Dancing fiddler and internet sensation Klug coming to Owensboro this month

November 3, 2023 | 12:07 am

Updated November 2, 2023 | 10:47 pm

Hillary Klug is a self-taught dancing fiddler whose viral internet videos have taken her from busking on Nashville streets to performing with big-name acts on prestigious stages across the world. She’s bringing her unique performance — buck dancing on a wooden platform while fiddling — to Owensboro on November 16.

Klug will take the stage at 7 p.m. on November 16 in Woodward Theater at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum for a public performance benefiting the Bluegrass Music Academy. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at BluegrassHall.org. 

Klug has more than 1 million Facebook followers, and her most popular video has more than 61 million views. Since becoming an internet sensation, her career achievements include:

  • 2-time National Buck Dancing Champion 
  • Featured in an independent UK film called “Wild Rose” 
  • 5 Years Concert Master of the Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra
  • Performed with the Nashville Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra
  • Performed at the famous Konzert Hause in Vienna, Austria and Teatro Filarminco in Verona, Italy
  •  Collaboration video with Mairead Nesbitt of Celtic Women 
  • Performed in 15 different countries

All of Klug’s performances are recorded for education and outreach. More information can be found at bluegrasshall.org/event/hillary-klug/.

November 3, 2023 | 12:07 am

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