The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 1:30pm – 5:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Award Winning “Dazzling Daylilies Festival 2019 with Balloons Over The Garden” takes place Thursday, June 20th – Saturday, June 29th.  In addition to the enjoyment of the many everyday features of The Garden, a full schedule of other excitement has been planned!  

Thursday, June 20th- Charcuterie Alongside The Daylilies; Chamber Young Professionals

Friday, June 21st – Dogs By The Daylilies, Calling All Canines

Saturday, June 22nd – Artists In The Garden; Children’s Activities; Various Circus Like Entertainment

Sunday, June 23rd – Cruise-In Car Show; Anything Goes Alongside The Daylilies; Sampler Foods “US Bank 2018 CBSS Servicing Cookbook

Monday, June 24th – Guided Daylily Tours

Tuesday, June 25th – Photography In The Garden; Lunch*Listen*Learn featuring Nellie Rarick Daylily Lecture

Wednesday, June 26th – Guided Hike For Kids, In/Out & Around The Daylilies & More

Thursday, Friday, June 27th & 28th – ROMP Hospitality & Daylily Tours

Saturday, Friday 29th – Daylily Sale; Music; Announcement of Name-A-Daylily Photography

Visit The Garden’s website and FaceBook page for other exciting news!  It’s 10-days of fun, friends, family.

General Festival Admission
Members are FREE
Adults: $5, Seniors: $3
Students & Youths: $1
Main Event Admission (June 22nd) after 4 PM
All adults: $5, Under 12: free
ROMPers: $3

​“Nellie Rarick Memorial Daylily Lecture” with Laura Teague of the Teagewood Daylily Garden

This annual memorial event is a part of the Dazzling Daylily Festival which takes place Thursday, June 20th to Saturday, June 29th.  
Please e-mail, call (270) 993-1234) or reservation on above link.
Cost: Members $10.00 Non-Members $12.00

 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Award Winning “Dazzling Daylilies Festival 2019 with Balloons Over The Garden” takes place Thursday, June 20th – Saturday, June 29th.  In addition to the enjoyment of the many everyday features of The Garden, a full schedule of other excitement has been planned!  

Thursday, June 20th- Charcuterie Alongside The Daylilies; Chamber Young Professionals

Friday, June 21st – Dogs By The Daylilies, Calling All Canines

Saturday, June 22nd – Artists In The Garden; Children’s Activities; Various Circus Like Entertainment

Sunday, June 23rd – Cruise-In Car Show; Anything Goes Alongside The Daylilies; Sampler Foods “US Bank 2018 CBSS Servicing Cookbook

Monday, June 24th – Guided Daylily Tours

Tuesday, June 25th – Photography In The Garden; Lunch*Listen*Learn featuring Nellie Rarick Daylily Lecture

Wednesday, June 26th – Guided Hike For Kids, In/Out & Around The Daylilies & More

Thursday, Friday, June 27th & 28th – ROMP Hospitality & Daylily Tours

Saturday, Friday 29th – Daylily Sale; Music; Announcement of Name-A-Daylily Photography

Visit The Garden’s website and FaceBook page for other exciting news!  It’s 10-days of fun, friends, family.

General Festival Admission
Members are FREE
Adults: $5, Seniors: $3
Students & Youths: $1
Main Event Admission (June 22nd) after 4 PM
All adults: $5, Under 12: free
ROMPers: $3

If you love learning about nature, things in nature, and being surrounded by nature, the Nature Camp program is for YOU! We have a lot of exciting things planned as we start the new Nature Camp programs in 2019.

You may sign up to attend any or all of the programs held on Wednesday, June 5th.  Camp programs 9:00 am-11:30 am will be our younger campers 7-10 years of age and 1:00 pm-3:30 pm for 11-13 years of age. If you are a Junior Naturalist each program that you attend, you will receive one credit toward your Junior Naturalist status. After you receive twelve credits, you are officially considered a Junior Naturalist. 

For more information email [email protected] .  Register online at www.joefordnaturecenter.com.  Camp size is limited to 20 campers per time, so be sure to schedule before camp fills up.

The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 12:00pm – 4:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 1:30pm – 5:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Award Winning “Dazzling Daylilies Festival 2019 with Balloons Over The Garden” takes place Thursday, June 20th – Saturday, June 29th.  In addition to the enjoyment of the many everyday features of The Garden, a full schedule of other excitement has been planned!  

