We hadn't been to the Gaslight Festival in years and decided to make it part of our Saturday…read moremorning. My husband and I went early enough to not be uncomfortably surrounded by people while visiting the vendor booths. Booths were a mixture of local businesses and groups or small business vendors selling earrings, candles, soaps, cookies, clothing and more. The food vendors were similar to being at the state fair, offering lemonade, corn dogs and funnel cakes. My favorite snack was the popcorn. For the kids they offered a variety of activities - bouncy houses and carnival rides. The Gaslight Festival is actually a few days of events. Most popular activities are the 5k, parade and car show. Street parking can be tough to find but some organizations offer their lot for a small parking fee, which raises money for their group. Keep this in mind if you're wanting to visit a restaurant in the area. (You're likely not going to be able to park at their private lot)

The Jtown Gaslight Festival is a relaxed neighborhood affair -- a perfect festival to close out the…read moresummer with. I was impressed with the amount of booths at this festival -- probably two or three blocks' worth. And these booths included a mix of local businesses and nonprofits, artists and cheaper gifts. For example, if you bring a child and want to buy him/her something inexpensive, you can probably find it here. There is also a car show, which is fun to browse, as well as rides, live music and a variety of fair food. The kettle corn stand made the main thoroughfare smell amazing and rightfully so had a decently long line, which included me. A favorite part was that walking the streets of the festival allowed me to slow down enough to really take in the buildings and businesses lining downtown Jtown. I didn't know that Jtown had its on archeological society, for example. It also provided me an opportunity to check out the new Feast BBQ that just opened in downtown Jtown. Parking was decently easy to come by -- an added plus. It seems like Jtown is becoming a more and more popular place to live and do business. It was fun to see all of this on display at the Gaslight Festival.

The family extravaganza here at Little Flock Baptist church is always a fun experience for me and…read moremy family every year that we go in the spring. They have rising slides and ponies and free hotdogs and three sodas and she's a nice community event that we enjoy participating in every year

This is a nice way to enjoy the zoo differently. Wild Lights can be experienced when the sun is…read morestill shining, which provides better pictures, or reserved during a late evening to see the lights at their brightest. The lights offer several themes to keep it interesting, including a few tunnels to walk through. Tickets are sold individually or in groups for families, plus a parking fee. They must be reserved online with a time selected; however, we've not had trouble getting in before or after the ticket time. Warn the kids that animals will be tucked away for bedtime. Don't forget strollers and snacks, and it's always fun to stop by the Dollar Store to grab cheap glow in the dark items. Have fun!

Fellow Elite Leslie W and I chose a day to attend the Wild Lights event at the Louisville Zoo,…read moreafter attending the Yelp virtual event about the special occurrence. I will admit, that I was a little "meh, okay." about the whole thing initially. I was excited about some time with my friend and the lights were secondary. But I gotta say....it was much more than I expected! The silk around the lights and armatures looked beautiful and made the animals and plants that were displayed look like stained glass. There were some interactive displays (moving ones, smoke-filled bubbles, walk-through ones) that were lovely and lots of fun, for children and grown ups alike! And fine...I will say it. It was a little bit magical! We chose a weeknight and a little later in the evening to avoid too much of a crowd. There were some congested areas, but that is to be expected. Also a little perk....seeing some of the nocturnal-y animals being a bit more active and sleeping primates :-P It reminded me a lot of the River of Lights Christmas event in Albuquerque at the BioPark, just with warmer weather and closer to my home. Both are a lot of fun and worth a visit!

The Louisville Halloween Festival/Parade is a good time. It takes place around the beginning of…read moreOctober, and definitely gets you pumped up for one of the best seasons! The parade starts towards the evening and is really cute to watch. There are decorated cars, people dressed up in crazy costumes and local businesses handing out candy and coupons. It lasted around 40ish minutes and was fun to watch. The rest of the festival was only a tiny chunk of Bardstown Rd., which surprised me. It was about a 15 minute walk from where we were during the parade to get there. There were multiple tents set up with local vendors and cool stuff to check out, along with a stage for live music. This is a great family event during the fall, and a lot come dressed up, so don't forget your costume! The event lasts for a majority of the day, but I would recommend waiting until later to come, so you can catch the parade too.

