Calendar

april 2012


  • 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.


07

APR

Duration: Saturday, April 7 | 9am - registration; 10am - start

Venue: Festival Plaza

Event Type: Charity Walk

Contact: Todd@ToddCrawfordFoundation.org

Event Website: www.toddcrawfordfoundation.org

The Todd Crawford Foundation 5K Run, Walk or Roll is a charitable event that is hosted by The Todd Crawford Foundation to Cure Paralysis, Inc. The foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of spinal cord injury research. We welcome and encourage runners, walkers, and wheelchair users. The first 250 registrants will receive t-shirts. You can pre-register at www.toddcrawfordfoundation.org.

Admission: $25 entry fee


Bats Baseball Friday Night Fireworks

13

APR

Duration: Friday, April 13 | After the game

Venue: Purple Upland Meadow

Event Type: Fireworks

Contact: Louisville Bats | 502.212.2287

Event Website: www.batsbaseball.com

Friday night fireworks by the Louisville Bats.  Show begins right after the game.  For game tickets call 212-BATS or go to www.batsbaseball.com.

Admission: NA


21

APR

Duration: Saturday, April 21

Venue: Waterfront Park

Event Type: Fireworks/Air Show

Contact: thunderoverlouisville.org/

Event Website: thunderoverlouisville.org/

Visit thunderoverlouisville.org/ for details on what you can and can't bring and tips for the day.

General Information: 502-584-6383
Toll Free: (800) 928-FEST

From March 15th - May 15th for Festival event updates, tickets and Pegasus Pin info: Derby Festival Hotline at 502-584-FEST.

When people want information on Thunder Over Louisville or the Great Balloon Race, they call the Derby Festival hotline for answers. Operated for two months during the peak Festival season, the Hotline is utilized by more than 4000 callers annually as a primary source of event information. 

 

 


25

APR

Duration: Wednesday, April 25| 5pm - ?

Venue: Big Four Lawn

Event Type: Concert

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

Event Website: www.wfpk.org

2012 marks the eleventh year of Louisville’s most popular after work concert series!  Once again, the Waterfront Development Corporation and Louisville Public Media are working together to offer free concerts on the Big Four Lawn featuring national and local artists.  Concerts take place on the last Wednesday of every month, April through September. There is a cash bar and great upscale festival food.   

Outside food and alcohol are prohibited. No coolers, no glass & no pets allowed in the event area of the Big Four Lawn. For more information, please call 814-6500.  Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. 

JC BrooksParking: Parking lots are highlighted on this Parking Map. In the park itself, the Blue Parking Lot (Wharf Parking) is paid parking; all other park lots are free. Lots adjacent to the park are paid parking. 

Musical guests: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (right), Sugar + the Hi-lows, and Louisville's own The Tunesmiths.

ABOUT WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY
Waterfront Wednesday is presented by 91.9 WFPK and the Waterfront Development Corporation with support from Friends of the Waterfront and our sponsors. April sponsors:

 

CB&T

Goose Island  
Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey
Grasshoppers
Friends of the Waterfront


26-04

APR-MAY

Duration: Thursday, April 26 - Friday, May 4

Venue: Waterfront Park

Event Type: Festival

Contact: Kentucky Derby Festival | 502-584-6383 or 502-584-FEST

Event Website: kdf.org/

General Information: 502-584-6383
Toll Free: (800) 928-FEST

From March 15th - May 15th for Festival event updates, tickets and Pegasus Pin info: Derby Festival Hotline at 502-584-FEST.

When people want information on Thunder Over Louisville or the Great Balloon Race, they call the Derby Festival hotline for answers. Operated for two months during the peak Festival season, the Hotline is utilized by more than 4000 callers annually as a primary source of event information.