Thursday, June 20th- Charcuterie Alongside The Daylilies; Chamber Young Professionals

Friday, June 21st – Dogs By The Daylilies, Calling All Canines

Saturday, June 22nd – Artists In The Garden; Children’s Activities; Various Circus Like Entertainment

Sunday, June 23rd – Cruise-In Car Show; Anything Goes Alongside The Daylilies; Sampler Foods “US Bank 2018 CBSS Servicing Cookbook

Monday, June 24th – Guided Daylily Tours

Tuesday, June 25th – Photography In The Garden; Lunch*Listen*Learn featuring Nellie Rarick Daylily Lecture

Wednesday, June 26th – Guided Hike For Kids, In/Out & Around The Daylilies & More

Thursday, Friday, June 27th & 28th – ROMP Hospitality & Daylily Tours

Saturday, Friday 29th – Daylily Sale; Music; Announcement of Name-A-Daylily Photography

Visit The Garden’s website and FaceBook page for other exciting news!  It’s 10-days of fun, friends, family.

General Festival Admission
Members are FREE
Adults: $5, Seniors: $3
Students & Youths: $1
Main Event Admission (June 22nd) after 4 PM
All adults: $5, Under 12: free
ROMPers: $3

The 2019 Miss Pre-teen Daviess County Pageant will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the Hines Center, 1 Wellness Place, Philpot, Kentucky, 42366. The event begins at 7 PM.

This pageant is open to Daviess, McLean, Ohio, Hancock, Webster, Henderson, Union, Hopkins, and Muhlenberg County girls ages 8-12.

Registrants should download and fill out the 2019 forms.

For more information, contact Latasha Shemwell at 270-231-9686.

 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Award Winning “Dazzling Daylilies Festival 2019 with Balloons Over The Garden” takes place Thursday, June 20th – Saturday, June 29th.  In addition to the enjoyment of the many everyday features of The Garden, a full schedule of other excitement has been planned!  

Thursday, June 20th- Charcuterie Alongside The Daylilies; Chamber Young Professionals

Friday, June 21st – Dogs By The Daylilies, Calling All Canines

Saturday, June 22nd – Artists In The Garden; Children’s Activities; Various Circus Like Entertainment

Sunday, June 23rd – Cruise-In Car Show; Anything Goes Alongside The Daylilies; Sampler Foods “US Bank 2018 CBSS Servicing Cookbook

Monday, June 24th – Guided Daylily Tours

Tuesday, June 25th – Photography In The Garden; Lunch*Listen*Learn featuring Nellie Rarick Daylily Lecture

Wednesday, June 26th – Guided Hike For Kids, In/Out & Around The Daylilies & More

Thursday, Friday, June 27th & 28th – ROMP Hospitality & Daylily Tours

Saturday, Friday 29th – Daylily Sale; Music; Announcement of Name-A-Daylily Photography

Visit The Garden’s website and FaceBook page for other exciting news!  It’s 10-days of fun, friends, family.

General Festival Admission
Members are FREE
Adults: $5, Seniors: $3
Students & Youths: $1
Main Event Admission (June 22nd) after 4 PM
All adults: $5, Under 12: free
ROMPers: $3

Where the Weekend Begins!

Friday After 5 is the award-winning, summer-long series of free outdoor concerts held every Friday on the eight block, stunningly beautiful Owensboro, Kentucky riverfront.  The festival includes live bands, family events, food trucks and entertainment.  Our signature “Toast to the Sunset” takes place right on the riverfront at every Friday After 5.  There are five venues of entertainment plus a fun, kid-friendly street fair and costume characters. Friday After 5 has been named a “Top Ten Summer Festival” in Kentucky and has won the prestigious Messenger-Inquirer Reader’s Choice Platinum Award for “Best Community Event” for five consecutive years.

Free! Family! Friends! Fun!

Detailed information on schedule and venues is available on the Friday After 5 website.  Visit www.fridayafter5.com and the FA5 Facebook page!

The 12th Annual “Fireworks in The Park” the celebration will take place on Friday, June 28th in Whitesville City Park on Highway 54.  In addition to a huge fireworks celebration (which many people say is the absolute best in the area), there will be live music and lots of food vendors starting at 5:00 PM.  

Fireworks will begin at dusk and you’re invited to bring your lawn chairs and blankets, sit back, relax and enjoy!   The rain date is June 29th.  

The Rosine Barn Jamboree is located at 8205 Blue Moon of Kentucky Hwy (US 62) in Rosine, KY. 

On the National Register of Historic Places, the Rosine Barn offers live bluegrass music & dancing every Friday night.  Opens on Friday evening April 5th, then each Friday night to the second weekend in December.

Doors open at 5:30pm. There is open mic from 6-7pm, then the Show starts at 7pm!  Information please contact 270-363-9425.  Bring your lawn chair for when seating gets scarce!

Selected  “one of the 52 Places to Visit in 2016” by the New York Times.

