Kendra and Bob are excited to be heading to the Fraley Festival of Traditional Music for the very first time!

The Fraley Festival of Traditional Music is held every year at Carter Caves State Resort Park. The Park is located in northeastern Kentucky, just four miles off I-64, between Grayson and Olive Hill. Carter Caves has a restaurant, lodge, vacation cottages, RV campsites and primitive campsites. For reservations and further information about the park, visit the Carter Caves State Resort Park website at http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/resortparks/cc/
or call 800-325-0059.

The festival began as a Fraley family reunion in the early 1970s but soon grew to encompass an extensive extended musical family. The festival attracts performers and music fans from across the United States to share music and swap stories. The annual event attracts champion fiddlers and top players, who share billing with those just learning. And some of the most important music making takes place away from the stage—at parking lot and campground jam sessions that go on day and night.

The festival is now in it's 4th decade. Annadeene Fraley died in 1996, and JP is 2011, but the unique musical gathering they founded is still going strong, reflecting their—and many others’—love of traditional music and desire to keep the sounds of the mountains alive for future generations.