Back To News/PR Index | | Music Jams and Jets, Festivals and Fireworks and One Special Birthday Bash | Summer heats up in Springfield, KY, with fireworks, Jets Over KY, celebrations, more | Birthday
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Summertime spark Springfield’s 13th Annual Independence Celebration takes place on Thurs., July 2, behind the Washington County Judicial Center in the center’s parking lot with lots of food and crafts booths (open at 6 p.m.) and live music from 7 to 10 p.m. Bring your lawn chair and relax to the music of the Jimmy Church Band, followed by the best fireworks show in central Kentucky. See F-15s, F-4 Phantoms, a B-1 Bomber, a Stealth Fighter Jet – even an SR-71 spy plane – when the world’s largest remote control jet show lands at the Lebanon-Springfield Airport in Springfield. The 11th Annual Jets Over Kentucky Week takes place July 5 to 12 with about 200 pilots from around the world, pilot-led private tours, vendor booths and more. Opening ceremonies take place at noon on Sat., July 11, followed by the Fighter Jet Showdown, a full-scale aerobatic jet show including high speed passes, 9G turns and simulated bomb runs. The Parade of Lights takes place Friday evening, a unique spectacle wherein the jets turn on their lights and travel in parade formation down the tarmac. An hour-long fireworks display follows the parade. Come to Springfield on Sunday, July 26, for the Manton Music Jam, a free everyone-is-invited music festival from 1 to 8 p.m., featuring about a dozen or so bands and a cook-out. Bring a lawn chair and relax under the shade of the pecan trees across from Holy Rosary Church. Audience members are welcome to join in the jam on stage. On Friday, July 31, join the crowd of 1,000 or so for the 12th Annual African American Heritage Festival in downtown Springfield. Food and other booths open at 6 p.m.; the parade starts at 7 p.m. Enjoy live music with the band, Big Black Cadillac, performing 8 to 11 p.m. Theatre,
Fiber Trail and “The Simpsons”
Make a weekend of it in Springfield and book a stay in one of Kentucky’s most award-winning bed and breakfast inns, Historic 1851 Maple Hill Manor, or overnight at the Springfield Inn or Lincoln Suites. Springfield is the home of the new Kentucky Fiber Trail, featuring several stops, including Maple Hill Manor Alpaca Farm and Farm Store, Serano Alpacas and Yarns, US Natural Fibers and Campbell’s West Wind Farm, where you can take a class in the age-old handicraft of wool sculpting. Other attractions include the Springfield Opera House with an exhibit featuring NFL legend Phil Simms; the Dominican Mile walking trail at St. Catharine Motherhouse; the Mt. Zion Covered Bridge, on the National Register of Historic Places and Kentucky’s longest multi-span covered bridge; Lincoln Homestead State Park where you will find the original home of Lincoln’s mother; and a fun photo ops stop downtown with the cast of Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons.” For more information about things to see and do in Springfield this summer, visit www.facebook.com/SeeSpringfieldKY. Media
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