In almost every month of the year there is something incredibly fun and absolutely free going on in Louisville. The following free events Louisville will keep you inexpensively entertained throughout the year.
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is a Louisville tradition held every year on Baxter Avenue from Broadway to the Mid-City Mall.
Traveling down Frankfort Avenue from Stilz to Haldeman, the Frankfort Avenue Easter Parade is a free, family event featuring floats, costumes, prizes, and lots of Easter candy.
One of the oldest and finest art fairs in our region, the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair has been highly praised for the high quality of work presented by its exhibitors.
Each year, close to half a million people gather around Louisville's riverfront to watch Thunder Over Louisville -- the largest fireworks show in the world and the opening event for the Kentucky Derby Festival. To top it off, the 28-minute fireworks show is preceded by the Thunder Air Show, one of the top five air shows in the country.
The Great Balloon Fest is a series of five Kentucky Derby Festival events that lead up to the main event – the Great Balloon Race. The Great Balloon Race is one of the most popular Kentucky Derby Festival events, and what was once just the Great Balloon Race is now an entire weekend festival of hot air ballooning events.
The Great Steamboat Race is an annual Kentucky Derby Festival event that occurs on the Wednesday before the Kentucky Derby. It is a race down the Ohio River between the Belle of Louisville and the Belle of Cincinnati.
The Pegasus Parade is the oldest Kentucky Derby Festival event. It is a parade down Broadway from Campbell to 9th Street held annually on the Thursday before the Kentucky Derby. The Pegasus Parade features colorful floats, marching bands, giant inflatable cartoon characters, equestrians, and celebrities.
The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival is an annual summer festival featuring several Shakespeare plays hosted in Old Louisville's Central Park amphitheater.
Louisville is a great place to be on the Fourth of July because there are ton of local, free, professionally-designed fireworks shows that fire off all over the city. Fireworks fans can watch a huge fireworks show for free at Waterfront Park, in Crescent Hill, in Bullitt County, in Oldham County, or in Corydon, Indiana.
