Kentucky Derby Festival Official Products

Check out the Official Products of the Kentucky Derby Festival! You’ll see them at many events throughout the season. They support the Festival and we hope you’ll support their businesses. You can learn more about each below.

The Official Products program provides over 20 remove companies the opportunity to become official licensed products or services of the Festival. Each sponsor receives a customized program for their product. A shining example among those receiving “Official Products” licensee status are the Kentuckiana Honda Dealers, who donate a fleet of vehicles to the Kentucky Derby Festival staff and Board members to use for a six-week period during the Festival time frame.

Additional benefits in this program include: category exclusivity, numerous print ads featuring logo and listing, rights to use the Derby Festival “Official Product” logo on product packaging or POP display materials and any additional advertising, image-tie between the Festival and the product, as well as sampling and booth space at events.

 

502 Hemp is a Kentucky Proud family friendly CBD boutique carrying quality local CBD oils (aka hemp extracts) and other hemp items.

Whether you are looking for unique gift ideas, alternative solutions for common health ailments, or just curious about CBD, stop by and talk to their knowledgeable staff – the owner vets every product 502 Hemp carries. All of the CBD products are made from organically grown KY hemp and processed by an FDA-registered clean facility in Louisville.

The hemp is third-party tested, supercritical CO2 extracted and each finished product is also tested for quality.  A certificate of analysis (COA) is available for viewing at the store.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC (Ashley) feels that every person deserves more value for their money. Established in 1945, Ashley is the largest manufacturer of home furnishings in the world, and was named one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes in 2021. From design through fulfillment, Ashley is committed to delivering the world’s best home furnishing values, selection and service, and earning the loyalty and trust of its customers every day. Visit Ashley online at www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com and “like” Ashley Furniture Industries on Facebook.

Austin Wilder is the Official Videographer for the 2023 Kentucky Derby Festival season.

Founded: 1975

Owner: Susie Conley

Certifications: CPF
Areas of expertise: Custom Picture Framing, Shadow Boxes, Corporate Framing, Wholesale Framing Products, Engraving, Canvas Stretching, and Wide Format Printing. Their vision was to provide quality and affordable custom picture framing to the Louisville, Kentucky area.
For more about Bluegrass Frames, CLICK HERE.

In 1995 Cox’s was established as a Cox’s Spirit Shoppe business that offered a full line of products at discounted prices. In 1997, we expanded our St. Matthews location to include Spirits, Wine, and Beer to become Cox’s Outlet and Spirit Shoppes. Since then we have grown to 21 locations offering a full line of Spirits, Wine, Beer products.

Cox’s represents each neighborhood we serve with a variety of products that reflects the Louisville neighborhood in which the store sits. Cox’s works closely with its suppliers to purchase products at the lowest possible price in order to pass these deals on to our customers, including delivery! We offer fast, friendly neighborhood service to our customers. Cox’s Spirit Shoppes and Evergreen Liquors is always looking at better ways to serve our customers, whether with new products, updating our current locations, or opening new locations. We pride ourselves on clean, well-lit, well-stocked stores and friendly service.

Cox’s is a proud member of multiple local and national organizations such as the Louisville Independent Business Association. We invite you to compare Cox’s to other national chains in the area and hope you will find that our stores provide a fast, convenient, inexpensive, and enjoyable experience for all your Liquor, Wine, or Beer needs. Stop by and say hello today!

For more information about Evergreen Liquors, CLICK HERE.

HighNote is home to energized experts in marketing, direct mail, programming and data analytics. They thrive on solving problems and meeting challenges. They spark creativity and encourage excellence. And they see each client as an opportunity to demonstrate their passion.

For more information about HighNote, CLICK HERE.

In 1978, Jet’s Pizza® founder Eugene Jetts was about to buy a new home. But on the way there, his passion for pizza took over. Instead, he signed a lease on a space that would become the first Jet’s® location. Along with his brother and partner John, they opened the doors to Jetts Party Shoppe & Pizzeria in Sterling Heights, MI. The pizza world would never be the same. They were about to make deep dish history by offering a truly, better pizza.

That first location has grown to hundreds of locations in 20 states. Jet’s offers more than famous Detroit-style pizzas, like hand-tossed round, thin-crust, and NY Style pizzas, fresh salads, breads, and desserts. One thing that will never change is their commitment to quality ingredients.

Order your Jet’s Pizza: jetspizza.com/

 

The Kentucky Beef Council is an organization working for the cattle producers of Kentucky in areas of promotion, education and research. The Beef Checkoff funds these programs. The Kentucky Beef Council office is located in Lexington, in the same building as the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association (the membership division of Kentucky’s beef industry). The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association serves as the “certified state beef council” collecting the checkoff funds and placing them in the KBC’s account to be used for promotion, research, consumer information, producer communications, and industry information.