One of the highlighted events of the Daviess County Lion’s Club Fair is the Miss Daviess County Pageant.  The year’s pageant takes place on June 28, 2019 at the Hines Center, 1 Wellness Way, Philpot, KY 42366.  The event begins at 7 PM.  The pageant is open to Daviess County girls ages 16-21.  

For more information and application, contact Director, Haley London at (270) 313-8307, or by email [email protected]

RIVERFRONT LIVE! Owensboro’s newest Friday night attraction!  Music lovers are invited to the Riverfront Stage at the Holiday Inn Owensboro & Burger Theory’s patio every Friday night beginning May 17 thru August 30, from  7-10 PM.  Riverfront Live is free and open to the public!  Great regional and local talent will be featured over the 16 week period, see the complete entertainment schedule available on the Holiday Inn Riverfront FaceBook page.  Also, check out the food and drink specials offered by Burger Theory weekly!  

 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Award Winning “Dazzling Daylilies Festival 2019 with Balloons Over The Garden” takes place Thursday, June 20th – Saturday, June 29th.  In addition to the enjoyment of the many everyday features of The Garden, a full schedule of other excitement has been planned!  

Thursday, June 20th- Charcuterie Alongside The Daylilies; Chamber Young Professionals

Friday, June 21st – Dogs By The Daylilies, Calling All Canines

Saturday, June 22nd – Artists In The Garden; Children’s Activities; Various Circus Like Entertainment

Sunday, June 23rd – Cruise-In Car Show; Anything Goes Alongside The Daylilies; Sampler Foods “US Bank 2018 CBSS Servicing Cookbook

Monday, June 24th – Guided Daylily Tours

Tuesday, June 25th – Photography In The Garden; Lunch*Listen*Learn featuring Nellie Rarick Daylily Lecture

Wednesday, June 26th – Guided Hike For Kids, In/Out & Around The Daylilies & More

Thursday, Friday, June 27th & 28th – ROMP Hospitality & Daylily Tours

Saturday, Friday 29th – Daylily Sale; Music; Announcement of Name-A-Daylily Photography

Visit The Garden’s website and FaceBook page for other exciting news!  It’s 10-days of fun, friends, family.

General Festival Admission
Members are FREE
Adults: $5, Seniors: $3
Students & Youths: $1
Main Event Admission (June 22nd) after 4 PM
All adults: $5, Under 12: free
ROMPers: $3

22 Homes will be featured the last 2 weekends of June.
Parade of Homes Tour Guide will be published in the Wednesday, June 19 Messenger-Inquirer.

Saturdays, June 22 & June 29,  10:00 am- 5:00 pm

Sundays, June 23 & June 30, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

June 29, 2019  1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Come join us as we REdiscover, REalign and REfocus by networking with individuals who are most capable of enlightening you mentally, spiritually and naturally.

Register at the above link.

St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church Picnic

Saturday, June 29th with serving at 4:00 PM

Bring friends and family for a day of good eating and lots of family fun!

Air National Guard Bank of the South

Free Concert Begins at 7:00 PM

7:00 PM at RiverPark Center, Free Concert

The Air National Guard Band of the South supports the total Air Force and Air National Guard mission in war and peace by inspiring patriotism and promoting a deep appreciation of the history and legacy of the Air Force. This is accomplished, mainly, through professional performances by some of the nation’s best musicians. The band performs as a concert band, ceremonial band, “Space A” and “Sound Barrier” popular music ensembles, “Smooth Groove” jazz/big band ensemble, brass quintets and small jazz combo.

The Band of the South’s mission is to lift the morale and spirits of our fellow Airmen stationed either in the United States or abroad. Also to increase the public’s understanding of the importance of air power, the missions and programs of the Air Force and Air National Guard and the bravery, sacrifice and dedication of Airmen across the world. While performing these missions, members of the Band of the South have performed in almost every state in the union as well as being deployed to Germany, Kandahar, Afghanistan and more. The Air National Guard Band of the South is stationed at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville, Tennessee.

LIVE on the Banks is a FREE Outdoor Concert Series.  The Overlook Stage at Smothers Park in Downtown Owensboro will feature some of the finest LOCAL and REGIONAL Performing Artists & Entertainers, every Saturday evening, May 18 through September 28.

“Live on the Banks” is a FREE, FAMILY event, open to the public, for all ages, and is presented by the City of Owensboro! Family! Fun! Free! Friends!

Join us on Saturday Evenings at the Overlook Stage at Smothers Park and the Allen Street Pavilion.

The 2019 Miss Teen Daviess County Pageant will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Hines Center, 1 Wellness Place, Philpot, Kentucky, 42366. The pageant begins at 7 PM.

