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Louisville, KY
Old Forester’s Paristown Hall is a flexibile and versatile performing arts venue that hosts touring and local bands and musicians, community events, festivals, family-friendly gatherings, as well as fundraisers, and conventions. It can accommodate up to 2,000 guests on two levels, including an outdoor balcony. The venue includes Christy’s Garden, an adjacent green space. Paristown Hall is managed by the nonprofit organization Kentucky Performing Arts. ...
Lexington, KY
Locally owned and operated Manchester Music Hall is Lexington’s space for music lovers, community, and everything in between. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
Louisville, KY
Located in downtown Louisville, KY, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts has served as the home for Louisville’s nationally-renowned arts scene, and the primary performance space for its resident companies since 1983.
Whitney Hall is Kentucky Performing Arts’ largest performance facility with 2,450 seats. Whitney Hall can accommodate everything from the most elaborate touring Broadway extravaganzas to the more modest chamber music ensembles.
With 619 seats, the Bomhard Theater is an ideal facility for musical performances and smaller-scale dance and theater. It also serves as the home for Stage One, Louisville’s family theater. Steeply raked aisles provide a clear view of the stage from any seat.
Located on the 4th floor of The Kentucky Center, the 200-capacity Tom Clark-Todd Hall is a multipurpose rehearsal and meeting space featuring hardwood floors, high ceilings, a projector and screen, multiple ambient lighting options, a wall of mirrors, an acoustic wall and long flowing curtains.
The MeX Theater is a simple black box theater with a maximum seating capacity of 139. ...
Louisville, KY
Located in the Louisville’s Germantown neighborhood, Kaiju Louisville is an eclectic bar and music venue with Japanese snack food, video games, live bands, movies and comedy events. Kaiju serves a rotating selection of craft beer on draft, cocktails, sake, and wine, as well as a variety of bottled beers. ...
Louisville, KY
Galaxie is a bar in Louisville, KY, featuring handmade flatbread tacos, imaginative drinks, and good music. ...
Louisville, KY
Art Sanctuary is a community-oriented arts collective supporting local visual, literary, and performing arts through events, promotion, and education. Located in the Schnitzelburg-Germantown neighborhood of Louisville, KY, the facility includes offices, art studios, a 98-capacity gallery, and 597-capacity event space. ...
Louisville, KY
The Speed Art Museum, in Louisville, KY, is an independent, encyclopedic museum, and the oldest and largest art museum in the state. From concerts and exhibitions to gallery talks and film festivals, there’s never any shortage of activity at the Speed. Established in 1927 on the University of Louisville’s Belknap campus, the venue includes a state-of-the-art cinema, a family education center, indoor/outdoor café, museum shop, and a multifunctional pavilion for performances, lectures and entertainment. ...
Bars and Event Venues
Newport, KY
The Southgate House Revival is a live music and events venue in Newport, KY, located in a former church built circa 1866 featuring original stained glass windows, repurposed pews and pipe organ. The venue showcases original music nightly with regional and international artists, national touring bands, open-mic and more. ...
Louisville, KY
Locally owned and operated, Headliners Music Hall is the premier live entertainment venue of Louisville, KY. For decades the venue has hosted concerts from local and national acts of a variety of genres; rock, metal, acoustic, hip-hop, and alternative. Headliners has old school charm, great acoustics, fantastic sound and a fun atmosphere. There is a smoking area located outside in the beer garden. ...
Harrodsburg, KY
The Terrapin Stage at Terrapin Hill Farm is full-sized with unlimited seating capacity on Terrapin Hill, also known as The Knob. It was designed and hand-crafted in 1997 with cedar logs harvested from the farm, and has since hosted many local and nationally-known music acts. The gravel arena it sits on can also serve as a parking area for events held at the Pavilion. ...
Louisville, KY
Zanzabar offers up Louisville’s only vintage arcade, hosting weekly pinball tournaments, Sunday trivia nights, and live music. Zanzabar serves as an intimate music venue for both local and popular national and international touring acts. The neighborhood bar serves dinner six days a week and a rotating list of micro-brews. ...
Lexington, KY
Located in the historic Lexington Distillery District, The Burl was originally built in 1926 as a loading dock and hub for Texaco Oil. The original wood frame building and open layout have helped to create a welcoming space for any and all genres of music. ...
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