Bluegrass is at the heart of all genres of music. It is a way of life in Appalachia and is the backbone of the Country Music Highway.
That’s why we are proud to announce the Bluegrass Block, picked by WellCare, as part of our upcoming Country Music Highway Tribute Shows.
The dates are set for this summer.
Take the stage
Want to perform? It’s simple! Go to our website and click Performer Application.
The deadline is April 15.
Are you a food or arts and crafts vendor? We would love to have you join us!
Click here for the online application. Setup fees are just $50 (per show) for food vendors and $25 (per show) for arts and crafts vendors.
Our Why
There are more stars per square mile on Kentucky’s Country Music Highway than anywhere on the globe.
We intend to keep it that way.
That’s why we created the Country Music Highway Tribute Show. It started in March 2022 as an idea to provide entertainment to patrons as part of the SOAR Mini Summit in Ashland. That night, entertainers took the stage at the Paramount Arts Center and we raised money for the venue’s historic marquee restoration.
Last year, we held two outdoor concerts in Paintsville and Whitesburg and a show at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. Through the support of our sponsors and partners, we were able to award more than $7,000 in donations to organizations supporting the arts in host communities.
Want to sponsor
The Country Music Highway Tribute Show would not be possible without the support of our sponsors and partners. We are soliciting sponsors for this year’s show. Interested? Visit www.cmhtributeshow.com or contact Kirsten Wilburn, our Events Coordinator, at kirsten@soar-ky.org.
This year’s sponsors include:
- Ale-8-One
- Foothills Communications
- Addiction Recovery Care
- Backroads of Appalachia
- Pikeville Medical Center
- UK Healthcare
- UK King’s Daughters Medical Center
- Kentucky Power
- Whitaker Bank
- Rye Development
- Rajant
Our media sponsors are:
A true collaboration
An event of this magnitude requires collaboration. This could not be possible without the support of our host communities and tourism organizations.
- Visit AKY
- Paramount Arts Center
- Boyd County Tourism and Convention Bureau
- Lawrence County Tourism Commission
- Prestonsburg Tourism
- Floyd County Tourism
- Mountain Arts Center
- Paintsville Tourism
- Pikeville Tourism
- Pikeville/Pike County Tourism
- Appalachian Wireless Arena
- Letcher County Tourism
Addiction Recovery Care and its enterprises of 3 Sisters Catering, Torchlight Studios, and Mountain Movers Theatre provide hospitality suites for performers and event staff.