June 30 - July 6

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.

Begin your Independence Day celebration at the annual Citizens First Thunderfest on Thursday, July 3, presented by Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green! Pack the car and head out to the National Corvette Museum Amphitheater to celebrate Independence Day with a few thousand of your closest friends!

The gates open at 4pm with activities starting at 5pm. Children's attractions, music, food vendors, and other entertainment are available until about 9:30pm, when the fireworks show begins. Admission is $20 per carload and wristbands for children's inflatables are $10. No alcohol, coolers or pets permitted. For more information, please visit the website below or call the National Corvette Museum at 270-781-7973.

Spend your 4th of July having a day of fun in downtown Bowling Green. The BB&T 4th of July Block Party starts on Circus Square at 2:30pm with music from WOVO 106.3, children's games and activities sponsored by SKyPAC and Soul House starts performing live music at 4pm.

The Bowling Green Hot Rods take on Dayton at 7pm and you can check out a fireworks display after the game, followed by a concert by Bowling Green's own SLEEPER/AGENT at Hitcents Park Plaza! Independence Day will truly be a block party in downtown BG, and for more information please call 270-782-0222 or visit the website below.

Ongoing- July 6 District Little League Baseball tournament, Ephram White Park, 270-846-1664

Ongoing- July 10 Night Sky Stories over a Summer Campfire, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

Ongoing- August 3 Skydome Sinkhole "Great 8" Special Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, displays the recovered Corvettes from the sinkhole collapse on Feb. 12, 2014, photographs, international media coverage, 270-781-7973, corvettemusuem.org

Ongoing- August 30 Pickin' on the Patio, Boyce General Store, summertime concert series, no concert July 5, free, 5:30-8pm, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/boycegeneralstore

June 30-July 1 Mutual of Omaha's AHA Moment Tour, National Corvette Museum, 9am-5pm, mutualofomaha.com/aha

July 1 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 2 Guided Canoe Trip, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, $25/person, must be 10 years or older to participate, reservations required, 800-325-0057

July 3 Citizens First Thunderfest, National Corvette Museum amphitheater, 4-11pm, live music, kids' activities, concessions, fireworks display at approx. 9:30pm, bgkiwanis.org

July 4 BB&T 4th of July Block Party, Circus Square Park, 2:30pm, live music, doorprizes, kids' games, Sleeper Agent will be performing at Hitcents Park Plaza after the fireworks tonight at the BG Ballpark for the Hot Rods baseball game, 270-782-0222, downtownbg.org

July 4-6 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Dayton Dragons, BG Ballpark, Fri-Sat 7:05pm, Sun 2:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

July 4-6 KY ASA Girls fast pitch Softball 6U & 8U State tournament, Buchanon Park, 270-683-9307, kyasa.org

July 5 O'Reilly Saturday Night Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 5 OSCA Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, $15 gate fee, beechbend.com

July 5-6 KYASA Baseball FireCracker Classic 7U-12U 3GG, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

July 6 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, plus Super Pro King of the Track Qualifier #3, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 7-8 Kentucky Senior Open, The Club at Olde Stone, http://kygolf.org/tournaments/schedules/pga/

July 7-12 American Ranch Horse Association World Championship Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 606-271-2963, http://html.americanranchhorse.net

July 8-10 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. West Michigan Whitecaps, BG Ballpark, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

July 11-12 Chaney's Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

July 12 BG Gauntlet Mud Run, Phil Moore Park, bggauntlet.com

July 12 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, https://www.facebook.com/SecondSaturdaysBG

July 12 18th Annual Duncan Hines Festival, Chaney's Dairy Barn, duncanhinesfestival.com

July 15 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 15 Duncan Hines biographer Louis Hatchett, Bob Kirby Library, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

July 17-19 33rd National Corvette Homecoming, Sloan Convention Center, corvettehomecoming.com

July 19-23 KY State Boys Little League State Baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park

July 19 The Dueling Pianos, Lost River Cave, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

July 19 First Class Passenger Breakfast, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, shakermuseum.com

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. Our summertime seasonal hours are Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm and Sat. 9am-3pm.