30th Anniversary
KENTUCKY HEARTWOOD
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, July 30, 2022
3:00 to 10:00 pm
Rain or Shine
Meet the Musicians!
Drapes are a local Kentucky band consisting of brother and sister duo Breandan and Maeve Draper, who enjoy playing alternative and folk music. Growing up travelling between their family in County Waterford, Ireland and Lexington, Kentucky has influenced their music and as a result Drapes perform a mix of traditional Irish folk, American folk, originals, and more, with electric keyboards and guitar.
Jeri Katherine and Nat command performances with intimate harmonies, raw acoustic vibes, and contagious joy. Their music centers a love of place, nature, and community - blending stories from around the world with sounds rooted in their Kentucky home. A band of fantastic humans will join them on the Kentucky Heartwood stage to celebrate the forest. Learn more at jerikatherinehowell.com.
Jeri Katherine and Nat command performances with intimate harmonies, raw acoustic vibes, and contagious joy. Their music centers a love of place, nature, and community - blending stories from around the world with sounds rooted in their Kentucky home. A band of fantastic humans will join them on the Kentucky Heartwood stage to celebrate the forest. Learn more at jerikatherinehowell.com.
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Become a sponsor of the Kentucky Heartwood Music Festival!
Help sponsor a summer celebration of the arts and the environment that features a youth talent contest, art exhibitors, children’s activities, workshops, and original bands! Click here for the online sponsorship form! |
Many thanks to our 2022 Sponsors for their generosity!Earth Tools, Extra Tree Estrial, Inside Out Design, Eddie Riddle, Bob Padgett, Nancy Osborne, Betty Beshoar, Glare Control, All Peoples, Doug Osborne, Griffith Piano Service, Michael and Sheila Campbell, Loren Curtis, Pamla Wood, Diane Lewis, Lanham Media Service
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Register for the Youth Music Competition!
Are you between the ages of 8 and 18 with a combined musical talent and love for the environment? Consider showcasing your gifts at the Music Festival!
Click here for the registration form!
Are you between the ages of 8 and 18 with a combined musical talent and love for the environment? Consider showcasing your gifts at the Music Festival!
Click here for the registration form!
Sign up to become an exhibitor at the Music Festival!
Do you make your own specialty products, wares, or other one-of-a-kind items? If yes, consider becoming a vendor!
We also welcome other non-profits to table at our event.
Click here to submit the online form!
Do you make your own specialty products, wares, or other one-of-a-kind items? If yes, consider becoming a vendor!
We also welcome other non-profits to table at our event.
Click here to submit the online form!
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Schedule of Events
3 pm Festival Starts with Dancing in the Gym 3:30-4pm Open Mike 3:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 4 pm Music Competition 8-12 yr olds 4:30 pm Peace Workshop 4:45 pm Obstacle Course 5 pm The Drapes 5pm Workshop: Plant Fun with FIS Farm to School 5:15 pm Sports Competition 5:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 6 pm Music Competition 13-18 yr olds 6 pm Solar Farms Workshop: A Discussion of Large Solar Projects Underway in KY 6:30 pm Children’s Talent Show 7 pm Children’s Parade 7:15 pm Raffle Drawing & Enviro Quiz Winner 7:30 pm Awards Presentation 7:45 pm Jeri Katherine and Nat All Day: Information tables, Vendors, Local Food, Concessions, Moonbounce Schedule of Speakers (All speakers will be on the main stage and will talk for 2-3 minutes each.) 4 pm Welcome to Music Festival Chris Schimmoeller and Lauren Kallmeyer 4:50 pm Farm to School – Connie Lemley Focus on Race Relations – Kristi Powe Frankfort Immigration Assistance -- Margaret O'Donnell 5:50 pm Logging on National Forests – Chris Karounos Biodiversity Matters – Joyce Bender Kentucky Resources Council – Donna Counts 6:50 pm Solar Farms in KY – Lane Boldman Frankfort’s Energy Transformation – Kelly May Preserving Our Heritage – John Carlton 7:30 pm Presentation of Awards – Jane Marie Watts and Chris Schimmoeller Workshop Descriptions
3:30pm and 5:30pm - Stream Workshops -- Join biologist Jessica Schuster and friends in nearby Glenns Creek to explore the creek, learn about stream ecology, and have fun. This workshop is always one of our most popular. Please wear stream shoes. The creek is located in the park across the road from the community center; please be careful crossing the road! 4:30pm - Peace Workshop – Our friends at The Light Clinic will lead a practice for cultivating our personal embodiment of peace that can then be extended outward to make impact on global-level consciousness. Led by Joseph Fiala, DACM LAc, Emaline Gray DACM LAc, and Olivia Fiala. 5pm – Plant Fun: FIS Farm to School Workshop – Connie Lemley of FIS Farm to School will offer a hands-on workshop for kids and families where participants will explore seeds, make a seed craft, and start plants for the Second Street School garden. 6pm – Solar Farms: A Discussion of Large Solar Project Underway in Kentucky – Lane Boldman of Kentucky Conservation Committee will lead a discussion about the range of issues associated with the large solar farms being constructed in Kentucky. 6:30pm - Calling Kids for Talent Show! This is a fun, unjudged opportunity to do a magic trick, tell a joke, sing a song, dance, do a monologue or a skit with others, juggle, do acrobatics, or show your special talent in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Please sign up here If you haven't made up your mind, no worries; you can also sign up at the festival! Note: The Talent Show is different than the youth music competition which is judged and has a $10 entry fee. Follow this link to sign up for the music competition. 
Congratulations to 15 years of winners!
