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What's Happening in Bowling Green
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September 23-29, 2013
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Week of September 23
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.
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Bowling Green International Festival
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Circus Square Park
601 State Street
Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
Saturday, Sept. 28
9am-6pm
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Bowling Green International Festival
Circus Square Park becomes an international paradise of nationalities coming together to proudly share their unique cultures this Saturday. The International Festival is a traditional celebration that honors the heritage and diversity among our residents through music, dance, demonstrations, authentic foreign foods, edu-tainment activities, cultural displays and an international bazaar.
Booths at the festival feature a wide variety of authentic foreign foods and interesting merchandise. Performances and events on stages feature a wide variety of music and dance. Activities, contests and other events also take place both during and before the festival. For more information, please call 270-904-6339 or visit the link below.
Bowling Green International Festival
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Pumpkin Festival at Jackson's Orchard
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Jackson's Orchard
1280 Slim Island Road
Bowling Green, Ky., 42101
October weekends
Saturdays 8am-6pm, Sundays 1pm-6pm
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Pumpkin Festival
October at Jackson's Orchard means it's time for Pumpkin Festivals each weekend! You'll find family fun every weekend--wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, your own pumpkins for poicking, the corn maze, a petting zoo, pony rides, straw castle, face painting, the goat ranch, and the Cider Slider.
Don't forget all the homegrown and homegrown food, especially the hot dog cart, caramel apples, new apple donuts and fried apple pie! There's no admission and no parking fees. For more information, please call 270-781-5303 or visit the website below.
Pumpkin Festival at Jackson's Orchard
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Other Events in the Area This Week
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| WEEKLY HAPPENINGS |
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Monday Open Mic Night, Tidball's, 9 pm, 793-9955
Tuesday Community Farmers Market, Nashville Road & Campbell Lane, 3-7pm, communityfarmersmarketbg.com
Tuesday-Saturday Live Music, Tidball's, 9 pm
Tues, Thur, Sat BG Farmers Market, Hobby Lobby lot, 6am-sellout, bgfarmersmarket.com
Tues, Saturday SKY Farmers Market, 5th & High St., Sat 7am-12pm, Tues 7am-1pm, skyfarmersmarket.com
Wednesday-Saturday Live Music by Liberation, Crossroads Lounge, 9 pm, 781-3000
Thursday Live Music, Double Dogs, 8 pm, 843-9357, doubledogs.biz
Thursday KOA Bluegrass Jam, KOA Meeting Room, 7pm, 843-1919
Friday Wine Tasting, all Chuck's Liquor locations, 4-6 pm, 846-2626
Friday Karaoke, Double Dogs, 9 pm
Fridays Group Knit and Crochet Alongs, Crafty Hands, 10am & 6 pm, 866-771-0433
Friday Live Music, Micki's on Main, 9 pm, 793-0450
Friday-Saturday Distillery Tastings and Tours, Corsair Artisan Distillery, 10 am- 6 pm, 904-2021
Saturday Community Farmers Market, Nashville Rd & Campbell Ln, 8am-1pm, communityfarmersmarketbg.com
Sunday- Tuesday Music and Karaoke, Crossroads Lounge, 9 pm
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Other 'Get Out & About' Events
Ongoing- Sept. 30 Butterfly Art, SKyPAC Children's Gallery, by children of Christ Episcopal Church, 904-5000, theskypac.com
Ongoing-Oct. 19 Documenting Tradition Exhibit, Kentucky Museum, 9am-4pm, Kentucky Folklife program archives,
745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum
Ongoing- Nov. 2 Word Doodle Exhibit, SKyPAC Main Gallery, featuring works of Todd Camplin abstracting text into objects and images, call for hours, 904-5000, theskypac.com
Ongoing- Dec.31 Three Local Artists: Blake Simms, Charlotte Babb and Matthew Simone, Capitol Arts Mezzanine Gallery, M-F 11am-6pm, 904-5019, theskypac.com
Ongoing- Jan. 3, 2014 Two-Wheel Speed: Motorcycle Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 781-7973, corvettemuseum.org
September 23 Sarah Waters Duo, Guest Artist Percussion, FAC Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/music
September 23-24 18th Annual Junior Achievement Golf Classic, Crosswinds Golf Course, $400/four, $100/individual, jaforkids.com, 782-0280
September 26 Vettes, Pets & Families Charity Car & Bike Show, Bowling Green Assembly Corvette Plant, proceeds benefit the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society and Salvation Army Food Bank, $20/car registration, 846-4801, bgacorvetteclub.com
September 26 Michael Morris, Warren County Public Library, 6pm, free, 781-4882, warrenpl.org
