Hardin Local Weekly This Week in Hardin County

Episode S2026E28 · 🎡 Hardin County Fair Week · July 6 – 12, 2026

Hardin County Events

Your full week of things to do, brought to you by Hardin Local Weekly.

🔁 Ongoing This Week

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    Hardin County Fair — All Week

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    July 6–11 · Gates 5:30 PM · Midway 6:00 PM · $15 includes all rides & shows · Livestock shows, contests, rodeos, horse shows, wrestling, monster trucks, and family activities every day — daily highlights below.

  • 🛒

    Opening This Week: The New Kroger Marketplace

    📍 Ring Road & Patriot Parkway, Elizabethtown (across from the Hardin County Government Building)

    Opening this week — expected between Tuesday and Thursday (exact day to be confirmed) · Elizabethtown's new "Super Kroger" finally opens its doors. Nate has the full story on this week's Business Buzz.

  • 🥕

    Hardin County Farmers Market

    📍 200 Peterson Drive, Elizabethtown

    Wednesday 9 AM – 12 PM & Saturday 8 AM – 12 PM · Free · Local produce, meats, baked goods, and makers — all ages.

  • 🍔

    HubHaus — Happy Hour & Live Music

    📍 HubHaus · 109 S. Main St., Elizabethtown

    Happy Hour Tuesday–Friday, 2–5 PM · Good food, cold beer, and live music downtown all summer.

  • 🌳

    Volunteer Tuesdays at Saunders Springs

    📍 Saunders Springs Nature Preserve, Radcliff

    Every Tuesday, March through October · 5:30 – 8:30 PM · Trail and park work. Some tools provided; wear long pants and sturdy shoes.

📅 Tuesday, July 7 — Today Live at 1 PM!

  • 🔴

    Hardin Local Weekly — LIVE

    📍 Facebook Live & YouTube

    1:00 PM · Free · Fair week rundown, Nate's Business Buzz, and Rachel's housing market update — live on Facebook and YouTube.

  • 🎡

    Fair Tonight: Parade of Champions, Wrestling & Truck Pull

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    6:00 PM Exceptional Person Pageant (time change), petting zoo & FREE monster truck rides · 7:00 PM Hardin County Youth Parade of Champions · 7:30 PM UCW Professional Wrestling + Kentucky–Indiana Truck Pullers truck pull. Daytime: Family Living & Fine Arts judging 9 AM, Youth Project Completion Show 1:30 PM, FFA Livestock Judging 2 PM.

  • 🎬

    $1 Movie: Wish

    📍 Historic State Theater · 209 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown

    11:00 AM & 7:00 PM · $1 admission · Part of the $1 "Summer of Adventure" series — doors open one hour before each show.

  • 🌮

    Taco Tuesday at StrEAT Kitchen

    📍 110 S. Main Street, Elizabethtown

    11:00 AM – 11:00 PM · Weekly chef-crafted taco specials and sides.

  • 🧠

    Trivia Night at Flywheel Brewing

    📍 Flywheel Brewing · 218 S. Mulberry St., Elizabethtown

    Tuesday evening · Gather a team and play for bragging rights.

Wednesday, July 8 Loaded!

  • 🎶

    Lawn Party at the Bandstand — The Ultimate Show Band

    📍 Freeman Lake Park Bandstand, Elizabethtown

    Parking & gates 5:30 PM · Show 6:30 PM · Free · The City of Elizabethtown's free summer concert series — bring a chair. Food, beverage, beer & wine vendors on site.

  • 🎡

    Fair Tonight: Baby Contest, Truck & Tractor Pull, Big Monster Truck Show

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    6:00 PM Youth Beef Cattle Show, petting zoo & FREE monster truck rides · 7:00 PM Baby Contest (birth–23 months) · 7:30 PM UCW Professional Wrestling + KTPA Truck & Tractor Pull · 9:30 PM Big Monster Truck Show.

  • 🥕

    Hardin County Farmers Market

    📍 200 Peterson Drive, Elizabethtown

    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Free · Midweek market — fresh local produce, meats, baked goods, and makers.

  • 👟

    Shoe Drop at Once Upon A Child

    📍 Once Upon A Child, Elizabethtown

    Huge selection of like-new, name-brand children's shoes released at everyday low prices.

Thursday, July 9

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    Fair Tonight: Bullwhip Rodeo, Tiny Miss & Mister, Look-Alike Contest

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    10 AM–Noon Special Guest Day · 6:00 PM Youth Dairy Cattle Show & petting zoo · 7:00 PM Tiny Miss & Mister Contest (ages 2–4) · 7:30 PM UCW Professional Wrestling · 8:00 PM Bullwhip Rodeo + Parent/Child Look-Alike Contest.

