The Whippoorwill Festival – Skills for Earth-Friendly Living
The goal of the Whippoorwill Festival is to promote sustainable living in Appalachia by sharing earth-friendly living skills with one another in a joyful, healthy, family-friendly atmosphere.
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Get Your Tickets Today! 7th Annual Whippoorwill Festival July 14-16, 2017 Lago Linda Hideaway, Beattyville, KY Dedicated to Carol Judy and her continuing legacy... 
An inspiration to countless youth, activists, and herbalists across Appalachia and beyond, we were heartbroken to lose Carol Judy this last year. In her honor, we are holding a Plant Swap. Please bring plants to share! Carol loved all things that grow. Help us keep her spirit alive - bring your favorite plants to trade!
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2017 Confirmed Workshops - view details
Doug Elliott is coming back!
Doug Elliott is coming back!
Herbal Medicine Essentials * Fermentation & Foraging: the Ancient Diet * Permaculture * De-escalation
Canning * Natural Building: Compost Toilet Build * Making Hot Sauce * Natural Dying
Hide Tanning: Buckskin * Butchering Rabbit * Sticktag * Probiotic Sodas
Cordage * Storytelling * Botany * Appalachain Paranormal Traditions * Recycling Yarn *
Volunteer and Trail Crew Recruitment * "Working Out the Kinks" * Yoga for Anatomical Empowerment
Spring Tapping and Backwoods Water Systems * How to Sell Your Art and Still Be an Artist
Uncommon fruits agroforestry tour * A Survival Guide to Homeschooling * Rewilding Zone A
Police Militarization and Relevance to Appalachia * Mushroom Foraging * Mushroom Preservation and Use
"I hate people, the proper use of Razor wire and welcome to Cumberland Falls"
Creative Modalities for Civic Engagement * "What Left THAT in my backyard *Growing Shitake
Whippoorwill Interpretive Center * "Mason Bees: A Garden's Best Friend" * Basic Canoeing
Field Trip to the Highlands Nature Preserve * Thai Massage
Mycomedicinals: An Introduction to Working With Fungi for Human and Ecosystem Health
Designing Urban Ecosystems: Social and Environmental Permaculture for Community Resiliency
Renegade- Radically Sustainable Off-Grid Solar Homes * Empowered Childbirth
Canning * Natural Building: Compost Toilet Build * Making Hot Sauce * Natural Dying
Hide Tanning: Buckskin * Butchering Rabbit * Sticktag * Probiotic Sodas
Cordage * Storytelling * Botany * Appalachain Paranormal Traditions * Recycling Yarn *
Volunteer and Trail Crew Recruitment * "Working Out the Kinks" * Yoga for Anatomical Empowerment
Spring Tapping and Backwoods Water Systems * How to Sell Your Art and Still Be an Artist
Uncommon fruits agroforestry tour * A Survival Guide to Homeschooling * Rewilding Zone A
Police Militarization and Relevance to Appalachia * Mushroom Foraging * Mushroom Preservation and Use
"I hate people, the proper use of Razor wire and welcome to Cumberland Falls"
Creative Modalities for Civic Engagement * "What Left THAT in my backyard *Growing Shitake
Whippoorwill Interpretive Center * "Mason Bees: A Garden's Best Friend" * Basic Canoeing
Field Trip to the Highlands Nature Preserve * Thai Massage
Mycomedicinals: An Introduction to Working With Fungi for Human and Ecosystem Health
Designing Urban Ecosystems: Social and Environmental Permaculture for Community Resiliency
Renegade- Radically Sustainable Off-Grid Solar Homes * Empowered Childbirth
2017 Music & Entertainment - view details
The Local Honeys with Senora May
Nicholas Penn featuring cellist Seth Murphy
Doug Elliott!
Big Mamma Joy
And Circus performers!
Nicholas Penn featuring cellist Seth Murphy
Doug Elliott!
Big Mamma Joy
And Circus performers!
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Thanks to our generous sponsors |
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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.
Wild places sustain and define us; we, in turn, must protect them.
Lots of love to our sponsor, Kentucky Heartwood, and the workshop presenters, keynote speakers, performers, vendors, nonprofits, and last but certainly not least, our host, Lago Linda Hideaway.
View 2016 photos and feedback
View 2016 photos and feedback
