St. Cecilia Labor Day Festival

Independence, Kentucky - 2023 St. Cecilia Music Festival

2023 St. Cecilia Labor Day Festival

For over 100 years, Independence has been home to the St. Cecilia Labor Day Festival. This festival has grown in prominence over the past 15 years and is now the top ranked festival in Northern Kentucky. The festival is armed with great food, rides, and unbelievable concerts. The festival is always family friendly and closes with a traditional family style chicken dinner on Monday (Labor Day).

 

Saturday, September 2
5:00pm - 11:30pm

• Location: 5313 Madison Pike, Independence, KY 41051
• Festivities begin at 5:00 pm directly following mass. There will be games of chance, food, beer, alcohol, kids rides and much, much more...
• Morgen and Alan and the Achey Breaky Hearts - Country music.
  • St. Cecilia Concert Stage
  • Concert starts about 7:00 pm
• A Country Artists Tribute to Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean! - A Tribute to Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean.
  • St. Cecilia Concert Stage
  • Concert starts about 9:00pm

Sunday, September 3
4:00pm - 11:30pm

• Location: 5313 Madison Pike, Independence, KY 41051
• Festivities begin at 4:00pm on Sunday afternoon. There will be games of chance, food, beer, alcohol, kids rides and much, much more...
• Sweet Sister Mercy opens for Great White
• Jack Russell's Great White - prepare to hear hits such as, "Save Your Love", Once Bitten, Twice Shy", and "The Angel Song".
  • St. Cecilia Concert Stage
  • Concert starts about 9:00pm

Monday, September 4th - Labor Day
1:00 - 10:00pm

• Festivities begin at 1:00pm on Monday afternoon. There will be games of chance, food, beer, alcohol, kids rides and much, much more. Monday is family day and our famous chicken dinner will be served. Monday also closes the festival with a fireworks show at 10pm.


• Gen X - opens for ESCAPE
• E5C4P3 – Escape – the Journey Tribute | Escape is widely known as one of the TOP Journey tributes in the nation

Annual Chicken Dinner

Monday afternoon and early evening is St. Cecilia's famous chicken dinner. Come hungry and leave full. This will be the best dinner in Independence on Labor Day.

Grand Raffle

This year's grand prize is a New 2023 Corvette Stingray Coupe 1LT, 6.2 L V8.DI. You will have a 1 in up to 8,000 chance to win this or $50k in cash (max 8,000 tickets sold).

Grand Prize drawing will be LIVE on Sept. 4th up on the festival stage after the fireworks.

Side notes for 2023

• There are expectations for 12-15k people per night.
• The concerts and admission are free. It would be much appreciated to support the festival by purchasing raffle tickets for the Corvette. The winner will be drawn live on Monday night.