Weekend Picks

Weekend Family Events for Louisville parents! Fun things to do with kids this weekend.

Here, you can find your weekend family fun and weekend events around Louisville!

Summer is here! This page will focus on recommendations for weekend family fun. We encourage you to also explore other pages and post on our websites for festivals, free fun, holiday fun, and more.

Weekend fun around Louisville is here! Especially heading into spring, there are many things to do with your kids inside and outside depending on the weather. We found many fun options for you.

Features of the weekend:

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Friday

Calling All Teens! Come to the Main Library for a celebration of anime, manga, Asian pop culture, and cosplay. For teens, ages 12-19, Friday from 10am-1pm.

Join the City of Jeffersontown for our Gaslight on the Go! Happening every LAST Friday of the month, from April – October, the trolley will be driving through all parts of the Historic Gaslight District, making stops at local businesses/restaurants.

Join the Iroquois Amphitheater for their Free Summer Movie Series on July 26 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (PG) and Paddington 2 (PG). Gates open at 6:00 p.m. for concessions and door prizes, the first movie starts at 7:00!

Saturday

Spread the word: Louisville City FC is at home this Saturday! Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for Beach Night and we’ll have a $2 pregame happy hour, live music, volleyball and more.

The 2nd annual Louisville Street Food Festival is returning to Fourth Street Live & taking over an entire city block on Saturday (and Sunday)! This spectacular weekend event will feature the Louisville area’s best food trucks & restaurants with ALL food items priced at $5 or less!

The Rosewater Bookstore’s monthly book sale is back on Saturday! Come by and get a read on their most recent book donations.

Head out to Norton Commons for their Music by the Water featuring Rags & Riches. Music starts at 7pm.

Enjoy a FREE movie night at Alberta O. Jones Park with a viewing of ‘Ferngully – The Last Rainforest’. 7pm-10:30pm

Sunday

Roll into summer fun at Champ’s Luau & Roller Skating Party on Sunday, 2-5pm! Get your skates on and hula the day away with them! Family friendly fun!

Go shopping this weekend at Lynn Family Stadium for their Stadium Sunday Market!

Sunday is the day for Blackacre’s historic house tours! It from 1-4 pm. $5 a person (free with cultural pass). Tours run every Sunday through Labor Day.

Spend some time at the Speed Art Museum on Sunday. Thanks to a generous contribution from Brown-Forman, general admission is FREE for all on Sundays through 2024. The free Sunday admission is named in honor of the late Owsley Brown II.

Extras

Check out Little Crooked Creek Safari in Shelby County. They are open 2-6pm on Sunday. Feed and interact with so many animals. An up-close experience for a petting zoo and with exotic animals. 20.00 for adults, 15.00 for kids, 2 and under are free – all your feed for each animal is included. 1430 Little Crooked Creek Rd. Lawrenceburg, Ky. 40342. Cash and cards accepted.

The Main Library and Highlands-Shelby Park Library join South Central Regional with their newly established collection of board games and puzzles now available for checkout! Puzzles can be checked out for 21 days, and renewed 3 times. Board games can be checked out for 7 days (no renewals). These puzzles and games do not float, so please return them to the Library where they were checked out.

You can also find more ideas for events here.

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