Qué hay en Louisville, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

• Riesgo

  Winter ice storms

  1 Ene – 28 Feb · normalmenteFrío extremoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter ice storms (1 Ene – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby Festival

  15 Abr – 1 May · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Kentucky Derby

  30 Abr – 7 May · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky Derby

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Kentucky Derby Festival (15 Abr – 1 May (normalmente)), Kentucky Derby (30 Abr – 7 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Independence Day, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Kentucky State Fair, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Kentucky State Fair

  12–28 Ago · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

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

• Festival

  Bourbon and rock festival month

  10 Sep – 5 Oct · normalmenteFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  St James Court Art Show

  30 Sep – 8 Oct · normalmenteFestival de artesMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

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

• Naturaleza

  Autumn colour in the parks

  10 Oct – 10 Nov · normalmente

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Bourbon and rock festival month (10 Sep – 5 Oct (normalmente)), St James Court Art Show (30 Sep – 8 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Autumn colour in the parks (10 Oct – 10 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)