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What's Happening in Bowling Green
June 29 - July 5, 2015

Upcoming Events
  • Peach Tastin' Days Festival
  • American Ranch Horse Association World Championships Show
  • Other Events Happening This Week!
  • Sneak Peek at the Coming Weeks
  • June 29- July 5

    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.

    We love hearing from you!

    • Tag your social media adventures with #gearedforfun and we'll share them!

  • Peach Tastin' Days Festival
  • Bowling Green Gallery Hop
    Peach Tastin' Days Festival

    Jackson's Orchard
    1280 Slim Island Road
    Bowling Green, Ky., 42101

    Friday-Saturday
    8am-6pm
    Peach Tastin' Days Festival

    It's peach season at Jackson's Orchard and this weekend celebrates the Peach Tastin' Days Festival. Try FREE tastes of all things "peachy" like preserves, salsas and more. You'll find fresh peaches, summer apples and fresh vegetables.

    Jackson's Orchard opens its concession stands with fried apple and peach pies, homemade peach ice cream and more. The playground will be open for the kids, cost is $2 for ages 4-18. For more information about the festival, please call 270-781-5303 or check out the BRAND NEW Jackson's Orchard website in the link below.

    Peach Tastin' Days Festival
  • American Ranch Horse Association World Championships Show
  • Brain Freeze Bicycle Challenge
    American Ranch Horse Association World Championships Show

    L.D. Brown/WKU Ag Expo Center
    406 Elrod Road
    Bowling Green, Ky., 42104

    July 5-11
    American Ranch Horse Association World Championships Show

    The American Ranch Horse Association World Championships are coming to the WKU Ag Expo Center starting the end of this week! This major horse show runs July 5-11 and features competitions in Showmanship, Working Cow Horse, Reining, Roping, and more!

    Spectating is free, so bring the whole family. For a complete schedule of events and special activities happening all week, please visit the official American Ranch Horse website in the link below or call 606-636-4112.

    American Ranch Horse Association World Championships Show
  • Other Events Happening This Week!
  • Second Saturdays Festival
    WEEKLY HAPPENINGS

    Monday Mellow Mondays, Mellow Mushroom, small one-topping pizzas for $4.99 & large one-topping pizzas for $9.99, all-day, 270-393-1800, facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG

    Monday Corvette City Bop and Dance Club, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, swing, Latin, corvettecitybopanddanceclub.com

    Monday Open Mic Night, Tidball's, 9pm, 270-793-9955

    Tuesday Team Trivia Night, Mellow Mushroom, 7pm, 270-393-1800, facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG

    Tues- Thur Tours & Tastings, Corsair Distillery, $5/tour, $8/includes take home glass,11am-4pm, 270-904-2021, corsairartisan.com

    Saturday SoKY Marketplace, Intersection of 7th and Center Street, 8am-1pm, SoKY Marketplace on Facebook

    Tuesday-Saturday Live Music, Tidball's, 9pm, 270-793-9955

    Wednesday Jazz Jam, Mellow Mushroom, presented by the Kentucky Blues Society, 270-393-1800, facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG

    Wednesday-Saturday Live Music by Roxcel, Crossroads Lounge, 9pm, 270-745-9191

    Thursday Bluegrass Jams, FOP Lodge, 5:30-8pm, free, 270-792-3751, 270-535-1139

    Thursday Steal the Pint Night and Live Music, Mellow Mushroom, 6pm, 270-393-1800, facebook.com/MellowMushroomBG

    Friday Wine Tasting, all Chuck's Liquor locations, 4-6 pm, 270-846-2626

    Fridays Group Knit and Crochet Alongs, Crafty Hands, 10am & 6 pm, 866-771-0433

    Friday Live Music, Micki's on Main, 9 pm, 270-793-0450

    Friday-Saturday Live Music, Mellow Mushroom, 270-393-1800, mellowmushroom.com/stores/bowling-green

    Friday-Saturday Live Music, Lost River Pizza, 9pm, 270-746-0255

    Friday-Saturday Karaoke, Dolphie's Lounge, 9pm, 270-904-2650

    Friday-Saturday Tours & Tastings, Corsair Distillery, $5/tour, $8/includes take home glass, 12-5pm, 270-904-2021, corsairartisan.com

    Saturday Indoor Community Farmers Market, 2319 Nashville Road, 8am-1pm, communityfarmersmarketbg.com

    Saturday Beech Bend Farmers Market, 8am-1pm, 315 Beech Bend Road, beechbendfarmersmarket.com

    Sunday- Tuesday Music and Karaoke, Crossroads Lounge, 9 pm
    Other 'Get Out & About' Events

