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Festivals

Dogwood Azalea Trail

Mid-April thru Mid-May

Griffith Avenue Area

International Bar-B-Q Festival

May 10-11, 2013

Downtown Owensboro

Friday After 5

May 17-August 30, 2013

Owensboro Riverfront

Owensboro Soap Box Derby

June 8, 2013

400 Boothfield Road

The Dazzling Daylily Festival

June 21-29, 2013

25 Carter Road

ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival

June 27-29, 2013

5710 Highway 144, Owensboro 42303

Family Freedom Fireworks Festival

July 3

5160 Wayne Bridge Road

Celebration of the American Spirit

July 4

Owensboro Riverfront

Dust Bowl

July 19-26, 2013

W. Fifth Street

Daviess County Lions Club Fair

July 23-27, 2013

Daviess County Fairgrounds

Diamond Lake Gran Prix

July 27-28, 2013

7301 Hobbs Road

Street Legends

August 16-17, 2013

7301 Hobbs Road

Multi-Cultural Festival

August 17, 2013

1328 Griffith Avenue

Dragon Boat Festival

August 24, 2013

English Park

Big O Music Fest

August 31, 2013

4812 KY Highway 144

East Bridge Art & Music Festival

September 7, 2013

Downtown Owensboro

Mount St. Joseph Barbecue Picnic

September 8, 2013

8001 Cummings Road

Big Bugs Exhibition

September 12-October 30, 2013

25 Carter Road

Patriot Days

September 13-15, 2013

5710 Highway 144

Owensboro Air Show

September 20-21, 2013

Owensboro Riverfront and Owensboro Regional Airport

Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cookoff

September 27-28, 2013

7301 Hobbs Road

Ole Cider Days

September 28-29, 2013

9255 U.S. Highway 431

US 60 Yard Sale

October 4-6, 2013

U.S. Highway 60

Voices of Elmwood

October 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 2013

Elmwood Cemetery, Old Hartford Road and Breckenridge Street

The Great Pumpkin Fest

October 5-6, 2013

9255 Highway 431

Farm Festival

Early Fall

8284 Short Station Road

International Mystery Writers’ Festival

October 10-13, 2013

101 Daviess Street

Boo-Fest

October 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, 2013

7301 Hobbs Road

Monsters on the Ohio

October 12, 2013

2 Woodford Avenue

Octoberfest

October 12-13, 2013

9255 Highway 431

Bourbon & Blues Festival

October 18-20, 2013

Downtown Owensboro

A “maizing” Maze Quest

October 19-20, 2013

9255 Highway 431

Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival

October 19-20, 2013

4812 KY Highway 144

Fall Squash-N-Pumpkin Gobble

October 26-27, 2013

9255 Highway 431

Holiday in the Park

November 20 through January 2

Byers Avenue between J.R. Miller Boulevard & Veach Road

Christmas at Panther Creek

November 23-January 2

5160 Wayne Bridge Road

Holiday Forest: A Native American Christmas

November 23-December 31, 2013

901 Frederica Street

Owensboro Christmas Parade

November 23, 2013

Downtown Owensboro

Holiday Stroll

November 30, 2013

Downtown Owensboro

Owensboro Dance Theatre’s “The Nutcracker”

December 7, 2013

101 Daviess Street

Holiday Pops

December 15, 2013

101 Daviess Street

Experience ICE

Winter

Downtown Owensboro

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