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Scared. Dracula returns to Actor's Theater. Check out this cult thriller now through Nov. 1
http://www.actorstheater.org/play_dracula.htm
CELEBRATE: Churchill Downs was announced as the host for the 2010 Breeders Cup!
http://www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=35472
CHECK OUT: Garvin Gate Blues Festival, Friday 6:30 PM & Saturday 2:30 Oak Street @ Garvin Place
Nick Moss and the Flip Tops, Robbie Bartlett, Pure Gravel, Da Mudcats, the Louisville School of Rock and many others will perform in this 2-day festival.
http://www.garvingate.org/bluesfest/
CHEER: Your favorite local college football teams:
UL: At Memphis, Friday 8:00 PM, ESPN
UK: South Carolina, Saturday 12:30, Wave 3
DANCE: Zombie Prom: Friday, October 10, 8 PM
Costume contest, prizes and "un"live music from OK Zombie and DJ Jake the Snake. Featuring the cast from Stage One's production of "Night of the Living Dead." Presented by Ear X-tacy and Wild & Woolly Video
Iroquois Amphitheater
DRINK: Fringe Fest- Friday 5 PM and Saturday 1 PM
Outdoor festival coinciding with Harvest Homecoming featuring beer, music, art and film and a surprise Saturday visit by the Roller City Derby Girls
New Albanian Brewing Company, New Albany IN
812-944-2577
EXPERIENCE: Some of the region’s best arts and crafts at the Belknap Fall Festival, Friday night and Saturday 10 am, Douglass Loop
GO: Great Dane Club of America Agility Trials, Sunday 10/12/08 Kentucky Exposition Center
Approximately 30 Great Danes will participate in various agility competitions
http://www.gdca.org/
GROOVE: Peak Summit Groove & Dance Festival, Saturday October 11th
8 venues, 10 stages, 25 acts, 10 dollars: Art, music and entertainment all day long. Hosted by BBC, Gerstle’s Dutch’s, Saint’s and many more
www.peaksummit.com
LISTEN: Old Crow Medicine Show, with Felice Brothers opening- Louisville Palace, Saturday October 11 8 PM $20-$30 tickets.
Tickets are still available, for more information, please visit: http://www.crowmedicine.com/
PARTY: Octoberfest/Octoberfeast Louisville- Friday at 4 pm, Saturday at 1 pm 600 block of South Fourth St. at Theatre Square (between Broadway and Chestnut St.).
Features German food, bratwurst eating contest, duck dance and kids activities. Entertainment by Hot Brats, Jay Fox Band, The Kaelin's, The Polka Dots and the Rise & Shine Cloggers. No food, drinks or pet allowed. Sponsored by Bluegrass Quality Meats, Kroger, Budweiser, Hershey, Fox 41, Clear Channel Radio and Louisville.com.
READ: InKY Poets Reading series with Maureen Morehead and Joel Peckham
Open mic at 7 p.m. and live music by Jamie Barnes at 7:30. Readings at 8
Rudyard Kipling
SUPPORT: The Home Of The Innocents at the Bardstown Bound" BooFest and the Caufields Halloween parade, Friday October 10th at 5 PM
http://www.louisville.com/content/bardstown-bound-caufields-parade-boofest-and-fall-festival
TRY: A new cup of Joe! Sunergo’s Coffee, Micro-roastery & Espresso Bar. Unique tastes, music and art. This weekend’s lineup- Friday: Paul Martin and Saturday night: Tamara Dearing, Rebecca Williams and Adam Hardin, Featured artist: Joy Wilson
http://www.sunergoscoffee.com/