Calendar
september 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.
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Duration: September 8 | 11am - 3pm
Venue: Harbor Lawn
Event Type: Drum Circle
Contact: Gilda's Club Louisville | 502.583.0075 or 502.371.3055
Event Website: www.gildasclublouisville.org
Family friendly event. Community Drum Circle to celebrate & support the area's cancer community - people who have had a cancer diagnosis, their friends and family, caregivers, and all professionals who provide them services or support. Games, art activities, drum circle at 1pm.
Admission: Free
15
SEP
Duration: September 15
Venue: Harbor Lawn
Event Type: Charity Walk
Contact: Jennifer Bruce | 502.931.9178 or 502.930.7508
Event Website: www.hydroassoc.org
Admission: Donation only
19
SEP
Duration: Wednesday, September 19 | 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:
Musical guests: TBA
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.
Parking: 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.
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. September sponsors:
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22
SEP
Duration: Septemer 22 | 8-11am
Venue: South Great Lawn
Event Type: Charity Walk
Contact: American Heart Association | 502.371.6034 or 502.371.6018
Event Website: www.heart.org/kentuckianaheartwalk
A 1- and 3-mile walk to raise funds for the American Heart Association as we fund research, education and advocacy for heart disease and stroke - our community's #1 and #4 killers.
Admission:
22
SEP
Duration: September 22 | 11am - 3pm
Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater
Event Type: Rally
Contact: Joe Beck | 502.419.6945
Event Website: www.peopleadvocatingrecovery.org
An annual celebration of recovery from alcohol and drug dependency, sponsored by People Advocating Recovery and attended by thousands of recovering people and their families. Free food supplied by The Healing Place, live music, speakers, activities for kids, information tables and booths, plus priceless connections and fellowship.
Admission: Free
22
SEP
Duration: September 22 | noon - 4pm
Venue: Festival Plaza
Event Type: Charity Fundraiser
Contact: Leigh Ann Yost | 502.719.0072 x14 or 502.523.9706
Event Website: www.hhlou.org
An alcohol-free family festival complete with arts & crafts vendors, children's bounce houses, live music, health fair, and more, capped off with a duck race benefitting Harbor House, a non-profit dedicated to empowering the lives of adults with disabilities.
Admission: Free
22
SEP
Duration: Saturday, September 22 | 5-8pm
Venue: Big Four Lawn
Event Type: Charity Walk (Includes a 5k walk/run/roll
Contact: Cris Miller | 502.438.9170 or 502.905.5956
Event Website: www.conquerchiari.org
A walk/run/roll held in over 40 locations across the U.S on the same day. While you participate in the 5k or 1 mile walk, younger family members can enjoy the Bubble Truck and purchase cold treats from a real ice cream truck! There will be a DJ and kid-friendly activities. The goal is to raise funds for research and awareness. Little is known about the treatment and many go years with the wrong diagnosis. Research and your support can help.
Chiari Malformations are a set of neurological conditions causing debilitating headaches, neck pain, weakness and numbness in the limbs, balance problems, visual disturbances, and other symptoms. Chiari Malformations are located at the base of the skull. Part of the brain, the cerebellum, descends out of the skull into the spinal area.
Please join the thousands of people who will be walking that day to Conquer Chiari! Register to walk at www.ConquerChiari.org
Admission: Donations accepted.
29
SEP
Duration: September 29 | 7:30-11am
Venue: Big Four Lawn
Event Type: Charity Walk
Contact: Jennifer Smiley | 630.933.9134
Event Website: www.curesearchwalk.org
Admission: Free
29
SEP
Duration: Saturday, September 29 | 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:
This free walking tour, 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.
Walkers will have an opportunity to purchase Bell's book, Louisville's Waterfront Park - A Riverfront Renaissance, by paying for it at the Belle of Louisville and then collecting it at the end of the tour and having it signed by the author.
Suggestion: Wear your comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water and sunscreen.
Additional tours will be offered in October.
Admission: Free!
Bats Baseball Sunday Night Fireworks
29
SEP
Duration: Sunday, September 29 | After the game
Venue: Purple Upland Meadow
Event Type: Fireworks
Contact: Louisville Bats | 502.212.2287
Event Website: www.batsbaseball.com
Sunday 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
30
SEP
Duration: Sunday, September 30 | 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:
This free walking tour, 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.
Walkers will have an opportunity to purchase Bell's book, Louisville's Waterfront Park - A Riverfront Renaissance, by paying for it at the Belle of Louisville and then collecting it at the end of the tour and having it signed by the author.
Suggestion: Wear your comfortable walking shoes and bring drinking water and sunscreen.
Additional tours will be offered in October.
Admission: Free!