Calendar

August 2008


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Kentucky Bluegrass Music Festival

01

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 1 - Saturday, August 2 | 5-11pm

Venue: Belvedere

Event Type: Festival

Contact: Jennifer Washle/Bisig Impact Group | 502.583.0333

Event Website: www.bisig.com

Event features over 10 live bluegrass music bands, food, drink and other entertainment.  Vendors, pickin’ tent and kids entertainment. Patron giveaways through the evening.

Admission: $6 before 6:00 p.m.; $9 after 6:00 p.m. (kids 10 & under free)


Waterfront Film Series - Movies that changed your life

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AUG

Duration: Friday, August 1 | 8pm - bring a picnic; 9pm - movie starts

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater (between Tumbleweed and Stop Lite Liquors)

Event Type: Movie

Contact: Louisville Film Society | email Tracy Heightchew or George Parker

Event Website: www.louisvillefilm.org | www.ideafestival.com

To Kill A MockingbirdIdeaFestival and Louisville Film Society (LFS) have teamed for a unique film series this summer. Nominations were solicited and these are the movies you chose that changed your life. This is the first of a three-part series, featuring "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Jennicca's Café & Wine Bar is providing picnic pickups on Waterfront Park Movie Nights—call ahead to place your order (click here for the menu and ordering information).

Catch "When We Were Kings" on August 29 and ""Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" on September 26.

Also, check out WFPL's State of Affairs that talks about this series and "movies that changed your life."

LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization. Support comes from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, and donated materials and services.

Rain date: October 3.

Admission: Free


Waterfront Yoga

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Duration: Every Tuesday through September 30 | 7:30pm

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Yoga Class

Contact: Weather cancellation hotline - 502.568.6334

Event Website:

yogaCome enjoy the beauty of the waterfront and the relaxation of yoga at the Brown-Foreman Amphitheater, next to Tumbleweed.  Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:30, weather permitting and are only $5 per person.  Beginners are welcome.  We look forward to seeing you.  Namaste.

Admission: $5


Friday Night Fireworks by the Louisville Bats

08

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 8 | 5pm grove closed; show after game

Venue: Linear Park - Fred Wiche Grove

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


Waterfront Yoga

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AUG

Duration: Every Tuesday through September 30 | 7:30pm

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Yoga Class

Contact: Weather cancellation hotline - 502.568.6334

Event Website:

yogaCome enjoy the beauty of the waterfront and the relaxation of yoga at the Brown-Foreman Amphitheater, next to Tumbleweed.  Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:30, weather permitting and are only $5 per person.  Beginners are welcome.  We look forward to seeing you.  Namaste.

Admission: $5


16

AUG

Duration: Saturday, August 16 | Gates open at 6:30pm, concert at 8pm

Venue: Great Lawn

Event Type: Concert

Contact: 502.897.5331 |info@productionsimple.com

Event Website: www.productionsimple.com

91.9 WFPK presents My Morning Jacket w/special guests, produced by Production MMJSimple & the Louisville Bats. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 18 at 10:00 a.m. at all TicketMaster outlets, charge by phone at (502) 361-3100, www.ticketmaster.com or at the Slugger Field Box Office (M-F, 10am-5pm & extended hours on game days--(502) 212-2287).

Leave the car at home, save that gas money to get something cool at the Louisville.com Village and reduce your carbon footprint by riding your bike down to The Great Lawn on August 16th. Bicycling for Louisville will be providing valet bicycle parking at the concert. They will be located to the right of the front gate, signs will be posted.

The List of No-No's for Waterfront Park:
No coolers, cans or bottles
No outside alcohol
No outside food (Food and Beverage Vendors are available)
No pets
No beach umbrellas
No illegal substances
No video cameras or professional cameras (Need pre-approved pass from appropriate parties)
No fireworks
No weapons of any kind
No laser pin or similar focused light devices
No unlicensed vending

Admission: $32.50 all ages + $1 to The Center for Women and Families. This is a cash-only event; ATMs will be provided on site.


Waterfront Yoga

19

AUG

Duration: Every Tuesday through September 30 | 7:30pm

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Yoga Class

Contact: Weather cancellation hotline - 502.568.6334

Event Website:

yogaCome enjoy the beauty of the waterfront and the relaxation of yoga at the Brown-Foreman Amphitheater, next to Tumbleweed.  Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:30, weather permitting and are only $5 per person.  Beginners are welcome.  We look forward to seeing you.  Namaste.

Admission: $5


Friday Night Fireworks by the Louisville Bats

22

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 22 | 5pm grove closed; show after game

Venue: Linear Park - Fred Wiche Grove

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


National Jug Band Jubilee

23

AUG

Duration: Saturday, August 23 | 1-10pm (Gates open at noon)

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Concert

Contact: Rod Wenz | 502.451.7981 or 502.741.8798

Event Website: www.jugbandjubilee.org

Uncorking America's Happiest Music! Free festival featuring jug bands from across the country, including the Juggernaut Jug Band, jug bandCincinnati Dancing Pigs, Escape the Floodwater, and jug band leader/musician/historian Arlo Leach. Arts & crafts, food, beverages. Louisville is widely regarded as the birthplace of jug band music at the end of the 19th century.

Admission: Free; donations welcome.


