Was ist los in Louisville, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Winter ice storms

  1. Jan. – 28. Feb. · meistExtreme KälteSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Christmas and New Year (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Ruhig – einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Winter ice storms (1. Jan. – 28. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby Festival

  15. Apr. – 1. Mai · meistGroßes FestivalVollSchließungenFrüh buchen

  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. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby

  30. Apr. – 7. Mai · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Kentucky Derby Festival (15. Apr. – 1. Mai (meist)), Kentucky Derby (30. Apr. – 7. Mai (meist))

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Juni beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Independence Day, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Kentucky State Fair, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Kentucky State Fair

  12.–28. Aug. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Bourbon and rock festival month, St James Court Art Show

• Festival

  Bourbon and rock festival month

  10. Sep. – 5. Okt. · meistMusikfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  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. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  St James Court Art Show

  30. Sep. – 8. Okt. · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Bourbon and rock festival month, St James Court Art Show

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10. Okt. – 10. Nov. · meist

  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.

Läuft noch: Bourbon and rock festival month (10. Sep. – 5. Okt. (meist)), St James Court Art Show (30. Sep. – 8. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Autumn colour in the parks (10. Okt. – 10. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungenVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)