The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide - The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide 2025
Festivals & Events
2024-12-14 09:43:14
Kentuckians know how to throw a party, celebrating everything from bananas, bourbon and bluegrass music to makers, mushrooms and mistletoe to dogwoods, dishes — goetta or poke sallet, anyone? — and the Kentucky Derby. Food, music, horses, jousters and jesters, German heritage, you name it, Kentucky has an occasion to mark it.
MARCH
Bonded Spirit Bluegrass Festival Covington
Kentucky Crafted Market Lexington
Tater Day Benton
APRIL
AQS Quilt Week Paducah
Foodstock Festival Somerset
Hillbilly Days Pikeville
Kentucky Derby Festival Louisville
Mountain Mushroom Festival Irvine
MAY
BBQ and Barrels Owensboro
Kentucky Derby Louisville
Paris Story Fest Paris
Poke Sallet Festival Harlan
JUNE
Great American Brass Band Festival Danville
Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival Eminence (June and July)
Spirit of the Bluegrass Lexington
W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival Henderson
JULY
Blackberry Festival Carlisle
Freedom Fest Murray
Master Musicians Festival Somerset
Goettafest Newport (July and August)
AUGUST
Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival Henderson
Manchester Music Fest Manchester
Maysville Oktoberfest Maysville
SEPTEMBER
Banana Festival Fulton
Festival of Horses – Best of the Bluegrass Georgetown
Kentucky Bourbon Festival Bardstown
Oktoberfest Covington
OCTOBER
Lincoln Days Hodgenville
Kentucky Apple Festival Paintsville
Millstone Festival Richmond
Mt. Sterling October Court Days Mt. Sterling
Tobacco & Heritage Festival Russellville
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Christmas at Kentucky Kingdom
Louisville
Christmas in London
London
Mistletoe Art Stroll
Madisonville
Southern Lights
Lexington
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