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The World's Largest Halloween Party at The Louisville Zoo
Start: 10/08/2010 - 5:00 pm
End: 10/30/2010 - 9:00 pm
Location: The Louisville Zoo
Address: 1100 Trevilian Way
City: Louisville
State: Ky
Phone: 502-459-2181
Website: http://www.louisvillezoo.org/events/halloween.htm. [1]
Price: $8 or Advance discount tickets are available at area Meijer stores beginning Sept. 27 for $1.50 off full-price tickets
Description: The Louisville Zoo is hosting “The World’s
Largest Halloween Party!” presented by Meijer on October 8-10, 14-17, 21-24 and 28-30. Not-so-scary family-friendly fun, trick-or-treating (for kids 11 and under), roaming costumed characters, a pirate’s cove, a giant taking pumpkin, super heros, an ogre’s swamp, a headless horseman, animatronic Dinosaurs! at Night and so much more. Tickets are $8 per person and event entry begins at 5 p.m. (to 8:30 p.m.). Advance discount tickets are available at area Meijer stores beginning Sept. 27 for $1.50 off full-price tickets. Louisville Zoo members receive free admission to the Party Oct. 8-10 & 14-17 and half off the other nights. Tickets and additional info available at http://www.louisvillezoo.org/events/halloween.htm [2]. The Garvin Gate Neighborhood Association Presents 2010 Garvin Gate Blues Festival – A Tribute TO George Unseld
Start: 10/08/2010 - 6:30 pm
End: 10/08/2010 - 11:00 pm
Location: the Gate on Garvin Place and Oak Street in Old Louisville
Address:
City: Louisville
State: Kentucky
Phone: (502) 445-4193, (502) 896-9833
Website: http://gardengatebluesfestival.com [3]
Price: Free
Description: The 2010 Garvin Gate Blues Festival will Drive By Truckers
Start: 10/08/2010 - 8:00 pm
End: 10/08/2010 - 10:00 pm
Location: Brown Theatre
Address: 315 W. Broadway
City: Louisville
State: KY
Phone: 584-7777
Website: http://www.kentuckycenter.org [4]
Price: $25
Description: Drive-By Truckers features a closely held
assortment of friends and combatants, whose ten releases, going back to 1998’s Gangstabilly, have delighted critics and enthralled fans. Each release is filled with carefully told, fiercely rendered short subjects. Their most recent, The Big To-Do, offers up the curious, abiding peace which only great rock can still bring.
SECOND SATURDAY, "Frazier Fiesta!"
Start: 10/09/2010 - 12:00 pm
End: 10/09/2010 - 5:00 pm
Location: Frazier International History Museum
Address: 829 West Main Street
City: Louisville
State: KY
Phone: 502.753.5663
Price:
Description: Learn about and celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month. Enjoy the sights, sounds and spices of Latin America. Special activities encourage families to discover the tradition of El Dia de los Muertos or "Day of the Dead," a special holiday in which the living happily and lovingly remember and celebrate their loved relatives who have died. Museum admission and all SECOND SATURDAY activities are FREE for all amigos, ages 5-14, who have joined Kids Club! Foxhollow Farm Fall Festival
Start: 10/09/2010 - 2:00 pm
End: 10/09/2010 - 6:00 pm
Location: Foxhollow Farm (use directions from foxhollow.com for online maps will lead you astray!!!)
Address: 8905 Hwy 329
City: Crestwood
State: KY
Phone: 502.243.4323
Website: http://www.foxhollow.com/ [6]
Price: Free!
Description: Come join us for some good ol'family farm
fun! Pick your own pumpkin patch, hay rides, hay castle, farm fresh food, live music, face painting, farm games & activities, scarecrows galore, and much much more!! All proceeds go to benefit Maryhurst, childrens home, and the non-profit Foxhollow Farm Center for education! 2010 Fall Fest at Sawyer Park
Start: 10/09/2010 - 4:00 pm
End: 10/09/2010 - 8:00 pm
Location: E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Address: 3000 Freys Hill Road
City: Louisville
State: KY
Phone: (502) 429-7270
Website: http:// [7]
Price: $5 parking fee
Description: The 2010 Fall Fest at Sawyer Park will
have hay rides, fall crafts and pumpkin painting, inflatables, a bonfire and storytelling, a costumed character parade, and a street dance and concert by the Doo-Wop Allstars. There also will be guided nature walks, a geocaching activity and displays by park user groups, including the Derby City BMX, the River City Radio Controllers and the Louisville Astronomical Society. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes. Great family fun! There is no cost for the activities. A $5 per car parking fee will benefit the Tom Sawyer State Park Foundation, which provides financial support for programming and facility improvement at the park. Sponsored by Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Kentucky State Parks. In-kind sponsor: Michael's crafts store.
2010 Fall Fest at Sawyer Park
Start: 10/09/2010 - 4:00 pm
End: 10/09/2010 - 8:00 pm
Location: E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Address: 3000 Freys Hill Road
City: Louisville
State: KY
Phone: (502) 429-7270
Price: $5 parking fee
Description: The 2010 Fall Fest at Sawyer Park will
have hay rides, fall crafts and pumpkin painting, inflatables, a bonfire and storytelling, a costumed character parade, and a street dance and concert by the Doo-Wop Allstars. There also will be guided nature walks, a geocaching activity and displays by park user groups, including the Derby City BMX, the River City Radio Controllers and the Louisville Astronomical Society. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes. Great family fun! There is no cost for the activities. A $5 per car parking fee will benefit the Tom Sawyer State Park Foundation, which provides financial support for programming and facility improvement at the park. Sponsored by Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Kentucky State Parks. In-kind sponsor: Michael's crafts store. Maker's Mark Six-Year Anniversary Party - Bourbon Ball w/ Komen for the Cure
Start: 10/09/2010 - 6:00 pm
End: 10/10/2010 - 3:00 am
Location: Maker's Mark Bourbon House and Lounge at Fourth Street Live!
Address: Fourth Street Live!
City: Louisville
State: Kentucky
Phone: 502.568.9009
Website: http://www.makerslounge.com [8]
Price:
Description: Maker's Mark Bourbon House and Lounge is
turning six, and you're invited to the party! Join us for Bourbon Ball as we roll out the pink carpet on Saturday, October 9, and help us raise money with Five Rivers wine for Komen for the Cure Louisville. Call 502.568.9009 for more information.
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HEADLINES
"Footy" will take over Louisville this weekend [Sports] [9] There’s a party in my city! ‘Yo Gabba Gabba! Live’ hits Louisville Monday [Family & Parenting] [10] Hear + Now Music Series, 21C [Downtown] [11] [12] |
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