This weekend, August 2-5, Louisville is playing host to the 38th Annual Street Rod Nationals.
The world’s biggest street rod event (more than 11,000 pre-‘49 vehicles registered in 2006) is produced by the National Street Rod Association® (NSRA) and returns to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2007. In addition to being the biggest street rod event in the world, the NSRA Street Rod Nationals also has the distinction of being the biggest ...
This past week The Courier-Journal described a new urban addition to Kentucky's bourbon trail. Basically we've got so many fine establishments serving a wide variety of the great bourbons produced here in the bluegrass that spending time in Louisville enjoying bourbon is a great alternative to only using Louisville as the "where I'm lying my head at night" home base.
I don't know exactly which 12 locations in Louisville ...
In case you didn't know, allow me to tell you that Roller Derby is experiencing a revival. Yes, Roller Derby. Here in Louisville we're lucky to have a very cool team known as the Derby City Roller Girls. All summer the ladies of DCRG have been battling it out with teams from all around the south and the midwest. Sadly the season is coming to an end soon but ...
August 25 from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m., at the Oasis Festival Tent & Field, to the delight of beer fans visiting or local to the area, it's once again time for Brew at the Zoo!
Live entertainment, a wide variety of microbrews, great food, and a great cause: our awesome zoo.
Admission prices vary by available discount, but will be $50 ($40 for designated drivers) at the door.
Tickets are available, ...
August 16-26 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, the fair is back!
Worth a visit, definitely, with indoor (air-conditioned) exhibits, and more than its share of outdoor vendors, live music, interesting sideshows, and diversions, the fairgrounds are conveniently located near the airport--so even if you're only here for a short time, there's no reason not to hop over to the biggest deal all summer.
Paid concerts include:
Rascal Flatts
American Idols
Trace Adkins
Def Leppard/Styx/Foreigner
Free ...
Visitors to Louisville during the first weekend of August are a lucky lot indeed because they'll be in our fair city during the Kentucky Bluegrass Festival. Two nights featuring the great live Bluegrass music of 12 bands performing downtown on the Belvedere on the banks of the Ohio River.
Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival
Friday August 3 5PM-11PM
Saturday August 4 4PM-11PM
Belvedere, Downtown Louisville, Kentucky
Admission $6 before 6PM, $9 after 6PM
Stuff left to do this summer, if you're visiting the area:
The Knobstone Trail is a 58-mike hiking trail that, believe me, compares with anything the Applachians want to dish out: on a small scale. It's still a butt-kicker fun for the whole family. Some sections are aggressively rugged, and have too many switchbacks for kids, so preview the trail info on its website before heading out with young ...
I love the movies. Action flicks, comedies, dramas, and yes...even the occasional "chick flick" when seen with my wife. The only thing I love as much as a good movie, is good food, and nothing goes together better than dinner and a movie. One Louisville cinema gives you both in one shot!
The Stonybrook Cinema DeLux on Hurstbourne (formerly the Showcase Cinemas), has one of this towns best kept secrets right ...
