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Kentucky Festival Reviews
Glier’s Goettafest takes place along the riverwalk, offering two stages of entertainment, games, activities and plenty of goetta. 2026 DATES:July 23-26, 2026July 30 – August 2, 2026Location: Newport’s Festival Park at the LeveeRiverboat RowNewport, KY 41071Website: https://goetta.com/goettafest/ **** This post documents my experience on July 27, 2019. It was a … Read more
The Spoonbread Festival is a festival with a great amount of vendors, selling either crafts or representing community organizations. There are also activities, entertainment, food and spoonbread. 2025 DATE: September 19-21, 2025Location: Russel Acton Folk Center212 W Jefferson StBerea, KY 40403Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1389129719069688 **** This post documents my experience on September … Read more
2026 DATE: September 10-13, 2026Location: Spalding Hall114 N. Fifth StreetBardstown, KY 40004Website: https://kybourbonfestival.com/AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Kentucky Bourbon Festival used to consist of many events with a free festival over the weekend, but that has changed. The free festival is now a ticketed event and there is a separate free festival … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 21, 2017. On August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children drove to the police station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to report an unbelievable incident. They claimed that a spaceship with small alien creatures had come to their farmhouse in nearby Kelly, only to … Read more