Hike, Bike, and Explore The World This Weekend!

WorldFest

Friday, September 3-Monday, September 6 - The Belvedere: 141 N 6th St, Louisville, KY 40202

WorldFest celebrates its 19th anniversary with four days of world food, music, dance, culture, and education. Featuring:

• Three entertainment stages showcasing international, national, regional, and local performers
• Possibility City World Hub, a vendor village with nearly 150 international-themed arts, crafts, merchandise, and food booths
• A Naturalization Ceremony swearing-in nearly 150 immigrants as United States Citizens
• The WorldFest Global Village highlights cultures and customs from all over the world
• A World of Information that informs citizens about area services for our international residents

"Cities that embrace and encourage their international citizens and cultures will thrive, have a stronger quality of life and will attract new growth and jobs,” Mayor Greg Fischer said. 'WorldFest is a great event for exploring and celebrating Louisville’s many faces and cultures and we always look to make it more vibrant, diverse, and educational. So, it’s exciting to add many new features and attractions to the WorldFest celebration this year.” With over 100 languages spoken in the Louisville public schools and 35 percent of the city’s population growth over the past 19 years coming from international residents from over 150 different countries throughout the world, Louisville is more culturally diverse than ever before.

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Hike, Bike, & Paddle

Monday, September 6 - Waterfront Park Community Boathouse: 1325 River Rd. Louisville, KY 40206

Louisville will be on the move again at the Mayor’s Hike, Bike & Paddle Monday, Sept. 6 as it returns for another Labor Day at a new location at the Community Boat House at 1325 River Road. All portions of the event have been reworked to ensure participants will be socially distanced.

“One of our city’s goals is to make Louisville a healthier city. And that includes the need to get out and get moving,” said the Mayor. “Every year, one of the best things about Hike, Bike & Paddle is that there are people who come here and exercise, maybe for the first time in a while, and then begin a more regular commitment. That’s what we want to encourage – and celebrate.”

Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated and Norton Healthcare are returning as presenting sponsors of the Mayor’s annual healthy lifestyle event. Event partners include:

Greater Louisville Sports Commission, Louisville Water Company, Louisville Waterfront Park, River City Paddle Sports, Scheller's Fitness & Cycling and Yoga East, and TARC.

“These events are the perfect way to wrap up the summer by spending time outdoors with family and friends,” said Audie Wilson, Sr. Director of Retail Sales for Coca-Cola Consolidated. “We’re honored to be part of events that are so important to the Louisville community.”

“As a nationally recognized healthiest employer, we are committed to providing a culture of health and wellness within our organization and throughout the community. Making the time for exercise, a key area of self-care, has been especially important during the past year and remains essential,” said Russell F. Cox, president and chief executive officer, Norton Healthcare. “We encourage everyone to live a healthy lifestyle and participate safely.”

T-shirts will be available for the first 2,500 participants while supplies last. The Bike Injury Association will also be fitting bike helmet for cyclist who don’t have one.

For hikers, this year features three routes, including one option that goes over the Big Four Bridge to Jeffersonville and back to the Great Lawn, another route to the Big Four Bridge, and a 5k to the Belle of Louisville and back.

For cyclists, a new 15-mile route will leave from the Community Boat House under the Louisville Sports Commission arch at 9:00 a.m. going east to west on a scenic out and back route along the Ohio River on River Road to the new east end bridge.

The paddling event has been cancelled due to river conditions.  Learn more.

Starting at 8 a.m., the event will showcase demonstrations and group participation in Yoga, Tai Chi, Zumba adhering to social distancing guidelines.

Participants are encouraged to bring water bottles, as there will be no refill station this year.

This is the 17th year for the Hike, Bike & Paddle events, which are held each Memorial Day and Labor Day. The events are part of the city’s Healthy Hometown Movement, created to encourage Louisville residents to be more active and make healthier lifestyle choices.

Media sponsors include 106.9 Play!, Louisville Public Media, Outfront Media and WLKY.

Abbey Road on the River

Thursday, September 2-Sunday, September 5 - Big Four Station Park: Jeffersonville, IN

Abbey Road on the River, affectionately referred to as "AROTR", the world's largest Beatles-inspired music festival, is held each year over Memorial Day weekend at Big Four Station Park in Jeffersonville, IN.

But in 2021, due to Covid 19, we rescheduled to the Labor Day holiday weekend, September 2-6.

For festival goers, Abbey Road on the River is truly the weekend they mark their year by. That’s because each year when people from all over the U.S. and abroad come together to celebrate the music of one of the best bands of all time, they reunite with their “Beatles family” and celebrates 5 days of peace, love and rock-n-roll.

Attendees will enjoy over 250 Beatles and 60’s themed concerts performed by 50 different bands from around the world. Attendees can also enjoy a Beatles-merchandise marketplace, on-site food and beverages, retail and craft vendors, interactive art and a kid’s area.

More than 20,000 music fans from across the universe have been regularly attending Abbey Road on the River since 2002. They come with friends, with kids, with grandkids, or even alone. They come because it’s a place where everybody’s happy. A place where the fans mingle with the bands, and the bands become fans when they watch fellow bands perform. A place where every day is like a magical mystery tour down memory lane.