Free, inexpensive, and reasonably priced things to do in the Louisville, KY area:
21 C Museum
Cave Hill Cemetery
Waterfront Park Free Summer Concerts
Fat Friday's Trolley Hop
Drive thru Versailles, KY to see Horse Farms
Bardstown, KY
Keeneland
Churchill Downs
Louisville Slugger Museum
Muhammad Ali Museum
Speed Art Museum – inexpensive
Glass Works – make an ornament at Christmas time for $30
Bardstown Road
Frankfort Avenue [great for consignment shops
Shelbyville, KY tour historic homes and antique shop [Suggest Making ends meet to anyone who is interested in fabric shopping]
Lexington Avenue – Boutique and upscale shops, Lotsa Pasta a must!
Farmer's Markets spring until fall
Visit our Flea Market
Walk thru Joe Ley Antiques
Eat breakfast at Lynn's Paradise Café
Derby Dinner Playhouse
Actor's Theater
Iroquois Summer Concerts
Kentucky Center
Colonial Sanders Museum
Dine at Claudia Sanders
EVENTS
- March: St. Patrick's Day Parade
- May: Chow Wagon, Pegasus Parade, Great Balloon Race, and other Derby Festivities
- June: Cabo Wabo, Taste of Louisville
- July: Blues Brews and BBQ at the Water Tower, Music Concerts at the Water Tower
- August: Gaslight Festival
- September: St. James Art Fair
- October: Ghost Tours, Crestwood Home Tours, Oktoberfest
- November: Light Up Louisville
- December: Dickens on Main Street, Cabo Wabo
Various strip malls such as the Summit, Westport Village, and Norton's Commons offer free concerts on certain nights. Norton's Commons has free music every Thursday night, as does the Summit in the Courtyard by Martinis. Westport Village offers free bourbon tasting and has free Music on Friday nights.
Holiday Inn Hurstbourne/I-64 East
1325 S. Hurstbourne Parkway at Interstate I-64
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
502 426 2600 or 800-HOLIDAY