Beatles lovers, celebrate your favorite band at the Abby Road on the River Festival, home to the world's largest Beatles-inspired music festival. Over 40,000 people get their fill of Beatlemania at the five day, multi-stage event honoring the iconic band. Festive Beatle-lovers dance to the band's greatest hits, listen to band related guest speakers and buy of scads of Beatles merchandise.
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.
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.
Celebrate art at the St. James Court Art Show held in historic downtown Old Louisville. Stroll through an open-air street gallery to find impressive original works of art from 750 juried North American artists. Each year, over 200,000 art lovers attend the award wining art festival; the event is recognized as one of the largest outdoor art festivals in the nation.