March 23-29

Gear up for fun! Welcome to our "What's Happening" email, where we share details about events going on this week in and around our own Hot Rod City, USA.

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Spring has sprung at Riverview at Hobson Grove! Stop by the Spring Open House on Thursday anytime 11am-4pm. Celebrate the coming of spring with local vendors and artists booths. A Victorian style tea with homemade desserts made from Hobson family recipes will be served at 2pm for $10.

No reservations are required for this event. For more information about the Spring Open House or details about future events at Hobson Grove, please call 270-843-5565 or visit the website below.

Returning to Bowling Green for a night of great music is the Lost River Music Fest! Spend Saturday night rocking out at the Bowling Green Ballpark with some of the greatest rock bands to ever hit the music scene: ZZ Top, the Kentucky Headhunters and Black Stone Cherry!

The show begins at 5pm. Tickets are available via the Lost River Music Fest Facebook page or through the website below. General admission and club level tickets available. For details about the artists, tickets, parking and more, please call 270-901-2121 or check out the website below.

Ongoing-March 31 Old Fashioned Sock Monkey Making Classes, Spongie Acres Bed & Breakfast, 6:30-8:30pm, weekly classes, 270-535-3368, spongieacresbedandbreakfast.com

Ongoing-April 4 US Bank Celebration of the Arts Show, Kentucky Museum, Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

Ongoing-April 12 Side by Side Art Exhibit, Kentucky Museum, Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm, 270-745-2592, wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

Ongoing-May 10 Comets, Asteroids and Meteors: Great Balls of Fire, National Corvette Museum exhibit, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

March 23 NCM Open Track Day, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 26 Political Cartoonist Xavier Bonilla of El Universo, Quito, Ecuador, Barnes & Noble, 7pm, free, presented by WKU Libraries, wku.edu/libraries

March 26 Spring Open House, Riverview at Hobson Grove, 11am-4pm, tea with homemade dseserts from Hobson family recipes at 2pm for $10, no reservations needed, vendors and art, 270-843-5565, bgky.org/riverview

March 27 Comedian Brian Regan, SKyPAC, 7:30pm, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

March 27-28 Hudson-Valentine Longhorn Cattle Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 817-991-9979

March 27-29 The Marriage of Figaro, Van Meter Hall, 7:30pm, Symphony at WKU, 270-745-3121, wku.showare.com

March 27-29 Franklin Simpson High School Girls Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, 270-586-3273 March 28 19th Annual Total Fitness Connection's Run & Walk, Basil Griffin Park, benefits Family Enrichment Center, totalfitnessconnection.com

March 28 Test & Tune Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 12-5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

March 28 Lost River Music Fest: ZZ Top, Kentucky Headhunters and Black Stone Cherry, Bowling Green Ballpark, 5pm, lostrivermusicfest.com

March 28 Easter Egg Hunt, South Warren High School football field, registration 2pm, egg hunt 3pm, 30,000 eggs, free Chaney's ice cream coupons, register to win a bike, rain date March 29 at 3pm, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

March 28-29 Chin, NCM Motorsports Park, Grand Max, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 28-29 KY ASA Adult Slow Pitch Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

March 29 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

March 29 TRSCCA, NCM Motorsports Park, Autocross Pad, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

March 29 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

April 4 Broom Making Demonstration, South Union Shaker Village, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

April 4 Brunch with the Bunny, Historic Railpark & Train Museum, 270-745-7317, historicrailpark.org

April 7 Cruisin for a Cure Car Show, Bruster's Ice Cream parking lot, 270-392-0981

April 7-May 14 A Star is Born, Hardin Planetarium, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

April 10-11 6th Annual ChallengerFest, Beech Bend Raceway, www.speedysgarage.net

April 10-12 KYASA Softball Girls Fastpitch Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

April 11 Second Saturdays Street Fair, Fountain Square Park, bgdowntowndistrict.com

April 11-12 Southern Kentucky Ranch Horse Show, WKU Ag Expo Center, 606-636-4112, americanranchhorse.net

April 12 NHRA Drag Racing Plus SS/S Combo & Super Gas, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

Bigger and better, our #gearedforgiveaways contests feature free hotel stays, event passes, seasonal goodies and treats! Keep up with us on Facebook and Twitter to find out how to enter!

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.