HOEDOWN IN THE HOLLER COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL SUPPORT ACTS ANNOUNCED
FLEMINGSBURG, KY: July 08, 2011 – The 2nd Annual Hoedown in the Holler country music festival held on September 30 and October 1 at Mandolin Farms will feature 5 great bands!
Friday, September 30
8:00 p.m. The Inside Out Band
10:00 p.m. Bobby Davis and the Sounds of Haggard
Saturday, October 1
5:00 p.m. Shane Thompson
7:00 p.m. Drew Davis
9:00 p.m. Craig Campbell
Friday, September 30 is billed as a night of traditional country music. Popular and locally based, The Inside Out band will open the festivities at 8:00 p.m. Based out of Bracken County, Kentucky, Inside Out has toured various countries overseas performing for US Troops. The band has also shared the stage with hot acts like Montgomery-Gentry, George Jones, Craig Morgan, and many more.
Straight off the stages in Nashville, Bobby Davis and the Sounds of Haggard will bring Music City to Fleming County at 10:00 p.m. Featuring classic county music sounds of Merle Haggard, with Johnny Cash, George Jones, Conway Twitty and all your favorite legends thrown in for a mix sure to entertain and get everyone moving.
Gates will open Friday at 6:00 p.m. Admission is $10 and is available only at the gate on event night. Children 6 and under are admitted free.
Saturday, October 1 will showcase three bands including the return of Fleming County native Shane Thompson. Shane wowed the crowd in 2010 with his first performance in Flemingsburg in over a decade. Shane is a professional songwriter in Nashville and will be joined by several special guests responsible for writing multiple chart topping hits during his set. Shane will hit the stage at 5:00 p.m.
Drew Smith is a rising star in the Nashville music scene. After touring coast-to-coast for nearly two years, Smith is currently in his first major publishing contract in Nashville, where he continues to write, perform and reside. He is currently recording his first major project with producer Billy Joe Walker, Jr. Drew will play at 7:00 p.m.
Craig Campbell will headline the festival and take the stage at 9:00 p.m. Campbell’s singles, “Family Man” and current single “Fish” have both ranked on the Billboard Country Charts in 2011. “Fish” has climbed into the Top 30 and is still on the rise.
Hoedown in the Holler would not be possible without the generous support of local businesses. Hinton Mills has signed up at the Presenting Sponsor in 2011. They are joined by Gold Sponsor: Flemingsburg Gazette; Stage Sponsors: Peoples Bank, Cahall Brothers John Deere and Kentucky Farm Bureau; Silver Sponsor: The Dish Network; Bronze Sponsors: Graham Lumber and La Finca; Supporting Sponsors: Edward Jones, Fleming County Hospital and Pizza Hut.
“We truly appreciate the support of the area businesses that share the vision Hoedown in the Holler is a great community event,” stated Kimber Goodwin of Blonde Marketing. “A new festival takes a tremendous amount of work to grow into a larger event. We believe Hoedown in the Holler can become a huge regional, even statewide, draw to bring people to Fleming County and allow them to see all the great assets and attractions we offer. We are so thrilled to put on a fun, affordable, family event that brings national artists to a local stage.”
Camping for the weekend is available. All 300 campsites include water and electric hookups. Reservations for campsites are currently being accepted.
Tickets for the Saturday portion of the festival are just $20 in advance, $25 at the gate on show day. Children 6 and under are free. Children 7 – 12 years of age will be admitted for $10. For more information on the festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.hoedownintheholler.com or become a fan on Facebook at Hoedown in the Holler.
Hoedown in the Holler is owned and organized by Blonde Marketing.
HOEDOWN IN THE HOLLER COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO FLEMINGSBURG, KENTUCKY
Country recording artist CRAIG CAMPBELL will headline 2nd Annual event to be held September 30 & October 1, 2011
Hinton Mills Announced as Presenting Sponsor
FLEMINGSBURG, KY: June 27, 2011 – Hoedown in the Holler, a country music festival started in 2010, will return in 2011 and grow to a two day event. To be held on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 at Mandolin Farms, the event will be headlined by Craig Campbell. Campbell’s first single “Family Man” peaked at #14 on the Billboard Country Charts in the spring of this year. His current single “Fish” debuted just a few weeks ago and is gaining momentum on radio stations across the country currently residing at #38 on the Billboard Charts. “We are thrilled to have Craig Campbell headline Hoedown in the Holler in year two,” said Kimber Goodwin, President of Blonde Marketing, the producer of the event. “Craig is from a town in Georgia about the size of Flemingsburg and really fits the personality of the festival. He is a great live performer and has two fantastic debut singles with tremendous radio appeal.”
Held as a one day event with four bands in 2010, the event will be expanded to two days in 2011 with a total of five country bands. Friday, September 30 will feature a night of traditional country music with two bands performing over four hours of live music. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 and are only available at the gate.
