"Nothing says MAGA like a Brooks Brothers-wearing attorney from the Chevy Chase neighborhood in Lexington," the emcee joked ...

Fancy Farm is the name of the town in which the event is held - but its name has gained prominence statewide thanks in large part to its role as the unofficial kickoff to the gene ...

In a 2015 interview with Kentucky Educational Television, Mark Wilson, the then-chairman of the political speaking for the Fancy Farm Picnic, said it was Sen. Alben Barkley, a Democrat born in 1887 in ...

A renowned Kentucky picnic turned into a Republican political skirmish on Saturday. Three candidates competing to succeed ...

Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic, a political event combining barbecue and speeches, will be held August 2nd. The 145th annual ...

The three high-profile Republicans gunning for longtime U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat gathered under one roof this weekend ...

So Fancy Farm still matters, especially because it's become so rare. It's the sort of event that used to be common but isn't anymore," said Dr. Stephen Voss, Political Science Professor at the ...

While slated for the first Saturday of every August, the Fancy Farm Picnic unofficially starts the preceding Friday morning with a mass worship service — St. Jerome Catholic Church leaders ...

Beshear didn't even attend Fancy Farm. Democrats are out of touch with rural KY Even Andy Beshear, despite his roots, wouldn't take the stage. The silence is louder than any speech. KDP’s eggs are all ...

Fancy Farm and its zingers are almost here. Kentucky's annual political picnic is set to take place Saturday, Aug. 2, in Western Kentucky at St. Jerome's Catholic Church, with political speeches ...

With only one Democrat speaking at the western Kentucky political event, the jabs and jeers of Fancy Farm turned inwards as ...

Fancy Farm celebrates simple-mindedness and a "you're wrong, I'm right" approach at a time when cooperation is needed to solve vexing issues.