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Rides with Thomas, Colonial Days, Golf Tournament, KY Derby Preview
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Bardstown,
Ky., attractions have full calendar of spring events, lots of bourbon fun
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Bardstown,
KY – March 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Bardstown, the “Bourbon Capital
of the World,” pours on the fun this spring, with events at all major attractions,
plus last year’s popular Racing with the Spirits/Bardstown Sampler event
returning for its second year. See Bardstown’s
Calendar
of Events.
Colonials,
Spirits and more
The
Civil War Museum of the Western Theatre and Wickland, Home of Three Governors
host Colonial Days Weekend, April 11-13. Relive the 18th century at a Market
Fair in Old Bardstown Village and see Colonial re-enactors, living history
demonstrations, military drills and displays, a Native American display
depicting the Eastern Tribes and more. The 18th Century Tavern Night will
be held Friday night at the circa 1779 Talbott Tavern and a historical
ball will take place on Saturday evening at Wickland. www.BardstownColonialDays.com
Wickland,
Home of Three Governors will also host the 2nd Annual Derby Preview on
Sun., April 6, an afternoon of foods and fashions from Bardstown’s stores
and showcasing Kentucky Derby hats by Gloriela’s Designs. Year-round on
Friday nights, you can “Visit With The Spirits of Wickland” on a family-friendly
90-minute paranormal tour with a psychic medium, divining rods and friendly
spirits. www.VisitBardstown.com/wickland
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Trainiacs
take note
The
Kentucky Railway Museum has several theme excursions: Pizza Train, April
12; The Great Train Robbery, April 26 and 27 and May 31 and June 1; and
A Day Out With Thomas™: The Thrill of the Ride Tour 2014, June 7 and 8
and June 14 and 15. www.KyRail.org
Murder
most foul and a meal most extraordinary are on board My Old Kentucky Dinner
Train: Murder Mystery excursions, March 29 and April 26; Bourbon excursion,
April 11. Both events include a two-and-a-half-hour train ride through
the countryside and a four-course meal served in the restored 1940s dining
car. www.KyDinnerTrain.com
Bourbon,
bourbon everywhere
Join
the crowd for Racing with the Spirits/Bardstown Sampler, April 25-26, at
the Guthrie Opportunity Center. Bet the ponies with play money, watch the
races on the big screen and enjoy bourbons from sponsoring distilleries.
Sample fine Kentucky bourbons, collect an array of rocks glasses, bid on
bourbon-related items during the Silent Auction and pick up your 2014 Kentucky
Bourbon Festival lapel pin and poster. www.KyBourbonFestival.com/events.html
The
Kenny Rapier State Park Golf Course at My Old Kentucky Home State Park
and the Old Kentucky Home Country Club host the 69th Bourbon Open Golf
Tournament, May 16-18. Enjoy outstanding foods, Kentucky’s finest spirits
and two evenings of great entertainment. www.Parks.Ky.gov/golf/18_hole/My-Old-Kentucky-Home-aspx/default.aspx
On
any visit to Bardstown, drop by the free-admission Oscar Getz Museum of
Whiskey History, selected as Whisky Magazine’s Visitor Attraction
of the Year. You’ll see new artifacts from distilleries that no longer
exist, an Art Deco Bottle collection, life-sized murals from 1940s-era
liquor stores, old moonshine stills, Prohibition-era “prescriptions” and
more. www.WhiskeyMuseum.com
Sleep
it off at Bardstown’s new Bourbon Manor Bed and Breakfast, a bourbon-themed
inn, cafe and spa. Visit www.SampleOurSpirit.com
for information on events and accommodations for a spring visit to Bardstown,
Ky.
Media
Contact:
Dawn
Przystal, 800-638-4877 x 114
Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission
Photos:
Colonial
Days Weekend gets underway in Bardstown, Ky., on April 11, 2014.
Credit:
Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission
Stills
from George Washington (America’s 1st distiller) to present.
Credit:
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
Hi-
and Low-Res photos available.
About
Bardstown, KY
Located
in the heart of Kentucky Bourbon Country and situated at the trailhead
of the famed Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, Bardstown
is more familiarly known as the “Bourbon Capital of the World.” It is home
to five distilleries, including Barton 1792 and Willett Distillery and
these three Kentucky Bourbon Trail distilleries: Heaven Hill, Maker’s Mark
and Jim Beam. Major attractions include the outdoor musical, “The Stephen
Foster Story,” My Old Kentucky Home State Park, the highly regarded Civil
War Museum of the Western Theatre, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, the narrated
Heaven Hill Trolley tour, The Kentucky Railway Museum and Whisky Magazine’s
Visitor Attraction of the Year – the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History.
Additionally, Bardstown has four 18-hole golf courses, three wineries,
two haunted tours and numerous religious attractions. It was selected the
“Most Beautiful Small Town in America” in the Rand McNally/USA Today 2012
“Best of the Road” contest and landed in the top 20 of “America’s Favorite
Towns” by Travel + Leisure – which also recognized Bardstown as
having one of “America’s Most Beautiful Town Squares.” In 2013, Bardstown
was designated a certified Kentucky Cultural District, one of only six
Kentucky cities to achieve this honor. www.facebook.com/BardstownKY
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