HILLBILLY DAYS 2024 SCHEDULED EVENTS
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Visit the Community Trust Bank Box Office or Ticketmaster.com
9:00 p.m.
FREE
Showtime 7:00 p.m
Thurs. (Men: 7 p.m., Women: 8p.m.) & Fri. (Men: 6 p.m., Women: 7 p.m.)
The Grand and Glorious Order of the Hillbilly Degree, Men’s and Women’s, will be put on in the University of Pikeville gymnasium Thursday April 18th at 7pm and Friday April 19th at 6pm. The degree is available to all Shriners in good standing and their wives.
Following the degree work on Friday night the 19th around 9pm. A bluegrass concert will be put on by Ralph Stanley II. This concert is free and open to the public.
Men will compete for the longest beard, most stylish, thickest and best presentation. Prizes will be awarded!
Registration will be the day of the event.
“This annual event is not all for show this was the way we lived 30 years ago and I am proud of it. Hillbilly Days has something for all ages. Our old people love it as do our young and others. Come on down and meet some genuine Hillbillies. This is the home of the Hatfield-McCoy feud right here in Pikeville. Our old people still talk of it.
This will be an experience you will never forget.“
~ Howard “Dirty Ears” Stratton
6th Annual Hillbilly Days 1983
“This annual event is not all for show this was the way we lived 30 years ago and I am proud of it. Hillbilly Days has something for all ages. Our old people love it as do our young and others. Come on down and meet some genuine Hillbillies. This is the home of the Hatfield-McCoy feud right here in Pikeville. Our old people still talk of it.
This will be an experience you will never forget.“
~ Howard “Dirty Ears” Stratton
6th Annual Hillbilly Days 1983
HILLBILLY DAYS 2023
Opening ceremonies for the 46 th Annual Hillbilly Days were held at the park in downtown Pikeville Kentucky, (The Hillbilly Capital of the World) on Thursday April 20 th 2023 by Hillbilly Clan 1 Outhouse 2 Raban Kent Bartley. This event officially kicked of a three day festival filled with music, food and hospitality. The Outhouse works all year long to prepare for this amazing undertaking that provides a fantastic donation each year to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Tens of thousands come from all over the world to experience a weekend of downhome fun. Between the carnival rides, endless live music, food, craft vendors and special guest, you never know who or what you might see there. The past two years, Bruce Mitchell from the History Channel’s Swamp People was there representing Liberty Bibs. The year before, Turtle Man greated the visitors.
On Saturday morning there is a huge parade with Hillbillies from all over the country with their Hillbilly cars and trucks. It is a sight to behold! To wind things up on Saturday night, there is always a concert at the Appalachian Wireless Arena. Last years performer was country music icon and proud supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Trace Adkins. Before the show, Mr. Adkins graciously had a Meet and Great with a group of Hillbillies from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina. At that time, two of our Imperial Hillbilly officers, Roger Morgan and Jody Vaughters and our Imperial US Ambassador Matt Porter, presented Mr. Adkins with a crystal plaque thanking him for all he has done for the children of Shriners Hospitals. Later, during the show, Mr. Adkins recognized that group of Hillbillies and thanked all of us for what we do for the kids. If you have not seen his commercials for Shriners Hospitals, go online and watch them, they are amazing.
On Saturday morning there is a huge parade with Hillbillies from all over the country with their Hillbilly cars and trucks. It is a sight to behold! To wind things up on Saturday night, there is always a concert at the Appalachian Wireless Arena. Last years performer was country music icon and proud supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Trace Adkins. Before the show, Mr. Adkins graciously had a Meet and Great with a group of Hillbillies from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina. At that time, two of our Imperial Hillbilly officers, Roger Morgan and Jody Vaughters and our Imperial US Ambassador Matt Porter, presented Mr. Adkins with a crystal plaque thanking him for all he has done for the children of Shriners Hospitals. Later, during the show, Mr. Adkins recognized that group of Hillbillies and thanked all of us for what we do for the kids. If you have not seen his commercials for Shriners Hospitals, go online and watch them, they are amazing.
