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For music fans, the hills, hollers, and theater halls of the Kentucky Music Trail are hallowed grounds. Load up your tour bus and head for wondrous landscapes that inspire some of the world’s most-memorable melodies.

The sites

All Around the Countryside

Today’s Kentucky Music Trail boasts big festivals, historical venues, and the most musical artists per capita. Explore countless landmarks sprinkled statewide across three distinct regions: Eastern, Central, and Western.

Bradley Kincaid Home – Kentucky Mountain Boy – Historic Marker

Bradley Kincaid Home – Kentucky Mountain Boy – Historic Marker

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Poppy Mountain Music Festival

Poppy Mountain Music Festival

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Ernest Hogan – Father of Ragtime – Historic Marker

Ernest Hogan – Father of Ragtime – Historic Marker

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Jonathan Spilman Historic Marker

Jonathan Spilman Historic Marker

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Jenny Wiley Theatre

Jenny Wiley Theatre

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Paradise Park – Merle Travis Boyhood Home

Paradise Park – Merle Travis Boyhood Home

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Everly Brothers Monument

Everly Brothers Monument

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Muhlenberg County Music Museum in Central City

Muhlenberg County Music Museum in Central City

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Country Music Highway Crazy Quilt Mural

Country Music Highway Crazy Quilt Mural

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International Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Contest

International Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Contest

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The Music

Play it loud Play it Proud

A singer performing on stage

From modern rockers like Cage the Elephant and Chris Stapleton to country pioneers Loretta Lynn and Flatt & Scruggs, the Kentucky Music Trail marks a shared bond among the diverse artists and musical genres that call Kentucky home.

The Venues

Giving a Stage to Storytellers

The Kentucky Music Trail connects you to musical institutions both culturally significant and cutting-edge. From backroom blues bands, to arena-rocking country concerts, here you find heartache and happiness singing in stereo.

The interior of the Paramount Arts Center's historic stage, with a full crowd.

The Paramount Arts Center

Historic home for theater, dance, and community arts education since 1931.

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A crowd enjoys Beaver Dam Amphitheater at sunset.

Beaver Dam Amphitheater

Western Kentucky's premier outdoor concert venue.

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The exterior of Manchester Music Hall.

Manchester Music Hall

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The lights of the Austin City Saloon at night

Austin City Saloon

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The poster-covered stage at Bobby Mackey's

Bobby Mackey Honky Tonk

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The interior of the opera house, including traditional theatre boxes.

Lexington Opera House

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The exterior of the Lincoln Jamboree with picnic tables

Lincoln Jamboree

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Neon lights up the Lyric Theatre at night

Lyric Theatre

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The exterior of the Merle Travis Music Center, a modern pole building.

Merle Travis Music Center

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The interior stage of the Mountain Arts Center

Mountain Arts Center

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The exterior of the Norton Center for the Arts features colorful window art

Norton Center for the Arts

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Folks seated in chairs enjoy an evening concert at an outdoor amphitheater.

Pioneer Playhouse Outdoor Theatre

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The interior stage of the Entertainment Center with red and purple lights

Renfro Valley Entertainment Center

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The exterior of a weathered barn, renovated with a pavilion

Rosine Barn Jamboree

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A music amphitheater on a grassy field.

The Amp at Log Still

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Where willThe Trail Take you?

All Venues

International Home of the Legends Thumbpicking Contest

Cleaton Road
Greenville
KY
42345
United States

John Prine Memorial at Rochester Dam

Boat Ramp Lane
Drakesboro
KY
42337
United States

Festival Square

West Broad Street
Central City
KY
42330
United States

Country Music Highway Crazy Quilt Mural

15th Street
Ashland
KY
41101
United States

Country Music Highway Mural

15th Street
Ashland
KY
41101
United States

Phone: 606-297-7823

US-23 Country Music Highway Museum

Stave Branch Road
Staffordsville
KY
41256
United States

The Paramount Arts Center

Winchester Avenue
Ashland
KY
41101
United States

Phone: 606-324-0007

The Little Loomhouse (Happy Birthday Song)

