For those uninitiated in Bluegrass State politics, the Fancy Farm picnic is neither fancy nor on a farm. The picnic, held annually on the first Saturday in August in a tiny, far-western Kentucky ...

Kentucky’s oldest, largest and folksiest political speaking event played out this weekend at the 145th Fancy Farm Picnic in West Kentucky. Locals and out-of-towners descended on the unincorporated ...

The highly anticipated day of politics and barbecue is almost here for Kentucky politicos and voters. On the first Saturday in August, federal and state elected officials and candidates will gather at ...

Kentucky Educational Television has revived its plans to cover the annual Fancy Farm political rally on Aug. 2 in Western Kentucky. Shae Hopkins, executive director and CEO of KET, said in a press ...

The St. Jerome Catholic Church Fancy Farm Picnic has everything anyone could ever want: humid weather, thousands of pounds of barbecue, bingo and political zingers flying through the air.

The St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic, known often as simply 'Fancy Farm,' is many things. A humongous church picnic fundraiser, a barbecue mecca and a must-stop event for any aspiring politician, the ...

Politicians will make their pitches Saturday to a crowd of thousands gathered in the rural western Kentucky community of Fancy Farm for the 143rd edition of its annual picnic. The event that began in ...

A look at the history of the Fancy Farm political picnic. The annual Fancy Farm political picnic has a long and intersting history. Toby Gibbs takes a look back, including the story behind the town's ...

Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic has long been known for its raucousness so — in typical Fancy Farm fashion — Sen. Mitch McConnell was met with a mixed bag of cheers and boos at the state's premiere ...