  • 📜

    Free Estate Planning Workshop

    📍 108 East Poplar Street, Elizabethtown

    Free · Time not listed — call 270-982-2883 · Learn how to create an estate plan that protects your family and your assets. Hosted by Benjamin J. Humphries and the Kentucky Estate Planning Law Center.

  • 🌳

    Tavern in the Garden — Laurie Jane and the 45s

    📍 Brown-Pusey House · 128 N. Main Street, Elizabethtown

    6:00 – 9:00 PM · Free · Live music in the historic garden in downtown Elizabethtown.

  • 🚶

    Historic Downtown Walking Tour

    📍 Starts at 40 Public Square (under the cannonball), Elizabethtown

    7:00 PM · The Charles W. Logsdon costumed-guide walking tour — runs weekly through September.

  • 🎤

    Karaoke with DJ Jimmy

    📍 Bourbon Barrel Tavern, downtown Elizabethtown

    Thursday evening · Karaoke night downtown — DJ Jimmy on the 1s & 2s.

Friday, July 10

  • 🎡

    Fair Tonight: I-65 Showdown Rodeo, Dylan West Band & Horse Show

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    6:00 PM petting zoo · 7:00 PM Dylan West Band + Hardin County Fair Horse Show · 8:00 PM I-65 Showdown Rodeo (bulls & broncos). Daytime: FFA Tractor Driving 9 AM, 4-H Fluff & Feathers Show 9 AM, FFA regional contests 10 AM.

  • 🎸

    Kevin Jaggers Live

    📍 Cosmic Golf, Elizabethtown

    8:30 PM · Live music.

Saturday, July 11 Loaded!

  • 🎡

    Fair Finale: Cow Pattie Bingo, Kids Pedal Pull & Battle of the Bluegrass

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    10:00 AM Academy Horse Show · 2:00 PM King Arthur Baking Flour Baking Contest · 4:00 PM petting zoo · 6:00 PM Kids Pedal Pull · 7:00 PM Fair Horse Show + Cow Pattie Bingo · 7:30 PM Battle of the Bluegrass Pulling Series — the fair's last night.

  • 🥕

    Hardin County Farmers Market

    📍 200 Peterson Drive, Elizabethtown

    8:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Free · The big Saturday market — produce, meats, baked goods, and makers.

  • 🧒

    Kids' Business Saturday

    📍 Nicholas Ridge Neighborhood, Elizabethtown

    9:00 AM – Noon · Walk the neighborhood and support young entrepreneurs.

  • 🦞

    Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck

    📍 O'Reilly Auto Parts · North Dixie Highway, Elizabethtown

    11:00 AM – 7:00 PM · Lobster rolls and seafood favorites served throughout the day.

  • ⚾

    2nd Annual LABB Kickball Classic

    📍 Ring Road Softball Complex, Elizabethtown

    2:00 PM · Community kickball tournament.

  • 🎒

    Back-to-School Backpack Blessing & Fish Fry

    📍 Colesburg Baptist Church

    Backpack giveaway 3:00 – 5:00 PM (while supplies last) · Fish fry from 5:00 PM · Free · Free backpacks, food, games, fellowship, and community fun.

  • 🌙

    Night Market — Happy Goose Vintage × Modern Heritage

    📍 The Straight and Narrow · 125 E. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown (Hub district)

    5:00 – 9:00 PM · Free to browse · A curated evening marketplace of Kentucky makers and small businesses: fresh produce from Modern Heritage, curated vintage clothing, home goods & records, original oil paintings, henna & flash tattoos, native and dye plants, indie bookstore Birdwhistell Books, watercolor kits & gifts, and special Happy Goose × Modern Heritage drinks at The Straight and Narrow — grab a drink and walk the market.

  • 🎤

    Josh Gray — Little Blue House Concert Series

    📍 409 Park Ave., Elizabethtown

    6:00 PM · An evening of original songwriting from Nashville singer-songwriter Josh Gray — folk, blues, country, and rock from a storyteller bridging generations and genres. Facebook event.

  • 🛼

    Skateland Late Night Skate

    📍 Hardin County SkateLand, Radcliff

    7:00 PM – Midnight · $15 late skate, or $10 from 7–10 PM · Late-night skating in Radcliff.

  • 🎸

    Jonathan Paxton Live

    📍 Cosmic Golf, Elizabethtown

    8:30 PM · Live music.

Sunday, July 12

  • 🎡

    Fair Wrap-Up: Exhibit & Project Pickup

    📍 Hardin County Fairgrounds, Glendale

    12:30 – 1:30 PM 4-H & FFA pickup · 1:00 – 3:00 PM exhibit pickup.

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