Kenwood Hill Road
Louisville
KY
40214
United States

Phone: 502-367-4792

The Amp at Log Still

Dee Head Road
New Haven
KY
40051
United States

Phone: 502-917-0710

Rosine Barn Jamboree in Rosine

U.S. 62
Rosine
KY
42370
United States

Phone: 270-256-0190

Rosemary Clooney House

East Riverside Drive
Augusta
KY
41002
United States

Phone: 502-383-9911

Renfro Valley Entertainment Center

2380 Richmond St
Mt Vernon
KY
40456
United States

Phone: 606-256-0101

Red Foley Boyhood Home

Berea
KY
40403
United States

Poppy Mountain Music Festival

80 Poppy Rd
Morehead
KY
40351
United States

Phone: 606-784-2277

Pioneer Playhouse Outdoor Theater

840 Stanford Road
Danville
KY
40422
United States

Phone: 859-236-2747

Paradise Park – Merle Travis Boyhood Home

750 Cleaton Road
Central City
KY
42330
United States

Phone: 270-338-2520

Old Joe Clark Monument

2400 Richmond Street
Mt Vernon
KY
40456
United States

Norton Center for the Arts in Danville

600 West Walnut Street
Danville
KY
40422
United States

Phone: 859-236-4692

My Old Kentucky Home

501 Stephen Foster Avenue
Bardstown
KY
40004
United States

Phone: 502 348-3502

Muhlenberg County Music Museum in Central City

North 1st Street
Central City
KY
42330
United States

Phone: 270-754-2963

Mountain Arts Center

501 Hal Rogers Way
Prestonsburg
KY
41653
United States

Phone: 606-886-2623

Merle Travis Music Center

750 Cleaton Road
Greenville
KY
42345
United States

Phone: 270-377-0227

Manchester Music Hall

899 Manchester Street
Lexington
KY
40508
United States

Phone: 859-537-7321

Lyric Theater

East Third Street
Lexington
KY
40508
United States

Phone: 859-280-2201

Louis “Grandpa” Jones Historic Marker

Kentucky 136
Robards
KY
42452
United States

Loretta Lynn’s Homeplace Butcher Holler

1917 Millers Creek
Van Lear
KY
41265
United States

Phone: 606-789-3397

Lincoln Jamboree

2579 Lincoln Farm Rd
Hodgenville
KY
42748
United States

Phone: 270-358-3545

Lexington Opera House

401 West Short Street
Lexington
KY
40507
United States

Phone: 859-233-4567

Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum

2590 Richmond Street
Mount Vernon
KY
40456
United States

Phone: 606-256-1000

Keith Whitley Memorial Statue

1401 Kentucky 7
Sandy Hook
KY
41171
United States

Jug Band Pioneer Earl McDonald in Louisville

1301 River Road
Louisville
KY
40202
United States

Jonathan Spilman Historic Marker

401 North Main Street
Greenville
KY
42345
United States

Johnny Cash-Carter Wedding Historic Marker

100 North Main Street
Franklin
KY
42134
United States

John Jacob Niles Historic Marker

7510 KY 418
Lexington
KY
40509
United States

Jerusalem Ridge (Bill Monroe Homeplace)

6210 US 62 East
Beaver Dam
KY
42320
United States

Phone: 270-298-0036

Jenny Wiley Theatre

121 Theatre Court
Prestonsburg
KY
41653
United States

Phone: 606-886-2623

Highlands Museum & Discovery Center CMH Displays

1620 Winchester Avenue
Ashland
KY
41101
United States

Phone: 606-329-8888

Everly Brothers Monument

200 North 1st Street
Central City
KY
42330
United States

Bradley Kincaid Home – Kentucky Mountain Boy – Historic Marker

KY 52
Lancaster
KY
40461
United States

Homer C Ledford Historic Marker

College Street
Winchester
KY
40391
United States

Ernest Hogan – Father of Ragtime – Historic Marker

401 Kentucky Street
Bowling Green
KY
42101
United States

Bobby Mackey Honky Tonk

8405 U.S. 42
Florence
KY
41042
United States

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum

311 West 2nd Street
Owensboro
KY
42301
United States

Phone: 270-926-7891

Birthplace of T.O. Chisholm Historic Marker

81 Steele Road
Franklin
KY
42134
United States

Bill Monroe Museum

55 Amelia St
Rosine
KY
42370
United States

Phone: 270-274-5012

Beaver Dam Amphitheater

217 South Main Street
Beaver Dam
KY
42320
United States

Phone: 270-274-7106

Austin City Saloon

2350 Woodhill Drive
Lexington
KY
40509
United States

Phone: 859-266-6891

Digital Passport

Rewarding YourLove of Music

Track your travels along the Kentucky Music Trail with the free passport app. Simply visit participating sites to collect “check-ins”—the more milestones you reach, the more giveaways you could qualify for including concert tickets and VIP merch.