Local events and things to do for families and kids around Louisville, Kentucky
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!
Fall is here and 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 fall, there are many things to do with your kids inside and outside depending on the weather. We found many fun options for you.
The 68th annual St. James Court Art Show will be held October 4 – October 6, 2024. Admission is FREE and the art show is rain or shine!
Jack O’Lantern Spectacular has become the “must-see” event of the Halloween season. Presented each October along a winding path through the majestic woods of Iroquois Park, guests are treated to an organic art gallery of more than 5,000 artistically carved pumpkins in themed settings. Get your tickets in advance now!
This adaptation of DRACULA is an action packed, blood soaked retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of horror. There are whispers of gruesome attacks and mysterious happenings and death. Starting Oct 4th and runs until October 13th.
Saturday
A-TEN-tion, please! Put on your party hats because it’s the Southwest Regional Library‘s 10th birthday and everyone’s invited! Festivities include: Magical & hilarious Mr. Moustache, Music from bluegrass band Hog Operation, a Bubble truck, and more! 10am-4pm
A third annual showing of The Princess Bride at the Legend of Pope Lick. The movie will be shown on a 40-FOOT MOVIE SCREEN. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for a fun, FREE night under the stars, 7pm!
Come behind the fences to BowmanFest’s airfield and walk through 15 acres of displays and opportunities to take a ride in a plane or helicopter! Enjoy the sites of historic planes on display, War birds, military planes, vehicles, helicopters, motorcycles and a car show. Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm.
Join in for “Pups in Paristown” – a tail-wagging extravaganza in the heart of Paristown benefitting Kentucky Humane Society. Bring your pups along for a day filled with fun and a whole lot of love for our four-legged friends! 10am-3pm
Sunday
The Haunted Hike is the most popular event of the year and should not be missed! This is a great day to debut your family’s Halloween costumes, collect A LOT of candy, and have a blast of a time in a beautiful setting. Every ticket to this fundraiser helps support Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve. 3-7pm
Discover the wonders of the fossil beds with a park naturalist at the Falls of the Ohio. You will look at Devonian marine fossils and discuss how they lived, what they ate, how / why they were preserved. Hike lasts 60 minutes. Sunday, 1-2pm
Join the Louisville Zoo for the sweetest party in town! Enjoy trick-or-treating for kids 11-and-under, rides and special attractions all for one great price! A Louisville tradition for over 40 years, this party experience is designed to give you all the merry you love with none of the scary. The fun has started, get your tickets in advance!
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.
