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Late
Summer/Early Fall Festivals Fill Calendar in Bardstown, KY
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Highland Games,
Iron Horse, Kentucky Bourbon, Arts, Crafts and Antiques Fair
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Bardstown,
KY – August 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / “The Most Beautiful Small Town
in America” gets even more attraction come late summer/early fall with
lots of color – from Scottish clans, parades and bourbons to artisan-made
jewelry, holiday gifts and florals. Follow the turning leaves to Bardstown,
Ky., for a weekend or more of festival fun: Bardstown Highland Games &
Celtic Festival; Rolling Fork Iron Horse Festival; Kentucky Bourbon Festival;
Bardstown Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fair. Click here
for details.
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5th
Annual Bardstown Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Sat.,
Aug. 16, 2014
Opening
Ceremonies for Highland Games: 12 p.m. Gates open at 9 a.m.; games begin
at 10 a.m.
Bring
a lawn chair or blanket, relax on the lawn at Heaven Hill Distilleries
and enjoy this family-friendly event featuring Highland Games, the Haggis
Toss and Clan Gatherings. There is traditional Celtic music, lots of foods
including Scottish fish and chips, kid activities and inflatables and plenty
of arts and crafts vendors.
Heaven
Hill Distilleries, 1311 Gilkey Run Road, Bardstown, KY 40004
Free
Admission
Information:
www.VisitBardstown.com/Festivals-and-Events; 502-294-6007.
Media
Contacts: Kerry Overfelt, 502-294-6007, KerryOverfelt@yahoo.com
or Chuck Clements, 502-460-0501, Chuckdatruck95@yahoo.com;
Dawn Przystal, Dawn@BardstownTourism.com,
800-638-4877 x 114, Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission.
Rolling
Fork Iron Horse Festival
Sat.,
Sept. 13-Sun., Sept. 14, 2014
This
weekend celebration of Rolling Fork Valley traditions features lots of
down-home family fun, including train rides, parade, line dancing, children’s
carnival games, face painting and magic shows and lots of music: gospel,
classical – even a tribute to Elvis and Meatloaf. Rounding out the fun
are stage shows, karaoke, arts and crafts and festival foods.
Main
Street, New Haven, KY 40051
Free
Admission
Information:
www.NewHaven.Ky.gov/ef/Pages/Iron-Horse-Festival.aspx,
502-549-3117.
Media
Contact: Dawn Przystal, Dawn@BardstownTourism.com,
800-638-4877 x 114, Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission.
23rd
Annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Tues.,
Sept. 16-Sun., Sept. 21, 2014
Celebrate
the history and making of Kentucky’s signature product, Kentucky bourbon.
Meet the master distillers, tour the distilleries to learn the secret to
making fine Kentucky bourbon, enjoy live music, dine on Southern delectables
and taste the goods. Try this year’s official festival drink, the Sidecar
Named Desire, created by Old Talbott Tavern. Signature events include Boots
& Bourbon™, Bourbon, Cigars & Jazz™, Bourbon Cocktail Mixology™,
The Great Kentucky Bourbon Tasting & Gala™, Kentucky Bourbon All-Star
Sampler™ and the World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay™, among others.
Various
locations around Bardstown, KY 40004
Free
and paid events.
Information:
www.KyBourbonFestival.com,
502-348-3623 or 800-638-4877 #4.
Media
Contacts: Linda Harrison, info@KyBourbonFestival.com,
800-638-4877; Dawn Przystal, Dawn@BardstownTourism.com,
800-638-4877 x 114, Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission.
34th
Annual Bardstown Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fair
Sat.,
Oct. 11, 2014
More
than 200 juried artists and craftsmen set up along the tree-lined streets
of downtown Bardstown to show and sell their art works, holiday gifts and
Kentucky Proud products. Enjoy bluegrass and country music, sample delicious
Southern foods and see the Whiskey City Cruisers’ classic cars on Courthouse
Square.
4th
and 5th Streets, Flaget Ave. and Xavier Dr., Bardstown, KY 40004
Free
Admission
Information:
www.BardstownMainStreet.com,
502-348-4877 or 800-638-4877
Media
Contact: Dawn Przystal, Dawn@BardstownTourism.com,
800-638-4877 x 114, Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission.
Book
a weekend of festival fun
With
15 bed and breakfasts, including the new Bourbon Manor – the world’s first
bourbon-themed bed and breakfast inn – plus several well-known chain hotels,
festival-goers have lots of lodging choices. Families will enjoy the novelty
of the jail cell room at The Jailer’s Inn; wine aficionados can add a wine
tasting to their fun with a stay at Springhill Winery & Plantation
B&B; girlfriends can have their own space stretching out in one of
the Colonel’s Cottages near charming Courthouse Square.
Visit
www.VisitBardstown.com
for more information on Bardstown’s late summer/early fall festivals and
accommodations options.
Photo:
Crowds gather in downtown Bardstown for festival fun.
Credit:
Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission
Hi-
and Low-Res photos available.
About
Bardstown, KY
Located
in the heart of Kentucky Bourbon Country and situated at the trailhead
of the famed Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, Bardstown
is more familiarly known as the “Bourbon Capital of the World.” It is home
to five distilleries, including Barton 1792 and Willett Distillery, and
these three Kentucky Bourbon Trail distilleries: Heaven Hill, Maker’s Mark
and Jim Beam. Major attractions include the outdoor musical, “The Stephen
Foster Story,” My Old Kentucky Home State Park, the highly regarded Civil
War Museum of the Western Theatre, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, The Kentucky
Railway Museum and Whisky Magazine’s Visitor Attraction of the Year
– the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. Additionally, Bardstown has
four 18-hole golf courses, three wineries, two haunted tours and numerous
religious attractions. Fodor picked Bardstown as one of “America’s Best
Small Towns.” It was selected the “Most Beautiful Small Town in America”
in the Rand McNally/USA Today 2012 “Best of the Road” contest and landed
in the top 20 of “America’s Favorite Towns” by Travel + Leisure
– which also recognized Bardstown as having one of “America’s Most Beautiful
Town Squares.” In 2013, Bardstown was designated a certified Kentucky Cultural
District, one of only six Kentucky cities to achieve this honor. www.facebook.com/BardstownKY |
