August 25-31

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.

2014 is the year of the Corvette. America's favorite sports car comes home to the National Corvette Museum for its 20th Anniversary Celebration and 5th National Corvette Caravan August 28-30! Annually celebrating the opening of the National Corvette Museum, the celebration is a popular event that unites friends, family and enthusiasts for a look back on the Museum's history and forward to the future! More than 7,000 people have registered to attend.

The icing on the cake for this year's event is the grand opening of the NCM Motorsports Park just across the interstate from the museum. For a complete schedule of events and information about registration, please call 270-781-7973 or visit the website below.

SKyPAC announces the return of the Sounds of Independence Music Festival this weekend! Featuring one of country music's most recognizable artists, the festival welcomes Josh Turner's Roughstock and Rambler Tour on Friday night at 7:30!

Turner has sold more than five million albums and garnered four No. 1 hits (including three multi-week chart-toppers): "Your Man," "Would You Go With Me," and "Why Don't We Just Dance" (a four-week No. 1 that was named the most-played song of the year in 2010 by MediaBase). Turner is one of the youngest members of the Grand Ole Opry. For ticket information and more, please call 270-904-1880 or check out the website below.

Ongoing-August 29 Home in America, SKyPAC Main Gallery, Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, a tribute to the places where we begin in America, 270-904-5001, theskypac.com

Ongoing- August 30 Pickin' on the Patio, Boyce General Store, summertime concert series, free, 5:30-8pm, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/boycegeneralstore

Ongoing- Sept. 1 Skydome Sinkhole and "Great 8" Special Exhibit, National Corvette Museum, displays sinkhole and the recovered Corvettes from the sinkhole collapse on Feb. 12, 2014, photographs, international media coverage, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

August 25 Free Admission, Mammoth Cave National Park Passage Tours, www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

August 26-October 12 Curiosity Climbs: The Extended Mission on Mars, Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

August 27-28 Apple Festival, Jackson's Orchard, Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 1-6pm, 270-781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

August 27-31 Budweiser Clydesdales appearances, Wed 4-6pm at Overtime Sports Bar & Grill, Thurs NCM Motorsports Park 9-11am, Fri WKU Football parade 5-7pm, Sat BG Ballpark 5-7pm, 270-843-4583

August 28-30 NCM 20th Anniversary and Corvette Caravan, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, grand opening of NCM Motorsports Park, corvettemuseum.org and www.corvettecaravan.com

August 29 WKU Football vs Bowling Green HOME OPENER, Houchens L.T. Smith Stadium, 1-800-5-BIG-RED, wkusports.com

August 29 Josh Turner: Sounds of Independence Music Festival and the Rough Stock and Rambler Tour, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

August 29 BB&T Concerts in the Park night series, Fountain Square Park 6-8:30pm, Circus Square Park 8-10:30pm, featuring Wide Open Road and Skip Bond & the Fugitives, 270-782-0222, bgdowntowndistrict.com

August 29-30 TN Drifting, Beech Bend Raceway, 8am-5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 30 All Aboard Series: Railroad through Music, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 8:30am, free, featuring J.P. Wright, 270-745-7317, historicrailpark.com

August 30 O'Reilly Saturday Night Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

August 30-September 1 Bowling Green Hot Rods vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps, BG Ballpark, Sat 7:05pm, Sun 2:05pm, Mon 12:05pm, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

August 31 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, plus Super

September 2 Songwriters Round 10, Gallery 916, 270-843-5511

September 4 Bluegrass Jams, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, 270-792-3751 or 270-535-1139

September 4-7 U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes & BBQ, Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport, featuring David Nail, balloonstunesbbq.com

September 5-7 Holley LS Fest, Beech Bend Raceway, lsfest.com

September 5-7 50th Annual Antique Show & Sale, Knights of Columbus Hall, 270-842-5991, bgantiqueshow.com

September 8 Disney's Fantasia, Orchestra Kentucky, SKyPAC, 270-846-2426, orchestrakentucky.com

September 12 Cruisin' for a Cure Car Show, Bruster's Ice Cream parking lot, 270-392-0981

September 12-13 Chaney's Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

September 13 Brews and Tunes V, Mellow Mushroom, 270-393-1800, facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG

September 13 Music on the Farm, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, shakermuseum.com

September 13 KY Zombie Mud Run, Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, www.kyzombiemudrun.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.