September 29 - October 5

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 becomes a hotbed for auto enthusiasts yet again this weekend as the 16th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals head to Beech Bend Raceway. This event wraps up the points battles in all of the NMRA's racing classes and brings the most awesome All-Ford and Mustang action to the quarter-mile dragstrip. The first World Ford Challenge was held in Bowling Green and they keep coming back!

See hundreds of racers hit the dragstrip for three days of high-speed competition. For more information, please call 270-781-7634 or check out the website below.

Lost River Cave's mission as a Nature Center is to encourage kids and families to unplug and get back outside. The cave is bringing back its annual Scarecrow Trail event this fall. Bring the family to Lost River Cave's walking/hiking trails and explore the valley lined with scarecrows built by local businesses, community organizations and friends.

While you're at the cave, take the state's only underground boat tour and learn more about the history of Lost River Cave. Stop by Wildflowers Gifts at the Visitors Center for unique shopping. The Scarecrow Trail runs October 5-31 and is free to walk, if you dare. For more information, please call 270-393-0077 or visit the website below.

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

Ongoing-Oct. 14 Kentucky Stages presents: A Streetcar Named Desire, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, kentuckystages.org

Ongoing- Nov. 9 The "Great 8" Sinkhole Corvettes exhibit, National Corvette Museum, features the cars that fell victim to the sinkhole, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

September 30 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Van Meter Hall, free, 7:30pm, 270-745-3121, wku.edu/go/ces

September 30 Watercolor Painting Workshop with Teresa Christmas, Warren County Public Library Main Branch, 6pm, reservations required, all materials provided, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

October 1 Choral Conducting Master Class with Dr. David Childs, Choral Rehearsal Hall at WKU, 2pm, free, 270-745-3751, wku.edu/music

October 1-30 Trail of Scarecrows, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, free, walk along the paved trail in the park, 270-646-2151, parks.ky.gov

October 2 Author Phillip Gulley, Warren County Public Library Bob Kirby Branch, 6p, free, 270-782-0252, warrenpl.org

October 2 Shrine Circus, LD Brown Agricultural Center, 4:30pm and 7:30pm, elephants, tigers, motorcycle madness, amazing aerialists, 855-973-1562, bowlinggreencircus.com

October 3- Nov. 1 Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, open every Friday-Saturday in October, ticket prices vary, $30/all four attractions: haunted woods, haunted hayride, 3D zone and doll museum, 270-622-8171, skeletonslair.com

October 3-5 16th Annual NMRA All Ford World Finals, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 4 Webb Fest Nine starring Webb Wilder and the Beat Necks, Capitol Arts Center, 8pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 4 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, Big Hollow Bike Trail at Mammoth Cave National park, 9am-12pm, meet at the Science and Learning Center at the park, hot dogs and hamburgers afterward, helmets required, meetup.com/Southwest-KyMBA/events/

October 4 3rd Annual Fall Festival, Boyce General Store, 10am-2pm, food, drinks, live music, hay rides, craft market, pumpkins, 270-842-1900, facebook.com/BoyceGeneralStore

October 4 Rock N B Farm Fall Farm Festival, Rock N B Farm, 10am-4pm, live music, 75 vendors, games, pony rides, barn tours, carriage rides, kids zone, 270-792-3838

October 4 WKU Football vs UAB, Houchens L.T. Smith Stadium, 1-800-5-BIG-RED, wkusports.com

October 4-5 Warbird Alley, SKYMAC Stahl Field, $15 pilot registration fee, electric hookups, concessions on-site, no admission fee, 270-792-9932, skymacrc.com

October 4-12 Fall Break Bash, Lost River Cave, discount boat tours for KY and north TN residents, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

October 5-31 3rd Annual Scarecrow Trail, Lost River Cave, free, walk the Lost River Valley and see scarecrows built by the community lining the trails, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

October 6-12 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac KHSAA High School Girls and Boys State Golf Championships, Bowling Green Country Club, khsaa.org

October 9-12 Outlaw Fest presented by Moonshine Sauce Company, Edgehill Farm, outlawfest.com

October 10-12 QuickFuel Tenn-Tuck Bracket Bash, Big Bucks & Little Bucks Race, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

October 11 Shaker Farm Day, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, shakermuseum.com

October 11 2nd Annual Party in Pink Zumbathon, ROC at First Baptist Church, 270-225-0204

October 15 Don Williams, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 15 WKU Cultural Enhancement Series: BILL NYE, E.A. Diddle Arena, 270-745-3121, wku.edu/go/ces

October 15-18 34th Annual Buick GS Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway, gsnationals.com

October 16 Ron White, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

October 17 Bowling Green Gallery Hop, art galleries around town, facebook.com/BGgalleryHop

October 17-18 Tony Moran at Skeleton's Lair Scream Park, 270-622-8171, skeletonslair.com

October 17-26 Mainstage Theatre presents: Arsenic and Old Lace, Phoenix Theatre, ptkbg.org

October 18 Great American Campout, Lost River Cave, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

October 18 Spirits at the Depot, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 270-781-1180, bbbsky.com

October 18 Medical Center 10K Classic, WKU campus, www.themedicalcenter10kclassic.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.