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Many thanks to our 2022 Sponsors for their generosity!Earth Tools, Susan Mossman, Nancy Osborne, Inside Out Design, Jeff Alexander, Glare Control, Betty Beshoar, Doug Osborne, Bob Padgett, Michael & Sheila Campbell, Eddie Riddle, WEKU, Griffith Piano Service, Diane Lewis, Lanham Media Services, Loren Curtis, Pamla Wood, All Peoples, Kevin McNally, Froggy 104.7, Extra Tree Estrial, Johanna Camenisch, Frankfort Kiwanis Club, and Kentucky Coffeetree Café.
Interested in supporting Kentucky Heartwood as a sponsor this year? More details here! Want to do us a solid? Printable 8.5 x 11 version of the music fest poster available below. Please print a few and hang them up around your community! 
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Schedule of Events
3pm Dancing in the Gym Gina Scott Memorial Garden Party 3:30-4pm Open Mike 3:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 4 pm Music Competition 8-12 yr olds 4:30 pm Making Park Benches from Pallets Workshop 4:45 pm Obstacle Course 5 pm Jasmine Fouts 5pm Community Gardens Workshop 5:15 pm Sports Competition 5:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 6 pm Music Competition 13-18 yr olds 6 pm Is Solar a Good Fit for You? Workshop 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 Baja Yetis 10:00 pm Event ends All Day: Information tables, Vendors, Local Food, Concessions, and a Moonbounce! Schedule of Speakers *COMING SOON!* |
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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!
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.
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
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!
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.
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
Meet the Musicians!
Jasmine Fouts writes songs that lay bare the human condition. Her lyrics are compassionate and confessional; her voice is warm, tender, and powerful. Jasmine is a Kentucky Arts Council Performing Artist and a recipient of the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment grant. Her debut album, Aviation Day, was released in 2020. Visit her website here!
The Baja Yetis The Baja Yetis have been a band 20 years in the making. Years ago Billy, Shawk and Danielle were all playing together in the Eastern KY University Jazz Band. Years later members from Astrolyte and Universal Frequency were often seen jamming on stage together. Finally, after all these years they have evolved into a rare and funky treat. The Baja Yetis serve up a funk-based soul stew that is sure to get you on your feet and take you to your happy place through a groove-powered time machine destined for 1975.
The Baja Yetis The Baja Yetis have been a band 20 years in the making. Years ago Billy, Shawk and Danielle were all playing together in the Eastern KY University Jazz Band. Years later members from Astrolyte and Universal Frequency were often seen jamming on stage together. Finally, after all these years they have evolved into a rare and funky treat. The Baja Yetis serve up a funk-based soul stew that is sure to get you on your feet and take you to your happy place through a groove-powered time machine destined for 1975.
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!
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!
Register for the Youth Music Competition!
Young musicians are invited to compete in the Youth Music Competition. One of the highlights of the festival, the youth music competition is a friendly, supportive event that allows young musicians to compete in two categories, ages 8-12 and 13-18. First prize is $100; second is $25; third is a Kentucky Heartwood T shirt. All kinds of music are welcome. The younger kids' competition begins at 4pm; the older kids compete at 6pm. Award winners are announced at 7:15pm.
We are always amazed at the wonderful talent of our contestants, and we love that they have so much fun at the festival in addition to the music (kids can play in the stream, participate in the chalk drawing competition, enter the obstacle course, etc.) Please register early!
Click here for the registration form!
Young musicians are invited to compete in the Youth Music Competition. One of the highlights of the festival, the youth music competition is a friendly, supportive event that allows young musicians to compete in two categories, ages 8-12 and 13-18. First prize is $100; second is $25; third is a Kentucky Heartwood T shirt. All kinds of music are welcome. The younger kids' competition begins at 4pm; the older kids compete at 6pm. Award winners are announced at 7:15pm.
We are always amazed at the wonderful talent of our contestants, and we love that they have so much fun at the festival in addition to the music (kids can play in the stream, participate in the chalk drawing competition, enter the obstacle course, etc.) Please register early!
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!
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!
Charles Schimmoeller, Jim Pierce, Nat Colten, Megan Willman Dobner, Logan Ernst, Trina and Tim Peiffer, Doug Osborne, Connie Lemley, Jessica Schuster, Amanda Whites, Ezra Corum, Sarah Hunt, Megan and Jason Harrod, Dave Cooper, Patty Draus, Natalie Dufour, Sophie Dufour, Joel Dufour, Eric Peiffer, Elle Travis, Clay Goebeler, Danny and Claire Hess, Jane Marie Watts, Brad Slutskin, Velda and John Watts, Ella McCutchen, Bridget Corum, Bob Padgett, Steve Dorsett, Kathy Murphy, Cameron Buckles, Anna Grace Dudley, Jake Parritt, Morgan and Margi Jones, Rachel Harrod, Connie Colten, Mary Quinan, Ben Griffith, Lynn Cruz, Jim Daniel, McKinley Stonewall, Dale Booth, Anna Harrod, Franklin County High School Beta Club, 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 Celebrating 30 Years of Forest Protection! We are 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.
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.
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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