Mt. Sterling Court Days with Working Chaos Writing Group
Fri, Oct 16
|Downtown Mt Sterling
Come see me with my Working Chaos Group members at Kentucky's oldest Street Festival.
Time & Location
Oct 16, 2026, 7:00 PM – Oct 18, 2026, 11:00 PM
Downtown Mt Sterling, 132 S Queen St, Mt Sterling, KY 40353, USA
About the event
Kentucky’s oldest running festival will be held October 16 – 18th throughout historic downtown Mt. Sterling.
Early Mount Sterling was the trading center for a vast part of Eastern Kentucky. It was the site of several prominent hotels, taverns, and theaters, which served as meeting places, entertainment sites, and stagecoach stops and mail depositories for post riders.
October Court Days began at the turn of the 19th Century when the Kentucky General Assembly decided that each county should meet once a month to hold court. This day quickly became an annual trading day where people came from miles around to buy, sell and trade. And it still is today.
In the fall when the air turns crisp is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of one of the earlier traditions — Court Day.
Mount Sterling delights in this long-standing tradition when thousands of people from all parts of…