Spring Festivals in Louisville
Spring Festivals are a great way to celebrate what wonderful people and places we have in the Louisville area.
Spring is here and soon, it’ll be festival time. Here is our annual list of great festival options around Kentuckiana. We’ve even thrown in some day trip festivals for super special events.
If you are hoping to get outside a lot this spring, there are so many festivals around town and they many of them are free. It’s common to have food trucks, kids areas for fun and crafts, live music and more.
April
Throughout April
Earth Day Festival at Louisville Zoo
Party for the Planet – multiple events throughout the month. Some discount admission days!
Third weekend of April, annually, Festival of the Dogwood in City of Audubon Park
A two-week long festival culminating in the Kentucky Derby:
Kentucky Derby Festival Events & Thunder Over Louisville 
Helpful link:
5 KDF Events not to miss! With details about Fest-A-Ville is back for 2025.
April 3rd is the Caesars Foundation of Floyd County FamFest. A FREE Family-friendly event celebrating the best parts of Festival: featuring inflatables, live music, elements of Derby Festival, face painting and more! Attendees will receive a custom FamFest event pin (while supplies last) that offers entry to Pin-admission events during the 2026 Derby Festival. From 4:00-8:00pm.
April 4th is the Block Party with the support of Humana and Park Community Credit Union, and the Derby Festival’s Derby Equity Community Initiative (DECI), will be held at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Guests can enjoy cuisine from local food trucks, live entertainment, a shopping marketplace, wellness activations, a vendor fair, programming and more. The day-long FREE event will last from 12 to 8 pm.
Ongoing throughout spring, WFPK Waterfront Wednesday
Paristown Garden Show, April 19, 10am-5pm, 731 Brent St.
Spring Street Festival, April 11, 12-9:30pm, 200 Block of Spring Street in Jeffersonville, IN.
April 11, TreeFest: An Arbor Day Celebration, Thurman Hutchins Park, 11:00am-3:00pm
Cherokee Triangle Art Fair April 25th-26th
Sunday, April 26: Holi Mela-The Spring Festival of Colors, 12:00-6:00pm
May
Friday & Saturday May 8th & 9th, Mt. Washington Spring Festival
Saturday May 9th, 9am-3pm, Beechmont Gazebo at Southern Parkway, Beechmont Festival of Flowers
May 9-10, 10:00am-4:30pm, Locust Grove Gardeners Fair
Old Louisville SpringFest, Free, May 16th, 10:00am-7:00pm.
May 16th, 11:30-7:00pm Forest Fest @ Jefferson Memorial Forest, Free
May 16th, Bernheim’s BloomFest, 11:00am-3:00pm
May 16th & 17th, 11am-5pm, Norton Commons Art Festival
Monday, May 25th – Memorial Day 8am – 12pm, Mayor’s Healthy Hometown – Subway Fresh Fit Hike, Bike, & Paddle
May 26th – Buy Local Fair, 12-6pm, Lynn Family Stadium
Looking for more spring fun? Click here for our spring fun page!
Please be sure to call or double check links with these festival coordinators. They are subject to change at any time. If you know of more events, please email them to us info@louisvillefamilyfun.net so we can add them!
