Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: Nov. 23-25

Shop Small Saturday In between Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday deals is Shop Small Saturday!  Shop Small Saturday encourages people to shop at small businesses on November 24, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  This day is dedicated to supporting the many small businesses and their owners around Owensboro and offering local shoppers some amazing deals! Join the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce for the Shop Owensboro Kick-Off on Saturday, November 24…

Shop Small Saturday

In between Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday deals is Shop Small Saturday!  Shop Small Saturday encourages people to shop at small businesses on November 24, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  This day is dedicated to supporting the many small businesses and their owners around Owensboro and offering local shoppers some amazing deals! Join the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce for the Shop Owensboro 2018 kick-off from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.…

CVB expecting international tourism soon

British Airways will launch daily flights from London to Nashville starting March 31. And that’s good news for Owensboro. “That will be great for us with tour operators since we’re so close to Nashville,” Dave Kirk, destination management director, for the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is anticipating a lot of international visitors in the future. Earlier this month, the Kentucky…

Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: Nov. 16-18

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Concert For two special night, Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17, you can see the newest member of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, Ricky Skaggs, live!  By age 21, he was already considered a “recognized master” of one of America’s most demanding art forms, but his career took him in other directions, catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country…

CVB, Convention Center win awards

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…

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…