This pageant is open to Daviess, McLean, Ohio, Hancock, Webster, Henderson, Union, Hopkins, and Muhlenberg County girls ages 13-15.

Registrants should download and fill out the 2019 forms.

For more information, contact Latasha Shemwell at 270-231-9686.

USFA Fastpitch Baseball

Jack Fisher Park, 3900 West 5th Street Road, Owensboro, KY 42301

22 Homes will be featured the last 2 weekends of June.
Parade of Homes Tour Guide will be published in the Wednesday, June 19 Messenger-Inquirer.

Saturdays, June 22 & June 29,  10:00 am- 5:00 pm

Sundays, June 23 & June 30, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

The most fun event at the Daviess County Lions Club Fair!  The 2019 Baby & Toddler Contests will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at the Hines Center, 1 Wellness Place, Philpot, Kentucky, 42366. The Baby Contest will take place at 1 PM, MUST check-in by 12:30 PM.

Applications and more info will be posted as they become available!  For information, please contact director Amber Teasley at 270-302-4530.

One of the most entertaining events for the Daviess County Lions Club Fair is the Little Miss and Mister Pageant.  The 2019 Little Miss & Mister Pageant will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at the Hines Center, 1 Wellness Place, Philpot, Kentucky, 42366. The pageant begins at 3 PM, MUST check-in by 2:30 PM.

For 2019, the Little Miss & Mister do not have to be entered as a couple. Entrants may register individually, but the winners will compete as a couple at the state competition.

For information, application and more info, please contact director Amber Teasley at 270-302-4530 or visit the Daviess County Fair’s website.

The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 1:30pm – 5:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

If you love learning about nature, things in nature, and being surrounded by nature, the Nature Camp program is for YOU! We have a lot of exciting things planned as we start the new Nature Camp programs in 2019.

You may sign up to attend any or all of the programs held on Wednesday, June 5th.  Camp programs 9:00 am-11:30 am will be our younger campers 7-10 years of age and 1:00 pm-3:30 pm for 11-13 years of age. If you are a Junior Naturalist each program that you attend, you will receive one credit toward your Junior Naturalist status. After you receive twelve credits, you are officially considered a Junior Naturalist. 

For more information email [email protected] .  Register online at www.joefordnaturecenter.com.  Camp size is limited to 20 campers per time, so be sure to schedule before camp fills up.

The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 12:00pm – 4:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

The 2019 Market Season will open Saturday, April 20 thru November 2 at the corner of Triplett Street and Parish Avenue, 1205 Triplett St. 

Hours – 1205 Triplett Street:
​April 20 thru November 2, Saturdays 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
June 4 thru October 31, Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 am – 12 :00 pm.

Thursday Evening Market, June 13, July 11, August 8 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

May 15 thru August 28, a satellite market is also located at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, 1201 Pleasant Valley Road, on Wednesday from 1:30pm – 5:00pm.

Both locations have parking lots for your convenience. All vendors accept cash, most will accept personal checks, and some will accept credit/debit cards. The Market also accepts SNAP/EBT payments as well as credit cards.  More detailed information is available on their website.  Check it out!

Celebrate The 4th of July at the Owensboro Convention Center!

FREE Activities and Inflatables for Kids located inside the Exhibit Halls!  The fun gets underway at 6PM and closes at 9PM for the City of Owensboro’s All American 4th of July  fireworks display scheduled for approximately 9:15 PM.

Those who purchase tickets for seating at the Owensboro Convention Center will be able to have an Exclusive Session to the activities from 4PM until 6PM before it opens to the public.

Activities for younger children include the Bouncer Maze, Bucky’s Pirate Ship, and games such as the Duck Pond.  Older children can enjoy the Rock Wall and Spider Climb, Toxic Warrior Jump, Extreme Chaos Obstacle Course, and Extreme Dance Party!  *Note – waivers may need to be signed to participate in some of the activities.  

Concessions will also be available on site, so guests will have the opportunity to purchase delicious food and drinks such as pulled pork BBQ, pizza, hamburgers, cotton candy, and other favorites.

For guests wanting the best seats in town to view the City of Owensboro’s All American 4^th of July fireworks display, and early exclusive access to the activities in the exhibit halls from 4PM to 6PM, tickets start at $9!

Exhibit Hall Terrace Seating – $9 per person or $80 for a Reserved Table of 8:  See website for description and details.

Pier Seating –$12 per person or $130 for a Reserved Table of 10:  See website for description and details.

Kentucky Legend Family Value 4 Pack –$50: . See website for description and details.

Red-Hot VIP (Third Floor with Buffet Dinner and Drink Tickets) – $450 per table  The Red Hot VIP: See website for description and details.