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Kentucky Bourbon Festival - Festival line

Kentucky Bourbon Festival

(11 reviews)

For all those that have not been to this Festival, I have to question your planning when you visit…read moreLouisville, but that is for another day. I was only there one day, but you can experience a lot in 10 hours. I had the best time of my life at the festival. It's located in a small town called Bardstown, but those of us Bourbon enthusiasts, we know it as the Bourbon capital of Kentucky. It is your typical festival style setup with white canopy tends lined up with both food, beverage and unique collectibles offered by local artists. They set up carnival food trailers on one end where you can enjoy all your typical carnival foods from burgers to hot dogs, BBQ, fried everything and of course can't forget the sugar confections of the ice cream trucks. I caution you to walk through this area without wanting to indulge in everything they offer. Adjacent to them was the main stage where local musicians entertained the crowds at all hours throughout the four day festival. Just because it says Bourbon in the name doesn't mean that is all that is offered as there were beer tents and may have been some wine options as well, but I did not head over to that area. I believe I even saw an entire field of bouncy houses for the kids. I decided to experience the festival from the VIP loft. Location on the third floor of a building containing bourbon history, I enjoyed the luxuries of their lounge, food at any given time and a private bar that would mix up your favorite bourbon style drinks (included in your ticket costs). The great part is you can spend time in the loft, head back down to the festival, enjoy the other festivities and the distilleries onsite offering specialty drinks using their bourbon (you do have to pay for these drinks and there was a ticket booth where you could purchase drink tickets). After an hour or so, I would head back upstairs and enjoy more food, drinks, relaxation along with the A/C and our own private bathroom. I kept going back and forth for the 10 hour duration of the festival that day. This is a must stop for any Bourbon enthusiast as it provides an opportunity to mingle with locals, out of state visitors, festival volunteers, local distilleries and you get to enjoy drinking bourbon while having food and listening to music. What is there not to love?

Kentucky showed out for the festival! So many vendors available to choose from with bottle sales on…read moresite as well. Many food trucks and live music as well.

Grinchmas

Grinchmas

(2 reviews)

Grinchmas is an annual Christmas event that takes place in a church in Shepherdsville Kentucky…read morecalled Journey. The church transforms there building into the grinches lair, whoville and other Christmas holiday favorites. This is a free event that the congregation of this church does a few weekends of the holiday season. You go to there website and reserve a time Frame and date along with your party size for virtual tickets. You line up at your time and walk through this amazing doctorated and creative holiday wonderland. Like the people who designed this have to be engineers or something it is so creative and fun. It's like walking through a movie set. Each section offers something different. It is mainly grinch themed and as you go room to room it legit has the grinch story book. page by page on each wall. At the beginning they have a scavenger hunt game with other hidden Christmas gems. Like for instance one of the air vents had a picture of Bruce Willis character John McClain from die hard in homage to the famed vent scene. Also spread throughout each room was cool meet and greet opportunities with not only the grinch Himself, but buddy the elf, Cindy lou who, the whole whoville villagers, Jack skeleton and finally at the end Santa and his workshop. The characters here were so good at what they did. I'm not sure if they are hired actors or if this congregation has some phenomenal talented members. But everybody played there role brilliantly. The grinch, buddy the elf and the whoville people especially. One of my favorite things that Happened and what will be a for sure long time Christmas memories is my 7 year old daughter who will absolutely only talk to me, her grandpas and one of her uncles when it comes to men walked in the room with buddy the elf. Buddy the elf excitedly "hi little girl". My 7 year old daughter disappears behind my oldest daughters backside. Buddy slowly and cautiously in hilarious will Ferrell like fashion creeps to her looking for a fist bump. My 7 year old is having no part and is backing away and buddy the elf said what you would expect the movie version to say "little girl I just wanna spread holiday cheers for the whole world to share". So we all got a kick out of that and it's just an example of how in character these volunteers were. They really made it seem so legit with the character acting. As mentioned towards the end you hit Santa workshop for a picture with Santa. They also have some decorations and a fake snow blower for kids to play in. They have a stand with complimentary hot chocolates too. Several tables setup for you to sit and relax for a drink before departing. At the end there were some donation jars. There was nobody there forcing or demanding you donate. There was not anyone trying to promote or recruit you to there parish (which I honestly was expecting for a church event). Just a fun, free and creative event for the whole family to enjoy. Overall This was amazing. Me and the family may have a new favorite local holiday tradition. The folks here put on an amazing, fun and memorable event. I'll tell everyone I know To try and visit grinchmas next holiday season. Great job to the folks at journey church for doing as buddy elf would say "spreading holiday cheers for the whole world to share".

