Big entertainment stops at the Louisville Palace Theatre, located in the heart of the downtown Louisville theater district. The elegant and ornate theater is a historic landmark that seats 2,700 fans, hosts concerts from artists like B.B. King, and smash Broadway plays like Anatomy of a Murder.
Louisville's friendliest neighborhood tavern is The Back Door. Stop by for a game of pool on one of 6 full size, regulation tables in a spacious room perfect for billiards. Order up a menu favorite like Door Knobs fresh button mushrooms double dipped in beer batter, and drink ice cold import and domestic beers!
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.
Float away together on the Belle of Louisville, the oldest operating Mississippi-style steamboat in the world. Sign up for the two hour romantic sunset cruise down the scenic Ohio River while enjoying a delicious dinner and a night under the stars on the historic paddlewheel steamboat.