“We are very excited to extend Hoedown in the Holler to a two day festival in 2011,” stated Goodwin. “We had such positive and amazing feedback from fans that came to the event the inaugural year about what a great time they had and looking forward to the event returning. We are happy to grow the festival to two days in year two. We will have something for country fans of all ages!”
Fleming County based Hinton Mills has signed on as the presenting sponsor of Hoedown in the Holler for 2011. Hinton Mills Vice-President, Adam Hinton stated, “We are extremely excited to partner with other folks in the community to bring an up-and-coming country artist like Craig Campbell to our hometown for Hoedown in the Holler. Craig’s songs project the family values and appreciation for country living that we at Hinton Mills and others in our area respect and enjoy. We really liked working with someone with the talents of Fleming County native Kimber Goodwin on last year’s Hoedown event. We look forward to being a part of an event that has the prospects to bring folks to our town and local businesses and enjoyment to all those who attend. I can’t wait to see what Hoedown can turn into if we all work together to support it.”
“We are thrilled to team up with Hinton Mills as the presenting sponsor of the Hoedown,” said Goodwin. “Hinton Mills has shown tremendous support for community based events and has been an advocate of the Hoedown from its inception and we are incredibly appreciative of the support. Quite simply, this festival could not happen without the partnerships of locally based businesses as we grow it in the foundation years. Hinton Mills is the perfect presenting partner for a festival that fosters family-based, community pride and enjoyment.”
Camping for the weekend is available. All 300 campsites include water and electric hookups. Reservations for campsites are currently being accepted.
Over 750 music fans enjoyed the inaugural festival which was headlined by Lee Brice (“Love Like Crazy”) in 2010. Mandolin Farms is the ideal spot for an outdoor music festival with a covered stage and a covered pavilion for seating.
The full schedule of bands performing on Friday and Saturday will be released shortly.
Tickets for the Saturday portion of the festival are just $20 in advance for a full day of entertainment and can be purchased either from various civic organizations in surrounding counties or on-site at Mandolin Farms. Children 6 and under may attend the event for free. There will a child’s ticket offered for Saturday night in 2011. Children 7 – 12 years of age will be admitted for $10. Children’s tickets will be available only at the gate on the day of the show. Adult tickets on show day will be $25. Save $5 per ticket by purchasing in advance!
A portion of the tickets purchased from local groups, organizations and charities will benefit that organization. In 2010, over $2,000 was donated from the festival to local groups including the Fleming County FFA, Kids Central, Tilton Fire Department and Youth Cheer.
There will be food and beverage vendors on-site during the event. And there will be a limited quantity of Hoedown in the Holler official merchandise for sale this year. Products available for purchase include hats and t-shirts. “We made the decision to offer a limited quantity of Hoedown in the Holler merchandise, as we received quite a few requests last year for a memento from the event. The t-shirts and hats will feature the event logo and that the festival is held in Flemingsburg,” stated Goodwin.
For more information on the festival or to purchase tickets, fans may visit www.hoedownintheholler.com or become a fan on Facebook at Hoedown in the Holler.
Hoedown in the Holler is owned and organized by Blonde Marketing.
September 10, 2010
By Vanessa Overholser - Staff Writer CNHI The Morehead News Fri Sep 10, 2010, 01:02 PM EDT
September 10, 2010 — Country music star Lee Brice is coming to Flemingsburg to perform during the Hoedown in the Holler Country Music Festival Saturday, Oct. 2.
“It’s a new country music festival,” said Kimber Goodwin, president of Blonde Marketing in Baltimore, MD.
Goodwin is a former resident of Flemingsburg. She said she is very excited about planning and hosting a festival in her hometown.
“The headliner for the festival is Lee Brice. His song, ‘Love Like Crazy’, is number five on the country billboard charts right now. The festival will be held at Mandolin Farms. The event is rain or shine. There is a large covered pavilion on the festival grounds and it will be used as shelter if it rains. The pavilion holds 1500 people.”
Four bands are featured at the festival.
“Bands that will be performing are The Inside Out Band, The Weary Jammers Bluegrass Band, and The Shane Thompson and Rendezvous Band.”
Goodwin encourages everyone to come early.
“It is a general admission venue,” she said. “So spots are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Everyone is encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs and find a good spot. The gates open at noon and concerts will begin at 2 p.m. There will be camping spots available with water and electric hookups and there will be food vendors on-site for everyone who attends the festival.”
Goodwin said the festival is affordable.
“People are getting four bands for $20,” she said. “Children 6 and under are admitted free. It’s a great opportunity to have a fun day for the family for $20. This is the inaugural year for the festival. We want to see it get bigger every year and get better with every year. We are very excited to get this off the ground.”
