Owensboro has plenty of restaurants and bars for you to choose from when you decide how to celebrate St. Patty’s Day. This year we all need to have a green beer and combine our collective “Irish” luck together wishing for health and the end to this pandemic! Bar Louie Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at…
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Hotels hard hit by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic hit Owensboro on March 13 — Friday the 13th. “One hotel reported that they lost over $50,000 in future reservations,” Mark Calitri, president of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau, said a few days later. “That’s in one day! This type of news indicates to me that April results could be…
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Induction
Bluegrass lovers won’t want to miss this historic night of celebrating bluegrass artists and their music! Jerry Douglas, one of the most awarded bluegrass artists in history, honors his heroes at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum on Saturday, March 28 at 7 p.m. This annual event honors the most recent inductees into…
The Circle of Life… A Lion’s Tale
Hakuna Matata! Enjoy The Circle of Life…A Lion’s Tale, presented by the Owensboro Dance Theatre, at the RiverPark Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. Dance into the wild with all your favorite characters, vibrant costumes, elaborate digital moving backdrops, and flying animals! This timeless tale tells the story of a lion who must…
Best Places to Christmas Shop
It’s that season again! Check out a few of the best local shops in Owensboro and find something great to gift your family and friends this Christmas! Integrity Shop for all your Christmas tree related needs at Integrity, a nursery, garden, and outdoor living company located at 1100 Burlew Blvd. in Owensboro. During the…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: December 6-8
Holiday Stroll Kick-off the holiday season on Saturday, December 7 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Stroll! The event includes Christmas caroling, an “Elf on the Shelf” scavenger hunt with a special prize, and the Christmas tree lighting in Smothers Park at 5 p.m. Downtown Owensboro hosts the annual celebration, so you…
Shop Owensboro 2019
Why stress over Black Friday chaos and Cyber Monday stress when you can Shop Owensboro! Shop Owensboro encourages people to shop at local businesses on November 30, 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…
Chamber Young Professionals teams with airport to promote Owensboro
Tourism at the Owensboro Airport is taking off! 2018 marked a peak in tourism for Owensboro as a whole, but particularly at the Owensboro Airport. Now, bigger flights are opening up out of the Owensboro Airport and attention is increasing around Owensboro’s key assets like O.Z Tyler and the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame &…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: November 1-3
Escanabana in Da Moonlight at TWO Theatre Workshop of Owensboro will host six showings of this one-of-a-kind comedy! Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, enjoy this wacky show live at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Centre. Sunday Matinee begins at 2 p.m. Escanaba in Da Moonlight tells the story of Michigan’s Soady family and their…
Holiday World adding water coaster/Theme park helps Owensboro hotels, restaurants Holiday World adding water coaster/Theme park helps Owensboro hotels, restaurants
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari just recently announced that it is adding Cheetah Chase, a third water coaster, making the theme park theme park “the undisputed Water Coaster Capital of the world.” The water coaster will feature two ProSlide rocketBLAST-powered racing slides, traveling 30 feet per second and the tallest RocketBlast at 27 feet tall.…