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Daily Email - Monday - 04/28/2025
Happy Derby Week! If you can’t find something to do this week, you’re just not tryin’! Today, we have your chance to snag tickets for Super Drew’s Crew Derby Fundraiser, this Saturday, 5/3 at 3rd Turn Oldham Gardens. ENTER TO WIN!
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Sign up for DoMORE to win our Golden DoWEE Hot Luck Flyaway Prize: 2 passes, 4 nights at Hotel Magdalena, travel fare, and restaurant gift cards for Austin's premier food and music festival, 5/22-25!*
An Evening with Soul Violinist Omari Dillard is not just a concert. It’s a soul-stirring R&B experience that will make your heart race, 5/16 at the Bomhard Theater. Get your tickets today!*
Catch the Small Time Napoleon “Subverted Expectations” Album Release Show at The Whirling Tiger on 5/23, with special guest Ed Monk. Grab tix now!
Celebrate Broadway’s biggest night at the 78th Tony Awards Watch Party, happening at Actors Theatre of Louisville on 6/8. Plus, get a sneak peek at ATL’s new season. Tickets are now available.
Daft Disko is a French House and Disco Party inspired by the music and DJ sets of Daft Punk and others. It will be held on 6/14 at The Portal. Tickets on sale now!
HOW TO DO DERBY WEEK!
Photo: Ron Fisher
YES! It’s Derby Week! That, of course, means lots of parties, very little sleep, and some expert planning to fit in all the events you want to attend this week. From Derby Festival events like the Great Steamboat Race and galas such as Unbridled Eve to brunches like the 5th annual Kegs & Eggs and special days at Churchill Downs, including Thurby, Oaks Day, and Derby Day itself, we have your guide to doin’ Derby Week right!
THIS WEEK
🎸 My Morning Jacket
Tomorrow, 4/29-Wednesday, 4/30 @ Louisville Palace
The hometown rockers have two more nights left of their five-night residency in the Ville, promoting their new album, “is”, and highlighting local musicians for opening acts.
🎶 Dehd
Wednesday, 4/30 @ The Whirling Tiger (8PM)
The Chicago indie/alternative trio brings its 2025 tour to town for a special intimate but rowdy Derby Week performance.
⚽ LouCity FC vs Lexington SC
Thursday, 5/1 @ Lynn Family Stadium (8PM)
After the races, put on your purple and head to the first league matchup between Kentucky’s pro soccer clubs and kick off Derby Weekend in fine fashion.
🔥 Derby Eve w/ Folks on Fire, Led Pelvis, Fanci Pantz, and Lemonade Hayride
Friday, 5/2 @ Headliners (7:30PM)
Four fabled and utterly unique rock bands from Louisville’s original 80s music scene are coming back together for a new and old generation of fans.
🏇 Kentucky Derby 151
Saturday, 5/3 @ Churchill Downs (Gates open 9AM)
Whether you call it “The Run for the Roses” or “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports”, all the weeks of partying have led up to the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.
LOCALS ONLY
If your idea of celebrating the Derby is to get away from Louisville, then these day trips might be worth exploring.
It’s Farmers Market time! Check out all the fabulous goods to be had at these Louisville area and Southern Indiana locations.
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“I’d like to sing a song like Dylan. Lonely feeling, lonely feeling, alone. I’d wake up in the morning feeling crappy. Mostly I’d wake up feeling great.” - Led Pelvis