The annual festival falls on a Saturday, running 8a-5p. This year it was extremely crowded with…read morevendors - if the advertising is accurate, we walked past 200+ booths. The total doesn't include the long standing antique and boutique stores on each side of the train tracks. Overall this is a craft festival - jewelry, repurposed wood and bourbon barrels, seasonal tees and sweatshirts, tumblers, 3D imprint items, crocheted toys and kitchen decor, and more. While I was excited about the number of vendors, shopping began to feel repetitive and lacked uniqueness. You will not go hungry here. In addition to food trucks, booths are offering a plethora of desserts, nuts, and other snacks. One could go broke and develop a huge belly ache! Parking is $10 and there's plenty of it. Easy in and out. Porter porters are scattered, but we found many without toilet paper at only midday. If you are shopping with kids, note that some paths are in dirt or grass, but no issue pushing a stroller by. Overall a good day ... we bought more junk food than crafts, but it was nice to visit Glendale and we're excited to come back without the traffic of the festival. It would be nice to shop their local stores and eat at the Whistle Stop.

I didn't go inside the Historic State Theater Complex in Elizabethtown, but I spent some time…read moreexploring the exterior and surrounding area. The building has a classic, old school theater charm with a well-preserved marquee and architectural details that give a sense of its history. The area around the theater is easy to walk and has a small-town feel, which makes it nice to stop by for photos or a quick look. Even from the outside, you can tell it's a community landmark that's been part of Elizabethtown for decades.

Was a beautiful theater! The radio station on a acoustic jam and it was great!!! Got to see my…read morefriend Benton Blount play there! Was so good!

Went last night and had frightening good time. The actors were amazing and this was a touch haunt…read moreso that added to the scares. It was one of the longer haunts I have been to and I screamed throughout the whole thing. My sister who usually stays in the front kept me up front because she was too scared to proceed in the darkness of the rooms. There is a lot of character interaction which is another unique thing about this haunt. They also keep you spaced out so you are not running into other groups which has happened at some of the haunts I ve been to and it kinda ruins them if you get put in a big group. I can not recommend this place enough. I drove almost an hour to get there and it was well worth the drive. I will be back next year.

An amazing haunt, as well as haunt crew, that promises to give you the most bang for your buck…read more Great show length at a great price.

Pretty neat concept to shutdown the park and have one-way traffic with lights and exhibits from…read morevarious local businesses for the holidays. Drive through turn your radio on to the station they posted at the entrance for Christmas music as you drive through and enjoy the lights. Ensure to turn off your headlights and drive slowly with distance between the vehicle in front of you so you can all enjoy it. Feel free to leave a donation at the end before you leave.

Christmas in the park is an annual free and massive drive thru holiday light experience located in…read moreElizabethtown Kentucky and held at freeman lake park. This completely free event has a entrance and a exit point. You line up for the entrance and drive slowly through the light show which features everything from classical holiday designs, characters and figures to pop culture decorations such as super hero's or popular tv characters. The closer you get to Christmas the longer the lines will be. Especially on a Friday or Saturday night. I take my family through here every few years as it's a decent haul from Lousiville. We try and go on an early December weekday night so it is t very crowded and then we go into town and find a place to dine (we always seem to end up at the cool wicked eye woman). Overall This a free, cool and large holiday lights display. Perfect to put anyone or any family in the holiday spirits. Great job by the folks of Elizabethtown and freeman lake park for hosting This event annually.

Food was AMAZING!!!! We WILL return. I had the fried chicken…read moremy husband had roast beef absolutely delicious

The Lincoln Jamboree has existed since 1954. As a matter of fact my parents met on the stairs of…read morethe old Cardinal Theater downtown on the square the original location of the Jamboree. My dad worked as a ticket seller/usher and my mom was there on a date. But they ended up married for over 60 years. So the jamboree played a large role in my life. Many famous bands use to stop and eat at the jamboree as they traveled the country via bus. The restaurant was an integral part of the business until the last few years. I remember going with my grandmother for the all you can eat country ham dinners. As a child I will never forget going up in Joel Ray's airplane and flying around the area. Joel Ray made the Jamboree, he mc'ed telling his corny jokes and insisting that the place remain a family place. Since Joel Ray's death the place has undergone a renovation and facelift but is still the place to go to see great family entertainment if you enjoy country/bluegrass music.