September 26-29 SKyPAC Youth Theater presents: The Importance of Being Earnest, $12/adults, $10/students and seniors Capitol Arts Center, 904-5005, theskypac.com
September 26-29 Fountain Square Players present: The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Phoenix Theatre, Thurs-Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm, fountainsquareplayers.org
September 26- October 1 WKU Theatre & Dance presents: Crimes of the Heart, Russell H. Miller Theatre, Thurs-Sat, Mon-Tues 8pm, Sun 3pm, $15/adults and $12/students, wku.showare.com, 745-3121
September 27 Bill Engvall, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 904-1880, theskypac.com
September 27-28 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, free admission, The Incredibles showing starts at dusk, 843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com
September 27-29 AMRA Harley Davidson Drag Finals, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com
September 27-29 QuickFuel Nostalgia Drag Racing League Series, Beech Bend Raceway, 781-7634, beechbend.com
September 27- November 2 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, gates open at dark and close at midnight, 622-8171, skeletonslair.com
September 28 Neil Sedaka: Highlights from The Royal Albert Concert, part of the Orchestra Kentucky Retro Series, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, '60 and '70s pop icon joins the orchestra, 846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com
September 28 WKU Football vs. NAVY, Smith Stadium, 6pm, 800-5-BIGRED, wkusports.com
September 28 Bowling Green International Festival, Circus Square Park, 9am-7pm, $4 admission, 904-6339, bginternationalfest.com
September 28 Children's Tumor Foundation Kentucky NF Walk, Preston Miller Park, 9:30am, food, face painting, crafts, nfwalk.org/kentucky2013
September 28 West Kentucky Flat Shod Pleasure Horse Auction, WKU Ag Expo Center, 10am, selling walking, spotted, fox trotters and all smooth gaited horses, expect 300-400 head, 745-3976, wkfshorsesale.com
September 28 Fall Harvest, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 843-5565, bgky.org/riverview
September 28 All Aboard Series: Chef Mike Riggs, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 8:30am, 745-7317, historicrailpark.com
September 28-29 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard, wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, corn maze, petting zoo, pony rides, straw castle, face painting, the cider slider, Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 1-6pm, every weekend thru Oct. 27, 781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com
September 29-October 31 Scarecrow Trail, Lost River Cave, free to walk, see scarecrows made by community members liniing the walking trails in the valley, 393-0077, lostrivercave.com
September 30 New York Times Bestselling author Nelson DeMille, CEC Parish Hall, 6pm, free, discussing his new novel "The Quest," 781-4882, warrenpl.org
September 30 French Violin Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Ching-Yi Lin, violin and Scott Meek, piano, FAC Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free, wku.edu/music
Bowling Green events
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Sneak Peek at the Coming Weeks
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| Sneak Peek at the Coming Weeks |
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Take a glance
at the coming weeks!
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Sneak Peek
September 30 New York Times Bestselling author Nelson DeMille, CEC Parish Hall
October 1 Caveman Chorus Send-off performance, Greenwood Park Church of Christ
October 1-31 Trail of Scarecrows, Barren River Lake State Resort Park
October 4-6 14th Annual NMRA All Ford World Finals, Beech Bend Raceway
October 5-6 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard
October 6-12 Leachman Buick KHSAA Girls and Boys Golf State Championships, Bowling Green Country Club
October 7 New York Times Bestselling Author J.A. Jance, CEC Parrish Hall
October 10 Todd Snider, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor
October 10 Kentucky Live! Fall 2013 Speaker Series: Editorial Cartoonist Marc Murphy, Barnes & Noble
October 10 Sena Jeter Naslund, CEC Parish Hall
October 11-13 ASA Northern Invitational National Qualifier Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park
October 11-13 ASA Fall Brawl Youth Baseball Tournament, Buchanon Park
October 11-13 QuickFuel Tenn-Tuck Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway
October 12-13 Pumpkin Festival, Jackson's Orchard
October 13 Advanced Geocaching, Lost River Cave
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Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
352 Three Springs Road
Bowling Green, KY 42104
(270) 782-0800
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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.
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