OCTOBER

10/14-10/15 – Foothills Festival – Albany
10/14-10/15 – Jessamine Fall Festival – Nicholasville
10/14-10/15 – Forkland Heritage Festival and Revue – Gravel Switch
10/14-10/15 – Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Fall Festival – Lexington
10/14-10/15 – Grateville Dead Music Festival – Louisville
10/14-10/15 – The Big Stomp – Louisville
10/14-10/15 – Trigg County Country Ham Festival – Cadiz
10/14-10/17 – Mt. Sterling October Court Days – Mt. Sterling
10/15 – Glendale Crossing Festival – Glendale
10/15 – Bardstown Craft Beer Festival – Bardstown
10/15 – Moonlight Festival – Somerset
10/15 – The Paristown Flea IV – Louisville
10/15 – ATOM Fall Fest – Harrodsburg
10/15 – Rock Haven Bourbon and Music Fest – Harrodsburg
10/15 – Cherokee Triangle Fall Festival – Louisville
10/15 – Family Fall Festival at St. Joseph Children’s Home – Louisville
10/15 – Pikeville Pride Celebration – Pikeville
10/15 – North Fork Oktoberfest – Hazard
10/15 – Downtown Bowling Green Harvest Festival – Bowling Green
10/15 – Bourbon and Brewfest – Bowling Green
10/15-10/16 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival V – Nancy
10/15-10/16 – The Good Wu Healing and Arts Fall Festival – Calvert City
10/15-10/16 – Via Colori Street Painting Festival – Louisville
10/15-10/16 – Salt Festival – Union

10/20-10/22 – Hickman Pecan Festival – Hickman
10/21 – Alvaton Fall Festival – Bowling Green
10/21-10/23 – Woolly Worm Festival – Beattyville
10/21-10/23 – ScareFest – Lexington
10/22 – Hippy Fest – Pikeville
10/22 – St. Luke’s Fall Festival – Louisville
10/22 – Heritage Free Will Baptist Church Fall Festival – Ashland
10/22 – Bowling Green Pride Festival – Bowling Green
10/22 – Kentucky Bat Festival – Louisville
10/22-10/23 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival VI – Nancy
10/22-10/23 – Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival – Owensboro

10/29 – Independence Bank Sorghum Festival – Hawesville
10/29 – Dia de los Muertos Celebration – Henderson
10/29 – Kitten Adoption Fall Festival – Erlanger
10/29-10/30 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival VII – Nancy
10/29-10/30 – Fall into Christmas Market at the Farm – Scottsville

NOVEMBER

11/3-11/5 – GypsyMoon Marketplace II – Bowling Green
11/3-11/6* – Festival of Lights I – Grand Rivers
11/5* – Dayton Civic Club Fall Festival – Dayton
11/5-11/6 – COLORFEST at Bernheim – Clermont

11/7-11/13* – Festival of Lights II – Grand Rivers
11/11* – Parkinson’s Fall Festival – Louisville
11/11-11/13 – Lights Under Louisville I – Louisville
11/11-11/13 – Festival of Trees and Lights – Louisville
11/11-11/13 – Holly Day Market – Lexington

11/14-11/20* – Festival of Lights III – Grand Rivers
11/14-11/20 – Winter Wonderland of Lights I – Ashland
11/14-11/20 – Lights Under Louisville II – Louisville
11/18-11/20 – Festival of Trees and Trains I – Ashland
11/19 – Once Upon a Christmas Show – Shelbyville

11/21-11/27 – Festival of Trees and Trains II – Ashland
11/21-11/27* – Festival of Lights IV – Grand Rivers
11/21-11/27 – Winter Wonderland of Lights II – Ashland
11/21-11/27 – Lights Under Louisville III – Louisville
11/23-11/27 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park I – Elizabethtown
11/24-11/27 – Christmas in the Park I – Paducah
11/25 – Light-Up Louisville – Louisville
11/25-11/26 – Festival of the Mountain Masters – Harlan
11/25-11/27 – Christmas at Panther Creek I – Owensboro
11/25-11/27* – Brent Street Holiday Market at Fête de Noël Winter Holiday Festival I – Louisville
11/25-11/27 – Southern Lights Holiday Festival I – Lexington
11/25-11/27 – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter I – Williamstown
11/25-11/27 – Winter Woods Spectacular I – Louisville
11/26-11/27* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds I – Mayfield
11/26-11/27 – Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill I – Millersburg