Conveniently located near to the Lincoln Birthplace and Boyhood Home historical sites, the Lincoln…read moreMuseum is a small museum with dioramas and other historical artifacts that give a very high level overview of Abraham Lincoln's life. This museum has a pretty great gift shop, which you can get into for free. You can pretty much find any trinket you could possibly be looking for with Lincoln on it. The museum itself costs $8 for adults. I estimate that the museum takes about 45 minutes if you don't linger at everything. The entire first floor of the museum is dioramas with mannequins (maybe a little bit creepy) that tell the story of Lincoln's life from childhood to death. The upstairs includes more exhibits with historical artifacts. Some of the Lincoln mannequins were gone from their dioramas when we visited, which was a bit of a bummer. The staff were very friendly and helpful. They were full of information about the local historical sites and pointed us in the right direction. Convenient parking out front. The Lincoln Museum is very close to the Birthplace and Boyhood Home sites, so you might as well stop by if you're already going to those, but you maybe don't go out of your way to come to just this museum.

The Lincoln Museum is in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on…read moreFebruary 12, 1809. The museum was founded in 1989. The museum contains several dioramas, three-dimensional replicas depicting scenes from the life of Lincoln. These include his boyhood cabin home, him on his way to propose Mary Todd, his senatorial campaign debates with Stephen Douglas, and him and Mary at Ford's Theatre. The best thing to see here are the two statues at the historic town square next to the museum. The Abraham Lincoln Statue, a six feet tall bronze statue, features Lincoln sitting in an Empire style chair on a marble foundation. It was built to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, and the official dedication was on May 31, 1909. Facing the statue on the other side of the square is the statue "The Boy Lincoln." Lincoln is depicted shortly before his 8th birthday, on his family farm, reading from Webster's Spelling-Book, with his dog Honey, whose broken leg he splinted. Boy Lincoln's stick-fishing pole is leaning against the tree trunk. The wax figures of the dioramas are effective and fun way to learn history. Otherwise, if you already know the main events of the life of Lincoln, the museum does not offer much to see. It works better for schoolchildren to teach them about Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, also in Hodgenville, is much more impressive place to see and visit.

If you're heading in to Bardstown, you can't miss this free (donations encouraged!) museum of…read morewhiskey. It won't take too long to go through the 6 rooms, but you're likely to learn at least one thing you didn't know about the area distilleries or whisky in general. Plus, the docent/manager is very friendly and if it's not too busy she'll give you a little more background on the building itself. Do stop in!!

I imagine this museum would have been great but we went at 11am. They were supposed to open at 10…read more Three signs said open but the doors were locked. We gave up and went back to our hotel.

I'm guessing this venue is used a lot for events and weddings. I saw a sign that mentioned…read moresomeone's wedding anniversary. Not sure if Etown really has a lot of options for venues given that it's a small town. Anyway, it's got a golf course, a pool, and a nice-sized parking lot. I came for a wedding reception. They had a bar and an outdoor area as well. The room for the reception wasn't super huge but was a good, open space with a dance floor. We were about 100 people but it never felt like we were cramped. It's kind of an outdated space though. Bathrooms looked old and so did the furniture in the sitting room. It's such a small place. The bathrooms did seem pretty roomy. With the sitting room in there and mirrors with the sinks and some just for make up, it reminded me of the old bathrooms outside the Grand Ballroom of the Student center that they wrecked down a few years ago on UK's campus. Sooo old school. Some of the food was stuff the bride's parents made, but there were some options that the country club made. I wasn't a fan. The sweet tea was not good at all. Not much flavor. I will commend them for having a large selection of bourbon. Oh, I love being in Kentucky!