Week of September 4- 9

Welcome to our weekly "What's Happening" email, designed to provide you with a glance at opportunities for an unbridled good time in the Bowling Green area.

With the Labor Day holiday behind us, it's time for fall festivals, football, and fun! We kick the season off right here in Bowling Green with the community's largest festival this weekend, U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes & BBQ. Selected as one of this year's Fall Top Ten Festivals & Events in Kentucky by the KY Travel Industry Association, the 3-day celebration is one you don't want to miss. And why should you? It's FREE!

Kids can enjoy the carnival midway, inflatable fair, and tethered rides (weather permitting) all weekend plus a special Kid's Activity Tent and Mascot Mania on Thursday night. Friday evening welcomes the Balloon Glow and tunes from Kenton Bryant. Then on Saturday, it's the popular Hare and Hound race before the stage heats up with co-headliners Chuck Wicks and The Farm!

Proceeds from the carnival and inflatables benefit United Way of Southern Kentucky. Find a full schedule at the link below or call the hotline at 270-745-7532.

Ask anyone interested in fast cars about the LS engine and they'll very likely know the name Holley Performance Products. Not only does the Bowling Green-based company produce LS accessories and components, they also host the largest all-LS event in the country! Returning for its third year this weekend, LS Fest celebrates everything and anything powered by the incredible GM LS engine.

Spectators will see drag and autocross racing all weekend, the popular Engine Swap on Saturday morning, the up-and-coming Drift Challenge both Friday and Saturday, daily Speed Stop Challenges, and the ongoing Show-N-Shine Car Show with awards Sunday afternoon. This is the only event where all of these competitions take place at the same venue!

Daily admission is just $10 or $20 for all 3 days and children 16 and under are free. Click on the link below to learn more.

To view the complete calendar of upcoming events, visit our Events section here.

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing - Oct. 21 Chaney's Corn Maze, Chaney's Dairy Barn, open daily, $7 includes scoop of ice cream, 4 & U free, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

Ongoing - Oct. 28 September 11, 2001: A Global Moment Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 8am- 5pm, includes rare & important artifacts from the World Trade Center, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

5- Oct. 20 WKU Alumni Exhibition, SKyPAC Main Gallery, featuring George Vitorovich, Faye McClellan, Heath Seymour and Todd McCutcheon, Regular gallery hours: 11am-6pm Mon-F, panel discussion 9/22 5pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com

6 103.7 and Dublin's Irish Pub Present: Candlebox, SKyPAC, 6 pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com/events

6 2012 Midwest League Playoffs, Game 2 featuring the BG Hot Rods, Bowling Green Ballpark, 7:05pm, Game 3 on Friday if necessary, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

6 Author Neil White, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts- this year's SOKY Reads! selection, Warren Co. Main Library, 6pm, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

7 Ray Wylie Hubbard & Friends Concert, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor, Texas Singer/ Songwriter, 8pm, 904-6677, thewarehouseatmtvictor.com

7 Fourth Wall Ensemble, WKU Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall Rm 189, 7:30pm, flute/ trombone/ percussion, free & open to public, 745-3751, wku.edu/music

7 WKU Volleyball, E.A. Diddle Arena, vs. Tennessee Tech at 1pm, vs. Dayton at 7pm, 1-800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com

7-8 Ice Cream & A Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, Happy Feet 2, movies start at dusk, free, no outside drink or beverage, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

7-9 Special Olympics Softball State Championships, Buchanon Park, bpettyasa@aol.com

7-9 48th Annual Antique Show & Sale, Knights of Columbus Hall, sponsored by Alpha Theta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, 5:30-8:30pm Fri, 9am-5:30pm Sat, 12-4pm Sun, 3-day admission $5, 842-5991, bgantiqueshow.com

8 5th Annual Delafield Homecoming Festival, Sugar Maple Square, 10am-7pm, celebrate the community of Delafield, car show, food, live music, dancers, yard sale, crafts, Free event, 784-4325

8 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, 10am- 5pm, kids' activities, vendors, art, music, 782-0222, downtownbg.org

8 SOKY Kids Expo, Jackson's Orchard, 10am- 4pm, vendors, exhibits, area information, activities, free, 842-0420, sokykidsexpo.com

8 Pioneer Day, Kentucky Museum's Felts Log House, free family event with demonstrations, hands-on activities, 10am-1pm, 745-6082, wku.edu/museum

8 WKU Volleyball, E.A. Diddle Arena, vs. Ohio State 12:30pm, vs. IUPUI 5:30pm, 1-800-5-BIG RED, wkusports.com

8 9/11 Heroes Run 5k and Family Fun Run/Walk, Kereiakes Park, registration begins 3pm, 5k 5:30pm, Fun Run/Walk 6pm, 911heroesrun.com/runs/locations/KY

8 West KY Horse Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 745-3976, wku.edu/expo

9 Grandparent's Day, National Corvette Museum, grandparents get in free when accompanied by their grandchildren, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.com

9 The Landmark Association Annual Picnic, Keystone Farm, 4:30pm, dinner, short program, hike to quarry, $5, bring side or dessert, 782-0037, bglandmark.org

September 13-16 Parade of Homes, presented by Builders Assn. of South Central Ky.

September 14 Festival of Sand, Kids on the Block fundraiser, grass lot behind Chamber of Commerce

September 14-16 Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, Historic Railpark and Train Museum

September 15 10th Annual Fall Festival, Potter Children's Home & Family Ministries

September 15 Symphony Day, Jackson's Orchard

September 15 Music in the Barn, South Union Shaker Village

September 17 Orchestra Kentucky Opening Night at SKyPAC

September 20 Pioneer Cemetery Lantern Tour Downtown BG across from SKyPAC

September 21 Lindsey Lou & The Flatbellys Concert, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

September 23 WKU Chorale Fall Concert, First Christian Church