The "fastest two minutes in sports" has turned into two weeks of festive celebration. Race over to the Kentucky Derby Festival for a two-week event commemorating the historic derby. The festival is loaded with more than seventy special events, including the nation's largest firework extravaganza.
Get a taste of Louisville at City Taste Tours aboard the City Taste Tour shuttle to enjoy either a progressive dinner, custom dinner or brewery sightseeing tour. You'll travel across the city's well-known sites, landmarks and historic neighborhoods while sampling some of the best local flavors and celebrated cuisines.
Pick up tickets to the Louisville Ballet, the State Ballet of Kentucky, and the only regional company that has hosted performers like Mikhail Baryshnikov in their repertoire productions. The mesmerizing resident dancers bring to life the magical stories of ballet classics Swan Lake and Don Quixote. Come experience a night of mixed emotions, story ballet and exquisite ensemble dances.
Go underground at Mega Cavern to tour 17 miles of man made caverns beneath the streets of the city for an adventure rich in history, geology, mining, recycling, and green building technology. As if the sheer magnitude of the cavern isn't fun enough, wait until you ride the first underground Mega Zip Line!