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The Lincoln Jamboree

LaRue visitors looking for night. Notable country music
country cooking and country stars who have performed at
music, look no further than the Lincoln Jamboree include
the Lincoln Jamboree. A Patty Loveless, the Oak Ridge
nationally recognized music Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ernest
stage show, this longstanding Tubb, Lorrie Morgan and
Hodgenville tradition will cele- Cowboy Copas.
brate its 64th year in 2018. Today, the Jamboree contin-
Established in 1954, the ues to offer weekly shows and
Jamboree has been under the also features a small museum
direction of owner Joel Ray dedicated to country music
Sprowls since its inception. legends with clothing items, in-
Sprowls began his show struments, photographs, auto-
business career while still a stu- graphed letters and other relics
dent, organizing a talent show owned by Elvis, Ernest Tubb
fundraiser in the Buffalo High and Dolly Parton. Elvis still rocks and Joel
School gym. Later that year, At ninety years of age, Ray Sprowls is the star of
he rented the vacant Cardinal Joel Ray has had his share of the show at the Lincoln
Theater in Hodgenville for 20 life-threatening experiences in- Jamboree.
weeks to open a country music cluding strokes, sickness and a
hall. In spite of public skepti- 1984 plane crash that put him The Jamboree is located on
cism, word of the show spread in the hospital 20 days with a Lincoln Farm Road near the
and soon Joel Ray was hosting broken nose, ankle and verte- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
two shows every Saturday to bra in his lower back. Still, the National Historic Site. Tickets
accommodate the crowds in show goes on. cost $10 and can be purchased
the 350-seat theater. Through six decades by calling 270-358-3545.
Over the years, thousands of producing the Lincoln
of visitors have journeyed to Jamboree, Sprowls has allowed Lincoln Jamboree
the Jamboree from across the thousands of people to have 2579 Lincoln Farm Rd.
country to hear the Jamboree fun enjoying a fast-moving Hodgenville - 270-358-3545
Gang and other guest per- three-hour show that always lincolnjamboree.com
formers present a three-hour, leaves them feeling better
family-oriented show of music when they leave than when
and comedy every Saturday they entered.

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