Week of July 29 - August 4

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

Bowling Green is hosting the second largest softball tournament ever held in Kentucky this week. More than 45 girls fastpitch softball teams are participating in the USA Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Girls 10 & Under Fastpitch National Championships at Buchanon Park. Teams from across the nation are here, so let's show off some of our famous southern hospitality.

Tournament play begins at Buchanon Park on Monday, July 29, and runs through Sunday, August 4. This year's tournament will also include a skills competition on Tuesday, July 30, which features categories of play, a cookout and special prizes. For more tournament information, please visit the link below.

Join Bowling Green in hosting the National Soap Box Derby Championship Rallies happening all week at Phil Moore Park. This is a great event for the family to get in some recreation time and spectate a unique race. You can watch qualifying races running daily throughout the week, with the exception of Thursday.

There will be an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the races on Tuesday, July 30 at 11:30am. The championship races will be held Saturday, August 3, starting at 7am. For a complete schedule of events and a link to the official National Derby Rallies website, please visit the link below.

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

All phone numbers are area code 270 unless otherwise noted.

Ongoing- Sept. 13 Marquis of Excellence Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 14-car exhibit featuring NCRS Top Flight and other pristine Corvettes, winners of the "Marquis of Excellence" awards, 8am-5pm, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

Ongoing - December 31 Three Local Artists: Blake Simms, Charlotte Babb and Matthew Simone, Capitol Arts Mezzanine Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-5019, theskypac.com

July 28-Aug 3 National Soap Box Rally Race, Phil Moore Park, Warren County Parks & Rec, 842-5302, ndr.org

July 28-Aug 4 Class "A" USA-ASA/10U National Fastpitch Softball Championship, 45 teams, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

July 30 The Dead Sea Scrolls, Warren County Public Library, presented by Dr. Steve bowman of the University of Cincinnati, 6pm, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org

July 30 Beaver Tuesday Night Drag/Oval Fun Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

August 1-31 Double Dino Days at Dinosaur World, when you pay full admission price in August, you get a ticket to come back any day in December except Christmas Day, 773-4345, dinosaurworld.com

August 1-2 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Dayton Dragons, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 2 34th Annual Concerts in the Park Series, Fountain Square Park Black Cat Cadillac concert 5:30-8:30pm, Circus Square Park Poison Karma concert continues the entertainment from 8:30-11pm, free, bring blankets or chairs, 782-0222, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-in-the-Park-by-Downtown-BG-and-BBT/322326471178484

August 2-3 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, free admission, Charlotte's Web showing starts at dusk, AG Night, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

August 2-4 13th Annual NMCA Hot Rod & Muscle Car Nations, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com

August 3 3 All Aboard Series: The Modern Railroad Worker, Historic Railpark & Train Musem, 8:30am, free, featuring Jim Patterson, former CSX Conductor, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com

August 3 Poker Run, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, registration 9am-12pm, play by lake or land, 796-7360, proceeds used for fireworks and lake shore cleanup, raffle and awards, parks.ky.gov

August 3-4 CASA Children's Benefit Tennis Tournament, Kereiakes Park, $25/event adults, $15/event kids, limit 2 events per player, 230-7044, casaofsck.org

August 3-6 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. South Bend Silver Hawks, BG BallPark, 901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 4 Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 10:30am, 745-3976, sktpa.com

August 6 Johnny Molloy, Warren County Public Library

August 7-9 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Great Lakes Loons, BG BallPark

August 9 34th Annual Concerts in the Park Series, Fountain Square Park Canago concert 5:30-8:30pm, Circus Square Park Fender Benders concert continues the entertainment from 8:30-11pm

August 9 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, various galleries around town

August 9 Oval Track Racing, Beech Bend Raceway

August 9-11 ASA Makala Brumitt WC Youth Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park

August 10 Second Saturdays Festival, Fountain Square Park

August 10 Brain Freeze Bike Challenge, Chaney's Dairy Barn

August 10 Scotty's Pound the Pavement for Kids, Kereiakes Park

August 10-11 RUFF Run for Fun Dog Agility Trials, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-745-3976

August 13 Ricky Skaggs, Sloan Convention Center

August 16 34th Annual Concerts in the Park Series, Fountain Square Park Mudd River Union concert 5:30-8:30pm, Circus Square Park Bueler's Day Off concert continues the entertainment from 8:30-11pm

August 16 Chuck Prophet, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor

August 16-17 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn

August 16-18 Warbird Alley, SYMAC Stahl Field

August 17 The '50s Dance Party, part of the Orchestra Kentucky Retro Series, SKyPAC

August 17 Ghost Hunting, Octagon Hall

August 18 Andy Grammer, E.A. Diddle Arena, 745-5809

For your convenience, a bulletin board of events and a full brochure rack are located on the front porch of the Visitors Bureau if you need information when the main office is closed.