experience the kentuck festival
October 19-20, 2024 at Snow Hinton Park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama!
Ticket pre sale closed. Please get your tickets at the front gate when you arrive!
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Get your general admission tickets to the 53rd Kentuck Festival!
$15 single day pass
$25 weekend pass
*Kids 12 & under get in free
Pets are not allowed at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts.
Ticket pre sale closed. Please get your tickets at the front gate when you arrive!
WHAT: the 53rd Kentuck Festival of the Arts
WHEN: October 19-20, 2024; Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm
*Benefactor-level VIPs get early shopping at 8am Saturday.
WHERE:
1000 Hargrove Rd E
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405
Kentuck has a rich 53-year history as a nationally known crossroads of creativity and community. The two-day festival has its roots in folk art and features 270+ artists, live music, spoken word, activities for children, folk and contemporary craft demonstrations, food trucks, and local craft brews. Want to know more event details? Click here for the artists list, performance schedule, FAQs, and travel resources.
Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. Festival is rain or shine and will only close in the event of serious weather. Refunds will not be given in the event of bad weather. This is a digital ticket that will be sent to your email account associated with the purchase. Please save the email with the ticket in order to scan and redeem for wristband. Tickets can be purchased online until Thursday, October 17 at 9am CST, or at the front gate when you arrive at Snow Hinton Park Oct 19-20. If you purchased your tickets online, please skip the ticket line and redeem your ticket for a wristband at the WILL CALL TENT at the front gate of the Kentuck Festival of the Arts.
Why charge for tickets?
Festival proceeds help support the funding of next year’s Festival and the year-round programming of Kentuck Art Center (a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) located in Northport, Alabama and expanding to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Kentuck Art Center houses resident artists' studios, exhibition spaces, workshop space, a community clay studio, and a Gallery Shop. Kentuck presents regular exhibitions, showcasing southern folk artists as well as traditional and contemporary American craft by both established and emerging artists.
we know you're a VIP!
We know you're excited to get the VIP treatment at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts! The secret's out--Southern Ale House is catering the hospitality tent, which means breakfast, lunch, and snacks for all of our Very Important Patrons. Additionally, VIPs receive one or two tickets to the exclusive VIP party on October 18 at The Catherine and Pettus Randall Welcome Center at The University of Alabama. Other perks include Kentuck Bucks, patron ribbons to give to your favorite artist, a copy of the Collector's Program, and more!
It's getting close to the festival! Please purchase your VIP packages in Kentuck's Gallery Shop until Friday, Oct 18, 2024.
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thank you partners!
The Kentuck Festival cannot happen without the help of our WONDERFUL corporate partners. Next time you're shopping or dining out, support our local businesses who support Kentuck!
thank you vips!
Carl & Julie Jamison
Sharon & Steve Shelton
Exa & Chris Skinner
Carol & Larry Wilkin
Hudson-Poole Fine Jewelers
Gattozzi Family
Al and Leanne Spencer
Claire Friday
Grace Soyon Lee
Fred & Meri Kozel
Mike Henderson
Anne Halli-Tierney & Michael Tierney
Ann Capel & Sidney French
Amy Echols
Lee L. Woehle
Kim Hudson
Judy Halli
Carrie & Lewis Fitts
Greg & Regina Byrne
Kathy Rondon
Chipper Hoyt/Tuscaloosa Memorial
Elizabeth & Price McGiffert
Deb Crocker & Ron Buta
Blossom Top Farm
Susan Lyons
Nick's Kids Foundation
Susan Ramey
Laura L Crum
Jenelle & Gene Marsh
Glenda & Charlie Hood
Michelle Dowd and Mike Cowie
Martha Grace & Gaines Gibson-Mize
Pamela & Stephen Burgess
Mary Kathryn Metzger
Amy Sides
Edward Guy & William Biggs
Drs. Ralph & April Lane
Susan & Stephen Stabler
Brad & Michelle Robinson
Keegan & Stephanie Reinhart
Kellee & Steve Reinhart
Josh & Valerie Trull
Ruth & Robert Reynolds
Craig & Carol Hoadley
Susan & Art Benke
Deborah Keene & Fred Andrus
Donna Boles
Heather Elliott
Barbara & Joel Kucharski
Dennis & Carolyn Dahl
Madeleine M. Hill
Myles & Paula Marques
Joseph & Kay Cox
Lynn & Michelle McKelvey
Jane & Jim Rasco
Amy Trice
Sandra Hall Ray
Charles Morgan
Lee Field
Ashley Williams
Mary Bell
Molly Nelko
Angel Green
Amy Smoot
Lauren Jamison
Lyda Black
Kathy Grissom
Bobby Prince
Vivian Wright
Susan Caffee
Catherine Pagani
Nini Jobson
Virginia McPhearson
Michael and Karen Bownes
John Lochman
Ava Buchanan
Tamy L Woods
Becky Booker
Carrie Fitts Real Estate
Allen Jones-Halli
Becky Atkinson
Kathy Fetters