Category Archives: festival

Kentuckiana Pride Fest @ The Belvedere

June 14-15 The Belvedere kypride.com Fri.: Free; 8 p.m. Sat: $5; noon There’s more talent at this year’s Pride Fest than you can shake a rainbow-colored stick at. The parade on Friday kicks things off as community organizations, businesses and people roll down Main Street in the name of pride, equality and acceptance. The route [...]

International Festival of Magic @ various locations

June 14-16 Brown Theatre and other venues 315 W. Broadway louisvillemagicfestival.com Various times and prices Magic draws in people of all ages. No matter how old, cynical or skeptical you’ve become, you can’t help but ponder, “How did they do that?” Whether it is sleight of hand or grand illusions, the Louisville International Festival of [...]

VinylFest @ Crowne Plaza Louisville

June 14-16 Crowne Plaza Louisville 830 Phillips Lane vinylfest.net $20; various times The Christian Science Monitor reported there was a 16-percent increase in vinyl record sales in 2012, and that’s on top of a 36-percent increase in 2011. So what is it about vinyl? Is it the feel, the experience of placing the needle on [...]

Weekender: June 8-9

•‘Metal Up Your Eye’ Saturday, June 8 Alley Theater 1210 Franklin St. facebook.com/GhostCatStudio Free; 7 p.m. For the latest installment of the annual exhibition of heavy metal music and metal-compatible art, founders, noisemakers and artists Dave Pollard and Eric “Rico” Rakutt are returning for a third year of loud art and visual music. Pollard recently [...]

Greek Fest @ The Belvedere

June 7-9 The Belvedere (Fifth & Main) louisvillegreekfest.com $2 (under 9 free); 4-11 p.m. (Fri.), 11 a.m.-11 p.m. (Sat.), noon-6 p.m. (Sun.) Put down that tiny little cup of Chobani or Oikos yogurt. The time has come to stuff your face with some authentic eats. Greek Fest returns this weekend for a three-day celebration of [...]

Weekend visual art events

The 14TH Annual Arts of the Green at the Courthouse Square in La Grange is on June 1-2. The festival hours are 10-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to food vendors, a new event has been added this year on Saturday night with the sale of beer and wine for the first time. [...]

Weekender: June 1-2

•Americana World Festival Saturday June 1 Iroquois Amphitheater 1080 Amphitheater Road Free; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. The 23rd annual Americana World Festival will be bigger and, as a result, even better than ever. After years at the Americana Community Center, the festival moves to Iroquois Amphitheater thanks to a new partnership between these two south Louisville [...]

Germantown-Schnitzelburg Blues Festival

May 31-June 1 Check’s Café 1101 E. Burnett Ave. Free; 6 p.m.-midnight What Germantown lacks in physical beauty she makes up for with loads of personality, most notably a penchant for fun. In addition to an abundance of dive bars, the nabe throws some lively street parties, including this weekend’s Germantown-Schnitzelburg Blues Festival. Now in [...]

Weekender: May 25-27

•Instant Installation Invitational Saturday, May 25 Swanson Contemporary 638 E. Market St. • 589-5466 swansonreedgallery.com Free; 7-9:30 p.m. This is the second “ready-set-create” Instant Installation Invitation organized by artist/curator Ezra Kellerman. Nicknamed the “iii Spring Meet,” the live art competition comes with hefty cash prizes totaling $1,000. So what do the artists have to do [...]

Abbey Road on the River @ Belvedere

May 23-27 Belvedere 500 W. Main St. • arotr.com $15-$120; various times Abbey Road on the River was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, with the simple hope of honoring The Beatles’ legacy: make the world a happier place. Throughout the past 13 years, the festival has hosted more than 250 tribute bands, each with equally diverse [...]

Weekend visual art events

Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville, 812-283-3728, is holding its 21st annual “Victorian Chautauqua.” The arts, crafts, garden and antique fair features the Carriage House antique show, book signings, music, mansion tours, herb and perennial sale, and a wide array of arts and crafts booths. Saturday, May 18 from 10 [...]

Weekender: May 18-19

•GARDENZART Saturday, May 18  Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture Garden 1011 Utica-Charlestown Road, Utica, Ind. 812-282-0524 • hiddenhillnursery.com Free; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. I’m stating the obvious when I say gardens consist of plants, flowers and shrubs. But any respectable garden should have a bit of stone, metal or glass for decoration … in addition to [...]

Louisville Loves Mountains @ Green Building

Friday, May 17 Green Building  732 E. Market St. kftc.org Free; 4 p.m. The fifth annual Louisville Loves Mountains Festival, hosted by the now 30-year-old Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, takes place at the Green Building this year (due to rain). It provides Louisvillians with many of their favorite things all in one place: beer, food, [...]

Festival of Faiths @ Actors Theatre & Galt House

May 15-19 Actors Theatre & Galt House 583-3100 • festivaloffaiths.org Free-$100; various times This year marks the 18th annual Festival of Faiths, hosted by the Center for Interfaith Relations. Because this particular festival is being constructed to honor the Dalai Lama’s visit to the city (May 19-20), it has been aptly named “Sacred Silence: Pathway [...]

Weekender: May 11-12

•Buy Local Fair Saturday, May 11 Louisville Water Tower 3005 River Road keeplouisvilleweird.com Free ($5 parking); 2-8 p.m. Louisville is lucky to have an impressive local arts scene and a thriving farm-fresh foods movement, two assets that will be celebrated Saturday at the fifth annual Buy Local Fair. Spearheaded by the Louisville Independent Business Association [...]

Weekender: April 27-28

•Cherokee Triangle Art Fair April 27-28 Cherokee Triangle cherokeetriangle.org Free; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Imagine a massive block party, crank it up a few notches, then throw in the joy of shopping for unique, creative wares. The result: Cherokee Triangle Art Fair, an annual spring tradition now in its 42nd year. More than 200 artists will [...]

Chow Wagon time! @ Waterfront Park

Waterfront Park kdf.org Free (w/ Pegasus Pin); various times On the count of three, everyone shout, “Chow Wagon!” Don’t deny your love for the Derby Festival event that serves up deep-fried corn dogs and buckets of draft beer and is set to tunes from bands both local and national. This year’s national highlights on the [...]

Weekender: April 13-14

•‘Federalism: National Power vs. State Power’ Saturday, April 13 Chao Auditorium, U of L’s Ekstrom Library 2301 S. Third St. Free; 10 a.m. “It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.” So said Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in 1787, the year our Constitution was adopted. The fight over federalism has been raging [...]

Weekender: March 9-10

•St. Patrick’s Parade Saturday, March 9 Baxter/Bardstown corridor louisvilleirish.com Free; 3 p.m. One of the first signs that spring is near has nothing to do with our moody weather — it’s time for the 40th annual Ancient Order of Hibernian’s St. Patrick’s Parade to flash its green and stroll down Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road. [...]

Weekender: Dec. 29-30

•Kwanzaa Celebration Saturday, Dec. 29 Catholic Enrichment Center 3145 W. Broadway Free; 11 a.m. With Christmas carols and wrapping paper retired and the hangover of New Year’s yet to come, how about we celebrate a holiday that’s low on seasonal gloss and instead honors three fundamentals: community, family and culture. Kwanzaa, which means “first fruits” [...]