4TH OF JULY HAPPENINGS
Sunday, July 4 - 6:30 PM-11:00 PM - Waterfront Park: Great Lawn
Featuring Teddy Abrams and The Louisville Orchestra
with special guest star Sam Bush
Presented by: The Brown-Forman Foundation, the Marshall Family Foundation — Phillip, April, and Deborah, and the LO’s Opus ’21 Society
Celebrate Independence Day with a free concert for the whole family!
Sunday, July 4th
Waterfront Park Great Lawn
Gates open at 6:30 PM
Concert at 8:30 PM
The event is a coordinated project with Waterfront Park, Louisville Orchestra, and Danny Wimmer Presents, and continues Louisville’s long standing tradition of gathering at Waterfront Park on July 4th.
Fireworks at 10pm provided by Labor in Louisville:
UAW 862, IBEW 369, Teamsters 783, Laborers 576
Family Activity Tent Sponsored by the William M. Wood Foundation
Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. No outside coolers, glass or pets are allowed. Festival Food and Beverage will be available for purchase.
Made possible with generous support from:
Presenting sponsors: The Brown-Forman Foundation, the Marshall Family Foundation — Phillip, April, and Deborah, and the LO’s Opus ’21 Society
Bud Light Selzer, Deep Eddy Vodka, Jeptha Creed, Kroger, Laborers 576, Louisville Business First, Louisville Metro, Louisville Tourism, Maker’s Mark, Nugent Sand Company, Red Bull, Republic Bank, Teamsters 783, UAW 862, William M. Wood Foundation
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Friday, July 2 - Sunday, July 4 - Paristown
3 days of live music, food trucks and cocktails plus the 2nd annual Paristown fireworks show at 9:45 p.m. Tickets on sale Friday, June 18.
- Friday, July 2: Thumper and the Plaid Rabbits (Gates open 6:30 p.m.)
- Saturday, July 3: Rob Maupin Jr Band (Gates open 6:30 p.m.)
- Sunday, July 4: The Crashers + The Louisville Divas featuring Robbie Bartlett, Carly Johnson, Sheryl Rouse Crawford, Olivia Henken and Gilda Wabbit + 9:45 P.M. Paristown Fireworks Show (Gates open 5:30 p.m.)
GENERAL ADMISSION
- Daily Pass: $10
- Weekend Pass: $25
- All Ages: Free admission for kids 10 & under with a ticket-holding adult. Limit 2 children per ticketed adult.
SUNDAY PRIVATE GARDEN TABLES *SOLD OUT*
- Admission & Chairs Up to 4 People: $100
- Admission & Chairs Up to 6 People: $120
- *Limited private tables available
EVENT INFORMATION
- Tickets required for entry.
- No outside food or drink permitted.
- Personal chairs and blankets are not permitted on the garden lawn but are allowed on Brent Street, which will be closed to traffic, during Sunday's events starting at 5:30 p.m.
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Saturday, July 3 - 10:00 AM - Jeffersonville
Have you heard? It’s the 3rd!!! The 2021 Jeffersonville Celebrates Freedom Parade is on Saturday, July 3rd at 10 AM!
Along Spring Street from 100 to 500 blocks of Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana. The Grand Marshals will be the healthcare workers of Clark County to pay tribute to their tireless efforts during the Covid-19 Pandemic. There will be an honor guard from the Jeffersonville Police Department and several local veterans from all branches of the military, entries from the Boy Scouts, bagpipers, local car clubs, government officials, the Shriners, Jeffersonville Main Street, local business owners, the City of Jeffersonville, and mascots from various organizations.
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Saturday, July 3 - 4 PM - Sawyer Hayes Community Center - Shelter 3: 2201 Lakeland Rd., 40241
FREE outdoor in the park Fanfare for the 4th-Singing for America patriotic concert. As we begin to return to the live public performance arena, we hope you will join us.
