To Moon and Beyond! To The Moon and Beyond! Is a NASA sponsored space event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing on the Moon, July 2, 1969. The event will be held at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and features tons…
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Owensboro’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame draws visitors from 11 countries
Crowds are coming from far and wide to visit the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, indicating the museum’s success since its grand opening in October. “In its first six months, the $15.3 million Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in downtown Owensboro saw approximately 20,000 visitors from 11 countries, 35 states and…
To The Moon and Beyond!
To The Moon and Beyond! Is a NASA sponsored space event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing on the Moon, July 2, 1969. The event will be held at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and features tons of out-of-this-world activities for…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: June 21-23
2019 Dazzling Daylily Festival The Western Kentucky Botanical Garden’s annual festival filled with flowers and fun begins this weekend on Thursday, June 20! Enjoy thousands of blooming daylilies and fun activities in the garden through June 30. Saturday, June 22, don’t forget to celebrate the main event featuring Artists in the Garden, children’s activities, food…
In the Spotlight
Brand USA takes Owensboro to World Stage We just can’t stop talking about everything that Owensboro has to offer, and now the rest of the world knows too! Owensboro’s tourism is under the international spotlight now, and big things are expected for the city in the upcoming years. Alongside cities like Las Vegas, New Orleans,…
Owensboro’s ‘Killer B’s’ are drawing tourists, Phillips says
Since Owensboro’s feature in “The New USA Bucket List: 11 Top Places You Need to See” last year, the “Killer B’s”, the term coined for Owensboro’s brand of bourbon, bluegrass, and barbeque, have been turning heads and all eyes are on Owensboro. Now, Visit Owensboro is partnering with the Kentucky Department of Tourism and Brand…
EDC hosting economic development tours
If there was ever a time when Owensboro wasn’t on state officials’ radar, that time has passed. Last week, the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp. took four project managers from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on a familiarization tour of the community. The tour consisted of visits to the Owensboro Riverport and the Owensboro…
More rooms at the inn/Hotel building surge means more rooms to fill
When the Executive Inn Rivermont closed in June 2008, Owensboro was faced with a shortage of hotel rooms. It became hard to land big state conventions or big sporting events. The number of hotel rooms plunged to slightly more than 700. At the end of 2018, the number was back to just under 1,300 —…
Top 3 Things to Do in Owensboro This Weekend: May 3-5
Riders In The Sky in Concert Take a journey out west with Riders In The Sky In Concert at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, May 4 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more than forty years, Riders In The Sky has led the way in Western music, a genre pioneered by…
ROMP Fest 2019
The weather is warming up which means the season for bluegrass is almost here! Celebrating its 16th year, the River Of Music Party (ROMP) Festival will return to Owensboro’s Yellow Creek Park, led by iconic artists and Hall of Fame members Ricky Skaggs and Del McCoury. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will feature special guest Patty…