Masterpiece Sweets

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.

Get to know great art at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville. Discover a wide variety of artistic experiences that will have you changing speed from the galleries of great art to exciting special exhibitions and engagements with living artists.

Spend a day in the city enjoying nature at the Louisville Nature Center. Discover native wildflower gardens and a pond, butterfly gardens, bird blind, wildlife exhibits and hiking trails that lead you through the Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve. Be sure to pack a pack a lunch and relax at the picnic tables under the gazebo.