List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area

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The Louisville Clock (dismantled in 2015),[1] which featured various elements of Louisville and Kentucky culture as well as a mechanical horse race

This is a list of visitor attractions and annual events in the Louisville metropolitan area.

Annual festivals and other events[]

Spring[]

  • Abbey Road on the River, a salute to The Beatles with many bands, held Memorial Day weekend in Louisville 2005–2016,[2] but moved across the river to Jeffersonville, Indiana in 2017
  • Cherokee Triangle Art Fair,[3] held the weekend before the Kentucky Derby
  • ConGlomeration, a multigenre convention held in April
  • Festival of Faiths,[4] a five-day national interfaith gathering featuring music, poetry, film, art and dialogue with internationally renowned spiritual leaders, thinkers and practitioners, held at Actors Theatre of Louisville in May[5][6]
  • Highland Renaissance Festival[7] in Eminence, festivities that reproduce aspects of Scottish life during the Renaissance period, along with highland games, held from late May through early July
  • Hillbilly Outfield: Kentucky Derby party (Middletown), held in early May to coincide with the Kentucky Derby
  • Humana Festival of New American Plays, held in the spring
  • Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky's largest single annual event; includes Thunder Over Louisville, Great Steamboat Race, Great Balloon Race, Pegasus Parade and the Marathon/miniMarathon, and is held for two weeks from late April through early May, leading up to the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby thoroughbred races
  • Kentucky Reggae Festival,[8] held Memorial Day weekend
  • Machine Gun Shoot, the first of two events for machine gun enthusiasts held at Knob Creek Gun Range in Bullitt County; usually on the second weekend of April[9]
  • Starlight Strawberry Festival[10] (Starlight, Indiana), held during Memorial Day weekend
  • VEX Robotics World Championships, held Wednesday through Saturday in the week of the Kentucky Derby (2015–17)[11]
  • WHAS Crusade for Children, fundraiser held over the first weekend in June

Summer[]

View of the Forecastle Festival on the Belvedere

Fall[]

  • Asylum Haunted Scream Park,[20] the subject of the documentary Monsters Wanted, this is five haunted attractions in one location; held from mid-September through Halloween
  • Cropped Out, a multi-venue music festival, held in early fall
  • Danger Run, from the end of September through the end of October
  • Farmington Harvest Festival,[21] held the second Sunday in October at Farmington Historic Plantation
  • Garvin Gate Blues Festival,[22] held in Old Louisville in October
  • IdeaFestival,[23] a three-day conference that seeks to engage attendees with innovative thinking, held in early fall
  • Light Up Louisville & 40 Nights of Lights,[24] begins the day after Thanksgiving
  • Machine Gun Shoot, Knob Creek Range's second machine gun-centric event of the year, typically held on the second weekend of October[9]
  • National FFA Organization Convention & Expo,[25] previously held in Indianapolis, Indiana, was moved to Louisville again in 2013 after a 14-year absence, held in late October/early November
  • North American International Livestock Exposition, held in November
  • Spirit Ball,[26] a Victorian-inspired masquerade ball held annually the Saturday before Halloween at the Conrad-Caldwell House on St. James Court
  • St. James Court Art Show, one of the top-ranked shows of its kind in the country; held in Old Louisville the first weekend of October
  • The World's Largest Halloween Party,[27] Louisville Zoo, held 14 nights in October
  • Big Four Bridge Arts Festival, held on the first weekend after labor day.

Winter[]

Distinctive locales[]

The Conrad-Caldwell House at St James Court and Magnolia Avenue in Old Louisville

Louisville Metro[]

Southern Indiana[]

Historic properties[]

The Belle of Louisville still serves as the symbol of Louisville. She celebrated her 100th birthday in 2014.

National Register of Historic Places listings[]

Museums, galleries and interpretive centers[]

Art[]

Regional history[]

Bourbon[]

  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience,[34] located on Louisville's Whiskey Row, featuring bourbon history and tastings, and interprets Louisville's wharf history in the 1790s
  • Heaven Hill Distilleries Bourbon Heritage Center[35] (Bardstown)
  • Jim Beam American Stillhouse[36] (Clermont)
  • Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History (Bardstown)
  • Stitzel-Weller Distillery[37] (Shively)

Cities[]

Counties[]

  • The Bullitt County History Museum[40] (Shepherdsville)
  • Clark County Museum[41] (Jeffersonville, Indiana)
  • Henry County Historical Society[42] (New Castle)
  • Oldham County History Center[43] (La Grange)

More regional historical collections can be found at the Louisville Free Public Library and the University of Louisville.

U.S. and world history[]

Front facade of the Frazier History Museum

Other subjects[]

Parks and other outdoor attractions[]

The Big Four Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that connects the downtown area to Jeffersonville, Indiana
Lightning Run, a steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom

Louisville is home to many spacious city parks, several designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, as well as forested areas, trails and other outdoor attractions; distinctive examples include:

Shows and performing arts[]

The Louisville Palace

Venues[]

Performers[]

Sports-related attractions and venues[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Rooster Run (Nelson County), a general store well known for baseball caps featuring its logo and a 13.5-foot (4.1 m)-tall fiberglass rooster statue standing in front of the store. According to The Kentucky Encyclopedia, it is "one of the best-known general stores in the country and one of Kentucky's best-known unincorporated businesses".[74]

See also[]

  • Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky portal

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