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Daily Email - Monday - 09/08/2025

September 08, 2025

Today may be your least favorite weekday, but we have free stuff! Enter to win tickets to see Pecos & The Rooftops at Mercury Ballroom on 9/19.

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Rocky Horror Live closes at the Louisville Palace on 10/3. Join the fishnet-clad chaos and sing loud. Snag tickets now - or be left practicing pelvic thrusts in solitude.*

  • Meet comedian (and Fathertime Bourbon founder) Jim Gaffigan this Sunday, 9/14, at the Middletown Kroger. But a bottle, get it signed, and snap a pic! Hot Pockets not allowed.

  • Louisville alt-country band Saddle comes to Zanzabar on 9/20 to push the boundaries of music genres with their unique sound. Chase Williams is also on the bill. Tickets now on sale.

  • Get your costumes ready for Retro Future Halloween at The Portal on 10/30. This electronic synth wave dance party features Immortal Girlfriend, Black Signal, 1984, and Tiger 54. Get tix now.

  • Experience the Doom Gong Trilogy: 3 Albums, 1 Night Only at The Whirling Tiger on 12/5. Tickets are now available.

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

Photo: courtesy Sweet Unknown Studios/IMDB

Celebrate National Actors Day by putting the spotlight on some standout performances in films that captured the spirit of Louisville—where the city’s landmarks become co-stars. Think Elizabethtown’s sweeping shots of the Brown Hotel and Cherokee Park, the military comedy Stripes cruising across the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, or Secretariat galloping through the iconic Churchill Downs. Add in intense roles from Nicholas Cage in the chilling Mom and Dad, Jesse Eisenberg in the quirky The Art of Self-Defense, Taye Diggs and John Cusack in River Runs Red, and Ethan Hawke’s latest turn in Wildcat, and you've got a slate that honors every actor’s craft—from drama to comedy to thriller—all set right in Derby City.

THIS WEEK

🍗 Louisville Wing Week

Today, 9/8-Sunday, 9/14 @ Several locations (times vary) 

It’s the only week where sticky fingers are considered a badge of honor and napkins are the real MVPs. Enjoy deals on these delicacies all over town.

🕺🏽 MJ the Musical

Tomorrow, 9/9-Sunday, 9/14 @ Kentucky Center’s Whitney Hall (times vary)

Winner of four Tony Awards, this new Michael Jackson Broadway show explores the superstar’s life and stratospheric rise to fame as well as his musical legacy.

🎵 Bourbon & Beyond

Thursday, 9/11-Sunday, 9/14 @ KY Expo Center’s Highland Festival Grounds (12PM)

The four-day festival returns with headliners Phish, Noah Kahan, Sturgill Simpson, The Lumineers, Jack White, Benson Boone, and more, plus food/bourbon experiences.

🌋 Hot Pink or Ready To Blow

Friday, 9/12-Sunday, 9/28 @ Henry Clay Theatre (times vary)

Pandora Productions’ totally 80s high school sex comedy set in the town of New Pompeii, where the volcano pits men against women in its demand for a virgin sacrifice.

🩷 Sista Strut 3K Breast Cancer Walk

Saturday, 9/13 @ Louisville Slugger Field (8AM-12PM)

This 9th annual event aims to heighten awareness about the issues of breast cancer in women of color, as well as provide info on community resources.

LOCALS ONLY

  • With Bourbon & Beyond coming up later this week, you’ll definitely want to check out our guide for schedules, experiences, maps, official playlist and more. 

  • A new experience begins this fall in Bardstown: The Scarecrow Trail. 

“There’s nobody but me left to blame. There was a fire between us but I blew out the flame. And ever since, we’ve both been tryin’ to hang on. But I think we both know the fire is gone. Our love was a garden but it seems some weeds have grown. All the flowers have wilted, and the seeds have all been sewn.” - Johnny Blue Skies