The Best Birthday Party Options in Louisville
Hey Louisville parents, are you planning a birthday party? Birthday parties are so important to our little ones. Here are some options to make your child’s birthday memorable while making it easy for you!
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So, you are planning your child’s big day and you want to make it really special. Or, you want to try a new place. There are birthday party options for kids of all ages and interest. From nature to art, sports to DJs. There are also party options for every budget if you are looking for an inexpensive birthday party.
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Details below were obtained from the website of each venue for our Birthday Parties in Louisville list. It is the responsibility of the reader to confirm availability and pricing as offerings may be changed at any time. Thank you.
Animals
Farmer Steve’s Mobile Petting zoo: Bring the petting zoo to your backyard, read more here.
Honey Hill Farm Mobile Petting Zoo: Petting zoo and pony rides at your location.
Idlewild Butterfly Farm & Insectarium: Learn about, touch and hold unique bugs at your location. Contact for more details.
Louisville Equestrian Center: Custom party including activities such as pony rides, painting a live pony, hay jumps and more. Ages 10+.
Louisville Zoo: Outdoor party space, food and drink. Zoo admission and parking included. Add-ons available. Reservations MUST be made 30 days prior to event date.
Lucky Cat Café – Parties that are just that….cats, kids, smiles. Email email luckycatcafe502@gmail.com for all the details.
Purrfect Day Café – Private Pawties for interactions with the animals.
Silly Safaris: Live animal show including featuring a variety of unique mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and giant bugs! Travels from Indianapolis to your location.
Aerial Gym/Circus
Louisville Turners: Gymnastics and circus apparatus. Ages 5-12 or 13+.
Suspend: Aerial (silks, hoop, trapeze, rope, pole, aerial yoga), and ground-based (acro-balancing, juggling, dance, flow/hula-hooping) as well as combo parties.
Birthday Parties in Louisville: Art/Painting
Abigail Academy: Parties for girls. Kitchen or craft related theme. Multiple packages available.
AR Workshop: Wood crafts and more for kids of all ages.
Board & Brush – Sign workshops, you can have a private party.
Little Brushes at Pinot’s Palette: Studio or onsite parties for ages 5-12 or 13+.
Ms. Audrey’s Crafting Emporium: Flexible options for art and crafting birthday fun.
Oldham County Arts Center: Painting or ceramic parties are available.
Paint Spot: Paint your own pottery- trinkets, figures, dishes, tiles and more.
Whet Your Palette: Painting party at their studio or your site. Ages 5-15.
Baking/Cooking
Abigail Academy: Parties for girls. Kitchen or craft related theme. Multiple packages available.
MESA Kids Cooking school: Choose from sweet and savory options for a baking or cooking party.
Beauty/Spa
Beauty in the Bus: Dress up fun, in a BUS!
Little Haven Spa & Salon: $60 to $80 for 3-8 guests.
Pink Julep Boutique: Customized beauty products and more with their beauty bar and interactive fun.
Birthday Parties in Louisville: Bowling
Clarksville Strike and Spare Family Fun Center: Traditional bowling party or ultimate package with bowling, roller skating, laser tag and bumper cars.
Executive Strike and Spare: Strike or Spare Party packages available
Fern Bowl: Traditional bowling party including pizza & soda
Ken Bowl or Dixie Bowl: Traditional bowling party.
Kingpin Lanes: Traditional bowling party or have a royal shebang miniature bowling party
Main Event Entertainment: Choose from bowling, video games, laser tag, billiards, gravity ropes or a combo.
Ten Pin Strike and Spare: Traditional bowling party.
Dance/Music
All About Kids Sports Center Louisville: Various packages to choose from including gymnastics, dance, martial arts, open gym and swim.
DJ Jaybird: Current music, fun games, and other fun activities.
Louisville Ballet School: Creative dance, games and crafts. Different themes available.
Entertainers: Magicians/Face Painting/Tattoos/Balloons
Astro Jump Party Entertainers: Face painters, balloon artists and henna tattoo artists.
Kelly Toon: Face painting and more.
Princesses of Louisville: Interactive princess character appearance, photo opps and more.
The Balloon Man of Kentucky: Family-friendly entertainer, magician, juggler, balloon artist, yo-yo, puppets, and comedy.
Equipment Rentals
Astro Jump Rentals: Bounce houses, moonwalks, inflatable games and more.
Bounce ‘n Round Inflatables: Bounce houses, wet and dry courses, sports arenas and food equipment rentals. They also have an indoor space you can rent out for parties with bouncy houses.
BounceWorks: Inflatables, wet/dry options available.
Frozen De’Lites: Enhance your child’s party with slushy treats with a industrial size frozen drink machine.
Fun Masters: Bounce houses, dry slides, water slides, interactive inflatables and carnival games.
