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Where to experience Kentucky country music concerts in 2019

Kentucky Country Music Concert Calendar

Kentucky’s greatest export has to be its music.  The best thing is that there is an abundance of concerts and music festivals happening in 2019 here in Kentucky.  We’ve marked our calendars and want to share the best Kentucky country music concerts and festivals that you should attend this year!  Check out our list of Must See Music Festivals in Kentucky as well.  Be sure to check with the venue prior to traveling in case of any cancellations or postponed shows.  If you would like your Kentucky concert placed on the calendar, be sure to contact us with the details.

Kentucky Country Music Concert and Festival Calendar for 2019

JUNE 2019
June 1: Tracy Lawrence at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 1: EmiSunshine at Southgate House Revival in Newport
June 1: Chris Knight, Andy Brasher, and Travis Meadows at Lu-Ray Park & Amphitheatre in Central City
June 2: EmiSunshine at The Burl in Lexington
June 2: Hayes Carll at Southgate House Revival in Newport
June 4: Sarah Shook and the Disarmers at The Burl in Lexington
June 4: Steve Earle and the Duke in the Bomhard Theater at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville
June 7: Cody Johnson at 4th Street Live in Louisville

June 7-8: Laurel Cove Music Festival featuring John Moreland, Arlo McKinley, The Wooks, Nicholas Jamerson, Justin Wells, John R. Miller, Blake Berglund, Eric Bolander, Luna & The Mountain Jets, Cody Langham, John Clay, Tiffany Williams, Brandon Fulson, Tyler Smith, Lauren Beeler, Dalton Mills, and Dave Shoemaker at the Laurel Cove Amphitheater at the Pine Mountain State Park in Pineville

June 6-9: Festival of the Bluegrass featuring Lonesome River Band, Dale Ann Bradley, Hog Slop String Band, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out, Dave Adkins, Newtown, Turnin’ Ground, Town Mountain, Seldom Scene, New South Tribute Band, and more and at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington

June 8: Live from Here with Chris Thile featuring Bruce Hornsby, Lucius, and Sara Watkins at Iroquois Amphitheater in Louisville
June 8: Marshall Tucker Band and The Renegades at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 10: Charley Crockett with Coby Langham & the Citizen Band at Zanzabar in Louisville
June 13: Exile at the Kentucky Castle in Versailles
June 14: Master Musicians Festival Night with Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, The Local Honeys, Cody Brooks, Pearlie Jenkins, Dave Ernst, Cody Lee Meece at Cosmic Charlies in Lexington
June 14: Billy Crash Craddock at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 14: Dallas Moore, Hellroys, and Barnyard Stompers at Southgate House Revival in Newport
June 15: Dallas Moore, Laid Back Country Picker, and Bedford Band at The Burl in Lexington
June 15: Old Crow Medicine Show at Beaver Dam Amphitheatre in Beaver Dam
June 15: Ronnie Milsap at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 15: Lauren & The Howlers and Rosemont Garden at Moonbow Nights in Corbin
June 15: The Quebe Sisters at Southgate House Revival in Newport

June 19-22: Rudy Fest Bluegrass Festival featuring The Grascals, Billie Renee and Cumberland Gap, Rhonda Vincent, The Steeldrivers, Lonesome River Band, Sideline, and more at Poppy Mountain in Morehead

June 20-22: Stringbean Memorial Bluegrass Music Festival with Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Sammy Adkins & Sandy Hook Mountain Boys, Larry Sparks, Larry Sigman, Kentucky Just Us, and more at Stringbean Memorial Park in Gray Hawk

June 21: Darrell Scott and Malcolm Holcombe at Southgate House Revival in Newport
June 21: Doug Stone at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 24: Charley Crockett at Southgate House Revival in Newport

June 26-29: ROMP Fest with Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Trampled By Turtles, The Wood Brothers, Billy Strings, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Del McCoury, Rhonda Vincent and the Rageat Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro

June 27: John Paul White at Manchester Music Hall in Lexington
June 28: Kelsey Waldon and John R. Miller and the Engine Lights at The Burl in Lexington
June 28: Randy Houser at 4th Street Live in Louisville
June 28: Confederate Railroad at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 29: Tyler Farr at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
June 28-30: Festival of the Red featuring Justin Wells, Laid Back Country Picker, Chelsea Nolan, Sean Whiting and the Handsome Bastards, Eric Bolander, Luna and the Mountain Jets, the Local Honeys, and many more at Natural Bridge Campground in Slade

