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KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL ADVERTISING SECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 The stories you tell happen here. OFFICIAL GUIDE OFFICIAL April 17 - May 5 KDF.ORG • #KDF2017 2 THE COURIER-JOURNAL KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL ADVERTISING SECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 CONTENTS 13 Tour de Lou FAMILY-FRIENDLY SOCIAL EVENTS Cycling event around the city 5 Give A Day 5 They’re Off! Luncheon 13 Healthy Kids Day Mayor’s week-long service initiative encourages volunteerism Seth Davis to tip-off power lunch Kids Fitness Event grows with YMCA 6 Thunder Over Louisville 6 Taste of Derby Festival 20 Health Fair Air Show, fireworks to rock the waterfront Area restaurants feature fine fare Learn about Healthy Lifestyles at this family-friendly event 8 Chow Wagon 12 TheSlice: Spice, Style and Soul Venerable venue features live music, traditional fare West Louisville fundraiser dishes up food and music OVER 21 8 Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront 18 Mayor’s Derby Brunch on the River Brunch at Riverside, Farsley-Moreman Landing 19 Texas Hold’Em Tournament Ultimate entertainment experience opens April 27 Put on your poker face 9 Great BalloonFest 19 Knights of Columbus Charity Dinner Annual event features charity presentation 20 WineFest U.S. Bank balloon events at KEC, Bowman Field Vino tasting on the Belvedere 12 Ken-Ducky Derby of Dean Eagle Memorial Award 19 HappyTail Hour 22 BeerFest 20,000 ducks on the Ohio River Beer tasting event showcases craft beers 13 The Children’s Tea with Kentucky Derby Festival Furry friends frolic at Fest-a-Ville 22 Great Steamboat Race 24 Celebrity Day at the Downs Princesses Walk to red carpet with the stars Social skills served up at the Crowne Plaza Battle of the Belles on the Ohio 26 Festival Unveiled & the Official Poster Artist 27 BourbonVille 19 Great Bed Races Newest KDF event features all things Bourbon Wacky event returns to Broadbent Arena 2017 Poster and merchandise showcased 20 Parade Preview Party 27 Spring Fashion Show FESTIVAL FAVORITES Latest styles showcased at Horseshoe Southern Indiana Insider’s look at parade attractions 3 Going Green! 23 Pegasus Parade 27 Fillies Derby Ball Recycling helps KDF go greener First ball of Derby season “Louisville on the Move” featured 3 Festival Foundation 24 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Derby Festival’s Charitable Arm SPORTS FANS Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at 4th Street Live! 4 KDF Directors and Staff 26 RoboRumble 5 $1 Million Dollar Hole-In-One Golf Tournament Big prize still up for grabs Derby Festival board and staff members make it happen New STEM Competition with Robot Battles 13 Royal Court 26 Spelling Bee 5 Volleyball Classic Grass Division returns to Seneca Park Five Princesses serve as KDF ambassadors Top spellers from KY and IN compete 19 AT&T Morning Line 26 StepFest 5 Pro-Am Golf Tournament KDF Foundation Tournament at Wildwood Regional radio stations showcase area attractions Step Team showcase and competition 21 Pegasus Pins 26 Academic Challenge 6 Louisville Cup Boys & Girls Soccer Tournaments Multi-weekend youth soccer competition Register your pins online for to win Grand Prizes A middle school quick-recall competition 25 Corporate Sponsors 27 Student Art Contest 10 OVW Run for the Ropes Generous sponsors help fund Festival Student artists receive top honors Ohio Valley Wrestling matches on the Great Lawn 18 V Foundation Celebrity Bocce Tournament FESTIVAL 411 – STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH KDF! MUSIC LOVERS Bocce Ball Tournament to help fight cancer 10 Friday Concert 19 Don Fightmaster Golf Outing Daya with special guest Tryon Kentucky PGA Foundation sponsors event 12 Drum Line Showcase 22 Battle of the Bounce Regional bands compete for bragging rights Obstacle course competition 12 Saturday Concert 27 Night of the Future Stars Hunter Hayes with special guest Carly Pearce Horseshoe Foundation sponsors skills competition 18 Louisville Youth Orchestra 27 Basketball Classic Concert in Iroquois Park All-Star event at Freedom Hall 18 GospelFest HEALTH & FITNESS Gospel Choir Showcase 18 Celebration Sunday 9 Training Program FREE 14-week program for runners Sidewalk Prophets with John Tibbs and Hannah Kerr Websites 20 Tuesday Concert 9 Race Expo and Packet Pick-up Race expo offers latest running wear and race tips KDF.ORG Sugarhill Gang with special guest Grandmaster Dee THUNDEROVERLOUISVILLE.ORG featuring Kurtis Blow 10 Marathon and miniMarathon DERBYFESTIVALMARATHON.COM 22 Wednesday Concert Largest day of road racing in Kentucky PEGASUSPINS.COM Drive-By Truckers with special guest Frederick The Younger 10 Neigh-maste Yoga at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville App 24 Thursday Concert Visit your App store and search “KDF” Jimmy Eat World with special guest Colony House 12 Fitness Jam Zumba® and U-JAM Fitness on the Great Lawn 24 Derby Eve Concert Social Media Gryffin (DJ Set) takes the stage at Waterfront Jam 12 NPC Fitness and Physique Championship Fitness fanatics strut their stuff THE COURIER-JOURNAL KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL ADVERTISING SECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 3 Welcome Welcome to the 2017 packed with a variety of events, has something memorable enjoy the festivities without Kentucky Derby Festival®! and unique for everyone – and fans of all ages. stretching your pocketbook. Started with a single parade in 1956, the Festival is now a Our staff works with 4,000 volunteers to put on this extrav- For 62 years, the Derby whirlwind of over 70 special agant celebration every year. It culminates with the Festival’s Festival has brought this events and part of the fabric oldest and inaugural event, the Republic Bank Pegasus community together like of our community. Providing Parade, which will march in Downtown Louisville on May 4th. nothing else. It is one of the decades of fun for more than premiere events of its kind in More than just fun and entertainment, the Derby Festival 1.5 million patrons annually the world. Take some time to generates in excess of $127 million annually for the local has made the Festival into celebrate springtime in the economy. Events on the Festival’s schedule also help to raise one of the most respected Commonwealth, make the more than $500,000 for local charities each year. Michael E. Berry, President and and honored special events most of Kentucky’s signature Lisa Stevenson, 2017 Chair, CEO, Kentucky Derby Festival celebration and create memo- Kentucky Derby Festival organizations in the world. We welcome you to our celebration and hope you enjoy the ries that will last a lifetime. exciting activities we have planned. With dozens of the events This year’s Opening Ceremonies: Thunder Over Louisville, offering free admission with a 2017 Pegasus Pin®, you can blasts off on April 22. The following two weeks of excitement, The stories you tell happen here. Kentucky Derby Festival® KDF's Mission Foundation Provide creative and unique entertainment and community service for the people of the Greater Louisville area The Kentucky Derby Festival works each year to provide community service that directly contributes to that directly contributes to the aesthetic, cultural, educational, charitable, and economic development of the area. the cultural, educational, charitable and economic development of the community. To further that mission, the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation was founded in 1998. The Foundation, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit We will organize, promote and conduct events using the collective efforts and resources of volunteers, small charity receives and manages charitable contributions on behalf of the Kentucky Derby Festival Inc., its and large businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental entities to enhance the positive international supporters and the general public. recognition, economic and cultural development, and community image of the Greater Louisville area. The Foundation perpetuates the Festival’s impact on the community by developing projects that highlight the Festival’s influence on the area’s cultural heritage. It works to further the Festival’s educational and charitable mission through exhibitions and performances. Recent KDF Foundation outreach includes awarding $20,000 in savings bonds to the top five finishers in the Derby Festival Spelling Bee, production of the IU Southeast RoboRumble Regional Robotics Tournament, the Academic Challenge and Student Art Contest, as well as organization of the Charity Module running program to assist charitable groups in raising funds through the Festival’s Marathon and miniMarathon road races. The Charity Module has raised over $2,500,000 for local charities since its inception in 2006. We’re still Going Green! Expect to see Green Teams and green efforts at many of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s events again in 2017. The Kentucky Derby Festival’s Go Green! Volunteer of the Year Program continues its green efforts at multiple events, including Thunder Over Louisville, Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville, U.S. Bank Great Balloon Glow, Marathon/miniMarathon, and the Republic Bank Pegasus Known as one the of the Derby Festival’s Parade. In addition, in 2017, the Festival is proud to offer a zero-waste event at the Kentucky Proud WineFest. hardest workers, Bob Holt has been recognized The Festival offers single-stream recycling, which allows all the accepted materials to go into the same as the 2017 Active Heroes Volunteer of the container. Since no sorting is required, this method will allow for a user-friendly, efficient process at Festival Year. Since 2009, Holt has worked within the events. Operations Committee at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville. Currently serving as the The Go Green! program, which is sponsored by LG&E, includes composting of inedible food waste; donation co-chair of Operations, Holt over-sees the successful flow between every of edible food; use of compostable products; grease recycling and on-site recycling. Concessions by Cox event and concert over the nine-day run. His organization contributes partners to assist with these efforts.