MONDAY, June 27
Toza Closing Day 976 Barret Avenue Pay-what-you-can | Noon - 5 p.m. This local soap store/apothecary/refillery closes today, unfortunately. Stop in to show your support financially and otherwise.Beulah Church Farmers Market Dairy Festival Beulah Presbyterian Church Free | 3-7 p.m. Kids can learn how to make ice cream, and kids of all ages can pet farm animals.
WEDNESDAY, June 29
Old Louisville Coffee Co-Op Opening Day 316 West Ormsby Avenue Free | 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. After the successful Kickstarter campaign that launched it, this new worker-owned and inclusive cafe opens tomorrow.Waterfront Wednesday Waterfront Park Free | Gates at 5 p.m., music at 6 p.m. The monthly series returns to Waterfront Park. War, Bendigo Fletcher and Wombo will provide the music; Young Professionals of Louisville will host a networking event on-site, so bring business cards.
Metro Louisville FC v Milwaukee Torrent Woehrle Athletic Complex Free | Starts at 8 p.m. Louisvilles own NISA (soccer) team will be facing off against the boys from Milwaukee.
THURSDAY, June 30
Nerd Nite Louisville Gravely Brewing Co. Free | 7-8:45 p.m. This monthly event returns. You drink, and three nerds each present on a topic for no more than 20 minutes. This weeks topics are "Launching a Product and Transforming a Factory at 7:15 p.m., What MS Has Taught Me at 7:45 p.m., and Keep it Local - Plan Your Kentucky Adventure at 8:15 p.m.FRIDAY, July 1
Knobstone Flower Farm - Opening Weekend U-Pick Flowers 4855 West Leota Road, Scottsburg, IN $2-$5 | 6-8 p.m. Pick your own flowers and take those perfect-for-Instagram photos in fields of sunflowers and wildflowers.The Rumors w/ The Aesthetic Jeffersonville RiverStage Free | Opener at 7 p.m., headliner at 8:30 p.m. As part of the Jammin in Jeff series, The Rumors and The Aesthetic will play a free live show. Bring a lawn chair and money for food trucks.
A THRILL in the VILLE : LOVE JONES vs. EVERYBODY (21+) Headliners Free, but tickets required ($25 suggested donation) | Happy hour at 6 p.m., music from 7 p.m. - 11:59 p.m. This battle of the bands, which will benefit St. Jude Womens Recovery Center, will have four rounds: Dance Challenge (which band makes the audience dance the most), Sing Challenge (which band makes the audience sing the most), Who Rocks The Softest, and Who Rocks The Hardest. The Everybody that Love Jones will be competing against is actually a one-night-only supergroup of Sherry Edwards, Sheryl Rouse, Lacey Guthrie, Kimmet Cantwell, Tyrone Cotton, Pat Lentz, Brett Holzclaw, Scott Mertz, Joe Hanna, and others and theyll be covering songs by Louisville musicians from the 1930s through the present day.
Harrison County Popcorn Festival Downtown Corydon, IN (see link for parking info) Free | 4-10:30 p.m. This two-day festival, which is exactly what it sounds like, kicks off in downtown Corydon on Friday. Therell be live music, vendors, a beer garden, the coronation of the festival queen and a Kernel and Kernellette Contest.
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