Music and Spoken Word Lineups for Kentuck Festival Announced

The Kentuck Festival of The Arts is coming to Tuscaloosa's newly remodeled Snow Hinton Park October 19-20, 2024.

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The Kentuck Arts Center recently released its loaded lineup of performers filled with music and spoken word artists. The Brother Ben Music Stage and the Kathryn Tucker Windham Spoken Word Stage will serve as the setting for all of the live-action at this year's Kentuck Festival of the Arts.

The schedule of performances are as follows:  

Brother Ben Music Stage: 

Saturday, October 19

9:30-10:30 am – Tim Higgins

11:00 am-12:00 pm – Haysop

12:30-1:45 pm – Big Ray and the Ultras

2:15-3:30 pm – Golden Shoals

3:45-5:00 pm – Rock Bottom String Band

Sunday, October 20

10:00 - 11:00 am – Lindy Urban

11:30 am - 12:30 pm – Tom Rathe

1:00 - 2:15 pm – Debbie Bond

2:30 - 4:00 pm –  The Secret Sisters

Kathryn Tucker Windham Spoken Word Stage:

Saturday, October 19

10:00 am – University of Alabama Undergraduate Creative Writing Students
11:30 am – Pure Products
1:00 pm – Charlie "Tin Man" Lucas, stories about Kathryn Tucker Windham
2:30 pm – Carolyn Hembree
3:30 pm – Brooke Champagne

Sunday, October 20

11:00 am – Pure Products
1:00 pm – Black Warrior Review
2:00 pm – John Giggie
2:45 pm –Ashley M. Jones, Alabama Poet Laureate

In addition to the 2-day lineup of music and spoken word, the Kentuck Festival also features more than 270+ artists, activities for children, folk and contemporary craft demonstrations, food trucks, and local craft brews.

Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the front gate, for $15/day $25/weekend. Children 12 & under get in free. Tickets and more info can be found at https://www.kentuck.org/the-festival.