The Whippoorwill Festival – Skills for Earth-Friendly Living

The goal of the Whippoorwill Festival is to promote sustainable living in Appalachia by teaching earth-friendly living skills with one another in a joyful, healthy, family-friendly atmosphere. 
Checkout our 2018 Workshops! There's everything from: Cordage: Natural and Unnatural; Eco Printing & Natural Dying; Basketry;Thermophilic Composting; Traditional Appalachian Farmsteading; Dehydrating Foods for Home, Camping, and Survival; Flintknapping - Stone Tool Production; Solar 101; Survival Firemaking Skills; Edible Wild Mushroom Identification and Preparation; Herbal Energetics & Medicine Making; Natural Food Production; Tai Chi; Working out the Kinks; Nature Walks & Outdoor Activities;  Community Discussions such as "Activism Burnout Recovery" & "Anarchy: What does it mean to you?" to Storytelling Basics & many more! Click Here for a full list!
Click here to Volunteer and Work Trade!
Our only vendors are workshop presenters - please do not contact us to vend.
Welcome Back Old Faces and New Friends!! ​Checkout this year's Music Lineup Here!
Don't forget Daily Open Mic & Campfire Jam Sessions! Bring your voice, your instrument, and your creativity to these evening events!
Remembering Carol Judy and her continuing legacy

Thanks to our generous sponsors!!
We need forests we can get lost in; trees that make us gape; streams we can drink from. 
​  Wild places sustain and define us; ​we, in turn, must protect them.
The Whippoorwill Festival - Skills for Earth Friendly Living
July 13-15, 2018
Lago Linda Hideaway, Beattyville, KY (location and weather)