Grinchmas is an awesome Local annual event in Shepherdsville Kentucky. My family and I have gone a…read morecouple times and it's always a lot of fun. It's a good performance spectacular put on by journeys church. You start off with walking through the grinches house and you see the grandkids take pictures with him home it gives you a scavenger hunt you're trying to find the items for movies that are past Christmas movies and take pictures of saying I get Coco all kinds of great family fun definitely check it out if you have the opportunity to get tickets that are free

Schnitzelburg Walk & Rock

Schnitzelburg Walk & Rock

(3 reviews)

Schnitzelburg

This twice-a-year event that only makes me love my neighborhood more and more!…read more The spring walk takes place the Saturday between Thunder and Derby (or the saturday before Derby, in the case of an Easter-induced longer pre-Derby Festival). The fall walk takes place mid-September, usually the weekend after Labor Day. Since Monnik has taken over the walk, things have changed a little bit. But it is still great! Hickory Street, on either side of Burnett, is closed off. There are two outdoor stages set up and bands play all evening and in to the night. In the event of inclement weather, sometimes the performances can be moved indoors at Monnik and maybe Checks. Beer tents, food trucks, cake walks, pull tabs, good music, good people, good times! The other neighborhood bars get in on the fun too, with bands and food or drink specials at spots like the MerryWeather, Nach Bar, Old Hickory Inn, and others. One of the houses near the center point of the walk area has outdoor backyard karaoke. I love this event, I love my neighborhood, and I love my neighbors!

Absolutely love this annual event. The crowd, the music, the food, the atmosphere. Always run…read moreinto folks we know and the music is always great. The streets are closed to traffic , folks bring lawn chairs, there are picnic tables set up, which all makes for a fun, festive atmosphere. Food is available at Checks Cafe and a few other surrounding venues. Parking is on the street but usually available within a block of the venue. They typically have 3 or 4 Blues bands on Friday and that many more on Saturday. The event has been going on for years and the crowd is steady but not overbearing. So get a chair next time, sit in the street, listen to great music, catch up with old friends, have a beer and a brat and enjoy the BLUES. All for free, well music and sitting are free, beer not so much.

NuLu Fest

NuLu Fest

(50 reviews)

NuLu

NuLu Fest remains one of my favorite neighborhood festivals in Louisville…read more Some things I love about it: * The varied booths, which bring out a wide array of goods and crafts that I don't always see at other festivals. It's usually a mix of local brands and smaller artisans. * The great local businesses. Don't miss out on actually going into the businesses when you're walking along Market Street. Revelry, Red Tree, Louisville Cream, Paxton's, Clayton & Crume, Muth's -- this is one of the best areas for shopping and shouldn't be missed. * The great beer and bourbon brands that are also selling drinks. Akasha Brewing is our favorite brewery, and I love grabbing a beer from them and strolling the festival. * The entertainment. NuLu Fest usually brings out some smaller acts as well as a more marquis musical entertainer. * All the other odd bits mixed in. For example, during the most recent fest, a circus troupe performed in the middle of the street. NuLu Fest is also a great opportunity to just catch up on what's happened in the neighborhood. There are nooks and crannies along this stretch, and I love spying the small businesses and unique views that pop up. NuLu is always fun to visit -- even more so during NuLu Fest.

A fun afternoon. Large enough to handle large crowds. Lots of stops for food or drink along…read moremarket street. And of course, lots of food trucks. Great crafts. Cold beer. Good music. Worth every penny. Oh, wait. Admission is free!!

Boomtown Ball & Festival - Not sure who this dude is, but the kids were were interested!

