SAMTEC RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF 2024 EVENT April 29, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Bed racing fans filled the stands at Broadbent Arena tonight for the Kentucky Derby Festival’s 35th annual Great Bed Races. Samtec returned for the second year as the Title Sponsor of the 2024 event, which featured 50 teams pushing their decorated […]

April 30, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for TUESDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Bettin’ on a Fun Night: KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL TEXAS HOLD’EM TOURNAMENT. 4:30 PM Boarding/check-in. 6 PM Tournament begins, plus one-hour Cruise (subject to river and weather conditions). Belle of Cincinnati, docked at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront. $125 Buy-in includes 10,000 in […]

April 29, 2024. LOUISVILLE, KY – Toast the Tuesday of Derby Week at the Commonwealth Credit Union WineFest. Enjoy a spring evening of sipping, savoring and strolling on Tuesday, April 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Mellwood Art Center in the Van Gogh and DaVinci Rooms. Commonwealth Credit Union is the new Title […]

April 28, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The Zoeller Pump Company Pegasus Parade kicked off Derby Week this afternoon as it marched on a Sunday for the third straight year. Fans lined Broadway in downtown Louisville in partly sunny, 80-degree weather to celebrate the founding event of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The theme of this year’s […]

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL TODAY April 29, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for MONDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Beds Are For Racing! SAMTEC KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL GREAT BED RACES. 6 PM Parade of Beds. 7 PM Racing. Broadbent Arena. Beds aren’t for sleeping during Derby Week, they’re for racing! Beds on wheels […]

35th ANNUAL EVENT CELEBRATES DERBY 150 April 27, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Beds aren’t for sleeping during Derby Week, they’re for racing! On Monday, April 29, beds on wheels will hit the racetrack during the Samtec Great Bed Races. Fifty teams are on tap to compete in a race around a figure-eight course inside Broadbent […]

April 28, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for SUNDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Pumped For a Parade: ZOELLER PUMP COMPANY KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL PEGASUS® PARADE. 3 PM. West on Broadway from Campbell to 9th streets. Annual parade that kicks off the Derby Week festivities, featuring colorful floats, marching bands, giant inflatables and equestrians. 2024 […]

COURSES FOR BOTH RACES BACK IN LOUISVILLE FOR 2024 April 27, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon set off this morning under cloudy, warm and breezy conditions. An estimated 10,000 runners registered for Kentucky’s largest day of road racing, and for the first time since 2019, the routes […]

April 27, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for SATURDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Kentucky’s Largest Day of Road Racing: GE APPLIANCES KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL miniMARATHON and MARATHON®. 7 AM. Kentucky’s largest day of road racing with both 13.1-mile and 26.2-mile routes. Free for spectators. GE Appliances is the Title Sponsor of the miniMarathon and […]

April 26, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Kentucky Derby Festival officials are keeping an eye on the forecast for tonight’s L&N Federal Credit Union Great Balloon Glow, scheduled for tonight at 9 p.m. at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville. The forecast currently calls for sustained winds at 10 to 12 mph, in addition to gusts between 20 to 30 […]

April 26, 2024. Louisville, KY.  – GospelFest Presented by Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare and Republic Bank, the Kentucky Derby Festival’s gospel artist and choir showcase, will take the stage on Sunday, April 28 at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront. The show begins at 6 p.m. with performances until 9 p.m. Admission is a […]

69TH EVENT CELEBRATES DERBY 150 April 25, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The event that started the Kentucky Derby Festival – the 69th annual Zoeller Pump Company Pegasus Parade – steps off THIS SUNDAY, April 28, at 3 p.m. The parade will march West on Broadway from Campbell to 9th Street. This is the third year the […]

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL TODAY April 26, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for FRIDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Colorful Morning Commute: L&N FEDERAL CREDIT UNION KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL GREAT BALLOON RUSH-HOUR RACE. 7 AM Launch. Bowman Field. Admission is free with a 2024 Pegasus Pin®. Sponsor: L&N Federal Credit Union. Contributing Sponsors: […]

April 25, 2024. Louisville, KY. This is the schedule for THURSDAY’S Derby Festival activities. Opening Day at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the WaterfrontSM. Ribbon cutting/official opening at 11 AM. Open Daily 11 AM – 11 PM, except Sunday Noon – 10 PM. Waterfront Park. ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE featuring new nightly drone show, […]

FANS INVITED TO RIBBON CUTTING AT 11 AM April 24, 2024. Louisville, KY. – One of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s signature events – Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront – opens Thursday, April 25 at 11 a.m. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. in front of the main entrance to mark the […]

$1 MILLION PRIZE STILL UP FOR GRABS April 23, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The $1 million prize is still up for grabs after more than 30 years in the Stock Yards Bank Kentucky Derby Festival $1 Million Dollar Hole-In-One Golf Contest. No one has aced Hole #8 at Seneca Golf Course, though a Louisville college […]

April 23, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The L&N Federal Credit Union Great BalloonFest – one of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s most colorful and picturesque events – takes flight this week with four hot-air balloon events over three days! L&N Federal Credit Union is the Title Sponsor of the event lifting off Thursday, April 25 through […]

LATE REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL 5 P.M. FRIDAY April 23, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Runners participating in the GE Appliances miniMarathon and Marathon can pick up their race packets starting Thursday, April 25 at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Race Expo and Packet Pick-Up. More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the two-day Race Expo, which […]

OFFICIAL STEAMBOAT RACE COCKTAIL UNVEILED April 22, 2024. Louisville, KY. – The hometown Belle of Louisville is ready to defend her title against  upriver rival, the Belle of Cincinnati, during the Shepherd Insurance Great Steamboat Race on Wednesday, May 1st. Details for this year’s race were announced on board the Belle of Louisville this morning. […]

April 22, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Fifty-six golfers will give it their best shot and take a swing at $1 million in tomorrow’s Finals for the Stock Yards Bank Kentucky Derby Festival $1 Million Dollar Hole-In-One Golf Contest. The Finals begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at Seneca Golf Course, Hole #8. Each […]