The University of Louisville and the Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will take shoppers on a whirlwind tour of local shops and restaurants on the fourth annual Holiday Cards "Buy Local" Shopping Tour.

The tour will take patrons to locally owned businesses in a several Louisville neighborhoods. The registration fee includes opening and closing receptions, door prizes and transportation to more than a dozen shops on East Market Street (NULU), Lexington Road, in Butchertown and more.

Registration is $35. The trip is open to the public, but bus seating is limited. Register online.

Activities will begin with festive drinks and a light breakfast at the University Club on Belknap Campus at 8 a.m. Shoppers will board a bus at 9 a.m. to begin their day of shopping. The group will return to the University Club for a closing reception from about 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. It will feature free holiday decorating and mixology demonstrations and samples, hot hors d'oeuvres and door prizes.

Shoppers who purchase from at least five stores will be entered into the LIBA "Shift Your Shopping Contest," which includes a drawing for a $1,000 "Buy Local" shopping spree.