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Sunday, July 4 - 11:00 AM-4:30 PM - Locust Grove: 561 Blankenbaker Ln, Louisville, KY 40207
Free Admission ALL DAY! Celebrate our FREE 4th of July in 19th-century style at Historic Locust Grove! Festivities of the day will include two showings of our new Unfolding the Story Tour, walk-throughs of the historic house, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, a reading of “What to the Slave is the 4th of July” by Frederick Douglass, and more. The Sweet ‘N Savory Food Truck will be on-site for food and drink, or bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the grounds. Advanced ticket registration strongly encouraged for the Unfolding the Story as capacity on this tour is LIMITED. Tickets will become available on June 22 and may be reserved HERE. Please Note—Due to the current construction taking place on-site, parking at Locust Grove will be extremely limited! Additional parking will be available at Dunn Elementary at 2010 Rudy Lane with a free shuttle service provided to Locust Grove. The shuttle will begin at 11:00 am and the last shuttle will leave Locust Grove at 4:30 pm. Independence Day at Locust Grove is sponsored in part by Independence Bank.
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MORE TO SEE AND DO
Friday, July 2 + Saturday, July 3 - 6:00 PM-11:00 PM - Waterfront Park: Great Lawn
Danny Wimmer Presents and Waterfront Park are excited to announce a new concert series, debuting in 2021! Taking place at the great lawn at Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville, the socially distanced series will host concerts starting this summer.
Bourbon & Beyond and WFPK Presents Greeensky Bluegrass, LIVE and in person! Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3 on the Great Lawn at Waterfront Park. Doors Open at 6:00pm, Show Starts at 7:00pm
Tickets on sale Friday, May 14 at 10:00 AM at www.LiveOnTheLawnLou.com or via the Ticketmaster links below:
Purchase Tickets for Live On The Lawn: Greensky Bluegrass – Friday, July 2
Purchase Tickets for Live On The Lawn: Greensky Bluegrass – Saturday, July 3
Tickets sold in socially distanced pod seating configuration, in quantities of 4 to 6. A limited amount of GA lawn tickets are available, which may be purchased in any quantity.
For more information, visit www.LiveOnTheLawnLou.com.
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Friday, July 2 - 5:00 PM-830 PM - Waterfront Park: Big Four Lawn
Celebrate the end of the work week with Waterfront Park’s Fridays at the Front – a pop up food truck experience featuring great food and drink options. Welcome in beautiful spring Fridays with us at the park. With food and plenty of green space to enjoy, this event is perfect for all ages to kick off the weekend at Waterfront Park!
July 2 – All Thaid’ Up, Copper Kitchen, SnoWhat, Cookie Dough Bliss, Festival Cuisine & Spirits
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Saturday, July 3 - 6:00 PM-10:00 PM - German American Club: 1840 Lincoln Ave, Louisville, KY 40213
All are welcome to our Outdoor Biergarten featuring live polka music by the River City Polkatz, German food, and imported beers on tap!
Admission: Free
Typical Biergarten Menu:
•Schnitzel
•Red Cabbage
•Spätzle
•Bratwurst
•Sauerkraut
•Green Beans
•German Potato Salad
•Giant Pretzels!
Playground open for the kiddos!
Lawn chairs are always welcome in our outdoor Biergarten area. Great way to enjoy a pint and listen to live polka.
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Tuesday, July 6 - 7:00 PM-8:00 PM - Waterfront Park: Brown-Forman Amphitheater
Waterfront Park yoga happens weekly at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater.
Tuesdays 7-8 pm
There is a fee of $5 per class
Beginners Welcome
For updates (weather) – please stay tuned to the Waterfront Yoga Facebook page
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June 16-August 15 - C. Douglas Ramey Amphiteater - Central Park
Nightly Schedule:
- 6:00 p.m. Food Trucks
- 7:00 p.m. Kids’ Globe free interactive youth activities,
- Will’s Gift Shop, & Will’s Tavern
- 8:00 p.m. performance
Shakespeare in Love
presented by Churchill Downs
Based on the screenplay of the Oscar-winning film by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen
Directed by Matt Wallace
June 16-July 31, 2021
The stage adaptation of the 1998 Oscar-winning film, featuring music, dance, 20 performers, and a dog. Will Shakespeare has writer’s block, the deadline for his new play is fast approaching, and he’s in desperate need of inspiration, until he finds his muse!
