Contests Events in Louisville

Check out happening contests events all around Louisville, KY

2026 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

 Sat, 02 May at 06:57 pm Churchill Downs

John Mulaney

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Marilyn Manson

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

The Black Keys

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

DaBaby at Mercury Ballroom

 Thu, 30 Apr Mercury Ballroom

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

John Mulaney at Louisville Palace

 Thu, 06 Aug Louisville Palace

Marilyn Manson with VOWWS

 Wed, 13 May at 12:00 am Louisville Palace

PNC Derby Festival Tour de Lou

 Sun, 12 Apr at 08:00 am Big Four Lawn - Red Lot - 1001 River Rd, Louisville, KY 40206

Bourbon and Beyond Festival - Friday at Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center

 Fri, 25 Sep at 11:59 pm Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center

The Black Dahlia Murder with The Acacia Strain

 Fri, 17 Apr at 11:00 pm Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

World Ballet Company: Swan Lake

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Thomas Rhett

 Wed, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

Louder Than Life Festival (Friday)

 Fri, 18 Sep at 04:00 pm Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center

Disney On Ice: Mickey's Search Party

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton at Louisville Palace

 Thu, 09 Apr at 08:00 pm Louisville Palace

David and Tamela Mann

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Puscifer

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Riley Green

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

Parking Chelsea Handler

 Sun, 12 Apr at 11:00 pm Louisville Palace

Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Louisville Cardinals Football at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

 Mon, 31 Aug at 11:59 pm L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

Bob The Drag Queen at Louisville Comedy Club

 Fri, 22 May Louisville Comedy Club

Spoon and The Beths at Iroquois Amphitheater

 Wed, 01 Jul at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Portland Festival 2026

 Fri, 05 Jun at 05:00 pm 3329 Northwestern Pkwy Free

Forrest Frank with Tori Kelly, Cory Asbury, and The Figs

 Tue, 28 Jul at 11:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

The Black Dahlia Murder at Mercury Ballroom

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Kentucky Derby Festival 5K Presented by First Urology

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Waterfront Park (Harbor Lawn & Big Four Bridge)

Chris D'Elia at Louisville Comedy Club

 Fri, 31 Jul at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

The String Cheese Incident

 Thu, 13 Aug Iroquois Amphitheater

Spoon & The Beths

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Orlando Pride at Racing Louisville FC

 Fri, 24 Apr at 09:30 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers at Kentucky Center - Brown Theatre

 Sat, 11 Apr at 08:00 pm Kentucky Center - Brown Theatre

Boosie Badazz at Louisville Palace

 Sun, 26 Apr at 08:00 pm Louisville Palace

String Cheese Incident

 Wed, 12 Aug at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Churchill Downs Racing - Downs After Dark at Churchill Downs

 Sat, 20 Jun Churchill Downs

Parking Weird Al Yankovic with Puddles Piddy Party

 Sun, 14 Jun at 11:30 pm KFC Yum! Center

Patrick Warburton at Louisville Comedy Club

 Sun, 10 May at 04:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Louisville Kings vs. St. Louis Battlehawks

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Stewart Copeland's Police Deranged For Orchestra

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center

2026 Portland Festival Parade

 Sat, 06 Jun at 12:00 pm 3329 Northwestern Pkwy, Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40212

Louisville City FC vs. Fort Wayne FC

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Claim Your KDF Mini Marathon Entry (Today Only)

 Sat, 25 Apr at 06:00 am Louisville Slugger Field Free

Houston Dash at Racing Louisville FC

 Sun, 19 Jul at 12:00 am Lynn Family Stadium

Nikki Glaser

 Sat, 03 Oct Whitney Hall - The Kentucky Center

Boston Legacy FC at Racing Louisville FC at Lynn Family Stadium

 Sat, 15 Aug Lynn Family Stadium

Churchill Downs Racing: Mother's Day

 Sat, 09 May at 07:00 pm Churchill Downs

Poker for Ponies

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Omni Louisville Hotel

Jay Chandrasekhar at Louisville Comedy Club

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Churchill Downs Racing - Senior Day

 Fri, 05 Jun Churchill Downs

Louisville Horror Con 2026

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am Kentucky Exposition Center USD 16 to 133

Ian Munsick

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm 4th Street Live

Louisville City FC vs. Sporting JAX

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Stock Yards Bank $1 Million Dollar Hole-in-One Golf Contest

