Tyler Childers-Led Healing Appalachia Sets 2024 Lineup
Healing Appalachia isn’t just a 3-day concert with a killer lineup, it is a concert for a cause. It’ll be holding its 2024 festivities once again at the State Fair of West Virginia grounds in Lewisburg on September 19-21, and they’ve just announced a stellar lineup.
Along with perennial headliner Tyler Childers, Healing Appalachia will be hosting Sierra Ferrell, My Morning Jacket, Benjamin Tod and the Lost Dog Street Band, along with Shooter Jennings coming out of virtual retirement to play the fest. Other performers donating their time to the cause include S.G. Goodman, Sierra Hull, Oliver Wood Trio, Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, The Local Honeys, and more.
This will be the fifth year for the event that started in 2018, but took some times off due to COVID. Every year the event has only grown exponentially. The first the event drew 2,400 fans when they were initially hoping for 500-600. Year two hit 8,000 tickets sold in a week, and was shut down to make sure they could handle the capacity. In 2022, they expanded to two days and drew over 11,000. In 2023, they expanded to three days.
“You can see the gratitude in the air. It’s so thick,” says event organizer Charlie Hatcher. 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.
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.
“We don’t advocate for any specific type of recovery,” Hatcher says. “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.”
Over the last couple of years, Healing Appalachia has become like its own country megafest, and has gown with the popularity of Tyler Childers. Other performers playing 2024 include Hiss Golden Messengers, Dan Reeder, Nolan Taylor, Shadowgrass, Strung Like a Horse, Cody Christian, Darrin Hacquard, Geno Seale, Jordan Lee King, Palmyra, Alabaster Boxer, and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe.
Tickets go on sale on July 9th at 10 am Eastern at healingappalachia.org.
July 3, 2024 @ 4:06 am
You know how helpful it would be if all those smaller artists if you put their names in here too and not just left them on the flyer unreadable to google search. C’mon.
July 3, 2024 @ 5:05 am
I’m browsing on my phone and I can read them. Should be able to Google search for the full list.
July 3, 2024 @ 6:17 am
Looks like every other flyer to me. Maybe a new eye exam?
July 3, 2024 @ 11:41 am
I added all of the names from the festival in physical print in the article, because ultimately, you’re right. It will potentially help with Google searches. This is why most of the time, I do include all the names, and do take the time to write out all the dates when posting about tours, though this can be a very time consuming process. The reason I didn’t do it in this instance is I was pressed for time, and wanted to get the article up in the very narrow window I had.
But man, I can’t express how tired I am being held to the workaholic standards I have set for myself. Many outlets didn’t even post anything about this event at all. Many outlets don’t write out any of the names for a fest except for the top ones. Many just embed the Instagram post and call it good. Last year I did a whole deep dive with the founder of Healing Appalachia about the whole point of the festival.
I’m also tired of every time that I post about an independent artist or event, it’s taken as an insult to all the other ones that I didn’t post about. I’m a one-man operation. I just spent the last two weeks driving around the American West, covering three festivals in two weeks, while also writing important obituaries and album reviews, and covering other news. Somehow I am expected to create more content than outlets with multiple employees and corporate backing.
The idea that I am derelict in my duty as I pull 18 hours days and pour my life savings into my gas tank to support independent events is pretty insulting, and I’m sick of it, especially as people often through jealousy try to find any avenue of criticism and exploit it because they get some strange satisfaction at the idea of destroying or undermining this website.
I’m just trying to promote cool stuff and hold the mainstream to account. Leave me alone.
July 3, 2024 @ 1:47 pm
Trigger- just here to say I really appreciate what you do. I’ve found countless new artists on your site that I would have missed otherwise. Hope you keep on keepin’ on!
July 3, 2024 @ 3:49 pm
Trigger, I think I speak for 99% of the people here:
There’s no one like you period. Your efforts are appreciated by anyone who is a fan of authentic country music.
July 3, 2024 @ 5:20 am
That pic. of Tyler, is priceless!
Hopefully Hoptown can make it to the fest.
July 3, 2024 @ 7:49 am
Seeing Tyler Friday in Bangor, ME.. 15K people.. I am happy for him, but not for me. Days of seeing him in a barn with 50 people are long gone.
July 3, 2024 @ 8:42 am
Yeah, that’s what happens to artists. He’s a professional, meaning he has to earn money via touring, which means playing to lots of people…..i swear, some “fans” want musicians to be starving artists their entire existence.
July 3, 2024 @ 10:20 am
I’m happy for him.. Just not for me and my wallet.
July 3, 2024 @ 10:19 am
So happy to see the ongoing good work being done by good folks. Bless Hope in the Hills, Mr. Childers, and everyone involved.