11/28-12/4* – Festival of Lights V – Grand Rivers
11/28-12/4 – Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill II – Millersburg
11/28-12/4 – Christmas in the Park II – Paducah
11/28-12/4 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park II – Elizabethtown
11/28-12/4 – Winter Woods Spectacular II – Louisville
11/28-12/4 – Southern Lights Holiday Festival II – Lexington
11/28-12/4 – Winter Wonderland of Lights III – Ashland
11/28-12/4 – Christmas at Panther Creek II – Owensboro
11/28-12/4 – Lights Under Louisville IV – Louisville
11/30-12/4 – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter II – Williamstown

DECEMBER

12/1-12/4* – Brent Street Holiday Market at Fête de Noël Winter Holiday Festival II – Louisville
12/2-12/3 – A Carlisle Christmas – Carlisle
12/2-12/4* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds II – Mayfield
12/3* – Wilmore Old Fashioned Musical Christmas – Wilmore
12/3 – Country Christmas – Williamstown
12/3 – Noel Night Market – Mt. Vernon
12/3* – City of Wickliffe Christmas Festival – Wickliffe
12/3-12/4 – A Dickens Christmas Festival at the KY Renaissance Fair I – Eminence

12/5-12/11* – Festival of Lights VI – Grand Rivers
12/5-12/11 – Lights Under Louisville V – Louisville
12/5-12/11 – Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill III – Millersburg
12/5-12/11 – Winter Woods Spectacular III – Louisville
12/5-12/11 – Christmas at Panther Creek III – Owensboro
12/5-12/11 – Winter Wonderland of Lights IV – Ashland
12/5-12/11 – Christmas in the Park III – Paducah
12/5-12/11 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park III – Elizabethtown
12/5-12/11 – Southern Lights Holiday Festival III – Lexington
12/7-12/11 – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter III – Williamstown
12/8-12/11* – Brent Street Holiday Market at Fête de Noël Winter Holiday Festival III – Louisville
12/9-12/11* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds III – Mayfield
12/10 – St. “Nich” Christmas Fest – Nicholasville
12/10 – Fleur de Flea Christmas Vintage Holiday Show – Louisville
12/10-12/11 – A Dickens Christmas Festival at the KY Renaissance Fair II – Eminence

12/12-12/18* – Festival of Lights VII – Grand Rivers
12/12-12/18 – Lights Under Louisville VI – Louisville
12/12-12/18 – Winter Woods Spectacular IV – Louisville
12/12-12/18 – Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill IV – Millersburg
12/12-12/18 – Christmas in the Park IV – Paducah
12/12-12/18 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park IV – Elizabethtown
12/12-12/18 – Christmas at Panther Creek IV – Owensboro
12/12-12/18 – Southern Lights Holiday Festival IV – Lexington
12/12-12/18 – Winter Wonderland of Lights V – Ashland
12/14-12/18 – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter IV – Williamstown
12/15-12/18* – Brent Street Holiday Market at Fête de Noël Winter Holiday Festival IV – Louisville
12/16-12/18* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds IV – Mayfield
12/17* – Christmas on the Farm – Cynthiana

12/19-12/23 – Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill V – Millersburg
12/19-12/25* – Festival of Lights VIII – Grand Rivers
12/19-12/25 – Christmas in the Park V – Paducah
12/19-12/25 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park V – Elizabethtown
12/19-12/25 (Closed 12/24,12/25) – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter V – Williamstown
12/19-12/25 (Closed 12/24) – Southern Lights Holiday Festival V – Lexington
12/19-12/25 – Winter Wonderland of Lights VI – Ashland
12/19-12/25 – Christmas at Panther Creek V – Owensboro
12/19-12/25 – Winter Woods Spectacular V – Louisville
12/19-12/25 – Lights Under Louisville VII – Louisville
12/21-12/23* – Brent Street Holiday Market at Fête de Noël Winter Holiday Festival V – Louisville
12/23-12/25* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds V – Mayfield

