ConventionSouth, a national resource for event planning, has named the Owensboro Convention Center and the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau as winners of its 2018 Readers’ Choice Award. “The value in receiving this prestigious recognition is that it comes from the United States’ top meeting professionals who hold events in the South,” Publisher J. Talty O’Connor said in a news release. “These planners demand the highest level of customer…
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2018 Christmas Parade
The 2018 Owensboro-Daviess County Christmas Parade is Saturday, November 17 at 4:30 p.m.! The public is invited to join the annual celebration the Saturday after Thanksgiving in downtown Owensboro, “where Kentucky starts Christmas.” The theme for this year’s Christmas parade is “Our Christmas Wish” with an expected 120 floats and other entries, making it the first and largest Christmas parade in the tristate area. Vendors, Christmas floats, music and even…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: Nov. 9-11
A Salute to Bluegrass Music Celebrate Owensboro’s rich culture! As a tribute to the grand tradition of bluegrass music, the opening reception for A Salute to Bluegrass Music is Saturday, November 10 at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The opening reception will present an exhibition of 100 works of art by the best-known artists of the Appalachian states, designed to celebrate the opening of the…
CVB Ponders Special Floor for Center
Bratcher says it could host sporting events With no money in sight for building a 60,000-square-foot indoor sports facility that a study by Pinnacle Indoor Sports recommended this summer, the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau is looking for other ideas. Jared Bratcher, sports marketing director for the CVB, told the board this week that he’s talking with Sport Court, a company that makes interlinking tiles that look like wood…
2018 Kraftucky Arts & Crafts Expo
The 5th annual Kraftucky Arts & Crafts Expo is Friday through Sunday, November 9-11 at the Owensboro Convention Center! Just in time for the holidays, shop for unique handmade creations in jewelry, clothing, pottery, décor, woodwork, and much more! Shop ‘til you drop from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Early Bird Crafting will be…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: Nov. 2-4
Bluegrass Tattoo Convention Owensboro’s first tattoo convention is back for the second year! Lady Luck Tattoo and Body Piercing is set to host the 2018 Bluegrass Tattoo Convention at the Owensboro Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. This event features tattoo artists and craftsman both local and from surrounding states who are here to showcase their art. The Bluegrass Tattoo Convention…
Owensboro will soon profit from Airbnb transient room tax
Owensboro’s evolving economy and development has put more focus on the local tourism industry. To accommodate the growing numbers of tourists, residents and businesses have begun hosting their properties as Airbnb locations within the city and county, allowing out-of-towners to rent the properties for various reasons, events and timeframes. Airbnb agreed last year to pay the State Department of Revenue two annual state taxes–however, the agreement didn’t include local taxes…
42nd Annual Holiday Forest Festival of Trees Opening Gala
One of Owensboro’s oldest holiday traditions, the Holiday Forest Festival of Trees will celebrate its 42nd anniversary with an opening gala on Saturday, November 10 from 6:30 pm. to 8:30 p.m. at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art. This exhibition features eighteen monumental Christmas trees designed to interpret the origins of Kentucky’s bluegrass music traditions. These trees are created by local artists, florists and organizations to celebrate this genre of…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: October 25-27
Red White & Blue Red, White and Blue, hosted by the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, features short stump speeches from national, state and local candidates seeking political offices. Head to the Daviess County Courthouse Front Lawn in downtown Owensboro on Thursday, October 25 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to hear from incumbents and their challengers this year. This non-partisan forum provides a great opportunity for the community to…
Visit Owensboro is leading the charge for new sports development
“Owensboro Kentucky has been given a look into the crystal ball and the future begins today,” said Mark Calitri, President/CEO of Visit Owensboro. In 2018, the Owensboro Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau released a study it had commissioned on the community need for sports facilities. Pinnacle Sports of Louisville recommended that the infields of the Jack. C. Fisher Park be replaced with artificial turf and that a 60,00-square-foot indoor…