Huge Run on Tickets After Chris Stapleton Announced for Healing Appalachia
The Tyler Childers-led Healing Appalachia festival has announced they are moving from West Virginia to Kentucky in 2025, and on Monday (4-21) they officially announced the event’s headliners. The news was so well-received, the organization’s ticket portal went haywire as fans in Kentucky and all around the United States rushed to secure tickets. Headlining the event in 2025 with Tyler Childers will be fellow Kentucky native and country music megastar Chris Stapleton.
Healing Appalachia is not just a festival. It’s an event that actively supports addiction and recovery organizations and initiatives, as well as raises money for the cause. This will be the sixth year for the event that started in 2018. Healing Appalachia is now considered one of the bigger independent country music festivals in the United States. This year’s event might end up being the biggest one yet.
Though the full lineup has yet to be announced, you can expect plenty of other top-level names from independent country and Appalachia music to be included. But you may not want to wait for further details. Tickets might be all spoken for before the final lineup is even released, with thousands of folks waiting in cues all day for the opportunity to purchase tickets, while those who purchased blind faith ticket feel pretty validated right now.
The 2025 Healing Appalachia festival will be held at the at the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Kentucky on September 19th and 20th. You can purchase tickets at https://tickets.healingappalachia.org/ All tickets also include primitive camping.
Though addiction recovery is the reason for Healing Appalachia, folks can expect to have a great time no matter if they’re in recovery or not. Beer is still sold on the premises, but there are also over 40 different service providers on-site. This includes faith-based initiatives, non faith-based initiatives, and everything in between. Everyone volunteers their time, and 97 cents of every dollar goes into recovery efforts for the non-profit Hope in the Hills, LLC, which produces the event.
“We don’t advocate for any specific type of recovery,” says event organizer Charlie Hatcher. “We advocate for what works best for you. All you have to do is look in the back for the yellow balloons. They’re everywhere. And there’s someone there to hang out with, help you, and understand where you are.”
April 21, 2025 @ 6:21 pm
“We don’t advocate for any specific type of recovery,” says event organizer Charlie Hatcher. “We advocate for what works best for you. All you have to do is look in the back for the yellow balloons. They’re everywhere. And there’s someone there to hang out with, help you, and understand where you are.””
This is beautiful.
April 21, 2025 @ 7:21 pm
I like beer
April 22, 2025 @ 4:47 am
It makes me a jolly good fellow.
April 22, 2025 @ 6:53 am
“Everyone volunteers their time, and 97 cents of every dollar goes into recovery efforts for the non-profit Hope in the Hills, LLC, which produces the event.”
That’s pretty impressive.
April 22, 2025 @ 7:02 am
This is 30 miles from me and happening on my birthday. I hope to be there.
April 22, 2025 @ 8:26 am
I don’t mean this as a gotcha, and honestly just wondering. Do they serve beer at this? If I rolled up and smoked a joint on the lawn would that be ok? My guess is opiates are the big thing they’re talking about when talking healing Appalachia, just wondering about the general vibe.
April 22, 2025 @ 8:42 am
That technically wouldn’t be legal in Kentucky. That’s not to say that it doesn’t happen, of course. I’ve lit up in Boyd and surrounding counties before. I do suspect that this particular festival will have more security/police than the smaller festivals and shows I’ve attended there, so use that information how you will. If you’re that concerned about it, book a motel in Ironton which is like five minutes away. It’s completely legal there.
Also, to anyone attending, avoid passing through Hanging Rock on your way there. It’s a notorious speed trap with an unaccountable mayor’s court. If you’re coming through Ohio, cross the river at Portsmouth or Franklin Furnace and go from there.
April 22, 2025 @ 11:31 am
Thanks for the info, much appreciated!
April 22, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
Very 420 friendly.
April 22, 2025 @ 4:28 pm
Took my kids the last two years, 10 year old loves Isbell, and my 6 year old daughter loves Sierra, and they both learned to administer Narcan. An invaluable tool in the area we live. Such a great deal for the money!
April 22, 2025 @ 6:17 pm
I just looked at https://www.sierraferrellmusic.com/tour and she doesn’t have any dates listed there for the last two weeks of September ’25. Maybe just an oversight? idk. She’s working really hard this year.
Who knows what the future holds? Not me. Beetuff33, good actions there, very good – I been thinking I oughta have Narcan around.
April 22, 2025 @ 7:12 pm
Im catching her in RVA at the beginning of Sept, if the dates they are playing are close physically sometimes they wait to announce.
April 22, 2025 @ 7:26 pm
Oh, thanks, I didn’t know that about them waiting to announce – I wonder if that’s why Calgary was not listed there for a long time after Edmonton was indeed listed. I still don’t understand the reasoning why they wait. btw Narcan is over-the-counter now, right? I just now looked, lowest price I saw was $71 at Costco, idk I think that’s for two ? doses ?
April 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Like, if you lived in Calgary and got tix 4 Edmonton – then you’d be mad when Calgary was announced?
April 26, 2025 @ 5:28 pm
Sierra Ferrell has added IBMA festival in Chattanooga Tennessee, Sept. 19 and 20, to her tour.
Healing Appalachia is ALSO September 19 and 20, in Ashland, Kentucky,
Check for yourself before wagering 🙂
SO! It’s sort of imaginable that a singer could play 9/19 at one location, then hurry hurry hurry to play 9/20 at the other location. Idk. Sierra Ferrell’s already quite the roadrunner, and might deserve a rest by then.
But going by what’s listed now, it’s the IBMA bluegrass in Chattanooga, TN.