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Special thanks to emcee Maya Burke, poster artist Whitney Hamblin, and sound wizard Chris Wheeler of Blackhat Productions!
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THANKS TO OUR 2023 SPONSORS!Earth Tools, Susan Mossman, Inside Out Design, Jeff Alexander, Glare Control, Betty Beshoar, Doug Osborne, Bob Padgett, Michael & Sheila Campbell, Eddie Riddle, WEKU, Griffith Piano Service, Diane Lewis, Loren Curtis, Froggy 104.7, Extra Tree Estrial, Johanna Camenisch, Kathy Murphy, Doug and Laura Hendrix, Bob Lanham, Betty Barr, All Peoples, Nash Cox, Nancy Osborne, and Anonymous.
Interested in supporting Kentucky Heartwood as a sponsor this year? More details here!
Want to help promote the festival? 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
3:00 pm Dancing in the Gym Gina Scott Memorial Garden Party (Sufi Veil Dancing starts at 3:30) 3:30-4pm Open Mic 3:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 4:00 pm Music Competition 8-12 yr olds 4:30 pm Making Park Benches from Pallets Workshop 4:45 pm Obstacle Course 5:00 pm Jasmine Fouts 5:00pm Meditation for Mother Earth Workshop 5:15 pm Sports Competition 5:30 pm Stream Ecology Workshop 6:00 pm Music Competition 13-18 yr olds 6:00 pm Is Solar a Good Fit for You? Workshop 6:30 pm Children’s Talent Show 7:00 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 (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 Be Smart – Rochelle Silvernail Historic Preservation – Vicki Birenberg River Row Forest – WWLT 5:50 pm Logging on National Forests – Jim Scheff Solarize Frankfort – Andy McDonald FORR – Kristie Powe 6:50 pm Bradford Pear Bounty – Joyce Bender Protecting the Bluegrass – Jessie Hancock 7:30 pm Presentation of Awards Jane Marie Watts and Chris Schimmoeller |
Millville Community Market is proud to host “Gina’s Garden Party” at Kentucky Heartwood’s Music Festival, Saturday, July 29. This year’s Garden Party will be in loving memory of Gina’s husband, John Lynaugh, who died suddenly last Thanksgiving. He and Gina were publicans of Lynaugh’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, a popular gathering place and an incubator for local musicians. They dedicated themselves to serving our community through fine art, tireless activism, wicked wit, and good humor. We are pleased that Mike Andreoni has agreed to put “The Jug Band” back together to perform for our event!
Gina Cay Scott was a dear friend to all who knew her, and she left us much too soon on June 1, 2020. She helped create the Millville Community Market, where she oversaw our community garden project that burst into bloom the week after her death. Although she did not get to see it, her influence lives on through the garden we’ve dedicated to her memory. Gina’s Garden continues to grow, and we’re excited to display the beautiful marker hand-crafted by local woodworker John Kremer, made of sassafras and cedar and inscribed with a poem written by John Lynaugh. Please join us in celebrating the lives of this beloved couple. “All I’ve done for want of wit, to memory now I can’t recall, so fill to me a parting glass, good night and joy be to you all.” --From an old Irish song as remembered by John. 
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
4:30pm Making Park Benches from Pallets
4:30pm Making Park Benches from Pallets
- Pallets are the number one use of hardwood trees logged from our Daniel Boone National Forest. Join Dave Cooper as he demonstrates how to make park benches from pallets. This is a family-friendly, hands-on workshop that will involve using tools and painting the finished product!
- Join the good folks at the Light Clinic for a guided meditation on the well-being of the earth and its inhabitants.
- Join solar expert Andy McDonald to learn about using solar power in your home, net metering, typical system sizes and costs, how to choose a good contractor, and the Solarize group-purchase campaigns in Frankfort, Lexington, and Louisville.
Meet the Musicians!
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Jasmine Fouts writes and performs songs that lay bare the human condition. Her lyrics are confessional and compassionate; her voice is warm, tender, and powerful. Jasmine is a Kentucky Arts Council Performing Artist, a Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment grant recipient, and in 2020 released her debut album, Aviation Day.
As a performer, Jasmine is emotionally connected. She performs her light-filled Indie Folk songs at festivals, music venues, community events, weddings, restaurants, bars, and house shows throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Jasmine is also a member of the Yes Arts Teaching Artist directory, a program that provides arts activities for youth in order to "promote their healthy development as well as the health and vibrancy of our community’s future." Visit her website here! |
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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. Listen to their most recent album here!
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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! 
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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! |
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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! Exhibitors: There is no charge for-non profits who are tabling. Kentucky Heartwood also doesn't charge for-profit vendors, although we do ask that you consider making a donation at the end if you've had a good day! The Kentucky Heartwood Music Festival is a fundraiser for the forest protection work of Kentucky Heartwood. We love to celebrate our mission through community, the arts, and music at this event. We feature local crafts, foods and items associated with sustainability at the festival. We reserve the right to vet vendors for participation at the festival. |
Congratulations to 16 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 2022 Stockton Stivers Anyuli Martinez 
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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, Marianna Colten, Megan Willman Dobner, Logan Ernst, Trina and Tim Peiffer, Doug Osborne, Jessica Schuster, Mary Frank Slaughter, Emaline Gray, Joseph Fiala, Will Dowler, Polly Webb, Amanda Whites, Ezra Corum, 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, Maya Burke, Bridget Corum, Bob Padgett, Steve Dorsett, Kathy Murphy, Anna Grace Dudley, Jake Parritt, Morgan and Margi Jones, Rachel Harrod, Connie Colten, Mary Quinan, Ben Griffith, Lynn Cruz, Jim Daniel, Anna Harrod, Josephine Sculpture Park, Franklin County High School Majorettes, Kentucky Dance Academy, Andrea Mueller, Jewell Mueller, Elizabeth Pulliam, Connie Lemley, Andy McDonald, Isabel Cochran, Elle Travis, YesArts!, Franklin County Farmers Market, and Franklin County Extension Office.
Thanks to our emcee Maya Burke and to our sound wizard Chris Wheeler 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 502-514-2960 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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