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The LEO Summer Guide: What To Do In Louisville This Summer
By Aria Baci,
2024-05-23
Louisville has a diverse cultural ecosystem of art, music, dance, theater, culinary, and other creative forms. Here is LEO’s guide to some of the most exciting recreation, celebration, and entertainment to enjoy with family and friends all summer long. Art Exhibitions
JANUARY 2024–JANUARY 2025 This We Believe 21c Museum Hotel | 700 W. Main St. | 21cmuseumhotels.com/louisville
FRIDAY, MAY 10 Chop, Stick Revelry Boutique + Gallery | 742 E. Market St. | revelrygallery.com
SATURDAY, MAY 11 11 Echoes of Endings: A group art show about grief and goodbyes Aurora Gallery and Boutique | 1264 S. Shelby St. | auroragallerylouisville.com
SATURDAY, MAY 11 Our Innocent Minds: Photographs by Sean Patrick Hill Louisville Visual Arts | 1538 Lytle St. | louisvillevisualart. org
FRIDAY, MAY 17 Hite Institute of Art + Design MFA Graduates Exhibition Cressman Center for Visual Art | 100 E. Main St. | louisville.edu
FRIDAY, MAY 17 Zing Fu: Art of the Lightning Bolt (mixed media) ARTPORTAL | 1535 Lytle St. | portal-louisville.com
FRIDAY, MAY 24 House of Paper: Teri Dryden (collage paintings) WheelHouse Art | 2650 Frankfort Ave. | wheelhouse.art
FRIDAY, MAY 24 Steve Armstrong (kinetic motion sculptures) Moremen Gallery | 710 W. Main St., Level 2 | moremengallery.com
FRIDAY, MAY 24 Where Wild Things Grow: Ben Godward and Jenn Dierdorf Peddie and Fish Art Collective | 103 E. Main St.
SUNDAY, MAY 26 Let’s Pretend: Sean Garrison (Closing Party) Quonset Hut Press | 599 Rubel Ave. | quonsethut.net
THURSDAY, MAY 30 Grand Opening Reception St Matthews Studios and Gallery | 3716 Lexington Rd.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 The Summer Games KMAC Museum | 715 W. Main St. | kmacmuseum.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Stop Digging: Art from the Zine Outsider Art Museum | 2510 Portland Ave. | outsiderartky.com
FRIDAY, JULY 12 Megan Lightell (paintings) Moremen Gallery | 710 W. Main St., Level 2 | moremengallery.com
SATURDAY, JULY 13 Origin Stories: Pre-Columbian Peruvian Ceramic Objects Cressman Center for Visual Art | 100 E. Main St. | louisville.edu Fairs and Festivals
Adrian Buckmaster, Stella Rose St. Clair WEDNESDAY, MAY 22–MONDAY, MAY 27 Abbey Road on the River Big Four Station Park | 228 Spring Street., Jefferson, IN | arotr.com | Ticket prices vary
SATURDAY, MAY 25 – SUNDAY, MAY 26 Gazebo Fest Waterfront Park | 29 E. River Rd. | gazebofest.com | Ticket prices vary
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Central Park | 1340 S. 4th St. | kyshakespeare.com | Free
FRIDAY, MAY 31 Hope Place Summer Block Party Hope Collaborative | 5007 Southside Dr | hopeccd.org | Free
FRIDAY, MAY 31 – SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Portland Festival 3329 Northwestern Pkwy. | portlandfestival.org | Free
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Butchertown Art Fair 800 and 900 blocks of E. Washington St. | butchertownlouisville.com | Free
FRIDAY, JUNE 7– SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Louisville GreekFest Assumption Greek Orthodox Church | 930 Ormsby Ln. | louisvillegreekfest.com | Free
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Rollin’ On The River Beer Fest The Howard Steamboat Museum | 1101 E. Market St., Jeffersonville, IN | rollinontheriverfest.com | $55
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Kentuckiana Pride Festival and Parade Big Four Lawn | 129 W. River Rd. | kypride.com | $10–$125
FRIDAY, JUNE 14 – SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Cotton Candy Carnival Art Sanctuary | 1433 S Shelby St. | art-sanctuary.org | $35–$50
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 – SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Louisville Funk Fest Waterfront Park | 401 River Rd. | funkfesttour.com/louisville | Ticket prices vary
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Kentucky Craft Bash Festival Plaza at Waterfront Park | 231 Witherspoon Ave. | ourwaterfront.org | $55–$65
THURSDAY, JULY 4 Waterfront Park Fourth of July Big Four Lawn | 1101 E River Rd. | ourwaterfront.org | Free
SATURDAY, JULY 20 Western Block Party 2024 Western Branch Library | 604 S. Tenth St. | lfpl.org/events | Free
SATURDAY, JULY 27 Summer Beer Fest at the Frazier Frazier History Museum | 829 W. Main St. | fraziermuseum.org | $50
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 – SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Old Lou Brew Craft Beer Festival Central Park | 1340 S. 4th St. | oldlouisville.org | $15
FRIDAY, JULY 26 – SATURDAY, JULY 27 The Big Stomp Jones Field | 8401 Dawson Hill Rd. | thebig-stomp.com | $79–$220
SATURDAY, JULY 27– MONDAY, JULY 29 Dainty Festival Hauck’s Way | 1000 Goss Ave. | schnitzelburg.org/dainty | Free
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Sky Soul Festival Great Lawn | 231 E. Witherspoon St. | ourwaterfront.org | Ticket prices vary
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 – SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Kentucky State Fair Kentucky State Fairgrounds | 937 Phillips Ln. | kystatefair.org | Ticket prices vary
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Brew at the Zoo Louisville Zoo | 1100 Trevilian Way | louisvillezoo.org | $125
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 WorldFest Belvedere | 141 N 6th St. | louisvilleky.gov | Free
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