Welcome!
The Anderson County Burgoo Festival has a lot of exciting events for 2018! Make plans to attend the festival in downtown Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, September 28, 29, and 30. On Saturday, a pancake breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Western Avenue. There will be many other activities throughout the weekend. The festival officially ends at 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Lawrenceburg is located in the heart of central Kentucky on US 127, just miles south of Frankfort.
There will be lots of burgoo, music, and entertainment, as well as vendors of all kinds. Vendors will fill all avenues of the festival with crafts, food, and other assorted goods beginning on Friday morning and will be open during all festival hours.
There are many sponsors that make the Burgoo Festival possible. We thank each of them for their generosity in supporting this annual community celebration.
2018 Winners
Burgoo Scholarship $500 winner was Elissa Akers. This scholarship was given at the Business and Community Expo sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Winners of Drawings at Business and Community Expo: Edith Fint, Margie Nash, Beverly Rice, and Bob Smith.
Some Winners from 2017 Burgoo Festival
Motorcycle Show:
1st Place - Darren Johnson - H/D 2011 Street Glide
2nd Place: Dudley Darnell, Jr. - 2015 Ultra Limited HD
3rd Place - Bumpy Crawford - 17 Spyder RSS
Burgoo Cook Off Contest:
1st Place - Dudley Darnell & Dudley Darnell, Jr.
2nd Place - Davy Warford
3rd Place - Mark Kenney
Burgoo Eating Contest:
1st Place - Ben Carlson
2nd Place - Noal Cotton
Ugly Lamp Contest:
1st Place - Max Warren
2nd Place - Luke Warren
Best Decorated Pumpkin Contest:
1st Place - Mason West
Merchants Window Decorating Contest:
1st Place - Tastefully Kentucky
Junior Miss Burgoo Brooklynn Bullock & Runner-up Lyla Beasley
Little Miss Burgoo Bailee Rakestraw & Runner-up Marley McDaniel
Little Mister Burgoo Gavin Durr & Runner-up Austin Merriman
Tiny Miss Burgoo Abigail Harley & Runner-up Hadley Hartman
Tiny Mister Burgoo Lucas Brown
Winner 1 year old Baby Girl - Sadie Walker
Winner Adaline Frederick & Runner-up Whitley Walker - Baby Girl Under 1
Ethan Brothers- Winner-1 Year Old Baby Boy
Mrs. Burgoo Morgan Drury
Miss Teen Burgoo Lauren Redding
Miss Burgoo Bethany Perkins
Young Miss Burgoo Emma Quire & Runner-up Hannah Workman
Baby Boy under 1 - Christian Simmons Winner
Miss Burgoo Runner-up & Local Representative - Taylor Ferry
Miss Teen Burgoo runner-up - Katrina Best
Junior Miss Burgoo Humanitarian - Izzabella Drury
Miss Burgoo Humanitarian - Leslie Ortega
Miss Burgoo Ambassador Anna Peach