Waterfront Yoga

26

AUG

Duration: Every Tuesday through September 30 | 7:30pm

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater

Event Type: Yoga Class

Contact: Weather cancellation hotline - 502.568.6334

Event Website:

yogaCome enjoy the beauty of the waterfront and the relaxation of yoga at the Brown-Foreman Amphitheater, next to Tumbleweed.  Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:30, weather permitting and are only $5 per person.  Beginners are welcome.  We look forward to seeing you.  Namaste.

Admission: $5


WFPK Waterfront Wednesdays

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AUG

Duration: Wednesday, August 27 | 5:00 p.m. - ?

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

ben solleeLouisville’s most popular after work concert series.  For the seventh year, the Waterfront Development Corporation and Louisille 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 for August : VHS or Beta, SeepeopleS, and Ben Sollee! Information on these acts can be found on WFPK.

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. June sponsors: t-mobile, Goose Island, Kentuckiana Toyota Dealers, and Louisville.com

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Goose Island
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WFPK Waterfront Wednesdays take place the last Wednesday of every month, April through September. (Remaining dates: August 27 and September 24.) The Harbor Lawn is located between the boat docks at the Great Lawn and the Children's Play Area. Parking is available along River Road, the Orange Lot, and surrounding pay lots. No outside alcohol, no glass, and please, no pets. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome and boat docking is available on a first come-first served basis.

Admission: Free


Friday Night Wharf Party

29

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 29 | 5-11pm

Venue: Downtown Wharf by Belle of Louisville

Event Type: Wharf Party!

Contact: 502.574.2992

Event Website: www.belleoflouisville.org

Come party with the Belle of Louisville belle wharf partyat the very first Friday Night Wharf Party, featuring jazz/blues from La Mont Gillespie & 100 Proof. Café Beignet will be on hand with beignets, piggies (sausage), homemade potato pancakes, and chicory coffee, or enjoy BBQ ribs from Texican's BBQ Pitt. Drink specials will be available from the cash bar.

Admission: Free


29

AUG

Duration: August 29-30 | 11am - 11pm

Venue: Belvedere

Event Type: Festival

Contact: Metro Office for International Affairs | 502.574.1541

Event Website: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/International/WorldFest/

Looking for something to do onWorldFest Labor Day? Look no further! Join us at the Belvedere for good food, music and fun.

WorldFest activities include International Flight!

International Wine & Spirits Tasting
This year WorldFest introduces four Flight Tasting opportunities where an expert will take you on an educational and thirst-quenching tour of either a World of Whiskey; Tequila - South of the Border; Red Wines of the World; White Wines of the World; or perhaps all of them if you are feeling adventurous! Choose from one of four sessions each day, flights are $15. Register for International Flight Tasting here.

Coffee Cupping (Tasting)
Join Java Brewing Company for the unique experience of cupping with a Master Roaster. Hear about "green" practices in the coffee industry while exploring taste perceptions with coffees grown around the world. See on-site coffee roasting with the original Frankfort Avenue roaster. Cultivate a deep comprehension for coffee origin and cultivating practices only obtainable through small group participation and live interaction at a scheduled Cupping. For more information or to register for Coffee Cupping, click here or stop by one of the five Java Brewing Company coffeehouses. Cuppings take place at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 both days. Cuppings are $15 and include roast observation, 12 oz. retail bag of coffee, and $5 coupon for Java Brewing Company indoor use.

Admission: Free


Waterfront Film Series - Movies that changed your life

29

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 29 | 8pm - bring a picnic; 9pm - movie starts

Venue: Brown-Forman Amphitheater (between Tumbleweed and Stop Lite Liquors)

Event Type: Movie

Contact: Louisville Film Society | email Tracy Heightchew or George Parker

Event Website: www.louisvillefilm.org | www.ideafestival.com

When We Were KingsIdeaFestival and Louisville Film Society have teamed for a unique film series this summer. Nominations were solicited and these are the movies you chose that changed your life. This is the second of a three-part series, featuring "When We Were Kings."

Jennicca's Café & Wine Bar is providing picnic pickups on Waterfront Park Movie Nights—call ahead to place your order (click here for the menu and ordering information).

Catch "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" on September 26.

Also, check out WFPL's State of Affairs that talks about this series and "movies that changed your life."

LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization. Support comes from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, and donated materials and services.

Rain date: October 3.

Admission: Free


Friday Night Fireworks by the Louisville Bats

29

AUG

Duration: Friday, August 31 | 5pm grove closed; show after game

Venue: Linear Park - Fred Wiche Grove

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


Ford Ironman Louisville

31

AUG

Duration: August 31 | 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Venue: Phase II Docks, Great Lawn

Event Type: Triathlon

Contact: Ford Ironman Louisville, Jennette Harshman | 727.942.4767

Event Website: www.ironmanlouisville.com

Important Times    
Location: Swim Start at Phase II docks near Tumbleweed and Tan Parking Lot, Transition area for Bike Start & Finish and Run start is on the Great Lawn, Run finish at 4th Street Live.

The second annual Ford Ironman Triathlon will take place on August 31, 2008.  This is the worlds most famous Triathlon and it features a  2.4 mi. swim, a 112 mi. bike & a 26.2 mi. run.  In 2007, the brand new Louisville event featured almost 2,000 athletes from around the world taking on a scenic course around the Greater Louisville area and finishing through one of the sport's most spectacular finishes at "Fourth Street Live," a closed off street area in the heart of Louisville's downtown. 

2008 race schedule (pdf file)

Admission: Spectators free; race admission sold out