Mother’s Day weekend in Cincinnati just isn’t the same without the region’s most popular spring festival – the Appalachian Festival. And the three day event is back – May 11 to 13 at Coney Island – packed with down home fun for the whole family.

The 43rd annual Appalachian Festival -- presented by The Appalachian Community Development Association to help raise awareness of Appalachian culture – will re-create authentic mountain life with music from the hills performed by great bluegrass musicians, foot stompin’ dance performances, storytelling, more than 100 hand-craft artisans, a pioneer village and multi-media coal mining exhibit, and mouth watering mountain cooking.  

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Grammy Award winning American rock band Train will kick off their first US tour in support of the group's new studio album, California 37 (released Tuesday).  The tour kicks off on July 26 at the Time Warner Center in Charlotte NC and will make a stop in Cincinnati, OH at PNC Pavilion on Wednesday, August 8 at 7:00 p.m.  Joining Train for the Cincinnati show will be Mat Kearney and Andy Grammer.

Reserved tickets are $65.00, $59.50, $45.00, $39.50 and a limited number of 4-Packs for $99.00 and, with applicable fees, go on sale to the public on Friday, April 27 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com, PNCPavilion.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets including select Kroger stores.  Charge by phone is at 1.800.745.3000.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Americans' incomes may still be in recession, but you wouldn’t know it by the parade of big-time artists coming to Riverbend this season.

Here’s the latest schedule.  There are 30 dates between May and September, many of them featuring multiple acts.  Among those commanding so much interest that the cheapest seats are above $35: The Dave Matthews Band, Drake, Phish, Nickelback, Jimmy Buffett, and KISS.  That’s a list that leaves out such household names as Rod Stewart, Brad Paisley, Radiohead, The Doobie Brothers (as an opening act!), the Vans Warped Tour, and the first tour in many years for the Beach Boys.

Despite these expensive acts and pavilion seat tickets for some shows that go way over $100, there are bargains to be had, with tickets for a number of shows going for $25 or less on the newly renovated Astroturf lawn.