JUNE
1 Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals Much Ado About Nothing: Central Park, 8 p.m., June 14, June 611, July 12, 15, 20, 22, features live performances of Shakespeares plays for free, kyshakespeare.com.
23 Louisvilles Greek Festival: Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Fri. 411 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.11 p.m., celebrates Greek culture with music, arts and crafts, food and more, louisvillegreekfest.com.
3 12th Annual Fest of Ale: New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater, 201 E. Water St., New Albany, Ind., 37 p.m., Benefiting Crusade for Children, offers over 250 craft and import ales for sample.
34 Butchertown Art Fair: Butchertown (800 and 900 blocks of E. Washington St.), Sat. 10 a.m.7 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.5 p.m., features art, live music and plenty of food and drink, butchertown.wix.com/artfair.
34 Colonial Trade Faire: Oldham County History Center: 106 N. Second St., Sat.Sun., 10 a.m.4 p.m., featuring a celebration of 18th century Kentucky culture, oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org.
1011 11th Annual Art on the Parish Green Festival: 1015 E. Main St. New Albany, Indiana, Sat. 10 a.m.6 p.m., Sun., 125 p.m., featuring over 90 juried fine arts and crafts vendors, a food court, a beer/wine garden, live music, artontheparishgreen.org.
15 Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals Richard II: Central Park, 8 p.m., June 1518, June 2025, July 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, features live performances of Shakespeares plays for free, kyshakespeare.com.
1617 Lyndon Summer Festival: Robison Park (behind the Lyndon Post Office), Fri. 410 p.m., Sat. noon9:30 p.m., features rides, fireworks, arts and crafts, model train display, live music and more, cityoflyndon.org.
1617 Kentuckiana Pride Festival: Belvedere, Fri. 7 p.m.Sat. 11 p.m., features parades, a beer garden, live music and more, kypride.com.
17 Family Farm & Forage Day: Farnsley-Moremen Landing, 10 a.m.4 p.m., featuring wagon rides, petting zoo, music, childrens activities, riverside-landing.org.
29 Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals Julius Caesar: Central Park, 8 p.m., June 29July 2, July 49, July 11, 14, 19, 22, 23 features live performances of Shakespeares plays for free, kyshakespeare.com.
JULY
34 Crescent Hill Fourth of July Festival: PetersonDumesnil House, 301 S. Peterson Ave., Mon. 410 p.m., Tue., 10 a.m.10 p.m., pet show, silent auction, antique car parade down Frankfort Avenue, fireworks and more, crescenthill.us.
78 16th Annual Lebowski Fest: Executive Lawn/Executive Strike & Spare, 911 Phillips Lane, Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., featuring live music by The Deloreans and Maximon, bowling and a film screening, lebowskifest.com.
8 Craft Beer Fest: Jeffersontown (10434 Watterson Trail), 48 p.m., 50+ beer, wine and cider tastings. live music, food trucks, jtownchamber.com
1416 Forecastle Fest: Waterfront Park, 129 River Road, annual music, art, activist festival, featuring more than 65 bands, artists and organizations, forecastlefest.com.
1516 Brightside/CocaCola Volleyball Classic: Seneca Park and Baxter Jacks, annual volleyball tournament, louisvilleky.gov/brightside.
2122 Blues n Barbecue Festival: Water Tower, with live music, barbecue and more, louisvillebluesandbbqfestival.com
22 Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals Bard-A-Thon: 4:30 p.m., Richard the 2nd; 7:30 p.m., Much Ado About Nothing; 10:30 p.m., Julius Caesar.
2629 Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals Globe Players Professional Training Program student production of The Merchant of Venice: Central Park, 8 p.m., features live performances of Shakespeares plays for free; kyshakespeare.com.
AUGUST
1112 St. Joseph Orphans Picnic: St. Josephs Children Home, 2823 Frankfort Ave., more than 60 booths with games, food, raffles and more, sjkids.org.
1727 Kentucky State Fair: Kentucky Expo Center, 937 Phillips Lane, featuring exhibits, concerts, agricultural and commercial displays and more, kystatefair.org.
2426 Sellersburg Celebrates: Sellersburg, Ind., Silver Creek Township Park, with food and specialty booths, balloon glow, car show and more.
SEPTEMBER
14 WorldFest: The Belvedere at Fifth and Main Streets, featuring world food, live music, dance, culture and education.
23 Kentucky Bluegrass & Bourbon Experience: Louisville Water Tower, 3005 River Road, featuring live music, local beers, food, childrens activities and more, kentuckybluegrassfestival.com.
36 Jasper Strassenfest: Jasper, Ind., German heritage fest with food, music, carnival rides, arts and crafts, fireworks and more, jasperstrassenfest.org.
1517 Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival: Gaslight Square, Taylorsville Road/Watterson Trail, with arts and crafts, parade, balloon glow (dusk Friday), music and more, jtownchamber.com.
1819 Seven Sense Festival: Swiss Park, featuring live music, craft beer, spirits, local food & arts/crafts. A benefit for the boys & girls haven, facebook.com/sevensensefestival
2324 Louisville Irish Fest: Bellarmine University, Times To Be Decided, celebrates Irish heritage with music, cultural exhibits, vendors, food and more, louisvilleirishfest.com.
