Upcoming Events

July 2008
July 4th Celebrations around the area
Demolition Derby & Fireworks Fentress County Fairgrounds - Fentress Co.
Annual Fentress County Horse Show - Fentress County Fairgrounds - Fentress Co.
Annual Bluegrass Festival - Fentress County Fairgrounds - Fentress Co.
Annual Ward Robbins Golf Outing - Pickett Co
Wayne County Fair & Horse Show - Wayne Co.
Outdoor Show- Wartburg - 423-346-5740 - Morgan Co.
Stearns Homecoming & Heritage Days - McCreary Co.
Liberation of St Jacques 1st weekend - Barthell Coal Camp - McCreary Co.
Brimstone® Get R' Done Annual Poker Run - 423-663-4868 - Scott Co.

August 2008
Hwy. 127 Corridor Outdoor Sale - Defiance, OH to Gadsden, AL - Fentress Co.
12th Annual Jamestown Jamboree - Mark Twain Park - Fentress Co.
Mule Pull - Fentress County Agricultural Fair - Fentress Co.
Fentress County Agricultural Fair - Fentress County Fairground - Fentress Co.
Scott County Fair - 423-569-4295 - Scott Co.
Morgan County Fair - Wartburg - 423-346-5740 - Morgan Co.
Blazin’ Bluegrass Festival 2nd weekend - Sandhill Camp - McCreary Co.
County Fair 3rd week - McCreary Co.
Contest Quarter Horse Show - Wayne Co.
Kiwanis Family Fun Night - Wayne Co.

September 2008
Lake Cumberland 5-Miler - Wayne Co.
Rugby Village Pilgrimage - Historic Rugby - 1-888-214-3400
Old Timer’s Day - Pickett State Park - Fentress Co.
Annual Storytelling Festival - Big South Fork NRRA 1-423-286-7275
Rugby at Rugby - Historic Rugby - 1-888-214-3400
Contented Heart Quilt Show - Wayne Co.
Sierra Hull Bluegrass Festival - Pickett Co.
Wings Over the Big South Fork - www.wingsoverbigsouthfork.com
423-663-4556 Scott Co.
ATV Casa Event - Brimstone® - 423-663-4868 - Scott Co.
Scott County Heritage Festival - Scott Co.
Affair at Travisville, Civil War Educational Re-enactment - Pickett Co.
Pine Orchard Fair - Wartburg - 423-346-5740 - Morgan Co.
Lancing Art Festival - Wartburg - 423-346-5740 - Morgan Co.
Contest Quarter Horse Show - Wayne Co.
Lake Cumberland Poker Run - Lake Cumberland, Wayne Co.

October 2008
Princess Cornblossom Native Heritage Festival 4th weekend - McCreary Co.
Trick or Treat Train for Tots - last Fri. and Sat. departs at 6 pm. - McCreary Co.
Great Pumpkin Festival - Allardt, Tennessee - Fentress Co.
Halloween Ghostly Gatherings - Historic Rugby - 1-888-214-3400
Haunted Hollow Express on the last three Fridays and Saturdays. - McCreary Co.
Roller Coaster Fair Yard Sale - circling Dale Hollow Lake - Pickett Co.
Dale Hollow Bass Classic - Pickett Co.
Cumberland Cultural Heritage - Blue Heron Mining Community - 606-376-3787 - McCreary Co.
Bluegrass Festival - Wartburg - Morgan Co. 423-346-5740
Red Maple Festival & Pig Roast 3rd weekend. - McCreary Co.
Contest Quarter Horse Show - Wayne Co.

November 2008
Veteran’s Day Ceremony - Sgt. Alvin C. York Historical Site - Pall Mall, TN - Fentress Co.
Thanksgiving Marketplace - Historic Rugby - 1-888-214-3400
Veteran’s Day Ceremonies & Parade - Wayne Co.
Christmas Village - Wayne Co.

December 2008
Most of the towns and communities in the area have Christmas parades.
Contact the closest Chamber of Commerce for more information.
McCreary Co. Museum Open House 3rd Saturday - McCreary Co.
Painted Rocks & Twinkle Train first three Fri. and Sat. of Dec. 6:30 pm - McCreary Co.
Santa Express - Big South Fork Scenic Railway, First 3 Sats., 11:00am & 2:00pm - McCreary Co.
Christmas at Historic Rugby - 1-888-214-3400
Brimstone® Annual Toy Run - Huntsville 423-663-4868 - Scott Co.

Year-round

• Uptown Opry at the Gathering Place, downtown Whitley City every Friday 7:00pm
• Bluegrass Music at the Dixie, downtown Byrdstown every Friday & Sat. night
• April-October Coal Miner’s Jamboree in downtown Stearns Friday & Sat. 7:00pm
• South Fork Klassic Kruizers Car Cruise 1st Sat of month at 5:00pm Whitley City
• Southeast Kentucky Horseman’s Assoc. 1470 E Strunk, KY 1st Sat. of month 7:00pm

Visit the Scenic and Historic Driving Tour of the
Big South Fork Area of the Cumberland Plateau online here.