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    Louisville Blues & Barbecue Festival

    Start: 07/09/2010 - 5:00 pm
    End: 07/10/2010 - 11:00 pm
    Location: Water Tower
    Address: Zorn at River Road
    City: Louisville
    State: Kentucky
    Phone: 502.583.0333
    Website: http://bisigimpactgroup.com/blues
    Price: $6 before 6pm, $9 after 6pm
    Description: Live blues, great barbecue, tons of kids
    entertainment, corn toss, ice cold beer.  This is what summer in
    Louisville is all about.  Music from Jimmy Davis Band, The Predators,
    Joe Debow Experience, Bryant-Stevens Band, Amazing Soul Crackers,
    Hellfish, and Sonny Moorman Group.  Free parking. No pets, food, or
    drink allowed but lawn chairs and blankets are welcome!

    Hot Country Nights - Josh Gracin/ Mark Wills FREE Concert

    Start: 07/09/2010 - 8:00 pm
    End: 07/09/2010 - 11:55 pm
    Location: Fourth Street Live!
    Address: Fourth Street Live!
    City: Louisville
    State: Kentucky
    Phone: 502.584.7170
    Website: http://www.4thstlive.com
    Price: FREE!
    Description: Jim Beam presents the hottest concert
    series of the summer - Hot Country Nights 2010! See both Josh Gracin and
    Mark Wills live on stage Friday, July 9! Josh Gracin, the former
    American Idol contestant (2003), is set to release his third album,
    "She's a Different Kind of Crazy". His debut album cranked out hits such
    as "Nothin' To Lose", "I Want To Live", and "Stay With Me". After
    releasing five studio albums and charting sixteen singles on the
    Billboard country charts, Mark Wills comes to the stage with his hit
    songs like "Wish You Were Here", "19 Somethin", "Jacob's Ladder", and a
    cover version of Brian McKnight's "Back at One".
    All Hot Country Nights concerts are FREE! Concerts are open to all ages.
    On all concert nights, patrons who are under 18 years of age must be
    accompanied by a legal guardian up until 9 pm. After 9 pm, only 21 and
    over will be admitted. Patrons who are 21 and under will be limited to
    the street level of Fourth Street Live! Hot Country Nights runs Friday
    nights, June 18 through August 27, only at Fourth Street Live!

    City Sights and Kentucky Sweets City Tour

    Start: 07/07/2010 - 11:00 am
    End: 07/10/2010 - 2:00 pm
    Location:
    Address:
    City:
    State:
    Phone: 502-589-1628
    Website: http://www.citytastetours.com
    Price: $35

    Description: Join City Taste Tours for a 2.5 - 3.0
    hour, fun-filled tour that takes you by some the city's most notable
    sites. See Historic Old Louisville, Germantown/Schnitzelburg, Harland
    Sanders gravesite/or Churchill Downs, the world's largest bat, and more
    from the comfort of our luxury shuttle as we drive you through the city
    and the charming neighborhoods of Louisville. You'll even tour the
    inside of a historic Victorian mansion in the largest Victorian
    neighborhood in the U.S.
    Along the way you’ll get to indulge in sweet treats and historic tastes
    from bakeries, specialty shops, and charming candy stores. One of these
    yummy stops will be Schimpff's Confectionery, which has been featured on
    The Food Network and History Channel for their art of making hard
    candy. Be sure to bring your camera and your sweet tooth!
    $35/person and includes numerous sweet tastings. Venues subject to
    change without notice.


    3rd Annual Jane Austen Festival

    Start: 07/10/2010 - 10:00 am
    End: 07/11/2010 - 4:30 pm
    Location: Historic Locust Grove
    Address: 561 Blankenbaker Lane
    City: Louisville
    State: KY
    Phone: 502-897-9845
    Website: http://www.jasnalouisville.com
    Price: $10 admission; tea, ball & classes
    additional
    Description:

    There will be a Regency Emporium with
    bonnets, jewelry, fabric and antiquarian books. A Regency style show
    each day as well as author Kim Wilson, "In the Garden with Jane Austen"
    and "Tea with Jane Austen" will speak. A ball will be held on Saturday
    night. Afternoon tea will be served both days.