JULY 2019
July 5: LANCO at 4th Street Live in Louisville
July 6: Charlie Daniels Band at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
July 10: Gretchen Peters at Southgate House Revival in Newport
July 11: The Grascals at Kentucky Castle in Versailles
July 11: A Little Bit More, Derek Spencer, and Acke-Adams at Cosmic Charlies in Lexington
July 12: Junior Brown at Southgate House Revival in Newport
July 12-14: Forecastle featuring The Avett Brothers, Tyler Childers, Andrew Bird, Dawes, & more at Waterfront Park in Louisville
July 13: Rhonda Vincent at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
July 13: John Prine, Kelsey Waldon, and Billy Prine at Lu-Ray Park & Amphitheatre in Central City
July 16: John Paul White at Southgate House Revival in Newport
July 18: Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters at Manchester Music Hall in Lexington
July 18: Parker Missap at Middlesboro Levitt AMP Music Series in Downtown Middlesboro
July 19: Jesse Keith Whitley at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
July 19-20: Master Musicians Festival featuring Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The War and Treaty, Lost Dog Street Band, Cedric Burnside, Charley Crockett, The Tillers, and more at Somerset Community College Festival Field in Somerset

July 20: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
July 20: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys & The Tillers at Moonbow Nights in Corbin
July 25: Leroy Troy and the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band at the Kentucky Castle in Versailles
July 25: Lucero and Lydia Loveless at Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in Louisville

AUGUST 2019
Aug. 1: The Legendary Shack Shakers and J.D. Pinkus at Southgate House Revival in Newport
Aug. 2: County Wide at Main Street Live in Pikeville
Aug. 3: Dailey & Vincent at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Aug. 8: Brent Cobb at Middlesboro Levitt AMP Music Series in Downtown Middlesboro
Aug. 9: Justin Moore at 4th Street Live in Louisville
Aug. 10-11: Railbird Music Festival featuring The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mandolin Orange, Mavis Staples, Robert Earl Keen, Tyler Childers, Guy Clark, Jr. Lucinda Williams, and more at Keeneland in Lexington

Aug. 10: John Conlee at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Aug. 17: Kites and John Paul White at Moonbow Nights in Corbin
Aug. 23: Jimmy Fortune and T. Graham Brown at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Aug. 24: Lonestar at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Aug. 24: Dylan Scott and Teddy Robb at Lu-Ray Park & Amphitheatre in Central City
Aug. 24: Hank Williams, Jr. at The Arena in Corbin
Aug. 29: Larkin Poe at Middlesboro Levitt AMP Music Series in Downtown Middlesboro
Aug. 31: Steve Earle and the Dukes at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Aug. 29-31st: Manchester Music Fest featuring Turnpike Troubadours, Ward Davis, Cody Canada, The Cleverlys, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Mountain Heart, Bourbon Branch, Whiskey River, Jericho Woods, and more in downtown Manchester

SEPTEMBER 2019
Sep. 3: TG Sheppard at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Sep. 6: Nicholas Jamerson & the Morning J’s at Main Street Live in Pikeville
Sep. 12: Sister Sadie at Middlesboro Levitt AMP Music Series in Downtown Middlesboro
Sep. 13: Colt Ford at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Sep. 14: Bellamy Brothers at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Sep. 14: Bourbon Branch and County Wide at Moonbow Nights in Corbin
Sep. 14-15: Hometown Rising Music Festival featuring Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Little Big Townm Dwight Yoakam, Brett Young, Jake Owen, Bret Michaels, Frankie Ballard, and many more at KY Expo Center in Louisville

Sep. 19-22: Kickin’ It On the Creek Music Festival
Sep. 20: Jeff Bates at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Sep. 21: Mickey Gilley & Johnny Lee at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Sep. 21: Pistol Annies at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights
Sep. 26: Kentucky Just Us, Turning Ground, and Sideline at the World Chicken Festival in London
Sep. 28: Justin Wells, JD Shelburne, and Chris Knight at the World Chicken Festival in London

OCTOBER 2019
Oct. 4: Whey Jennings at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Oct. 10-13: Moonshiners Ball with Tauk, Ryland Baxter, Lillie Mae, The Wooks, Senora May, Wayne Graham, Mama Said String Band, Eric Bolander, and more at Rockcastle Riverfront in Livingston

Oct. 11: Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson, & Rhett Akins at KFC Yum Center in Louisville
Oct. 12: Gene Watson at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Oct. 17: Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae, and Runaway June at KFC Yum Center in Louisville
Oct. 18: Tyler Booth at Main Street Live in Pikeville
Oct. 24: Vince Gill at Louisville Palace in Louisville
Oct. 26: Tanya Tucker at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon

NOVEMBER 2019
Nov. 2: Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborne, and Kendell Marvel at KFC Yum Center in Louisville
Nov. 2: Bill Anderson at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon
Nov. 22: Michael Twitty at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon