Seedtime on the Cumberland—Appalshop's FREE festival featuring music, art, local crafters, and food—will be held this year June 5-7, 2026 in beautiful downtown Whitesburg.
2026 marks the 40th anniversary of our Seedtime festival, and we're hoping old friends and new will join us this summer as we celebrate four decades of great music, wonderful community, and unforgettable memories.
Before we get into the details of this year's festival, remember that THIS WEBPAGE is your go-to place for all things Seedtime 2026! Band lineups, schedule of events, vendor info, maps—it'll all be found here. We will be sharing updates on social media as well, but this is where to find all information consolidated into one place!
Additionally, we have also created new Seedtime on the Cumberland Facebook and Instagram pages you can follow to see updates in your news feeds. Updates will also still be shared on our Appalshop Facebook and Instagram pages as well.
With that being said, we are still in the progess of wrapping up planning the festival, so we ask for your patience. As details are set, they will be added to this webpage. If you have an urgent question that cannot be answered by this page, you can contact us by email at [email protected]
Schedule of Events & Music Lineups
June 5th @ 6 PM - 10:30 PM
Apalshop Solar Pavilion (91 Madison Ave, Whitesburg, KY)
On the evening of Friday, June 5th, we’ll begin our festivities with the annual Seedtime Punk Show under the Appalshop Solar Pavilion. Music will begin at 6 PM and wrap up around 10:30 PM. This year’s lineup includes Terror Trash, geo and the Rock types, Juanita, Home Phone, and Please Save My Earth. The punk show always offers a unique sampling of the region’s alternative music, and we are always grateful for the enthusiasm of the crowds who attend. This year’s show will be no different.
June 6th @ 11 AM - 8 PM
Apalshop Solar Pavilion (91 Madison Ave, Whitesburg, KY)
Saturday, June 6th, is our main Seedtime event day and will be a full day of music, crafts, raffles, and food, from 11 AM to 8 PM. We are proud to share that this year’s Seedtime will feature performances from Higher Ground, Pick and Bow String Bands, the Local Honeys, Bonnie Prince Billy, and an evening square dance hosted by Carcassonne Community Center with music by Bluegrass Friends. Additionally, there will be an Old Time Jam at the top of the day (11 AM) open for anyone to join, raffle prize drawings throughout the day, plus an on-stage conversation hosted by our friends from RUX.
For the first time since the 2022 flood, we’re reopening the doors of our beloved 91 Madison Avenue building and welcoming the public inside for a Saturday-only exhibit curated by the Appalshop Archive! The exhibit will highlight a small selection from the vast William R. “Pictureman” Mullins photography collection. A self-taught photographer from Eastern Kentucky, Mullins documented everyday Appalachian life from the 1930s through the early 1960s, creating a remarkable visual record of the region and its people that we are proud to house in our Archive and share with you!
The WMMT-FM studio at 253A East Main Street, a medium walk onto main street from our Solar Pavilion, will also be open to the public on Saturday as well to be an in-door cooling space and also offer a loop of film screenings to watch at attendee's leisure.
June 7th @ 3 PM - 5 PM
Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church (18 Broad Way, Whitesburg, KY)
On June 7th, the beloved Sunday gospel music show returns to Seedtime! This will be hosted at the Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church in downtown Whitesburg, with doors to open at 2 PM and music to start at 3 PM. Performers will include Heavenly Voices, CJ Colston, Family of Faith (The Chestnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church Choir), and the Greater Mt. Sinai Spirituals.
Craft + Food Vendors
We are proud to be hosting an amazing group of art, craft, and informational vendors this Seedtime on BOTH Friday, June 5th at the Seedtime Punk Show and Saturday, June 6th at our "Main Day" of the festival. [There will be no vendors on Sunday, June 7th at the Gospel Music Show.] See the full lineup of arts/goods/informational vendors below.
And of course there will be food and drink vendors present too, on all three days!
FESTIVAL LOGISTICS
THANK YOU!
TO OUR 2026 SEEDTIME ON THE CUMBERLAND SPONSORS
Our annual festival would be impossible without the generous support of our sponsors!
Stay tuned for more updates and information! Bookmark this webpage, appalshop.org/seedtime2026/, so you'll always have access to our information database. Follow us on our new Seedtime Facebook and Instagram, as well as the Appalshop Facebook and Instagram for updates! Contact the Seedtime Committee with any questions at [email protected].
We'll see y'all this June!