2018 ROMP Fest The 15th annual ROMP Festival will take place June 27-30, 2018. The River Of Music Party (ROMP) Festival will return to Owensboro’s Yellow Creek Park led by iconic artist, Alison Krauss, bluegrass and country music legend, Ricky Skaggs, the ‘Father of Newgrass,’ Sam Bush, and Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member, Doyle Lawson. Jam out at the stages, check out the food and craft vendors, explore the trails, and dance the night away at…
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Officials anticipate record ROMP turnout
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 will have been sold. “We are still trending upwards on ticket sales over last year…
KHSAA softball likely to move on
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 single-elimination beginning next year, and from what we understand (the KHSAA is) looking for a…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: June 22-24
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 much to explore! Call (270) 993-1234 to reserve a full balloon flight or take a…
All Things ROMP
Bring the bluegrass on! The 2018 ROMP (River of Music Party) Festival is almost here and it’s bigger than ever! The four-day music festival will take place June 27-30 at Yellow Creek Park, and feature iconic artists such as Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush and Doyle Lawson. The complete lineup can be seen here. But here’s something you don’t know. There’s so many incredible things going on in Owensboro during…
CVB online calendar gets good response
Back in February, the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau announced plans to create the community’s first comprehensive calendar of events. And response has been great, Dave Kirk, the CVB’s destination manager, said Friday. “It’s just really picked up,” he said. “We’ve seen a lot of positive response. Fundraisers, in particular, have been checking to make sure they don’t schedule something on a day that’s already busy.” From that list,…
Owensboro, Kentucky, steps up with $15M bluegrass museum and more
“Our riverfront is incredible,” Calitri said. “In the summertime, every Friday we have what is called ‘Friday After Five’ on the riverfront, and it blows your mind how many people come to this free event. And, we just opened a new bourbon distillery, which is now on the official Bourbon Trail, which is visited by over a million people a year here in Kentucky. Our job is to rebrand this…
2018 Dazzling Daylily Festival with Balloons Over the Garden
The Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s award-winning, flower-filled festival is almost here! 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 much to explore! Call (270) 993-1234 to reserve a full balloon…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: June 15-17
100 Men Who Cook The Owensboro Convention Center will be hosting this unique fundraiser on Saturday, June 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. The event will feature 100 community “chefs” who will prepare their favorite appetizer, side dish, entrée or dessert just for you! Join these 100 local chefs and support the Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club and the Owensboro Family YMCA. Visit Owensboro’s Mark Calitri and Dave Kirk are…
O.Z. Tyler now on Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Toasting the ‘cathedral of American whiskey’ When Earl Hewlette, CEO of the Terressentia Corp., first visited the old Charles Medley Distillers Kentucky facility at 10 Distillery Road five years ago, he gave little thought to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. “I did not think that it being 150 miles from the epicenter of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that the Trail would have much relevance to us,” he told a crowd of…