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SubscribeAmerica’s Night Out Against Crime
Credit: Louisville Metro Police
National Night Out (NNO) is an annual community-police awareness-raising event held on the first Tuesday of August since 1984. The event, organized in part by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), is meant to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as drug prevention, neighborhood watch, and other anti-crime efforts.
Aimed at community-building, promoting police-community partnerships, and developing neighborhood camaraderie, there are a number of events being held around Louisville this Tuesday, August 4th.
1st Division
6-8pm
Waterfront Park, Louisville, KY 40202
2nd Division
6-8pm
First Choice Market, 3044 Wilson Avenue, Louisville, KY 40211
3rd Division
6-8pm
Home Depot, 6840 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40258
4th Division
5-8pm
Wyandotte Park, 1104 Beecher Street, Louisville, KY 40215
5th Division
6-9pm
Peterson-Dumesnil House, 301 S. Peterson Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206
6th & 7th Divisions
6-8pm
Target Okolona, 7311 Jefferson Boulevard, Louisville, KY 40219
8th Division
6-8pm
Target Middleton, 12975 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40243
Louisville Dispatch wishes you a safe and happy Independence Day!
If we missed any area celebrations or festivities, be sure to let us know in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
July 3
Springfield’s Independence Day Celebration
6 p.m.
Behind the Judicial Center. Features live music, car show, food and fireworks at dark.
Louisville Bats Baseball Fireworks Show
Bats vs. Columbus at 6:45 pm at Slugger Field, fireworks extravaganza following the game
Harrison County (Indiana) Kiwanis Annual Fireworks Display
Old Capital Golf Club – Fireworks at dark.
July 4
Louisville Orchestra Waterfront 4th
July 4 – 5 pm to 10:15 pm. Featuring live music, beer garden, activities, and Fireworks on the Great Lawn
Bullitt Blast and Shepherdsville City Fair
All day events at Shepherdsville City Park include 5k run, beauty pageant, car show, live music, WWII reenactments, watermelon eating contest, and fireworks at approximately 9:30 pm.
Carrollton’s Annual July Fourth Family Celebration
Point Park where the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers meet. Fireworks begin at dusk. FREE music and fun for the entire family.
Elizabethtown Founders’ Day
5 pm until dark at Freeman Lake Park. Air shows, skydiving demonstration, pie eating contest and fireworks at dark.
Shelby County Shake the Lake
Clear Creek Park Amphitheater, 5:30-10 pm. $3 per person.
Simpsonville’s Red, White and Boom
Noon – 10 pm at Simpsonville Park. Live music, food, DJ, vendor booths, bouncies & fireworks.
Crescent Hill Old Fashioned Fourth of July Art and Music Festival
10 am – 10 pm, Peterson Dumesnil House. Music, food, activities.
Fort Knox Celebrates Freedom
5 – 10:30 pm at Brooks Field on Fort Knox. Food, music, fun. Fireworks at 10:15 pm.
Madison Regatta
Fireworks Spectacular, Co-Sponsored by American Legion Post No. 9, The City of Madison Indiana, &
Jefferson County Board of Tourism. approx. 10pm / Riverfront
The Dixie Area Business Association’s (DABA) Discover Dixie Expo will be held Tuesday, September 15.
The annual B2B event, held in the gymnasium of the Ormsby Heights Baptist Church at 2120 Lower Hunters Trace, will showcase area businesses and allow other business owners, employees, entrepreneurs to see what the Dixie Highway corridor has to offer.
Over 60 exhibitors are expected from various fields including education, financial services, healthcare and fitness, home improvement, computers and technology, advertising & marketing, and others. The event also features business seminars, a silent auction, prizes, networking and more.
Admission is free with a business card. For the full schedule and more information, visit the Discover Dixie Expo Facebook page or official website.
The Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will kick off “Independent’s Month” with a special event on Monday, July 6th from 5:00pm-8:00pm at Iroquois Amphitheater. The celebration precedes the July installment of Free Movie Nights at the Amphitheater, so attendees can stay and enjoy a free screening of “Muppets Most Wanted”. LIBA’s Independent’s Month Celebration is a free, family-friendly event and will include:
- Live Music by Nick Peay Band
- Khalil’s
- POLLO – a gourmet chicken joint
- V-Grits Food Truck
- Kentucky Science Center
- Bluegrass Indoor Karting
- Bohemian Monkey (face painting and henna)
- Jefferson Memorial Forest/Go Ape
- White Raven Spa
- Good Garbage, LLC
- Body Center Healing
LIBA will also be making a very special announcement that night, so attendees will get to hear the news before it is officially announced on the following day.
In an ongoing effort to “Keep Louisville Weird” for more than 10 years, the Louisville Independent Business Alliance declares July as “Independents Month” and invites the publicto celebrate the city’s independent businesses throughout the month. The goal of this campaign is to create awareness around the fact that purchasing goods and services from a locally owned store keeps more money circulating in our local economy and supports the businesses that make Louisville “weird” and unique.
Fandomfest – the largest Comic Con in the region – is returning to the downtown Louisville this summer for what the event’s producers call the flagship of their multi-city tour.
For their 10th year serving the Anime, Comic Book, Pop Culture, Movie, TV, Scifi, Horror, Literary, Arts crowd, Fandomfest will fill the halls of the KY International Convention Center at 221 S Fourth St in downtown Louisville from August 7th through 9th. The event has come a long way since their humble 2005 “Fright Night” beginnings.
As usual, the event kicks off with the Fandomfest Parade, in which community participation is encouraged. Inside the exhibit hall, the fun continues with celebrity appearances by the likes of Billie Piper, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Peter Mayhew, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Josh McDermitt, and many more. Great photo ops with sports legends like Ric Flair, Johnny Bench, Reggie Jackson, and “Charlie Hustle” himself, Pete Rose. Fans of AMC’s Comic Book Men and the Jay and Silent Bob franchise will have the opportunity to see Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.
In addition to all of the celebrity photo ops and panels, the event is packed with other events including the many vendor spaces where fans can purchase memorabilia, Cosplay World, Gaming Life, and the Fantasmagorical Film Fest.
For more information and tickets, visit the official event page at fandomfest.com.
Event allows area residents to properly and safely dispose of prescription drugs, found narcotics, and more.
Southwest Louisville Drug Toss
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
6pm To 8pm
7219 Dixie Highway – Southwest Government Center
Don’t flush them!
Don’t throw them in the garbage!
Don’t leave them lying around your home!
Drive by the louisville metro police department’s 3rd patrol division and toss them.
Will take you less than a minute to drive through and give them a toss, you won’t even have to get out of your car. No questions asked!
This event is sponsored by your Southwest Louisville Metro Councilpersons: Rick Blackwell, David Yates, Vicki Welch, Cindi Fowler And Marianne Butler and the Louisville Metro Police Department 3rd Patrol Division.
Source: Maryland GovPics
37 years after Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978, American Pharoah pulled off an amazing victory to become the 12th horse to claim the title.
This was trainer, Bob Baffert’s fourth attempt at a Triple Crown winner. It was also jockey, Victor Espinoza’s third opportunity to win the Triple Crown. With this win, Espinoza, age 43, is the oldest jockey to win the Triple Crown.
American Pharoah’s official time was 2 minutes 26.65 seconds and he won by 5 1/2 lengths. The world record and track record for the Belmont Stakes is held by Secretariat, who also won the Triple Crown in 1973. He completed the race in 2 minutes 24.00 seconds and won by 31 lengths.
