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Kentucky Festival Reviews
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. When I arrived at the Versailles Twilight Festival… …it was actually twilight. Many of the kids at this time were getting their fill of mini donuts (Bee’z Street Eats)… …using the extra energy to run through the Fire Safety House (Versailles … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. It was approaching the evening when I got to Lawrenceburg… …for the Anderson County Burgoo Festival. Once I passed the basket raffle supporting Open Hands… …I came upon a section of tables hosted by local churches (Lawrenceburg Church/Overland Church)… …candidates and … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. I came to London, Kentucky… …finding a chicken invasion in front of the Court House… …witnessing people act like chickens and roosters at the Sanders Stage… …and running into Colonel Sanders himself… …all just normal experiences at the World Chicken Festival. … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. There are two things I learned about Liberty, Kentucky this weekend: 1.) They have a Liberty Bell of their own made by the same company that made the one in Philadephia. 2.) The world’s largest apple pie is made their annually … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2022. It was early morning in Lebanon, Kentucky… …and people were already filling the streets… …to celebrate Marion County Country Ham Days. Many beelined straight to the breakfast tent for a plate of country ham, eggs, apple and biscuit… …stopping at the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 23, 2022. I stopped at St. Agnes Church in Fort Wright, Kentucky… …to visit their annual Oktoberfest… …and it was a festival filled with games. At one corner of the festival… …kids played various games for tickets… …and redeemed them for prizes. Around … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 27, 2019. It was a beautiful day along the Ohio River… …perfect for Glier’s Goettafest. For those not from the Cincinnati area, goetta (gheh-tah) is a German breakfast sausage… …made of pork, beef, oats, onions and spices. The festival was helpful in introducing … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 15, 2017. If there’s ever a way to try a dish for the first time… …you should do it through a festival. But, interestingly enough, the Spoonbread Festival isn’t so much a food festival… …as it is a vendor and community festival… …with … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Kentucky Bourbon Festival officially goes on for 7 days with events that range from tastings to gala events. This post, as with other festival reviews, will focus on the food, non-food vendors and entertainment. But if you want to read about two events that I attended, you … Read more