachia co-founder and show producer Charlie Hatcher originally envisioned the concert 'like a Farm Aid that would move around Appalachia.' Festival organizers are headed to the hills along Kentucky's Country Music Highway that gave country music stars like Loretta Lynn, Tom T. Hall, The Judds, Dwight Yoakam, Ralph Stanley, Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers, and dozens of others. In 2025, Healing Appalachia will kick off on Sept. 19 on a mountaintop near the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland. Read more of the latest Kentucky news 'One of the things that makes this so hard,' Hatcher continued, 'is because the State Fair CEO Kelly Collins and her staff were the best hosts a person could ask for.' Hatcher is glad the festival leaves with a great relationship with WV State Fair leadership and has an open door to return. But it was time to make good on that promise to move around the charitable concert.'. Boyd County can't wait to have them. 'We are thrilled that the Healing Appalachia team is taking a chance on Boyd County, Kentucky for 2025,' said Andrew Steele, Executive Director of Boyd County Tourism. 'The mission behind the festival is so impactful for our region, and we are excited to show off what Team Kentucky support looks like from local entities all the way up to the state level!' The 2025 lineup hasn't been released yet, but 'blind faith' tickets to the two-day festival will be on sale at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Click here for more 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
