Healing Appalachia – Cancellation Update

Hope in the Hills has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2026 festival. Rising production costs and the current economic environment mean we need to focus our resources where they have always mattered most – recovery programs at the heart of this mission.

This is not the outcome we wanted. Hope in the Hills will continue its year-round mission – leveraging music to support recovery, funding addiction prevention and spreading hope and community through our many growing partnerships across Appalachia and beyond.

Healing Appalachia will return September 10 and 11, 2027 at Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Kentucky. The mission continues, and we will be back.