Tickets are currently on sale at the Mandolin Farms, Hinton Mills locations, from members of the Fleming County FFA and online at www.hoedowntheholler.com.
Raffle tickets will be sold to win a guitar autographed by Brice. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the raffle will go to local community groups, she said.
Goodwin said she is looking forward to bringing quality entertainment to the Fleming County area.
“I think it is very exciting to have a headlining band that ranks so high on the music charts and puts on a great show,” she said. “If an individual wanted to see clips and get more information about the artists they can do so on line by logging onto our website.”
Blonde Marketing is a national firm that plans and hosts music festivals of many different genres. Goodwin has been instrumental in planning many music festivals. She has worked with well-known artists and groups such as Leonard Skynard, Dierks Bentley, Sugarland, The Goo Goo Dolls, Gretchen Wilson, Jake Owens, Jason Aldean, Collective Soul, The Zac Brown Band, and more.
Mandolin Farms is located at 387 Owns Lane in Flemingsburg. For more information log onto www.hoedownintheholler.com, contact Goodwin at kimber@blondemktg.com or call 410-534-0540.
Hoedown in the Holler rocks Bald Hill
Giving a neighbor a helping hand is the way of Fleming County. And when that neighbor needs a little fire to cook a hamburger, there is always someone around to help out. Mike Conley offered his gas grill to cook hamburgers for his neighbors Saturday, even though they were temporary neighbors.
When Lee Brice’s bus was forced to park in front of the Bald Hill Church, he and his band decided to make the best of the situation and cook the hamburgers they had brought for supper. Brice and his band were the headliners for Hoedown in the Holler, a country music concert held at Mandolin Farms. The bus driver didn’t want to take the bus into Mandolin Farms.
“We’re going to make the best of this,” Brice said. “We are going to cook these burgers right here.”
The band was scheduled to take the stage at 8 p.m. and by 6 p.m. the burgers were still raw. Conley had come by and checked on the guys and invited them to his garage. Not to intrude they decided to stay with the bus. But fate , the cold wind mostly, intervened. The charcoal went out and the boys went looking for heat.
By the time they walked the short distance to Conley’s home, the music was playing, the grill was hot and 5 year old Mackenzie Conley was as excited as a child could be.
“I love this,” Mike Conley said. “This is great. Lee Brice is in my garage.”
Mike and his wife Penny had not planned to attend the Hoedown, but their 15 year old daughter Taylor was there. They quickly got on the phone and called her.
“She is waiting for Lee Brice to appear on stage and he is here in our garage,” Penny Conley said.
Of course Taylor didn’t believe her parents at first. Then Lee got on the phone.
Once supper was over, the star with the number three hit “Love Like Crazy” was ready to perform. The Conley family was invited to come and enjoy the show from the back stage area.
Mike Conley was still in awe of his good fortune as he watched from the stage door as Brice performed. But that wasn’t the end. When the show was over the band returned to the garage for some down home jamming.
Hoedown in the Holler was produced by Kimber Goodwin, who is president of Blonde Marketing. She grew up here in Fleming County and wanted to produce a country music show in her hometown. While some were skeptical that it could be done, Goodwin worked night and day for six weeks to produce Hoedown
in the Holler. She booked Mandolin Farms because she wanted an outdoor venue that had amenities. Mandolin Farms features a covered stage, lighting and green room for the bands and easy access. Owned by Willie Jerrells, the farm also has a campground and fishing pond.
“There were more than 100 campers,” Goodwin said. “We had about 750 people there.” Local businesses were sponsors, including Hinton Mills. Adam Hinton said he thought the event was a great way to promote Fleming County.
“I thought this event was an asset to our community. For a first year event, Hoedown in the Holler both exceeded my expectations as a fan and as a sponsor. I hope that other members of community will help insure we are able to do it again by sponsoring or simply promoting the event to their friends through word of mouth,” Hinton said.
For a first time event, Goodwin said that was a great turnout.
“Everybody had a great time. I still have people coming up to me telling me to please do it again next year,” she said.
Goodwin had local businesses as sponsors and thanked them for their support.
“I really appreciate the support of the businesses for something new coming to Fleming County,” she said.
The guitar tech for Brice’s band looked out across the area with the stage and the pavilion and told Goodwin, “This is the field of dreams of country music.”
“That’s what I envisioned when I started planning this. I saw cars lined up to get in like the movie “Field of Dream.”
Conley felt much the same way. The evening, which began and ended at his house was a dream come true for a country music fan. For a country music start it was an evening he won’t soon forget.
“This made me feel like home. Like being at my Momma’s house,” Brice said.
The Ledger Independent
FLEMINGSBURG - Hoedown in the Holler, a new country music festival takes place Saturday, Oct. 2 at Mandolin Farms in Fleming County.
