Celebrate Hillbilly Days 2015
0By Corissa Cline
The 37th annual Hillbilly Days is happening this weekend in downtown Pikeville, April 16-18. This year, eleven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson is going perform during the 2015 Hillbilly Days festival at the SMG managed East Kentucky Expo Center.
Hillbilly Days offers loads of fun for all participants, but there is true meaning behind the event. For 37 years, Shriners have faithfully traveled all over the United States and Canada to help crippled children. Cindy Collins, general manager of the East Kentucky Expo said, “We are delighted to have Jamey Johnson to perform at our 2015 Hillbilly Days concert! I wanted to bring an exciting and talented act for my first Hillbilly Days experience and Jamey Johnson definitely fits the bill!” Listed as “one of the greatest country singers of our time,” by the Washington Post, he is one of only a few people in the history of country music to win two Song of the Year Awards from both the CMA and ACMs.
Hillbilly Days improves each year as Shriners, the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Pike County Government, City of Pikeville and local volunteers transform downtown Pikeville into one of the most unique festivals in the world!