My East Ky

Pro bull riding is coming to the Expo Center with a 2 day event on October 17th & 18th tickets range in price from $12.00- $75.00 and go on sale 8/29/2008. Tickets can be purchased online @ Ticketmaster.

George Jones is coming to the East Kentucky Expo Center Saturday June 21st. For you die hard George Jones fans tickets can be purchased this Thursday May 15th @ 10 a.m with special code “POSSUM” thru ticket master. Prices range from $31.50 to $51.50.

Coming to the East Ky Expo center Nutcracker!, is this the first ballet that has come to the expo center? Tickets can be purchased here.

Price Range $25.00 - $35.00

For you rock of love fans Poison with Bret Michaels is coming to the East Ky Expo Center on July 20 with special guests Dokken and Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) will be joining them for most of the tour dates. Tickets go on sale May 2nd @ 10:00am est.

Price range $23.50 thru $47.50

For you die hard Poison fans there are also VIP packages available. Price range $200.00 - $500.00

Here are a list of events and activities going on this year.

(Source Hillbilly days.com)

Live Entertainment: (Bands)

Thursday April 17th:

• 1:00 to 1:45 Drifters Melody
• 1:45 to 2:15 Tierra Fonner
• 2:15 to 2:45 Jessie
• 2:45 to 3:15 3rd Base
• 3:15 to 4:00 Full House Band
• 4:00 to 4:30 Break
• 4:30 to 5:00 William King
• 5:00 to 5:30 Break
• 5:30 to 6:00 Will and Rachel Hays
• 6:00 to 6:30 Break
• 6:30 to 7:30 Poaceous
• 7:30 to 8:30 Southern Badlands
• 8:30 to 9:00 Break
• 9:00 to 10:00 Downtrend

Friday, April 18

• 1:00 to 1:30 Break
• 1:30 to 2:00 Robbin Little
• 2:00 to 2:30 Holly Rice
• 2:30 to 3:30 Whitehouse
• 3:30 to 4:00 Break
• 4:00 to 5:00 Southern Steel
• 5:00 to 6:00 Lonnie & Andrews Perkins
• 6:00 to 9:00 Thrillious Competition (dance competition)
• 9:00 to 10:00 X-plicit

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s #88 car will be on show. A corn hole tournament will also be played on all 3 days with prize money awarded. And of course the parade will be held on Saturday April 19th @ 2:00 p.m. For more info visit the official Hillbilly days website here.

To be honest it seems more of the same. I have only been to hillbilly days a couple of times and will not miss it if I don’t go back. All these festivals ( Apple days, Hillbilly days, Jenny Wiley festival) are essentially the same, same carnival rides, same food vendors, same merchandise vendors. Plus with the new parking rules this year at Hillbilly days where is everybody going to park?