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Kentucky Bluegrass and Burgoo Festival REVIEW [Music]
The weather was not a friend to the 6th annual Kentucky Bluegrass and Burgoo Festival held at the Water Tower this weekend.
My husband and I passed up on 100+ temps on Saturday and rain threats on Sunday and ventured out on chilly Monday afternoon. We found that the overcast, windy skies did not keep most families at home like I imagined.
The music was wonderful (we caught Fresh Cut Grass’ set) despite the hum in the microphone from the howling winds off the river.
Labor Day, 2011, by the numbers [The Arena]
The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half the states were observing “Labor Day” on one day or another, and Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894. President Grover Cleveland (a Democrat) signed the bill soon afterward, designating the first Monday in September as Labor Day.
Bluegrass music, burgoo, beer, and sunshine
My husband and I never considered ourselves Bluegrass Fans until seeing a bluegrass trio play in a small brewery in Nashville last Spring. We had just driven across the country after leaving Los Angeles, the city where he grew up and where I had been living for five years. A city where we didn't experience much country or bluegrass music.
Not everything is closed on Labor Day in Louisville [St. Matthews]
There's no reason to be disappointed if you failed to receive invitations to one of many cookouts going on in Louisville for Labor Day. Not everything is closed. I'm hosting a Labor Day smorgasbord of original art and entertainment known as Sub Rosa: The Gypsie Courtyard where
Louisville Labor Day shopping: A guide to the sales [St. Matthews]
I'm a sucker for the word "sale." Tell me I am getting a good deal - scratch that - an UNBELIEVABLE deal and I am MUCH more likely to buy your product. That makes days like Labor Day a little hard for me.
Dinosaurs! at the Louisville Zoo [Family]
Over the summer the zoo was one of my family's frequent stops. We received a family membership for Christmas, so we got our money's worth by making bi-weekly stops to visit the gorillas that may or may not eat their own feces depending on their mood, the Gila Monsters my son caught "sexing" one hot afternoon in the Herpaquarium, and of course the elephants that never cease to mesmerize us all. Since May, however, I have put off the Dinosaur!
Labor Day activities, Louisville style [Events]
Labor Day weekend is right around the corner (for some, it may start today). You don't have to leave town to have a fun and relaxing weekend. There are some great things to do right here in the Louisville Area.
Kick Labor Day weekend off with RiverShyne [Lyndon]
A final summer picnic. One last day at the pool. The UofL-UK game.
These are all great ways to celebrate the long holiday weekend, but how do you want to kick it off? At the usual Friday happy hour? Dinner and a movie? Bowling?
No!
Rock it out at the Westport Village shopping center! They are hosting the final night of their Summer Concert Series this Friday, and it promises to be a big one!
Zach's weekend picks for Louisville: Celebrate Labor Day Weekend with WorldFest, Unconscious Collective 2
World Fest 2008
On Labor Day weekend 2008, the Belvedere (5th & Main Streets) will be the scene of a festival celebrating the world! Louisville Metro is sponsoring this FREE event on Friday and Saturday from 11am-11pm, and invites visitors to come out and experience the world right at their feet.
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