12/26-12/30 – ChristmasTime at the Ark Encounter VI – Williamstown
12/26-12/31 – Southern Lights Holiday Festival VI – Lexington
12/26-12/31 – Christmas in the Park VI – Paducah
12/26-1/1 – Elizabethtown’s Christmas in the Park VI – Elizabethtown
12/26-1/1 – Winter Woods Spectacular VI – Louisville
12/26-1/1* – Festival of Lights IX – Grand Rivers
12/26-1/1 – Winter Wonderland of Lights VII – Ashland
12/26-1/2 – Christmas at Panther Creek VI – Owensboro
12/26-1/2 – Lights Under Louisville VIII – Louisville
12/30-1/1* – Festival of Lights at Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds VI – Mayfield
12/31 – Light Up Bash – Somerset

JANUARY (2023)

1/2-1/8* – Festival of Lights X – Grand Rivers

1/9-1/14* – Festival of Lights XI – Grand Rivers

FEBRUARY

2/25* – Gasper Brewing Co. Anniversary Brew Festival – Bowling Green

MARCH

3/3* – Tails and Ales – Lexington
3/4* – Tailspin Ale Fest – Louisville
3/4* – Kentucky Women’s Book Festival – Louisville

3/11* – St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival – Lexington
3/11-3/12* – Louisville Winter Beerfest – Louisville

3/17-3/19* – Cumberland Falls Storytelling Festival – Corbin
3/17-3/19* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo I – Louisville

3/23-3/26* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo II – Louisville
3/24-3/25* – Hopkinsville International Festival – Hopkinsville
3/24-3/25* – Southern Kentucky Book Festival – Bowling Green
3/25* – Nulu Bock Fest– Louisville

3/30-4/2* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo III – Louisville
3/31-4/3* – Tater Day – Benton

APRIL

4/1 – Harlan Haunt Fest – Harlan
4/1-4/2* – Spring Market at the Farm – Scottsville

4/3-4/9* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo IV – Louisville
4/8* – Old Washington Art and Chocolate Festival – Maysville
4/8-4/9* – Bluegrass Creative Market: Spring Edition – Lexington

4/13-4/16* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo V – Louisville
4/15* – Spring Fling Art Festival – Lawrenceburg
4/15* – Block Party (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville

4/20-4/22* – Hillbilly Days – Pikeville
4/20-4/23* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo VI – Louisville
4/21-4/22* – Hickman County Spring Chicken Festival – Clinton
4/21-4/22* – Spring Festival – Falmouth
4/21-4/23* – Tri-Fest – Henderson
4/21-4/23* – Distillery District Art and Music Festival – Lexington
4/22* – Kite Fest – Lexington
4/22* – Spring Gathering at Kirksville – Richmond
4/22* – Dogwood Festival – Shelbyville
4/22* – Jeffersontown Art and Culture Fest – Jeffersontown
4/22* – Shelbyville Dogwood Artisan Showcase – Shelbyville
4/22* – Gallatin County Earth Day Celebration – Warsaw
4/22* – Wings and Wheels – Cynthiana
4/22* – Henry County Spring Shindig – Eminence
4/22* – Community Earth Day Festival – Danville
4/22* – SOKY Earth Day Festival – Franklin
4/22* – Sky Science Festival Expo Day – Bowling Green
4/22* – Colonel Fest – Corbin
4/22-4/23* – Mountain Mushroom Festival – Irvine
4/22-4/23* – White Plains Civil War Festival – White Plains
4/22-4/23* – International Kite and Culture Festival – Georgetown
4/23* – Passport GospelFest (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville

