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Weekly Highlights in Kentucky

Every featured event of the week, past and present

BLINK Takes Over Covington
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

BLINK Takes Over Covington

For four nights in October, the nation's largest immersive light-and-art festival turns Covington's streets into an open-air gallery — and the city has published its playbook for getting there.

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A Dog Park Named for a Hero K-9
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

A Dog Park Named for a Hero K-9

Covington opens the K-9 Ernie Memorial Dog Park, honoring a German Shepherd whose brush with death changed Kentucky law.

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OPD's First Cops & Bobbers
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

OPD's First Cops & Bobbers

Owensboro police trade patrol cars for fishing poles at Jack C. Fisher Park, with loaner rods, donated bait, and a stocked pond.

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The Stinky Tree Swap
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

The Stinky Tree Swap

Kentucky's Bradford Pear Bounty turns a suburban landscaping mistake into a free native tree — if you cut the old one down first.

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A Mammoth on Monmouth: How a
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

A Mammoth on Monmouth: How a

In just three years, the MAMMOTH Music & Arts Festival has grown from a storm-threatened experiment into a five-stage, all-ages takeover of Newport's Monmouth Street — headlined this year by subway-born brass-house trio Too Many Zooz.

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Fifty Acres of Pumpkins and a
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Fifty Acres of Pumpkins and a

Gallrein Farms has been drawing families to its Shelbyville fields since the 1990s, and this year's Fall Festival adds an excavation station and paintball to a tradition that starts with planting in the spring.

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The Day the Fire Trucks Give
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Day the Fire Trucks Give

For one October afternoon at Masterson Station Park, the Lexington Fire Department trades emergency calls for bounce houses, burn demonstrations, and a chance to meet the neighbors before they ever need them.

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The Helens Take Over Owensboro
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Helens Take Over Owensboro

The Roper Romp returns to downtown Owensboro on October 2, 2026, sending a parade of caftan-clad Helen Ropers through local bars and shops to raise money for homeless animals.

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The Last Call on Lexington's
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

The Last Call on Lexington's

On Monday, the city of Lexington holds its final Solarize 101 workshop — the last chance for homeowners across six counties to learn how a group-buying program can put solar panels on their roofs at a 20 percent discount.

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Viva Voices: How Lexington's
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

Viva Voices: How Lexington's

The fourth annual Festival Viva Mexico brings dance, food, and the stories of a nation to CommonSpirit Ballpark.

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A Night of Rumba and Orchestra
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

A Night of Rumba and Orchestra

The Louisville Orchestra opens its 2026-27 season with a free Music Without Borders concert featuring Pedrito Martinez and the Pedrito Martinez Group at Iroquois Amphitheater.

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A King Crosses the Atlantic
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

A King Crosses the Atlantic

For one night only, students from the University of Cambridge bring Shakespeare's most devastating tragedy to Kentucky Wesleyan College as part of a 27-year-old transatlantic tradition.

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A Small Kentucky Town's Pride
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

A Small Kentucky Town's Pride

As Pride of London prepares for its third annual festival — and its first in the heart of downtown — organizers are meeting online hatred with a message of love.

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Scream Queens Take the Street
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Scream Queens Take the Street

The seventh annual Kickoff to Halloween transforms St. Ann Street into a horror festival with Terrifier actresses Jenna Kanell and Catherine Corcoran, local vendors, and a community that treats Halloween as a year-round obsession.

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The Sweetest Homecoming in the
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

The Sweetest Homecoming in the

For nearly fifty years, Jackson, Kentucky has turned its Labor Day weekend over to the bees — and to the families who come home to celebrate a county that once led the state in honey.

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Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

An Evening of Generosity on the Town Branch: Lexington's Give 8/28 Lex Brings the Community Together

On August 28, Lexingtonians will gather at Gatton Park for a community festival that doubles as a giving day, channeling the city's generosity into 43 Black-serving nonprofits.

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An Evening of Generosity on the
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

An Evening of Generosity on the

On August 28, Lexingtonians will gather at Gatton Park for a community festival that doubles as a giving day, channeling the city's generosity into 43 Black-serving nonprofits.

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Love on a Timer: The Point/Arc
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Love on a Timer: The Point/Arc

A Northern Kentucky nonprofit is giving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities a rare, structured chance to find romance.

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