Out of all the years of this parade and festival has taken place, this was my very first Halloween…read moreparade along with a few friends, it was also quite a beautiful day for it too although, it was a tad warm it was bearable. We parked behind Mid City mall that surprisingly still had some spots left to park. We walked basically the whole route of where the parade was taking place, and just basically hanging out until it started. We got too see some pretty cool costumes from both adults and kids alike. We got to snag a spot on the porch of Holy Grale, I'd say we probably got the best seat in the house lol. We were impressed with majority of the floats as you can see from my pictures. Picking just one float as a favorite is a difficult decision as they were all good. I'd say for a first year, I was very impressed the setup of this event as well my friends were. Very well organized. We plan on returning next year.

On my to-do list for next year: Go to the Boomtown Ball and Festival…read more And just as important: Get there early enough to enjoy the booths. I arrived at about 8 p.m. -- an hour before the headliner was set to take the stage. The sun was still out. But except for a handful of booths, everything else was already closed and torn down. And I had seen so many great shots on social media of makers and local shops that had set up at what is becoming a landmark fest for New Albany. I wish I could have made shopping a part of my Boomtown adventure. Some of the reasons the shopping hours should be extended: * Like I said, it was still sunny. No problems seeing the merch. * This event is only one day (so far). Asking vendors to stay open until the last concert shouldn't be too hard. * The in-between time, leading up to the last band, is a time when a large amount of guests are looking for a diversion -- a win for shopping. But Boomtown is definitely about more than shopping. And from what I saw, it excels in other areas: * The music was fantastic. From what I was told, local band Houndmouth and WFPK worked together to bring in the acts. * The final band was on time, which you don't see a lot. * Because this festival is still gaining steam, we were able to 1) find parking less than a block away and 2) get super close to the stage without having to push our way through a massive crowd. * This is such a great opportunity to explore beautiful downtown New Albany. * The police were so friendly! I'm looking forward to next year and spending all day in New Albany.

I loved this event! It had a stage with talented regional musicians, vendors from Flea off Market,…read moreand tons of great food from some of New Albany's best restaurants. The weather was even perfect. If you didn't make it to the 2015 Boomtown Ball and Festival then mark you calendar and go next year because this is a must attend event!

What a fun family event that is new to Louisville this year. It is the new Halloween balloon glow…read moreat Lynn family stadium. It features trick or treating and halllowwen adventures for all the little ones. It also has awesome balloon light up adventure at night. Great family fun all around

I had so much fun, and so did my friend with his two young boys. I love goats, so after nabbing an…read moreoatmeal cookie cream pie and coffee at Please & Thank You, we headed to the goat races. Each race is a very short sprint, but they took place every 20 minutes or so. After one of the races, we went to watch the goats enjoy their well-deserved rest, food, and cuddles in one of the pens. Later, pat a sweet cow and some other farm animals that were centrally located in the festival footprint. We had brilliant weather that was slightly chilly and warmer as the afternoon went on. Everyone was in a good, welcoming mood so I got to talk with several of the craftspeople and artist vendors. That reminds me, I'm going to follow up with the flower vendor who sold beautiful flowers in clear resin as earrings, wall art, and even soap dishes.

Nulu Bock Fest is such A fun and unique Louisville event. My advice, go early! The first 1-2 hours…read moreof the event were great. We looked at all the vendors selling food, beer and merch. We saw the first goat race with no viewing issue. As the event goes on the space gets pretty packed, lines become long and seeing the goat race become more challenging. Lots to see and do for the entire family.

If you are an experience seeking person, this is something to add to your Louisville bucket list…read more This event is a Kentucky derby festival tradition and is great for friends and family. Also a great place to people watch.

Ok so if you go right at the start be prepared for traffic and lots of people…read more If you go later it's pretty cool especially if you get good weather. They do a good job of describing the balloons and their stories. They go glows and tinkles with the lights in the balloons. It's pretty cool :-) They stop serving beer 30 min before the end so double check. There is food inside and out but the lines are really long.