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

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks - 2 Day Pass

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Churchill Downs

Matt Rife

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm KFC Yum! Center

John Mulaney

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Marilyn Manson

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Ali Wong at Louisville Palace

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

CeCe Winans

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

DaBaby at Mercury Ballroom

 Thu, 30 Apr Mercury Ballroom

John Mulaney at Louisville Palace

 Thu, 06 Aug 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

The Black Dahlia Murder with The Acacia Strain

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

Tattoo Fest Louisville

 Fri, 27 Mar at 01:00 pm Kentucky International Convention Center

World Ballet Company: Swan Lake

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Louisville Palace

Gwar at Mercury Ballroom

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm Mercury Ballroom

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

Steve-O

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Bob The Drag Queen at Louisville Comedy Club

 Fri, 22 May Louisville Comedy Club

Riverdance

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center

Tori Amos at Louisville Palace

 Mon, 10 Aug at 08:00 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

Parking Chelsea Handler

 Sun, 12 Apr at 11:00 pm Louisville Palace

Spoon and The Beths at Iroquois Amphitheater

 Wed, 01 Jul at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Military Appreciation Day at Churchill Downs

 Mon, 25 May at 12:45 pm Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs Racing - Spring Meet at Churchill Downs

 Fri, 26 Jun at 12:45 pm Churchill Downs

Riley Green

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

25th Annual Lebowski Fest

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:00 am Paristown Pointe, Louisville

The Black Dahlia Murder at Mercury Ballroom

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Chris D'Elia at Louisville Comedy Club

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

Portland Festival 2026

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

The String Cheese Incident

 Thu, 13 Aug Iroquois Amphitheater

Louisville City FC vs. Brooklyn FC

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Kentucky Derby Festival 5K Presented by First Urology

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

Orlando Pride at Racing Louisville FC

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

Spoon & The Beths

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Bob the Drag Queen

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Indigo De Souza at Headliners Music Hall

 Sun, 05 Apr at 08:00 pm Headliners Music Hall

2026 Portland Festival Parade

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

Churchill Downs Racing - Downs After Dark at Churchill Downs

 Sat, 20 Jun Churchill Downs

String Cheese Incident

 Wed, 12 Aug at 07:00 pm Iroquois Amphitheater

Stewart Copeland's Police Deranged For Orchestra

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

Louisville Cardinals vs. Clemson Tigers

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium USD 24 to 48

Boston Legacy FC at Racing Louisville FC at Lynn Family Stadium

 Sat, 15 Aug Lynn Family Stadium

Filter with Finger Eleven

 Mon, 30 Mar at 11:30 pm Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Birmingham Stallions at Louisville Kings at Lynn Family Stadium

 Fri, 27 Mar at 08:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Louisville Kings vs. Birmingham Stallions

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 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

Desi Banks

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club USD 77 to 96

Louisville Kings vs. St. Louis Battlehawks

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

GWAR with Soulfly and King Parrot

 Tue, 31 Mar at 11:30 pm Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Louisville Kings vs. D.C. Defenders

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Louisville City FC vs. El Paso Locomotive FC

 Fri, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Bloodywood at Mercury Ballroom

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Poker for Ponies

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

Parking Ali Wong

 Fri, 15 May at 11:00 pm Louisville Palace

Bloodywood

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

White Reaper and Drug Church at Mercury Ballroom

 Sat, 16 May at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

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

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

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

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

Parking Omaha Storm Chasers at Louisville Bats

 Fri, 27 Mar Louisville Slugger Field

Churchill Downs Racing - Senior Day at Churchill Downs

 Fri, 22 May Churchill Downs

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

Twilight Thursday - Reserved Seating

 Thu, 07 May at 09:00 pm Churchill Downs

Hartford Athletic at Louisville City FC

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

Omaha Storm Chasers at Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field

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

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

Parking - Ray LaMontagne with The Weather Station

 Mon, 07 Sep at 12:00 am Louisville Palace

Pittsburgh Panthers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

White Reaper with Drug Church

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

Two Feet

 Fri, 27 Mar at 12:00 am Mercury Ballroom - Louisville

Pittsburgh Panthers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

 Fri, 27 Mar at 10:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

Louisville Orchestra - Rhapsody in Blue at Kentucky Center - Whitney Hall

 Fri, 24 Apr at 11:00 am Kentucky Center - Whitney Hall

Hail The Sun

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Mercury Ballroom

Stanford Cardinal at Louisville Cardinals Baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium

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

Bluegrass Pugfest 2026

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

Steve Hofstetter

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

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

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

Kentuckiana Showdown

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

The Happy Fits

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

Louisville Pig and Swig

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

Louisville Kings vs. Orlando Storm

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Lynn Family Stadium

Moonchild at Mercury Ballroom

 Sun, 22 Mar Mercury Ballroom

Louisville Cardinals vs. Stanford Cardinal

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Jim Patterson Stadium

Jay Chandrasekhar

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Louisville Comedy Club

Clemson Tigers at Louisville Cardinals Baseball at Jim Patterson Stadium

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

Bumble's Bazaar: HALF-O-WEEN

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

Bellarmine Knights at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

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

Bloodywood with The Pretty Wild, Ladrones, and ANKOR

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

90s Country Hits at Mercury Ballroom

 Fri, 03 Apr at 12:00 am Mercury Ballroom

March Matness Full Court Sculpt

 Sat, 28 Mar at 04:00 pm ATOMIC USD 18 to 23

St Paul Saints at Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field

 Tue, 26 May Louisville Slugger Field

Parking Kentucky Wildcats at Louisville Cardinals Baseball

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

Julie & Fleshwater

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Headliners Music Hall - KY

An Evening with Liz Longley at The Monarch

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

Arcy Drive

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm Headliners Music Hall - KY

6th Annual LLMF Golf Scramble

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

Birmingham Legion FC at Louisville City FC

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

Toledo Mud Hens at Louisville Bats

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