For more about the Kentucky Beef Council, CLICK HERE.

Derby Pie, as it has come to be known, was born over a half century ago as the specialty pastry of the Melrose Inn in Prospect, Kentucky. George Kern, the manager of the restaurant, developed the recipe with the help of his parents, Walter and Leaudra. Many hours were spend trying to create the unique blend of flavors that make up this classic dessert. That blend remains a secret to this very day.

For more about Kern’s Kitchen, CLICK HERE.

Since starting play in 2015, Louisville City FC, Kentucky’s only fully professional soccer club, has quickly established a reputation both for winning on the pitch and solid fan support off it.

LouCity, as we’re often referred to, is a member of the United Soccer League, now sanctioned Division 2 by U.S. Soccer, only one level below Major League Soccer. The USL includes 33 teams across the country, some of them independent and others acting as close affiliates with MLS clubs.

Beginning in 2020, LouCity moved from Louisville Slugger Field to the new Lynn Family Stadium, a soccer-specific facility in the Butchertown neighborhood just east of downtown. It can accommodate 15,304 fans and also serves as home to Racing Louisville FC, the organization’s National Women’s Soccer League franchise that launched in 2021. The clubs operate out of the nearby Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center at Champions Park.

Founded in 1948, Mike’s Carwash is headquartered in Loveland, Ohio. The company is known for its state-of-the-art carwash technology, friendly customer service and its dedication to the communities it serves. Mike’s has locations in Evansville, Fort Wayne, Jeffersonville and Mishawaka, IN, Cincinnati and Dayton, OH, and Florence and Louisville, KY.

Learn more: mikescarwash.com

Forget what you know about wine and wineries. Because the Old 502 Winery is breaking all the rules.

Old 502 is an anti-winery, if you will.

For starters, their wine is made right here. As in Louisville. As in downtown Louisville. And not even the good part.

Using grapes grown by local, Kentucky farmers, they craft some of the most eclectic — dare we say funky — wines you’ll ever have the pleasure of tasting. They challenge wine-making convention. Sometimes they ignore it altogether. So join us for a completely different wine experience — with wines that embody the uniqueness and can-do spirit of our city.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

Peake Ties started in 2010 with the idea for a unique Christmas gift for a friend.  With much planning and determination, they grew Peake Ties into what it is today. Peake Ties strives to make the best HANDMADE, high quality bow ties using primarily cotton, providing extensive durability and longevity. They seek out a wide spectrum of patterns and prints so they are able to make the most unique ties to help you stand out in the crowd.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

RCS Communications is the full service Wireless Communications Service Provider throughout Louisville, Lexington, Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana. RCS is a Motorola authorized two-way radio dealer specializing in sales, service, rental and installation of two-way radios, pagers and wireless communications systems. In addition to Motorola, they also represent major manufacturers such as ICOM, Kenwood, and Vertex Standard as well as many other ancillary manufacturers and products.

For more information on RCS, CLICK HERE.

Semonin Realtors full service approach offers buyers and sellers the convenience of a comprehensive real estate experience. Semonin strives to make the buying and selling journey as efficient and stress-free as possible by giving customers every resource they need.

For more information about Semonin Realtors, CLICK HERE.

Sternberg’s trained rental professionals can provide you the right truck or van when you need it. Sternberg specializes in renting trucks for the commercial user and the home mover. Sternberg is a local company that is small enough to handle your smallest needs & large enough to handle some of the area’s largest corporate clients.

 For more information, CLICK HERE.

Through TEN20, we embark on a mission that has been individually dreamed and is now mutually shared. Our life paths and our experiences have equipped us to fulfill our mission together—to create and be part of something that is bigger than ourselves.

We love beer, really good beer…bringing people together for good.

Our patrons, craft beer enthusiasts, come together through a common interest to enjoy exceptional TEN20 beer, food, and good times. They learn about each other, strengthen existing friendships, or become new friends. They build bonds and bridge differences. They support the TEN20 brand as ambassadors for good, and we seek opportunities to invest back into the community to make a positive impact through our non-profit, HEADwaters Fund.

We see TEN20 as more than just beer. It’s an important opportunity. We promise to hold ourselves to the highest standards of quality, service, integrity, and community citizenship.

Learn more & plan a visit: ten20brewery.com/

The Hat Girls design and create custom headwear for all occasions, specializing in the Kentucky Derby! The designers, Kate and Rachel, are Louisville natives who live for fashion and seeing their wearable art come to life on each and every client.  Now going into their sixth Derby season, The Hat Girls are thrilled to be a premier sponsor of the Kentucky Derby Festival for the third year in a row.  

For more information about The Hat Girls, CLICK HERE.