Ages 8 – 12 Ages 13 – 18
2006 Alyssa Meece Tyler Stahl & Blake Sugarman 2007 Samantha Cunningham Michael Cruise 2008 Samantha Cunningham Morgan Darby 2009 Jacob Broyles Damon Pulliam 2010 Austin Moore Bethany Breakall 2011 Ella Lemley-Frye Damon Pulliam 2012 Andrew Breakall Bethany Breakall 2013 Ella Lemley-Frye Samantha Cunningham 2014 Jonathan Corum Jordan Semones 2015 Jackson Williams-Hale Alexandra Hagan 2016 Ezra Corum Kellar Casciola 2017 Saisei Kameyama Zoe Parker 2018 Sophie Dufour Marie Bandeman 2019 Phoebe White Charity Gilbert 2021 Acadia Meyers Aileen Conner 
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The Historic Millville Community CenterThe Kentucky Heartwood Music Festival is located in western Woodford County on the banks of Glenn’s Creek in the scenic community of Millville.
The site of the festival is the Millville Community Center, which includes portions of the restored historic Millville Elementary School. The facility is well known for its horseshoe tournaments. Also available are basketball courts, picnic tables, and an outdoor pavilion. 
The Music Festival is run entirely by volunteers with the help of donations from our sponsors.Thank You to Our Wonderful Volunteers!
Jim Pierce, Nathan Brown, Nat Colten, Logan Ernst, Trina and Tim Peiffer, Phillip Peiffer, Dorsey Williams, Doug Osborne, Ben and Patricia Griffith, Nancy Osborne, Connie Lemley, Katie McKone, Jessica Schuster, Amanda Whites, Lauren Kallmeyer, Dave Cooper, Patty Draus, Natalie Dufour, Sophie Dufour, Joel Dufour, Anna Dudley, PJ Marshall, Clay Goebeler, Danny and Claire Hess, Mel VanHouten, Jane Marie Watts, Brad Slutskin, Velda and John Watts, Ella McCutchen, Bridget Corum, Bob Padgett, Steve Dorsett, Levi Gordon, Bluebird Whitehead, Angie Powell, Kellie Sebastian, Kathy Murphy, Morgan and Margi Jones, Rachel Harrod, Annie and Jim Daniel, Ashley Lipscomb, and the great dancers at the Kentucky Dance Academy!
Thanks to our emcee Ella McCutchen and to our sound wizard Seth Murphy of Blackhat Productions! Add your name to the volunteer list! 
Contact the organizerOrganizer Chris Schimmoeller was director of Kentucky Heartwood from 1992 to 2002. She is currently on the Kentucky Heartwood Council and lives in the Frankfort area. Contact her at 502-226-5751 or c.schimmoeller@gmail.com
Do you have suggestions or comments?Every year people compliment us on the quality of the workshops and kids’ activities. Parents are also happy to be at a festival small enough that they don’t worry about where their kids are. If you have comments or suggestions about activities to add to the festival, please email Chris at c.schimmoeller@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you at the festival!
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Kentucky Heartwood is a non-profit forest advocacy organization that has worked since 1992 to protect and restore the integrity, stability, and beauty of Kentucky’s native forests. Our focus is the Daniel Boone National Forest in southeastern Kentucky. The 700,000 acre public forest boasts the state’s highest concentration of rare species, one of the highest concentrations of archaeological sites in the southeast, over 3,000 miles of clifflines, and attractions like the Red River Gorge.
Running waters on the Daniel Boone National Forest support about 60% of Kentucky’s native fish species, which represents 28% of all southeastern fishes and 18% of all native freshwater fishes in the United States. Mussel species in streams on the Daniel Boone comprise 22% of mussel species in North America. Overall, Kentucky ranks third in the nation for aquatic fauna diversity.
The Daniel Boone’s intricately folded topography creates specialized habitats for endemic species, such as white haired goldenrod, found nowhere else in the world.
The forest itself is highly diverse, distinguished by outstanding biodiversity, pockets of old growth, and unique upland bogs and glades. Because it stretches for 140 miles from north of Morehead to the Tennessee border along the western escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, the Boone represents our best opportunity to restore functioning forest ecosystems in the state.
Run primarily by volunteers, Kentucky Heartwood passionately defends the Boone from logging, mining, development, and four wheeling. We have helped to dramatically reduce logging levels and ATV abuse.
Protecting forests is increasingly important in this era of climate change. Large forest blocks stabilize the atmosphere, sequester carbon, and conserve water.
Running waters on the Daniel Boone National Forest support about 60% of Kentucky’s native fish species, which represents 28% of all southeastern fishes and 18% of all native freshwater fishes in the United States. Mussel species in streams on the Daniel Boone comprise 22% of mussel species in North America. Overall, Kentucky ranks third in the nation for aquatic fauna diversity.
The Daniel Boone’s intricately folded topography creates specialized habitats for endemic species, such as white haired goldenrod, found nowhere else in the world.
The forest itself is highly diverse, distinguished by outstanding biodiversity, pockets of old growth, and unique upland bogs and glades. Because it stretches for 140 miles from north of Morehead to the Tennessee border along the western escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, the Boone represents our best opportunity to restore functioning forest ecosystems in the state.
Run primarily by volunteers, Kentucky Heartwood passionately defends the Boone from logging, mining, development, and four wheeling. We have helped to dramatically reduce logging levels and ATV abuse.
Protecting forests is increasingly important in this era of climate change. Large forest blocks stabilize the atmosphere, sequester carbon, and conserve water.
Here's a few Music Fest posters from over the years...
Thank you to all of the artists who volunteered your time and talent to make these!
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