The Appalachian Festival is a Mother's Day weekend tradition in the Greater Cincinnati Are. Located along Cincinnati's scenic Ohio River at Coney Island, and we are excited to announce that we will continue that tradition at Coney Island for 2024!

Schedule:

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Musical Entertainment Schedule

Appalachian Heritage Stage in Cuddle Up Pavilion

10:00 am: John Schneider 5-string Wake Up with Bill Frank

11:00 am: Forest Hills Bluegrass Band

12:00 pm: Wayfarers

1:00 pm: Cecil Jackson and Dry Ridge

2:00 pm: Sammy Adkins and Sandy Hook Mountain Boys

3:00 pm: Wayfarers

4:00 pm: Cecil jackson and Dry Ridge

5:00 pm: Sammy Adkins and Sandy Hook Mountain Boys

6:00 pm: Ron Thomason and Dry Branch Fire Squad

8:00 pm: Danny Burton and The Thunderbirds

10:00 am: Open Gospel Jam w/Steve Bonafel and Friends

11:00 am: WonPeace

12:00 pm: Steve Bonafel and One Iota

1:00 pm: Vernon and Kitty McIntyre Appalachian Grass

2:00 pm: Ron Thomason and Dry Branch Fire Squad

3:30 pm: Red Idle Rejects

Dance Schedule

Dance Stage

10:30 am - 11:15 am: Can't Stop Cloggers

11:15 am - 12:00 pm: Cincy Highland Dancers

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Spirit of America

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Country Steps Cloggers

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm: Kentucky Bluegrass Cloggers

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm: Sugarfoot Cloggers

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm: Showboat Cloggers

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: Dearborn Senior Line Dancers

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm: Hills of Kentucky Cloggers

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Cincy Highland Dancers

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Square and Round Dancers

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm: FUN DANCE
Open Dance with Trevor DeWitt

Saturday, May 12, 2024

Musical Entertainment Schedule

Up Close and Personal in Land of Oz Pavilion

11:00 am: Rabbit Hash String Band

12:00 pm: Sherry Stanforth and Tangled Roots

1:00 pm: The Bings

2:00 pm: Forest Hills Bluegrass Band

3:00 pm: Corryville Suzuki Strings Project

4:00 pm: Scott James and Katie Allen "Kornerstone"

5:00 pm: Peas in a Pod

6:00 pm: Riley Irish School of Music

7:00 pm: Randy Barger and Friends

11:00 am: Rabbit Hash String Band

12:00 pm: The Bings

12:00 pm: Riley School of Irish Music

1:00 pm: Scott and Katie James "Kornerstone"

2:00 pm: WonPeace

3:00 pm: Vernon and Kitty McIntyre Appalachian Grass

4:00 pm: Blue Note

Dance Schedule

Dance Stage

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Showboat Cloggers

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Scottish Highland Dancers

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm: Country Steps Cloggers

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Nancy's Fancy/Countryside YMCA Cloggers

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Cincy Highland Dancers

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Queen City Cloggers

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Sugarfoot Cloggers

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Square Dancers

Admission:
General Admission (18 and up): $15.00
Kids (ages 5 to 17): $5.00
Children (4 and under): FREE
65 and older?

Date: May 11-12, 2024

Location: Coney Island, 6201 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45230

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