Det sker i Louisville, United States året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Risiko

  Winter ice storms

  1. jan. – 28. feb. · normaltEkstrem kuldeLukninger

  The Ohio valley sits on the line where southern moisture meets cold air, so the winter problem here is freezing rain rather than snow. A bad one takes the power out across whole neighbourhoods for days. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas and New Year (24. dec. – 1. jan.)

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Winter ice storms (1. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Tætpakket — Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby Festival

  15. apr. – 1. maj · normaltStor festivalTætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  A fortnight of build-up before the race — Thunder Over Louisville's air show and fireworks over the Ohio, a steamboat race, a marathon and a balloon glow. Thunder alone puts several hundred thousand people on the waterfront for a day. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby

  30. apr. – 7. maj · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketBook tidligt

  The first Saturday in May, and the whole city prices itself accordingly — hotel rates multiply and minimum stays appear months ahead. The infield is cheap and you will see no horses from it. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Kentucky Derby Festival (15. apr. – 1. maj (normalt)), Kentucky Derby (30. apr. – 7. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Tætpakket — Independence Day, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. jul.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Kentucky State Fair, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Kentucky State Fair

  12.–28. aug. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  Eleven days of livestock judging, a butter sculpture and grandstand concerts at the expo centre by the airport, in the most humid fortnight of the year. Go in the evening. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Bourbon and rock festival month, St James Court Art Show

• Festival

  Bourbon and rock festival month

  10. sep. – 5. okt. · normaltMusikfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life run back-to-back weekends at the Highland Festival Grounds and fill the hotels twice over. It is also when the distilleries on the trail are actually distilling again after the summer shutdown. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  St James Court Art Show

  30. sep. – 8. okt. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakket

  Six hundred artists set up in the Victorian streets of Old Louisville for the first weekend in October, free to walk. It is the one weekend of the year that neighbourhood is full. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Bourbon and rock festival month, St James Court Art Show

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10. okt. – 10. nov. · normalt

  Cherokee and Iroquois — Olmsted's parks, with the old hardwoods to match — turn through the second half of October. Cherokee's loop road is one-way and closed to cars on a Saturday morning.

Stadig i gang: Bourbon and rock festival month (10. sep. – 5. okt. (normalt)), St James Court Art Show (30. sep. – 8. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. nov.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour in the parks (10. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. dec. – 1. jan.Jul & nytårLukningerTætpakket

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov.)