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Healing Appalachia Festival Heads to Ashland in 2025

4/22/2025

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Healing Appalachia, the premier recovery-focused music festival, is set to move to Ashland, Kentucky, on September 19-20, 2025. Co-founders Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton will return to their roots as headliners. Since its inception, the festival has surged from 1,500 attendees in 2018 to over 21,000 in 2024, raising vital funds for local addiction recovery efforts.

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Healing Appalachia, the premier recovery-focused music festival, is set to move to Ashland, Kentucky, on September 19-20, 2025. Co-founders Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton will return to their roots as headliners. Since its inception, the festival has surged from 1,500 attendees in 2018 to over 21,000 in 2024, raising vital funds for local addiction recovery efforts.