The inaugural event will be headlined by Curb Records recording artist Lee Brice. Brice's current single "Love Like Crazy" has spent 50 weeks on the Billboard Country charts and is currently No. 6 in the country. "Love Like Crazy" is also No. 5 on the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown.
The gates open at noon to the day long festival, with live music from 2 - 3:30 p.m., 4 - 5:30 p.m., 6 - 7:30 p.m. and Brice taking the stage at 8 p.m. and playing until 9:30 p.m.
Tickets for the festival are $20 for the day and can be purchased either from various civic organizations in surrounding counties or online at www.hoedownintheholler.com. A portion of the tickets purchased from local groups, organizations and charities will benefit that organization. Fans can also save on the online service charge by purchasing directly from local groups. Children under 6 are admitted free.
Also scheduled to perform at the festival is Shane Thompson & Rendezvous. Shane is a native of Fleming County and has been performing professionally since the age of 16 when he became a member of the world famous Renfro Valley Barn Dance. Following a four year stint at Renfro Valley, he joined one of Mid-West most popular bands, Inside Out. While a member of Inside Out Shane was able to travel across the United States and several international countries, including Turkey, Greece, Spain, Kuwait, Bahrain, Italy and many more. After more than a decade of touring with Inside Out, Shane relocated to Nashville to further his career goals. In June 2009 Shane signed with Key-Brothers Music as a staff songwriter.
Camp sites are available for the weekend and there will be food and beverage vendors on site during the event.
For more information on the festival or to purchase tickets, visit www.hoedownintheholler.com or become a fan on Facebook at Hoedown in the Holler.
Hoedown in the Holler is owned and organized by Blonde Marketing.
Fleming County Bulletin
Despite the cold Kentucky rain, the first annual Hoedown in the Holler was a huge success.
Rising Country star, Lee Brice headlined the inaugural event that took place at the Mandolin Farm on Saturday, October 2.
Lee sang for over 2 hours and wowed the audience with his top ten chart hit, "Love Like Crazy" and "She Ain't Right". Lee also visited with the Conlee family and even had a jam session in their garage.
Live performances by the Inside Out Band, and Bluegrass band Poacious took place earlier in the day.
Fleming County native, Shane Thompson, and Rendezvous opened for Lee and did not disappoint with their high energy performances.
When Lee Brice took the stage, he looked out into the audience and said, “All you little kids, now, ya'll come right on up front here". In seconds flat the front of the stage was a sea of with Lee's youngest fans.
Vicki Catron was among the hundreds of adult fans who waited in the cold rain to see Brice perform live.
“I had the best time I have ever had at a concert”, Catron said. “Lee Brice is number one in my book, he sure made you feel like he was singing directly to you.”
Out of town festival goers, Teresa Johnson and her friend Lisa McGuire, echoed Catron’s thoughts on Lee Brice and added, “We have had the best time ever here in the holler. This was truly a wonderful, well organized music festival. We loved Lee Brice and we also loved seeing and hearing Shane Thompson perform and getting to listen to Drew Smith sing for the first time. We will defiantly come back next year.”
Shane and lead singer with the Rendezvous band, Drew Smith, who was born and raised in Henderson, Tennessee, also captivated the hearts of their audience as well, and after the show both spent quite a bit of time signing autographs and greeting fans.
“I live for doing this. But it's the fans that make all of it worth it. It's their support that keeps us alive,” Drew Smith said.
Shane grew up listening to country music, wrote his first song at the tender age of nine, and knew that someday he would grow up to be an entertainer.
Today Shane lives in Nashville and is a songwriter as well as a musician. Shane says although he misses family and friends back home he loves living in Nashville and being able to work as a singer and songwriter.
“I would have to say the thing I love most about writing songs is the creativity, and being able to share a little of your self to the world in every song,” Shane said. “What I love most about Nashville is that it is a small- big city. In the music community just about everybody knows everybody, not much different than Flemingsburg, just bigger. What most people don't realize is that the music business is conducted in a small two- street area of 16th and 17th Avenue. So when you go to lunch or stop at a small grocery, you see the same faces and a lot of business is done just in passing someone at the lunch table.
Hoedown in the Holler was made possible by hometown native, Kimber Goodwin, owner of Blonde Marketing. Kimber is the daughter of Dexter and Donna Goodwin.
Kimber’s sister Jan as well as both her parents were on hand to assist with getting ready for the big event. Jan said she was very proud of the success her sister was able to achieve in order to bring such an event to her hometown.
“It was a great event, well-organized, ran smoothly, highly entertaining and overall FUN for all,”, Jan said, then went on to add, “Kimber worked very hard to bring this awesome event to Fleming County and she brought joy to all who attended and all involved! I think every single person there had a great time! Including Lee Brice!”
If you missed out on the fun and excitement of HoeDown In the Holler, plans are in the works for another country music festival next year.
