Monkee's of Louisville

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is just one of many productions that has graced the stage of the Kentucky Opera. Listen to the operatic libretto's dramatic songs married to the sweeping music of the Louisville Orchestra for a night at the opera like no other.

Explore Louisville's river heritage at the Portland Museum. Discover the restored historic buildings of the Portland neighborhood, once an independent town. While you're exploring the museum, you'll see archaeology and art exhibits, and have the opportunity to attend heritage events and make handmade chapbooks on the museum's Beach Grove Letter Press.

You'll treasure Hidden Hollow Orchard and Wildlife Sanctuary, a fresh apple orchard and fifty-acre natural wildlife preserve. Enjoy tasting a bumper crop of unusual heirloom apples and sweet homemade applesauce. See nature's native wildflowers, bluebirds, wild turkeys and deer as you hang around Old Cow Pond brimming with turtles and frogs.

Adventure awaits your family at Louisville Waterfront Park, a nationally acclaimed park nestled on 85 acres along the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Louisville. Check out all the attractions that the Waterfront Park has to offer from playgrounds to events on the Green Lawn and fun times at Festival Plaza.