Boomtown Ball & Festival

(4 reviews)

On my to-do list for next year: Go to the Boomtown Ball and Festival…read more And just as important: Get there early enough to enjoy the booths. I arrived at about 8 p.m. -- an hour before the headliner was set to take the stage. The sun was still out. But except for a handful of booths, everything else was already closed and torn down. And I had seen so many great shots on social media of makers and local shops that had set up at what is becoming a landmark fest for New Albany. I wish I could have made shopping a part of my Boomtown adventure. Some of the reasons the shopping hours should be extended: * Like I said, it was still sunny. No problems seeing the merch. * This event is only one day (so far). Asking vendors to stay open until the last concert shouldn't be too hard. * The in-between time, leading up to the last band, is a time when a large amount of guests are looking for a diversion -- a win for shopping. But Boomtown is definitely about more than shopping. And from what I saw, it excels in other areas: * The music was fantastic. From what I was told, local band Houndmouth and WFPK worked together to bring in the acts. * The final band was on time, which you don't see a lot. * Because this festival is still gaining steam, we were able to 1) find parking less than a block away and 2) get super close to the stage without having to push our way through a massive crowd. * This is such a great opportunity to explore beautiful downtown New Albany. * The police were so friendly! I'm looking forward to next year and spending all day in New Albany.

I loved this event! It had a stage with talented regional musicians, vendors from Flea off Market,…read moreand tons of great food from some of New Albany's best restaurants. The weather was even perfect. If you didn't make it to the 2015 Boomtown Ball and Festival then mark you calendar and go next year because this is a must attend event!

Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival

Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival

(13 reviews)

We hadn't been to the Gaslight Festival in years and decided to make it part of our Saturday…read moremorning. My husband and I went early enough to not be uncomfortably surrounded by people while visiting the vendor booths. Booths were a mixture of local businesses and groups or small business vendors selling earrings, candles, soaps, cookies, clothing and more. The food vendors were similar to being at the state fair, offering lemonade, corn dogs and funnel cakes. My favorite snack was the popcorn. For the kids they offered a variety of activities - bouncy houses and carnival rides. The Gaslight Festival is actually a few days of events. Most popular activities are the 5k, parade and car show. Street parking can be tough to find but some organizations offer their lot for a small parking fee, which raises money for their group. Keep this in mind if you're wanting to visit a restaurant in the area. (You're likely not going to be able to park at their private lot)

The Jtown Gaslight Festival is a relaxed neighborhood affair -- a perfect festival to close out the…read moresummer with. I was impressed with the amount of booths at this festival -- probably two or three blocks' worth. And these booths included a mix of local businesses and nonprofits, artists and cheaper gifts. For example, if you bring a child and want to buy him/her something inexpensive, you can probably find it here. There is also a car show, which is fun to browse, as well as rides, live music and a variety of fair food. The kettle corn stand made the main thoroughfare smell amazing and rightfully so had a decently long line, which included me. A favorite part was that walking the streets of the festival allowed me to slow down enough to really take in the buildings and businesses lining downtown Jtown. I didn't know that Jtown had its on archeological society, for example. It also provided me an opportunity to check out the new Feast BBQ that just opened in downtown Jtown. Parking was decently easy to come by -- an added plus. It seems like Jtown is becoming a more and more popular place to live and do business. It was fun to see all of this on display at the Gaslight Festival.

Worldfest - Mak Mak's Pork Skewer

Worldfest

(53 reviews)

West Main, Downtown

WorldFest 2026 has awesome food vendors! Our fave cuisines here were the Filipino, Peruvian &…read moreAfrican vendors with their amazing meats!! Best lemonade was at the Roasted Corn stall, w/ their 32oz Pineapple Lemonade that was perfectly tart and icy Tip: after entering, don't forget to enter the lower-right pavilion area! Kapit-Bahay (Filipino) and the German Jagermeister have great food & fun bluegrass music performers. Mak-Mak's is also our fave pork skewers - incredible sauce Come down for amazing food!

Me and a friend decided to go to World Fest for something to do while I was there on vacation. From…read morewhat was mentioned on Google the festival would have over 100 vendors and and would be celebrated for 3 days, so it definitely seemed like an interesting and unique festival to attend while on vacation. On the Saturday afternoon that we attended there were a few variety of booths that we saw, I noticed that the festival housed multiple booths of the same ethnic cuisine and a few different booths, so there wasn't as much variety as I expected it to be. The performances that I saw were really good, but it was honestly difficult to enjoy the festival in it's entirety because it was so hot outside. I tried the sweet potato cheesecake at the southern food booth and the strawberry sorbet and the gelato booth and those were really good. The saw a few music performances and one of the cultural dances and I really enjoyed the dance. I really wish I could've stayed longer to see more performances, but with the heat they were spread too far apart in the day to stay longer.

Hardin County Fair Grounds - festivals - Updated October 2026

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