Winner Gets Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience

Taking a lesson from Willy Wonka, the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Foundation is giving away a Golden Ticket for the 2018 Festival. The lucky winner (and a guest) will experience the Derby Festival like never before! The Golden Ticket includes a Derby Festival package valued at $3553. This is a once in a lifetime chance to attend many of the Festival’s most anticipated (and often sold out) events. Raffle tickets are 50 dollars each and ONLY 500 will be sold. Taking a lesson from Willy Wonka, the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Foundation is giving away a Golden Ticket for the 2018 Festival. The lucky winner (and a guest) will experience the Derby Festival like never before! The Golden Ticket includes a Derby Festival package valued at $3553. This is a once in a lifetime chance to attend many of the Festival’s most anticipated (and often sold out) events. Raffle tickets are 50 dollars each and ONLY 500 will be sold.

The Golden Ticket raffle is also for a good cause. Proceeds benefit the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Foundation – the charitable arm of the Derby Festival. The Golden Ticket raffle is coordinated by The Fillies, Inc., a volunteer organization that works closely with the Derby Festival year-round.

The Golden Ticket package includes:

• 2 Grandstand Box tickets to 2018 Kentucky Oaks on May 4, 2018
• Hot air balloon ride for 2 people during the U.S. Bank Great BalloonFest™
• 2 tickets to The Fillies Derby Ball®
• 2 tickets to They’re Off!® Luncheon
• 2 VIP tickets to Thunder Over Louisville
• 2 tickets to the Great Steamboat Race on the Belle of Louisville
• 2 tickets to Kentucky Proud WineFest
• 2 VIP viewing seats at the Republic Bank Pegasus® Parade
• 2 tickets to The Children’s Tea® with the Derby Festival Princesses
• 2 signed 2018 KDF Official Posters
• $100 gift card for Official KDF Merchandise
• 2 complete sets of 2018 Pegasus® Pins – including a Gold Pin!
• 2 memberships to KDF’s Thorobred® VIP program in 2019

Raffle tickets are on sale NOW. They can be purchased at the Derby Festival office at 1001 S. Third Street in Louisville, by calling (502) 584-FEST, or online at KDF.org. The winner will be drawn at the Macy’s Derby Festival Spring Fashion Show at Horseshoe Southern Indiana in March.