Welcome to the website dedicated to the Pennington Folk Festival in beautiful Princeton, Kentucky. Planning is underway for the 13th annual event that will take place June 3-6, 2010. Free to the public with concessions available, this music festival grows bigger and better with each passing year.
Festival namesake Eddie Pennington and son Alonzo Pennington are currently making contacts and booking acts for this year's festival. The line-up should be announced March 1.
Festivities kick off Thursday, June 3, with the Back Stage Square Dance
Music will begin Friday, June 4, at 6 p.m. and last until 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 5, activities will include the Rotary Run/Walk, Pennington Talent Contest, Lakeland Cruisers Car Show/Cruise-In and music on the main stage until approximately 10 p.m.
For the first time ever, a Sunday, June 6, concert is being planned.
H.R. Ministries will sponsor the final day of the festival with Christian music and an evangelist being planned.
Bring your lawn chairs, picnic blankets, dancing shoes, and leave your worries behind. Fun, festivities and fine music await you in the heart of downtown Princeton, Kentucky.
Downtown Princeton is easily accessible from I-24 and the Western Kentucky Parkway.
Local hotel accommodations may be made at:
*The Stratton Inn (270.365.2828)
*Express Inn (270.365.2001)
*Cadiz Street Bed and Breakfast (270.625.1314)www.cadizstreetbedandbreakfast.com
Area restaurant options include:
Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
Heaton's Barbeque
La Potosina Mexican Restaurant
Majestic Steakhouse
Pagliai's Pizza
Peggy's Cafe
Pizza Hut/Wingstreet
Kay's Kitchen
The Pennington Folk Festival is made possible by the Princeton Art Guild, Farmers Bank & Trust Company of Princeton, the Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts, AT&T, private and public donations, and of course, Eddie Pennington.
Call (270) 365-3959 for details.
Pennington Folk Festival
c/o Princeton Art Guild
115 East Main Street
Princeton, Kentucky 42445
