Calendar

may 2010


  • About our Event Calendar

If you would like additional information about an event, please use the contact information listed with the event. Event details are listed to the best of our knowledge and may be subject to change.


08

MAY

Duration: Saturday, May 8 | 8-11:30am

Venue: Harbor Lawn

Event Type: Wedding/Party

Contact: jennifer@mqbtf.org | 502.896.1701 or 502.500.4669

Event Website: www.mqbtf.org

The Michael Quinlan Brain Tumor Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicateMichael Quinlan Walkd to helping those persons who have been affected by brain tumors, offering educational, emotional, financial and spiritual assistance. Your registration fee will get you a t-shirt, goodie bag & door prize ticket. Join us for face painting, music, refreshments, and fun. For more information, visit www.mqbtf.org or call 502.896.1701.

Admission: $25 early bird registration, $30 day of event


08

MAY

Duration: Saturday, May 8 | 10am - 10pm

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Fundraiser

Contact: Elizabeth Klein/Rainbow Spiritual Education Center | 502.494.1587 or 812.923.7915

Event Website: www.rainbowspiritualeducationcenter.org

Our annual drum event to raise funds for the Rainbow Spiritual Education Center and its operation and charities. There will be multi-cultural vendors, two drum workshops, other entertainment, food and 4 hours non-stop drumming circle. It is family friendly. We will have prizes for the top three people who collect the most donations to drum including a Dejembe Drum! www.rainbowspiritualeducationcenter.org for more information.

Admission: To Be Determined/Sponsorship suggested if drumming for prizes.


15

MAY

Duration: Saturday, May 15 | Registration 8am - 1pm; show noon - 4:30pm

Venue: South Great Lawn

Event Type: Car Show

Contact: UFCW Local 227 and/or Parent Child Abuse Kentucky | 800.443.5191 or 859.225.8879

Event Website: www.horsesandhorsepower.org

Car show open to all special interest vehicles and motorcycles. Dash plaques are free to the first 200 cars. Enjoy music, door prizes and cash drawings. Each car registration will receive two free meal tickets.

Admission: $20 per vehicle


Waterfront Heritage Walks with Historian Rick Bell

15

MAY

Duration: Saturday, May 16 | 10-11:30am

Venue: Starts at the Belle of Louisville, ends at the Lincoln Memorial

Event Type: Walking Tour

Contact: Waterfront Development Corp. | 502.574.3768

Event Website:

A series of free walking tours, led by local historian Rick Bell, will explore the history of Louisville’s riverfront and the development of today’s acclaimed Waterfront Park. Beginning at the Belle of Louisville’s landing at the Fourth Street wharf, the 90-minute tours will end at the Lincoln Memorial. Bell will describe the riverfront’s importance to the growth of Louisville from its founding during the American Revolution, through its glory days during the Steamboat Era, to its renaissance as one of the world’s most successful maritime recreational parks.

The tour will start on the wharf in front of the Belle of Louisville and will conclude at the Lincoln Memorial. Free parking is available in the park. A convenient location would be the Green Lot - park and follow the signs to walk to the Belle of Louisville. (see map for locations of the Belle, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Green Lot). The total walking distance from your car, through the tour, and back to your car is approximately 2 miles.

Suggestion: Wear your comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water and sunscreen.

Admission: Free!


Waterfront Heritage Walks with Historian Rick Bell

16

MAY

Duration: Sunday, May 17 | 2-3:30pm

Venue: Starts at the Belle of Louisville, ends at the Lincoln Memorial

Event Type: Walking Tour

Contact: Waterfront Development Corp. | 502.574.3768

Event Website:

A series of free walking tours, led by local historian Rick Bell, will explore the history of Louisville’s riverfront and the development of today’s acclaimed Waterfront Park. Beginning at the Belle of Louisville’s landing at the Fourth Street wharf, the 90-minute tours will end at the Lincoln Memorial. Bell will describe the riverfront’s importance to the growth of Louisville from its founding during the American Revolution, through its glory days during the Steamboat Era, to its renaissance as one of the world’s most successful maritime recreational parks.

The tour will start on the wharf in front of the Belle of Louisville and will conclude at the Lincoln Memorial. Free parking is available in the park. A convenient location would be the Green Lot - park and follow the signs to walk to the Belle of Louisville. (see map for locations of the Belle, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Green Lot). The total walking distance from your car, through the tour, and back to your car is approximately 2 miles.

Suggestion: Wear your comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water and sunscreen.

Admission: Free!


22

MAY

Duration: May 22 | 8am - registration; 9am-noon - walk

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Charity Walk

Contact: Kim McCubbin, American Lung Association | 502.363.2652 or 800.LUNG-USA

Event Website: www.midlandlung.org

Lung WalkA 1 or 3 mile walk to benefit the American Lung Association. Participants raise funds necessary to provide life-saving education, research, and advocacy so we can better control lung disease and soon find a cure. Family and corporate teams welcome. Casual.

Admission: Donations accepted


26

MAY

Duration: Wednesday, May 26 | 5pm - ?

Venue: Harbor Lawn

Event Type: Concert

Contact: Waterfront Development Corporation/Ashley Cox or WFPK
502.574.3768 or 502.814.6500

Event Website: www.wfpk.org

Louisville’s most popular after work concert series.  For the seventh year, the Waterfront Development Corporation and Louisville Public Media are working together to offer free concerts on the Harbor Lawn featuring national and local artists.  There is a cash bar and great upscale festival food.  Boat docking is on a first come first served basis.  Outside alcohol and glass are not permitted.  Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. 

Musical guests: To be announced.

ABOUT WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY
Waterfront Wednesday is presented by 91.9 WFPK and Waterfront Development Corporation with support from Friends of the Waterfront and our sponsors. May sponsors: Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company, Goose Island Brewing Company, Stoll, Keenon Ogden pllc, Cruzan Rum, and Friends of the Waterfront.

 

Commonwealth Bank

Goose Island  
Cruzan Rum
Stoll Keenon Ogden
Friends of the Waterfront

 

Admission: Free


29-31

MAY

Duration: May 29-31 | 8am on 29th - noon on 31st

Venue: North Great Lawn

Event Type: Vigil - flag exhibit

Contact: Fred Moore or Linda Brown, Flags4Vets | 502.243.8981 or 502.931.0374

Event Website: www.TheUSflag.com

Volunteers will form the letters "USA" using 25,000 flags from Veterans' graves. When completed, the leflags4vetstters will each be 150 feet high and all three letters together will be 450 feet wide. These 25,000 flags honor all of America's Fallen Heroes, from every state in the Union, including Military, Law Enforcement, and Firefighters. This event will culminate with a Memorial Day observance presided over by His Honor Mayor Abramson and will follow in conjunction with the Mayor's Healthy Hometown Memorial Day Hike and Bike. The public is invited to assist with placing the flags to form the large "USA."

Admission: This event is free to the public.