🎉 Orchestra, quilts, Conlee, and a ballpark full of teams · September 14 – 20, 2026
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⚾ In town for a tournament?
Playing at Elizabethtown Sports Park this weekend? We built a local's guide just for you: where to eat between games, things to do with the team, rainy-day backups, essentials, and hotels.
🎻 Thursday is worth clearing your evening for
The Louisville Orchestra's In Harmony Tour plays a free outdoor concert Thursday evening at Freeman Lake Park – one of the strongest broad-audience events on the county calendar all fall. Then the weekend stacks up: the Heartland of Kentucky Quilt Show runs Friday and Saturday, a glow 5K and 1-mile run/walk benefiting the Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland lights up Friday night, and John Conlee takes the State Theater stage Saturday. Elizabethtown Sports Park is full of visiting teams all weekend too.
🎻 Louisville Orchestra, In Harmony Tour – Thursday, September 17, 7:30 PM, Freeman Lake Park. Free. Bring a chair.
Monday, Sep 14, 5:00 – 6:00 PM · Public meeting
Monday, Sep 14, 6:00 PM · Public meeting
Monday, Sep 14, 6:30 – 7:45 PM · Free · Five-night program runs Sep 14 – 18.
Tuesday, Sep 15, 9:00 AM · Free to browse
Tuesday, Sep 15, 5:30 – 6:30 PM · Public meeting
Tuesday, Sep 15, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM · $2.50
Tuesday, Sep 15, 7:00 PM · Free
Wednesday, Sep 16, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, Sep 16, 4:00 – 9:00 PM · 55¢/wing
Wednesday, Sep 16, 7:00 – 8:30 PM · Free
Thursday, Sep 17, 7:00 PM · Free · Free live music in the historic garden; food and drink vendors may be available.
Thursday, Sep 17, 7:30 – 9:30 PM · Free · One of the strongest free, broad-audience events of the fall. Bring a lawn chair.
Friday, Sep 18, 9:00 AM · Free to browse
Friday, Sep 18, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · 200+ quilts on display. Also runs Saturday.
Friday, Sep 18, 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Friday, Sep 18, packet pickup 6:00 PM · 7:29 PM start · Benefits the Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland. Lights and glow sticks after dark.
Saturday, Sep 19, 8:00 AM
Saturday, Sep 19, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Saturday, Sep 19, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, Sep 19, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · ⚠️ Double check this one with the organizer before you drive out.
Saturday, Sep 19, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Free
Saturday, Sep 19, 7:00 PM · Ticketed
Saturday, Sep 19, all day · Also Sunday. Visiting teams and families fill the park all weekend.
Sunday, Sep 20, 9:00 AM
Sunday, Sep 20, all day · Schedule releases Sep 15.
Sunday, Sep 20, 4:00 – 6:00 PM · From $52.86 · With Maillard Wood Fired Kitchen. ⚠️ Double check with the organizer before you drive out.
Sunday, Sep 20, 5:00 – 8:00 PM · From $75.48 · Soul food, wine tasting, music and poetry. ⚠️ Double check with the organizer before you drive out.