4/25* – Taste of Derby Festival (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville
4/26-4/29* – Mule and Draft Horse Days – Dawson Springs
4/27-4/29* – Mayfest Arts Fair – Lexington
4/27-4/29* – Kentucky Fried Pickin’ Bluegrass Jam Festival – Owensboro
4/27-4/29 – Antique Gas Engine and Tractor Show – Paducah
4/27-4/30* – Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville I (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville
4/27-4/30* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo VII – Louisville
4/28* – Open Barn and BBQ – Lexington
4/28-4/29* – GypsyMoon Marketplace I – Bowling Green
4/28-4/29* – Bluegrass, Brew and BBQ Fest – Grand Rivers
4/28-4/29* – BB&T Great BalloonFest (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville
4/28-4/30* – Hippie Daze Festival – Hardin
4/29* – DiverCity Festival – Lexington
4/29* – Ken-Ducky Derby Festival – Louisville
4/29* – Little River Festival – Cadiz
4/29* – Foodstock – Somerset
4/29* – Siege of the Jeeps at Logan’s Fort – Stanford
4/29* – Homeplace Spring Plow Day and Festival – Campbellsville
4/29-4/30* – Derby Day Festival – Williamstown
4/29-4/30* – Cherokee Triangle Art Fair – Louisville
4/30* – Cinco de Mayo Fiesta (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville

MAY

5/1-5/5* – Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville II (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville
5/2* – Kentucky Proud WineFest (Kentucky Derby Festival) – Louisville
5/4-5/6* – Knott County Spring Horse Trail Ride – Hindman
5/4-5/7* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo VIII – Louisville
5/5-5/6* – Bluegrass Birding Festival – Lexington
5/5-5/6* – The Awakening Music Festival – Kirksey
5/6* – Ekron Volunteer Fire Department Fire Fest – Ekron
5/6* – Junkfest Day – Augusta
5/6* – Downtown Derby Celebration – Frankfort
5/6* – Woodson House Garden Festival – Munfordville
5/6* – Sprouts and Stouts Festival – Covington
5/6-5/7* – Mayfest Arts Fair – Lexington

5/11-5/14* (Closed 5/12,5/13) – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo IX – Louisville
5/12-5/13* – Mount Washington Spring Festival – Mt. Washington
5/12-5/13* – International Bar-B-Q Festival – Owensboro
5/12-5/13* – The Lower Town Arts and Music Festival – Paducah
5/12-5/14* – Paris Storytelling Festival – Paris
5/12-5/14* – Wired for Good – Bowling Green
5/12-5/14* – FedEx Ground Smoke on the River BBQ Festival – Covington
5/13* – International Food Truck Festival – Louisville
5/13* – Peony Spring Festival – Warsaw
5/13* – Bath County May Day Festival – Owingsville
5/13* – Spring Fling – Paintsville
5/13-5/14* – Bluegrass Pug Festival – Louisville
5/13-5/14* – The Good Wu Healing and Arts Spring Festival – Gilbertsville
5/13-5/14* – Norton Commons Art Festival – Prospect

5/18-5/20* – Adairville Strawberry Festival – Adairville
5/18-5/21* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo X – Louisville
5/19* – Tacos N’ Tequila – Lexington
5/19-5/20* – St. Bernard Picnic – Louisville
5/19-5/20* – Art in the Park – Versailles
5/19-5/21* – Kentucky Yoga Festival – Center
5/19-5/21* – Poorcastle Music Festival – Louisville
5/20* – Old Louisville Springfest – Louisville
5/20* – Bluegrass River Run – Richmond
5/20* – ATOM Fest – Harrodsburg
5/20* – GCA Art in the Park – Leitchfield
5/20* – BloomFest at Bernheim – Clermont
5/20* – Forest Fest – Louisville
5/20* – May Fest – Vanceburg
5/20* – Lake, Rattle and Roll – Jamestown
5/20* – Wild and Scenic Red Riverfest – Clay City
5/20* – SpringFest – Glendale
5/20* – The Paristown Flea I – Louisville
5/20-5/21* – Kentucky Reggae Festival – Louisville
5/20-5/21* – Norton Commons Art Festival – Prospect
5/20-5/21* – Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival – Lexington
5/21* – Waggin’ Trail Festival for the Animals – Louisville

5/25-5/27* – Strawberry Festival – Beaver Dam
5/25-5/28* – St. Athanasius Summer Festival – Louisville
5/25-5/28* – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo XI – Louisville
5/25-5/28* – Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival – Pineville
5/25-5/28* – Spring MYPATH Yoga Festival – Harrodsburg
5/25-5/28* – Grayson Memory Days – Grayson
5/26-5/28* – Forecastle Festival – Louisville
5/26-5/28* –