BEYOND LOUISVILLE
JUNE
13 Poke Sallet Festival: Harlan, Ky., features childrens rides, arts and crafts, beauty pageant, dinner, trail rides and more, pokesalletfestival.com.
14 Great American Brass Band Festival: Danville, Ky., Centre College, featuring worldrenowned brass bands, parade, balloon race, picnic, food and more, gabbf.org.
14 400 Mile Sale: From Paducah to Maysville, Ky., follow U.S. Hwy. 68 for four days of antiques, collectibles; 400mile.com.
23 Bardstown Bluegrass Festival: Bardstown, Ky., live music by Bluegrass 101 and more, kentuckyliving.com.
23 Seedtime on the Cumberland: Whitesburg, Ky., Appalshop Center, featuring screenings of Appalshop films, traditional mountain arts and crafts, food and more, with music by Lee Sexton and more, seedtimefestival.org.
23 A Day in the Country: Morehead, Ky., Kentucky Folk Art Center, 50 of Americas finest folk artists, moreheadstate.edu.
3July 9 Highland Renaissance Faire: Eminence, Ky., with jousting, mud show, jugglers, musicians, crafts, period food and more, kyrenfaire.com.
34 Art on the Green: La Grange, Ky., Courthouse Square, with 120+ artists, music, drinks and Colonial Trade Faire, AAOOC.org.
811 Newport Italianfest: Newport, Ky., riverfront, celebrates Italian heritage with food, art, games and music, newportky.gov.
10 Outdoor Women at Big Oaks: Madison, Ind., Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, encourages fun and success in outdoors for women, fws.gov/midwest/bigoaks.
1017 Bill Monroes Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival: Bean Blossom, Ind., Bill Monroe Memorial Park, with live music, billmonroemusicpark.com.
1217 Bullitt County Fair: Shepherdsville, Ky., Bullitt County Fairgrounds, exit 112 at Shepardsville, with rides, fair food and more, thebullittcountyfair.com.
1417 W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival: Henderson, Ky., Audubon Mill Park, festival honors father of blues, W.C. Handy, with music, food, arts and more, handyblues.org.
17 Taste of Bloomington: Bloomington, Ind., Showers Commons, featuring samples from local restaurants, art, music and more, visitbloomington.com/taste.
2125 ROMP: International Bluegrass Music MuseumFestival: Owensboro, Ky., Yellow Creek Park, live music by Old Crow Medicine Show, Del McCoury Band, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and 25+ more, rompfest.com.
2425 Dayton Air Show: Dayton, Ohio, Dayton International Airport, featuring live air shows, parade, daytonairshow.com.
30Jul.2 Madison Regatta: Madison, Ind., riverfront, hydroplane races, parade, fireworks and more, madisonregatta.com.
JULY
79 Berea Craft Festival: Berea, Ky., Indian Fort Theater, with arts and crafts, demonstrations and more, bereacraftfestival.com.
15 Oldham County Day: La Grange, Ky., downtown, with 5K run/walk, parade, arts/crafts, games and more, oldhamcountyday.org.
1824 Harrison County Fair: Corydon, Ind., Harrison County Fairgrounds, Indianas oldest continuous running fair, harrisoncountyfair.com.
26Aug. 6 Ohio State Fair: Columbus, Ohio, Expo Center, featuring midway, live music, games, food, demonstrations and more, ohiostatefair.com.
2830 Summer Celebration: Indianapolis, Ind., Convention Center, heritage festival with national and regional performers, juried art competitions, minority health fair and more,
indianablackexpo.com.
AUGUST
36 Goettafest: Newport, Ky., Newport on the Levee, celebrating goetta, a German-American breakfast sausage that is unique to the N. Ky./Cincinnati area. goettafest.com
420 Indiana State Fair: Indianapolis, Ind., Indiana State Fairgrounds, agricultural and commercial displays, livestock exhibits, performances and more, in.gov/statefair.
56 Shaker Village Craft Fair: Harrodsburg, Ky., Shaker Village, juried arts and crafts and demonstrations, shakervillageky.org/event/craft-fair-2.
1017 Henry County Fair: New Castle, Ky., country fair with locally grown foods, hayrides, crafts, music and more, henrycountyfair.org.
1113 Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival: Henderson, Ky., Audubon Mill Park, with demonstrations, childrens activities, folk-type crafts, music and more, bluegrassinthepark.com
1920 Woodland Arts Fair: Lexington, Ky., Woodland Park, arts and crafts, demonstrations, music and food, woodlandparkfineartsandcraftsfair.com.
2627 Hot August Blues Festival: Aurora, Ky., Kenlake State Park, with national, regional and local blues bands, hotaugustbluesfestival.com.
SEPTEMBER
23 Fourth Street Festival of Arts and Crafts: Bloomington, Ind., arts and crafts, music and more, 4thstreet.org.
710 Lanesville Heritage Festival: Lanesville, Ind., featuring tractor pulls and displays, food, entertainment and more, lanesvilleheritageweekend.org.
1117 Kentucky Bourbon Festival: Bardstown, Ky., with bourbon tastings, gala, distillery tours, balloon glow, barbecue and more, kybourbonfestival.com.
This article appears in May 31, 2017.
