Overview

• Healing Appalachia, co-founded by Tyler Childers and Ian Thornton, will be held on a mountaintop near the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Kentucky, this year.
• The festival, focused on addiction recovery and prevention, will feature Kentucky natives Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton as co-headliners, with Stapleton making his debut at the event.
• Since its launch in 2018, the festival has grown significantly, with attendance increasing from 2,500 to 21,000 in 2024, and is expected to draw even larger crowds in 2025.
• Proceeds from the festival, organized by the nonprofit Hope in the Hills, support grassroots programs providing recovery, wellness, and harm reduction services across Appalachia.
• Tickets are now on sale, with general admission priced at $199 for adults, and the full artist lineup will be announced soon.