    Ongoing-June 30 Hubble: 25 years of a telescope with vision, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

    Ongoing-Sept. 13 Moonshine to Finish Line: The History of NASCAR exhibit, National Corvette Museum, 270-781-7973, corvettemuseum.org

    June 29-30 NCM High Performance Driving Event, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

    June 30 Beaver Tuesday Night Street Drags, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

    June 30 Cruisin for a Cure Car Show, Bruster's Ice Cream parking lot, 5-8pm, free, 270-392-0981

    July 2-August 23 New Horizons at Pluto, WKU Hardin Planetarium, free, Tues/Thurs 7pm, Sun 2pm, 270-745-4044, wku.edu/planetarium

    July 3 Citizens First Thunderfest, National Corvette Museum Amphitheatre, $20 per carload, gates open 4pm, activities begin 5pm, live music by Tyronee Dunn & Kin-Foke, no coolers or pets, fireworks at dark, bgkiwanis.org

    July 3 Cave City Community Fireworks Show, Music by Nightfall in concert, Jellystone Park, free, 7-9pm, 270-773-3840

    July 3-4 Peach Tastin' Days Festival, Jackson's Orchard, free tastes of all things "peachy" and playground open for kids ages 4-18, Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, 270-781-5303, jacksonsorchard.com

    July 3-4 KYASA Firecracker Classic 6U & 8U State Girls Softball Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

    July 3-5 KYASA Baseball Tournament, Ephram White Park, kyasa.org

    July 4 Community Fireworks, Alvaton Church of Christ, 5-8pm, 270-796-9101, alvatonchurchofchrist.com

    July 4 Barren River Lake 4th of July Celebration, fireworks, crafts, games, live entertainment at 6pm, 1-800-325-0057, parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/barren-river

    July 4 Broom Making Demonstration, South Union Shaker Village, 10am-4pm, $8/adults, $4/kids 6-12, watch how brooms are made, 270-542-4167, southunionshakervillage.com

    July 4 O'Reilly Saturday Night Grudge Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 5pm, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

    July 4-7 Bowling Green Hot Rods baseball vs. Dayton Dragons, BG Ballpark, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

    July 4-11 American Ranch Horse Association World Championships, LD Brown Expo Center, 606-271-2963, americanranchhorse.net

    July 5 NHRA Drag Racing, Beech Bend Raceway, 270-781-7634, beechbend.com

    Bowling Green events
  • Sneak Peek at the Coming Weeks
  • Ricky Skaggs book signing
    Sneak Peek at the Coming Weeks

    Take a glance
    at the coming weeks!

    Sneak Peek

    July 7 Weird Al Yankovic Mandatory World Tour, SKyPAC, 270-904-1880, theskypac.com

    July 10-11 Ice Cream & a Moovie, Chaney's Dairy Barn, 270-843-5567, chaneysdairybarn.com

    July 11 Duncan Hines Festival, Chaney's Dairy Barn, duncanhinesfestival.org

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

    July 11 BG Gauntlet Mud Run, Phil Moore Park, bggauntlet.com

    July 11 Dueling Pianos, Lost River Cave, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

    July 13-18 Summer Arts Camp, SKyPAC, Missoula Children's Theatre, 270-904-7009, theskypac.com

    July 15-17 Bowling Green Hot Rods baseball vs. Great Lakes Loons, BG Ballpark, 270-901-2121, bghotrods.com

    July 16-19 National Corvette Homecoming, Sloan Convention Center and NCM Motorsports Park, corvettehomecoming.com

    July 17 BB&T Concert in the Park Music Series, Circus Square Park, bgdowntowndistrict.com

    July 17-18 Santa Gertrudis Show & Sale, WKU Ag Expo Center, 270-287-8629, santagertrudis.com

    July 17-19 KYASA Girls Fast Pitch Softball State Tournament, Buchanon Park, kyasa.org

    July 17-19 NASA Midwest, NCM Motorsports Park, 800-538-3883, motorsportspark.org

    July 18 Junior Naturalist Program, Lost River Cave, 270-393-0077, lostrivercave.com

    Event Calendar

  • #gearedforgiveaways CONTESTS
  • 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!

    Our current contest is Duncan Hines Festival themed and runs July 2-9!

    Enter to win starting July 2! It features a free 1-night stay at Candlewood Suites, a Duncan Hines Festival t-shirt, a Duncan Hines spatula, a $25 gift card to Lost River Pizza, Woodford Reserve Mint Julep bourbon balls, the All Aboard Mini Series on DVD and a water bottle to keep you cool from the BG Area Lodging Association.

       
    Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
    352 Three Springs Road
    Bowling Green, KY 42104
    (270) 782-0800

    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.