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The
Bourbon Capital of the World Invites You to Party
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The 2015 Kentucky
Bourbon Festival takes place in Bardstown, KY, Sept. 15-20
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Bardstown,
KY – August 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
kicks off its six-day celebration of everything bourbon with a brand new
signature event: The Loft is a VIP experience in a penthouse retreat with
private bar, premium spirits and panoramic views of the action unfolding
on Bardstown’s Great Lawn. This exclusive package joins such fan favorites
as Kentucky Bourbon All-Star Sampler™, a rare evening featuring all the
Master Distillers under one roof; Boots and Bourbon™, with live music and
a chance to ride the Buffalo; and the Great Kentucky Bourbon Tasting &
Gala™, a black tie event and bourbon lover’s dream – as the Bourbon Capital
of the World celebrates America’s only native spirit. Visit www.KyBourbonFestival.com
for details.
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Spirits
and swag
In
addition to enjoying the privacy and comfort of The Loft at Spalding Hall,
guests who purchase tickets to this experience, offered Wednesday through
Sunday, will enjoy fine Kentucky cuisine and a chance to meet with Master
Distillers and other dignitaries of bourbon in an intimate setting. Additionally,
each ticket holder will receive a one-of-a-kind swag bag. NOTE: Extremely
limited availability; purchase tickets right away.
Other
popular events include Kentucky Bourbon Shots™ with photos displayed at
the Bardstown Welcome Center; a Half Pint of Whiskey History with a Shot
of Humor, a meander through the history of Kentucky bourbon making – legal
or otherwise – with historian and author Dixie Hibbs; and Any Way She Likes
It, an hors d’oeuvres and bourbon pairing event hosted by former Master
Bourbon Taster Peggy Noe Stevens at My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Depot.
During
the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, don’t miss the chance to tour Kentucky’s
legendary bourbon distilleries; visit the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey
History; take the Bourbon Clues Scavenger Hunt; board the horse-drawn trolley
for a Backstreets of Bardstown Historical Tour; or join Certified Ghost
Hunter Patti Starr in search of the Ghostly Spirits of Bardstown on a ghost
hunt along the shadowy streets of Bardstown.
Barrels
of fun
Family-friendly
fun includes the Balloon Glow, which kicks off the festival on Tues., Sept.
15; the Whiskey City Cruisers Vehicle Show on Fri., Sept. 18; and World
Championship Barrel Relay™ and the Bootleggers & Bushwhackers Train
Robbery with the Kentucky Railway Museum on Sat., Sept. 19. A Family Fun
Area with plenty of hands-on activities will be open Friday, Saturday and
Sunday during the festival. See website for all the activities and events
taking place.
Kentucky
Bourbon Festival 2015
Festival
website: www.KyBourbonFestival.com
Date:
Tues., Sept. 15-Sun., Sept. 20. Opens 7:30 p.m., Tues. with Balloon Glow.
Concludes Sun., 5 p.m.
Place:
Bardstown, various locations, including Spalding Hall.
Cost:
Varies by event. Some events are free.
Note:
Reservations for ticketed events are strongly recommended as soon as possible.
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival offers a “Safe Ride Home” program Wed.-Sun.
Media
Contacts:
Dawn
Przystal, 800-638-4877 x 114
Jill
Hawkins, 800-638-4877 x 5
Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission
Photo:
Join
the crowds for Bardstown’s annual six-day celebration of bourbon.
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 six distilleries, including Barton 1792 and Willett Distillery, and
these four Kentucky Bourbon Trail® distilleries: Heaven Hill, Maker’s
Mark, Jim Beam and Four Roses’ second campus. 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” and AARP named it one of its “10
best small towns.” It led TheCultureTrip.com’s list of the “10 Most Beautiful
Towns in Kentucky” and was named the “Most Beautiful Small Town in America”
in the Rand McNally/USA Today 2012 “Best of the Road” contest. Bardstown
landed in the top 20 of “America’s Favorite Towns” by Travel + Leisure
– which also recognized it 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 |
