Derby City Press

Watch the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, a thoroughbred race track in Louisville renowned the world over. The annual event takes place on a one and a quarter-mile track for a race known as the "The Most Exciting Two Minutes of Sports" and is steeped in traditions like drinking ice cold Mint Juleps and women wearing one-of-a-kind fancy hats. The event is one of the most well-known attractions in the city.

Celebrate Romeo and Juliet at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, the oldest free festival in the United States. Get together with 15,000 Shakespearian festival-goers that know the event as Shakespeare in the Park, a summer cultural event featuring live theatrical Shakespeare performances.

Immerse yourself in the heritage of Kentucky art and crafts at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, located in Louisville's downtown "Museum Row". Novice and master artists have previewed their art work at the thriving gallery that sits just a stone's throw from the Louisville Science Center, the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, and Muhammad Ali Center.