July 7-13

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.

One of Bowling Green's favorite summertime events is back again! The 35th Annual BB&T Concerts in the Park Friday Night Series officially kicks off this weekend! The Downtown Redevelopment Authority continues the 35th Annual Concerts in the Park series brought to you by BB&T. Friday nights in July and August, local bands will perform live music in Fountain Square Park from 6-8:30pm and in Circus Square Park 8pm-10:30pm. Bands featured this week will be Kenny Lee at Fountain Square and Andy & the Rockers on Circus Square.

All concerts are free to the public. Food, drinks, and children's activities will be available. Bring a blanket or a chair and come downtown with the family or a friend to enjoy the summer with a smile! For more information and a complete list of scheduled bands, please call 270-782-0222 or visit the website below.

The 18th Annual Duncan Hines Festival is finally here! Selected as a Top 20 Event in July by the Southeast Tourism Society, the festival will be hosted by the Bowling Green Junior Woman's Club at its new location this year, Chaney's Dairy Barn! Come out on Saturday from 4-8pm to commemorate the legacy of our local resident turned household name Duncan Hines.

The fun includes Uncle Duncan's Duck Derby, plus a brownie eating contest, kids' inflatables, vendors, face painting and more! Plus, enjoy all the fun offered at Chaney's Dairy Barn too! After the festival, Chaney's famous Ice Cream & a Moovie will feature the showing of "Frozen" at dusk on the side of the barn. The Duncan Hines Festival is free to the public, but donations to the Bowling Green Junior Woman's Club are accepted. For more information, please call 270-782-0800 or visit the website below.

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, free, 5:30-8pm, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/boycegeneralstore

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

July 7-11 Chinese Discoveries that Shaped Our World Summer Camp, hosted by the WKU Hardin Planetarium and the Confucious Institute, grades 3-6, full-days of activities, limited to 20 students, $195 registration fee, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

July 7-12 American Ranch Horse Association World Championship Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 10th anniversary, 300-400 exhibitors, 606-271-2963, http://html.americanranchhorse.net/

July 8 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 8-10 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. West Michigan Whitecaps, BG Ballpark, 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

July 9 The Greg Martin Group, The Phoenix Theatre, 7pm, 270-7816233, ptkbg.org

July 10 Mary Lucas speaks about local "Pauline's" brothel history, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 6pm, 270-781-4882, warrenpl.org

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

July 11 BB&T Concerts in the Park night series, Fountain Square Park 6-8:30pm, Circus Square Park 8-10:30pm, featuring Kenny Lee & the Jazz All Stars and Andy & the Rockers, 270-782-0222, downtownbg.org

July 11-12 Chaney's Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, movie "Frozen" at dusk, free, no outside food or beverages, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

July 11-13 QuickFuel Tenn-Tuck Bracket Bash/Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 11-13 KY ASA Girls fast pitch Softball 10U-18U State Championship, Buchanon Park, 270-683-9307, kyasa.org

July 11-14 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Lansing Lugnuts, BG Ballpark, Fri-Sat 7:05pm, Sun 2:05pm, Mon 7:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

July 12 BG Gauntlet Mud Run, Phil Moore Park, email bggauntletmudrun@gmail.com, bggauntlet.com

July 12 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, 10am-3pm, horse and carriage rides, face painting, discounts, vendors, https://www.facebook.com/SecondSaturdaysBG

July 12 18th Annual Duncan Hines Festival, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 4-8pm, live music, baking contest, hayride and pony rides, inflatables, duck pond, movie on the barnside afterward, duncanhinesfestival.com

July 12- August 9 Free golf lessons, Paul Walker Golf Course, Saturdays, ages 16+, 270-393-3821

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

July 22-23 Monologue Workshop with Johnny Goldstein, Phoenix Theatre, ptkbg.org

July 22-27 KY ASA National Softball, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

July 23-27 BG Extreme 3-D Fly-In, SKYMAC RC field, 270-590-0943

July 25-26 Chaney's Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

July 26 O'Reilly Saturday Night Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

July 26 Beatle Madness, SKyPAC, Orchestra Kentucky retro series, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

July 27-31 National Soap Box Derby Rallies, Phil Moore Park, ndr.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.