Henry V
By William Shakespeare
Edited by Gregory Maupin
Directed by Amy Attaway
July 8-August 1, 2021
Shakespeare’s epic history play – a classic tale of kingship and war that explores the making of a legend. The production features original music from Wax Fang’s Scott Carney.
Kentucky Shakespeare’s Globe Players
professional training program for high school students
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Kyle Ware
August 4-8, 2021
Kentucky Shakespeare’s Globe Players Professional Training Program for high school students will present the magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Kentucky Shakespeare’s Director of Education Kyle Ware. The cast is comprised of students from multiple area high schools and the production is the culmination of a 6-week training program.
Louisville Improvisors
Late Night Shakes
10:30PM on June 26, July 24, and August 14
The Louisville Improvisors return for a 6th year with Late Night Shakes on select Saturdays bringing late night improvised Shakespeare plays created from audience suggestions.
Louisville Ballet
Shakespeare in Dance
August 11-15, 2021
Rounding out the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival season, Louisville Ballet returns to the Festival stage for a fifth season to present Shakespeare in Dance, a Shakespeare-inspired dance premiere.
For dates and up-to-the-minute information and updates, download the free Kentucky Shakespeare app at Google Play or iTunes.
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UPCOMING
Saturday, August 07 - 2:00 PM-6:00 PM - Frazier History Museum: 829 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Beer me! If you love drinking tasty craft beers, you miss outdoor festivals, and you’re ready to hang out with friends listening to music and having fun – the inaugural Summer Beer Fest at the Frazier is now on tap. With over 200 specialty beers, food trucks, live music, and Kentucky pride spilling over with each tasting, this promises to be one of the largest beer tasting events in Kentucky. So grab a group and secure your tickets today, to hang out with the best barley brewers and most creative brewskie drinkers around. Live a little, come have a taste!
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Thursday, July 15 - 6:30 PM-10:00 PM - High Horse: 1032 Story Ave. Louisville, KY 40206
Join us at High Horse for an unforgettable night of Louisville music, bourbon, and bidding to help the Forecastle Foundation continue to protect and connect the world’s natural awesome.
Louisville based Bendigo Fletcher will be performing. The full-length debut from Bendigo Fletcher, Fits of Laughter is a collection of moments both enchanted and mundane, sorrowful and ecstatic: basking in the beauty of a glorious lightning storm, waking with a strand of your beloved’s hair happily caught in your mouth, drinking malt liquor while bingeing “The X-Files” on a lonesome Saturday night. As lead songwriter for the Louisville, KY-based band, frontman Ryan Anderson crafts the patchwork poetry of his lyrics by serenely observing the world around him, often while working his grocery-store day job or walking aimlessly in nature (a practice partly borrowed from the late poet Mary Oliver). When matched with Bendigo Fletcher’s gorgeously jangly collision of country and folk-rock and dreamy psychedelia, the result is a batch of story-songs graced with so much raw humanity, wildly offbeat humor, and a transcendent sense of wonder.
Learn more about Bendigo Fletcher online at bendigofletcher.com
High Horse provides an intimate setting with plenty of space to get your groove on. Their bartenders will be crafting delicious cocktails, and serving up plenty of spirits and ice-cold beer.
Four Roses Bourbon will be offering a FREE bourbon tasting from 6:30-7:30pm. Plus grab one of our Forecastle Foundation Four Roses Specialty Cocktails and support our mission with $1 from each cocktail purchased going back to our #naturallyawesome mission, plus you get to keep the Four Roses glass!
A limited number of tickets will be sold for this event!
General Admission tickets are $25 each in advance of the show and $30 day of.
Attendees will also get a first look at our Forecastle Foundation Online Silent Auction items, which we will be kicking off that night.
Forecastle Foundation T-shirts and Naturally Awesome Nalgene Water Bottles will also be available for sale.
All proceeds will benefit the Forecastle Foundation.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Music begins at 7:30pm.
Presented by: Four Roses Bourbon and The Forecastle Foundation
About The Forecastle Foundation
Celebrating ten #naturallyawesome years! Our mission is to protect and connect the world’s natural awesome. We do so by shining a light on biodiversity hotspots - the richest reservoirs of life.
Learn more online at forecastlefoundation.org
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