 Thu, 16 Apr at 10:00 am Seneca Golf Course, Driving Range

Bloodywood at Mercury Ballroom

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Parking Ali Wong

 Fri, 15 May at 11:00 pm Louisville Palace

White Reaper and Drug Church at Mercury Ballroom

 Sat, 16 May at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Twilight Thursday - Reserved Seating

 Thu, 07 May at 09:00 pm Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs Racing - Senior Day at Churchill Downs

 Fri, 22 May Churchill Downs

El Paso Locomotive FC at Louisville City FC at Lynn Family Stadium

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:59 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Do The Crawl de Mayo in Louisville!

 Sat, 02 May at 04:30 pm Bitters End USD 19 to 23

21st Annual Beatersville Car and Bike Show

 Sun, 24 May at 09:00 am Portal Louisville

White Reaper with Drug Church

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 pm Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Sheryl Underwood

 Fri, 05 Jun at 11:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Hartford Athletic at Louisville City FC

 Sun, 05 Jul at 12:00 am Lynn Family Stadium

Fantastic Negrito

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Zanzabar - KY

Louisville Pig and Swig

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm 4th Street Live

Bluegrass Pugfest 2026

 Sat, 16 May at 09:00 am 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY

Carbon Leaf

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm Zanzabar - KY

Parking - Ray LaMontagne with The Weather Station

 Mon, 07 Sep at 12:00 am Louisville Palace

Louisville Bats vs. Toledo Mud Hens

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Slugger Field USD 18 to 32

Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

49 Winchester at Fourth Street Live

 Fri, 04 Sep at 08:00 pm Fourth Street Live

Kentuckiana Showdown

 Sat, 05 Sep at 10:00 am Water Front Park Downtown Louisville

Stanford Cardinal at Louisville Cardinals Baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium

 Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

 Tue, 14 Apr at 10:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

The Happy Fits

 Wed, 22 Apr at 12:00 am Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Pasta Dinner 2026- "The Pride is Right"

 Sat, 11 Apr at 05:00 pm First Unitarian Church, Louisville

Steve Hofstetter

 Sun, 06 Sep at 11:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Eddie Pepitone

 Wed, 10 Jun Planet Of The Tapes

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons Tribute

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Actors Theatre Of Louisville - Pamela Brown Auditorium

Bellarmine Knights at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

 Tue, 12 May at 10:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

Candlelight: Tribute to Queen & The Beatles

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Actors Theatre Of Louisville - Pamela Brown Auditorium

Omaha Storm Chasers at Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field

 Fri, 27 Mar at 11:59 pm Louisville Slugger Field

Dave Smith at Louisville Comedy Club

 Sat, 12 Sep Louisville Comedy Club

Bumble's Bazaar: HALF-O-WEEN

 Fri, 24 Apr at 05:00 pm The Nevermore Lou

Parking Omaha Storm Chasers at Louisville Bats

 Fri, 27 Mar Louisville Slugger Field

St Paul Saints at Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field

 Tue, 26 May Louisville Slugger Field

Bloodywood with The Pretty Wild, Ladrones, and ANKOR

 Wed, 13 May at 11:00 pm Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Toledo Mud Hens at Louisville Bats

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 am Louisville Slugger Field

An Evening with Liz Longley at The Monarch

 Sun, 17 May at 07:00 pm 1318 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY

6th Annual LLMF Golf Scramble

 Sat, 06 Jun at 06:30 am South Park Country Club

Parking Kentucky Wildcats at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

 Tue, 21 Apr at 10:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

Phoneboy at Mercury Ballroom

 Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm Mercury Ballroom

Birmingham Legion FC at Louisville City FC

 Wed, 29 Jul at 11:30 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Parking Dylan Scott

 Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 am Louisville Palace

Gaëlle Solal

 Fri, 17 Apr at 08:00 pm 501 West Main Street, Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40202

Eric Eaton

 Sat, 18 Jul at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Louisville Society on Film

 Sat, 11 Apr at 04:00 pm Tin Roof USD 29 to 39

WINSday at Churchill Downs

 Wed, 29 Apr at 08:00 am Churchill Downs

Jeffrey Keller at Louisville Comedy Club

 Sun, 17 May Louisville Comedy Club