The 15th annual ROMP Fest at Yellow Creek Park this week will be the largest ever, the International Bluegrass Music Museum is predicting. The crowds will start pouring into the park in Thruston at 10 a.m. Wednesday. And by the time the bluegrass music festival ends late Saturday or early Sunday, an estimated 28,000-plus tickets…
The City of Owensboro and the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Fast-pitch Softball State Tournament have been synonymous for the past decade at venerable Jack C. Fisher Park. This is likely to change, however, according to Jared Bratcher, sports director of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The format is going from double-elimination to…
Dazzling Daylily Festival with Balloons Over the Garden On June 22-30, view thousands of blooming daylilies and celebrate the summer at Owensboro’s 9th annual daylily festival. With over 800 varieties of daylilies, daylily tours, hot air balloon rides, daylily dig beds, twelve themed gardens, children’s playhouse, a conservatory, artists, displays, music and art activities, there’s so…
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