    Old Louisville Hidden Treasures Garden Tour

    Start: 07/10/2010 - 10:00 am
    End: 07/11/2010 - 5:00 pm
    Location:
    Address: 1402 St. James Court at Magnolia Ave
    City: Louisville
    State: Kentucky
    Phone: 502-732-8665
    Website: http://oldlouisvillegardentour.com
    Price: $15
    Description:

    While the gardens are the premiere
    feature of the tour, over its seventeen-year existence Hidden Treasures
    has added new elements for its guests’ enjoyment. The Hospitality
    Center in Haskins Hall, a part of the historic Conrad-Caldwell House
    Museum, offers complimentary refreshments and is the site of a silent
    auction of garden-oriented items.
    *Garden Tour PASSPORT Admission to 3 Louisville Garden Tours for one
    discount price of $27 (a $35 value if purchased separately)
    *Garden tours are Rain or Shine

    Carnegie Free Family Fun Workshop: Birdhouse Memo Boards

    Start: 07/10/2010 - 10:00 am
    End: 07/10/2010 - 12:00 pm
    Location: Carnegie Center for Art and History
    Address: 201 East Spring St.
    City: New Albany
    State: IN
    Phone: 812-944-7336
    Website: http://www.carnegiecenter.org
    Price: Free, but registration required
    Description: Free family art workshop held the 2nd
    Saturday of each month from 10 am-12 pm. At our July 10 workshop, we
    will be making Birdhouse Memo Boards, using wood pre-painted with
    chalkboard paint, wood lattice, chalk, golf tees, and glue. Children
    must be accompanied by an adult. Suggested ages 2-12. Pre-registration
    is required and on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive no
    later than 11:30; call 812-944-7336 to register.

    Contemporary Glass Curator’s Tour with Scott Erbes

    Start: 07/11/2010 - 2:00 pm
    End: 07/11/2010 - 3:00 pm
    Location: The Speed Art Museum
    Address: 2035 S. Third St.
    City: Louisville
    State: Kentucky
    Phone: 502.634.2700
    Website: http://www.speedmuseum.org
    Price: Free
    Description: Join Curator of Decorative Arts and
    Design, Scott Erbes, for a tour of Fifty Years of Contemporary Glass:
    Art, Craft, or Otherwise? and learn about the delicate trade of
    glassmaking. Admission is free. Space is limited, so reserve your spot
    by calling 634.2734.

    Reggae @ The Roxbury

    Start: 07/10/2010 - 10:30 pm
    End: 07/11/2010 - 3:30 am
    Location: The Roxbury Club
    Address: Theater Square, one block away from 4th and
    Broadway
    City: Louisville
    State: KY
    Phone: 502-500-2009
    Website: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/group.php?gid=48304906748&ref=ts
    Price: $10.00
    Description: Come enjoy the world of reggae music...
    $10 to Enter
    Ladies free B4 12am
    $5 LIT's
    Drink specials
    Fully-Stocked Bar- Top Shelf Liquor

    District Rhythms - Ronnie Laws FREE Concert

    Start: 06/27/2010 - 8:00 pm
    End: 06/27/2010 - 11:55 pm
    Location: Fourth Street Live!
    Address: Fourth Street Live!
    City: Louisville
    State: Kentucky
    Phone: 502.584.7170
    Website: http://www.4thstlive.com
    Price: FREE!
    Description: On Sunday, June 27, Fourth Street Live!
    brings you a District Rhythms FREE concert with musical legend Ronnie
    Laws! This veteran jazz, blues and funk saxophonist has a career that
    spans over 35 years - from his first album in 1975 that produced his
    most famous instrumental song "Always There" to his most recent album in
    2009 called "Voices In The Water". Ronnie even has his own saxophone
    line called the "Ronnie Laws Signature Saxophone".
    Fourth Street Live! concerts are open to all ages. On all concert
    nights, patrons who are under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a
    legal guardian up until 9 pm. After 9 pm, only 21 and over will be
    admitted. Patrons who are 21 and under will be limited to the street
    level of Fourth Street Live!

     

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