Fire up the Stills! Fall Date for the BAM Fest has been set!

Bourbon & Moonshine Festival Returns! Saturday, September 27th to the Beattyville Town Square!
We’re proud to continue the tradition of the Beattyville Bourbon and Moonshine Festival this year! While Main Street continues to recover from the February flood, we’re planning a scaled-back version for this years event that still celebrates our rich heritage and community spirits.

Please note: Due to limited access to electrical sources, this festival will feature only FOOD VENDORS, MOONSHINE TRAIL BOURBON & MOONSHINE drink booths & MOONSHINERS MEET & GREETS (but not regular retail vendors) — so you can still count on plenty of food, fun, and flavor all around Town Square While you’re here for the festival, if you’re in the mood to shop, we encourage you to stop in one of our Main Street businesses. They’ve weathered a lot over the years and would be truly grateful for your support!

New activities we are adding this year (see below for more details):
  • Before heading to the festival, take a drive at your own pace around the Moonshine Trail RRG Loop section. Stop a collect the three stamps, then come to the festival and enter to win prizes! 
  • Poker Run with Backroads of Appalachia for classic cars and motorcycles around the Moonshine Trail RRG Loop.
  • A “Still Show” showcasing the incredible craftsmanship of still builders.
  • The Moonshine Jug Art Show & Contest is all about celebrating artistry, humor, and tradition. Decorate it, paint it, carve it, or turn it into something wild—we want to see YOUR jug!
  • BAM Fest Car Show  - Enter your Classic Car, Truck, Rat Rod, Motorcycle in the car show! Awards & Prizes plus prime parking to the festival.​

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Festival Hours
Saturday, September 27th
Opening: 1:00pm
​Closing: 11:00pm

Pages to follow: 
Beattyville Main Street Facebook
Beattyville/Lee County Tourism Facebook
Backroads of Appalachia 
Backwoods Moonshine Museum

Hit the stops along the Moonshine Trail

  • Before heading to the festival, take a drive at your own pace around the Moonshine Trail RRG Loop section. Stop a collect the three stamps, then come to the festival and enter to win prizes! ​

Backwoods Moonshine Museum

Owned by The Beattyville Hillbillies, Donnie & Teresa. Season 8 Cast members of the Discovery Channel's Moonshiner's Show. 

Kentucky Mountain Moonshine 

Stop in and let Howard Arven give you a tour of the distillery! Make it only one taste now,,, you have a festival to get to!​
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The Hungry Hiker Bar & Grill

Located in Slade along HWY 11, the Hungry Hiker is a place to stop for tastings and food! 
OPENING SOON
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11:30am  

Shiners for Shriners Poker Run

With Backroads of Appalachia & Moonshine Trail Loop RRG

Backroads of Appalachia and the Appalachia Motorcycle Group, will be hosting the forth annual "Shiners for Shriners" charity Ride! This year the ride will journey round the Red River Gorge Moonshine Trail Loop! ​Activities inlace a Kickoff at the Beattyville Town Square. Registration at 10:30am. Ride starts at 11:30am. Motorcycle Poker Run hosted by Backroads of Appalachia, & Classic Car Bootlegger run. The route with stops along the moonshine trail attractions of the Hungry Hiker (formerly RRG Distilled Spirits), Kentucky Mountain Moonshine Distillery in Irvine, and the Backwoods Moonshine Museum in Old Landing, KY. Proceeds to benefit the local Shrine Club. ​

1:00pm  

BAM Fest Car Show
The Beattyville BAM Fest Car show is welcome to all classic cars, classic trucks, rat rods, and motorcycles! 
Registration starts at the opening of the festival at 1pm. Judging at 3pm followed by awards at 6pm. 

Pre-Register ONLINE

Use the checkout to register online for the Hillbilly games, art show, and car show! 
Awards at Town Square at 7:30pm! 

Still Show

If you’ve built a still and want to show off your craftsmanship, creativity, and skill, this is the stage for you.
Check the registration page for rules for entering!

Show Us Your Jugs

The Moonshine Jug Art Show & Contest is all ‘bout showin’ off yer creativity, humor, an’ good ol’ mountain tradition. Paint it, carve it, bedazzle it, or turn it into somethin’ downright wild—we wanna see YOUR jug shine brighter than a mason jar in the moonlight!.

Car Show 1pm

Enter your classic car, truck, or motorcycle into the festival car show. Prime parking and direct access to the festival. 
Prizes & More. 
$5.00 Registration

Hotter than Liquor Legs

Think yer gams are hotter than a shot o’ white lightning? Roll up them britches an’ show off them legs! The crowd’ll be the judge of who’s got the sassiest, flashiest, liquor-hot legs in the holler. Strut proud an’ see if ya can take home the glory!

Better Than Bourbon Beard

Think yer whiskers are finer than frog hair split four ways? If you got the longest or purtiest beard this side o’ the holler—one that’s more handsome than a jug of shine—then strut on up an’ show it off! Let the crowd do the judgin’ and see if yer chin curtain takes home the braggin’ rights.

Shiners for Shriners Poker Run

5 stops along the Official Moonshine Trail to get your Cards. After our Poker Run we will rejoin The Beattyville Bourbon and Moonshine Festival on Main Street Beattyville for awards!
Join us a we Ride for the Children of Shriners Hospital and hang out with the Moonshiners from Discovery Channel.
Link to details! 

Beattyville Town Square Schedule

​1:00pm - Randon Neeley
​2:00pm - Maddie Neal 
2:30pm - Shelby Davis
3:30pm - Live Podcast In the Red Clay hosted by Stoney Birt. This is a hit crime series about The True Story of Georgia’s Dixie Mafia. 
4:00pm - Moonshiners Group Photo
4:15pm - Anthony Wells Band
5:00pm - Jenna Dunaway 
6:00pm - Dirty Low Down Band
7:15pm - Festival Awards
8:00pm - Sturgeon Creek 

Plan your visit 

Looking for a place to stay? There are many cabins, campgrounds, and rooms in the Red River Gorge area. Click this link for listings of lodging closest to the festival in Beattyville, KY. 

Directions to Beattyville

Beattyville is located just 20 minutes south of the Natural Bridge/Slade Exit 33 off the Mountain Parkway. 
From Lexington travel East on I-64 toward Winchester and exit onto the Mountain Parkway. Then Exit #33 and turn right onto KY HWY 11 South to Beattyville. 
Beattyville Town Square is located in the middle of Main Street. Turn west at the Red Light HWY 11 and Main Street Intersection.