Inner Sparkle Teepee Parties: Imaginative parties set up at your home, perfect for sleepovers.
Louisville Inflatables: Bounce houses, combo bouncers, interactives, obstacle courses, movie screens, inflatable slides, climbing walls, mechanical bulls, concessions, dunk tanks, carnival games, mechanical rides, tents, tables and chairs.
Tons of Fun Rentals: Bounce houses, moonwalks, sports inflatables, carnival games and more.
Gaming
A+ Mobile Gaming: Mobile gaming trailer is packed with 5D flatscreens, game systems, bluetooth speakers, and more.
Activate Games: interactive gaming experience.
Breakout Games: Escape room fun, great for a family or group of friends to break out and have fun for a birthday party.
Countdown Louisville: Themed escape rooms, pick your adventure.
Dave & Busters: Party packages that include game play, food and more add ons.
Foam Warriorz: Nerf games, sumo wrestling, gaming, or a combo…you pick your party.
Gamerz Truck: Video game truck offers the latest gaming consoles and games. They also have laser tag, mini golf, and nerf wars options.
Go-Karting
Full Throttle: Go-kart party packages for adults and ages 7+.
Kart Kountry: Several packages available. Go-karts, arcade and more.
Malibu Jack’s Family Fun Center: Choose a package with options like go-karts, miniature golf, laser tag, bumper cars, and more.
Gymnastics/Open Gym/Cheer
All About Kids Sports Center Louisville: Various packages to choose from including gymnastics, dance, martial arts, open gym and swim.
All About Kids Sports Center Oldham County: Gymnastics and open gym/swim parties.
Clark County Family YMCA: Party includes Kids Adventure Room, Teen Room or Gym, plus a party room. 2 balloon bouquets and a gift for the birthday child.
Kentucky Gymnastics Academy: Gymnastics and open gym parties.
My Gym: Action-packed activities, games, puppets, songs, and more!
Power and Grace Gymnastics: Open gym time or organized gymnastics stations.
SIGS Sportsplex: Choose from bounce, gym, ninja warrior party (ages 5+ recommended) or swim party (children under 3 y/o must have parent in pool).
Ice Cream
The Comfy Cow: Pick up a party to go! Includes ice cream, ice cream cups, spoons, napkins, and scooper.
Ehrler’s Ice Cream Truck: Their ice cream truck comes loaded with cups and cones of our traditional flavors that are sure to please any crowd!
Brain Freeze indoor party space
Indoor Playgrounds/Playrooms
Glow Worm Café: Rent the space for a party for your preschooler. Contact them for more information. Highlands/Germantown or Beechmont locations.
The Play Station Louisville: Indoor space with play areas for kids ages 6mo to 6 years
Laser Tag
Clarksville Strike and Spare Family Fun Center: Traditional bowling party or ultimate package with bowling, roller skating, laser tag and bumper cars.
Gamerz Truck: Video game truck offers the latest gaming consoles and games. They also have laser tag, mini golf, and nerf wars options.
Main Event Entertainment: Choose from bowling, video games, laser tag, billiards, gravity ropes or a combo.
Malibu Jack’s Family Fun Center: Choose a package with options like go-karts, miniature golf, laser tag, bumper cars, and more.
LEGO
Bricks 4 Kidz: Bring a Lego party to the venue of your choosing.
Martial Arts
Advantage Martial Arts: Martial arts party.
All About Kids Sports Center Louisville: Various packages to choose from including gymnastics, dance, martial arts, open gym and swim.
Awesome Sports & Camps: Action packed games and more. Jeffersonville and Clarksville Locations
Hwang’s Martial Arts: Fun games, relays and a mini Taekwondo lesson.
Mini Golf/Golf
Malibu Jack’s Family Fun Center: Choose a package with options like go-karts, miniature golf, laser tag, bumper cars, and more.
Putt-Putt Louisville: Mini golf plus game room and party room rental.
Top Golf: They offer climate-controlled hitting bays for year-round comfort, versatile event spaces, a delicious chef-inspired menu and more.
Movie Theaters
Cinemark Theatres (Tinseltown and Mall St. Matthews): Private screening or party room package.
Cinemark Theatres Preston Crossings 15: Private screening package or party room package.
Blankenbaker 14 Xscape Theatres: Birthday parties available by request on website.
Nature/Outdoor
Camp Hi-Ho: Party includes complete rental of the property during your time and staff members to assist with activities. Several themes available, including Swim, Fort, Arts & Crafts, Pet Barn, Sports, Horse, Archery or a combination of themes.
E.P. Tom Sawyer Park: Picnic tables and pavilion rental available.
Huber’s Family Farm Park: Enjoy the Farm Park, mini tractor and gem mining. Available seasonally, May 1 – August 31.
