Bobby Mackey's Music World
Florence, KY
Bobby Mackey's Music World opened in 1978 inside a roadhouse building on Licking Pike in Wilder, Kentucky, that had cycled through earlier identities including the mob-linked Primrose Club and the Latin Quarter. Owner Bobby Mackey grew it into one of the best-known honky-tonks in the country over 45 years before closing the Wilder building in March 2024. The original structure was demolished that December; the club now operates from a temporary location in Florence, Kentucky while a new building rises on the original site, with reopening targeted for around 2027.














































