Louisville’s particularly fun over the next 8 days

Apr 24, 2026 11:48 PM

Even if you don’t give a hoof about horse racing, the festival features partying, a steamboat race, a huge hot air balloon race, and satirical events like the Run For The Rose’ (food servers race with a full wine glass). There’s a funky and mellow mood unique to this city and time of year.

Hey, the hometown is bumpin! Hell yuh

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Always walked down to my grandparents' house for the Derby, the Preakness, and the Stakes to watch with them on their TV when I was a kid. I was in Louisville a couple times last year and at one point drove past the track. Floods of good memories of hanging on on race day with them. Took a pic.

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I’ve always wondered where the term Preakness comes from. “Preakness, adj. — The extent to which something is preak.” 🤷

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Horseshit

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Well, that is an inevitable consequence of horses.

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I decided to find where this was for my amusement
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q31xqyTWqYt3vSgH8

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Scary how precise that is. The Tattoo Shop also contains the office of the Louisville Federation of Musicians. You’ll see ensembles performing on the grounds in the spring.

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I don't need horse racing to have a good time in Kentucky (I'm a bourbon loving alcoholic)

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Yeah, we see you and others of that description here all the time. And hear them. And smell then.

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Though to be fair, I think I kept it to just a couple namesake cocktails and a Blantons at the Seelbach hotel before heading over to the Leonard Cohen concert at the Palace in early April 2013

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Good balanced approach. We welcome you.

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