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Department of Parks
Old Fort Harrod State Park To Host Juggernaut Jug Band July 20
HARRODSBURG, Ky. – Come out to Fort Harrod State Park on July 20 to hear a unique kind of music that dates back to the 1920s and 30s that combines jazz, blues, ragtime and swing. It’s called jug band music and features guitars, a banjo, trumpet, washtubs, kazoos and of course – a jug.
The Juggernaut Jug Band of Louisville will perform at 7 p.m. at the park’s James Harrod Amphitheater as part of this year’s “James Harrod Entertainment Sampler.”
Admission is $5 a person.
Jug band music flourished along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Come out and see Mr. Fish, Roscoe, Skip and Smiley perform.
Also planned for the amphitheater is an Aug. 18 Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert and an Aug. 25 show by the Kentuckians Barbershop Chorus. For more information, call Old Fort Harrod State Park at 859-734-3314.
Old Fort Harrod State Park includes a reconstructed fort near the site of the original, the first pioneer settlement in Kentucky. The park is 32 miles southwest of Lexington on U.S. 68 in Harrodsburg.
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The Kentucky State Park System is composed of 53 state parks plus an interstate park shared with Virginia. The Department of Parks, an agency of the Commerce Cabinet, operates 17 resort parks with lodges -- more than any other state. Each year, Kentucky parks draw 7 million visitors and contribute $317 million to the economy. For more information on Kentucky parks, visit our Web site at http://www.parks.ky.gov
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