Louisville Metro Parks Picnic Shelters: Check specific parks for amenities such as playgrounds, spraygrounds, hiking trials and more.
The Parklands: Use of a classroom in the PNC Achievement Center for Education & Interpretation. Optional guided activities available. Convenient to the Marshall Playground and Sprayground. Outdoor rental spaces also available.
Parkour
Kentuckiana Parkour: Ninja fun for a birthday party! Kids can be super active with a tutorial and then some time to try out their tricks.
Performing Arts/Theater
Derby Dinner Playhouse: Enjoy a show, meal, treats, balloon and more.
StageOne: Enjoy a show and more
Rental Spaces
E.P Tom Sawyer: The park is home to the Sawyer Hayes Community Center, a beautiful venue for events. This modern construction is nestled in an arboreous area of E.P. “Tom” Sawyer, and extends the outdoor theme inside with its high wooden beams, Kentucky-inspired artwork and gorgeous views of the surrounding natural scenery.
Glow Worm Café: You can rent out the entire place for a private party!
Jeffersonville Parks & Events: They offer multiple locations available for rent
John W. Black Community Center: Rent out 1, 2, 3 or all rooms hourly/daily.
Party Paradise: Includes kitchen, tables and chairs, free music, accessible restrooms, stage area with spotlight, black lights and lighting effects, custom balloon bouquets, time for set up and clean up.
Restaurants
Chuck E Cheese: Several packages available, which can include pizza, game tokens, party favors, drinks, theming and Ticket Blaster opportunity for the birthday child.
Gatti’s Pizza (Dixie Hwy.): A private party room, a party host, fun, games and more.
Rock Wall/Ropes Course
Climb Nulu: Party includes private room, a designated staff member for help and training, and refrigerator, chairs and tables.
Louisville Mega Cavern: Party includes Mega Quest Aerial Course, pizza, drinks, party area and more.
Main Event Entertainment: Choose from bowling, video games, laser tag, billiards, gravity ropes or a combo.
Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center: Imagine scaling heights of adventure, surrounded by friends, laughter, and the exhilarating challenge of conquering their interactive climbing wall. Book your next birthday party in their Fun Zone!
Science/Technology/History
Frazier History Museum: Contact them for all of the options available.
Kentucky Science Center: Fun themes including space exploration, messy science, dinosaurs, secret agent science and more. Enjoy liquid nitrogen ice cream and more! Toddler party also available.
UofL Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium: Private party room, admission to planetarium show and birthday child’s name written in laser on the dome. Goodies and science activities available as add-ons.
Skating
Alpine Ice Center: Ice skating.
Champs Rollerdrome: Roller skating.
Iceland Sports Complex: Ice skating.
Robben’s Roost: Roller skating parties.
Sports
Cards Baseball: Celebrate with a game at Jim Patterson Stadium. Party packages available.
Dynasty Soccer: Indoor facility offering multiple packages, parties are all 2hrs.
King Louie Sports: Fields (lacrosse, football, soccer and field hockey) and mezzanine area available for party rental.
Louisville Bats Baseball: Package include game, meal visit from Buddy Bat and extras.
Louisville City FC: Group packages available. Contact them for more information.
Mike Eimer’s Training Facility: Indoor soccer party
Mockingbird Valley Sports Complex: Indoor soccer party with space rental.
Racing Louisville FC: Group packages available, contact them for more information.
Build-A-Bear: Make and take home a furry friend, enjoy party games, activities and more.
Swim
All About Kids Sports Center Louisville: Various packages to choose from including gymnastics, dance, martial arts, open gym and swim.
All About Kids Sports Center Oldham County: Gymnastics and open gym/swim parties.
Clarksville Cove: Swim party with snacks and more. Multiple party packages available.
E.P. Tom Sawyer Park Swimming Pool and Splash Pad
Jeffersonville Aquatic Center: Multiple pool party packages available
The Trager Family JCC: Pool parties
Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center: Swim parties, available Saturdays during recreational swim hours.
Louisville Metro Pools and Spraygrounds
SIGS Sportsplex: Choose from bounce, gym, ninja warrior party (ages 5+ recommended) or swim party (children under 3 y/o must have parent in pool).
The YMCA of Greater Louisville: Swim parties available at some locations. Contact location for availability and details.
Trains
Kentucky Railway Museum: A private dining car for your party. Other add-ons available.
Trampoline/Inflatable Parks
Bounce ‘n Round Inflatables: Full facility rental for jump and party area.
Defy: Jump time, party room and more. Full facility rental also available.
SIGS Sportsplex: Choose from bounce, gym, ninja warrior party (ages 5+ recommended) or swim party (children under 3 y/o must have parent in pool).
Sky Zone: Jump time, party room, food, and more.
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