Weekend Picks

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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!

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Winter is here! 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. It’s the most wonderful time of year! Some of your favorite events may not be happening this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find fun. We found many fun options for you.


Click here for the WLKY Weekend Forecast from Matt Milosevich

 

 

Features of the weekend: 


Join Kentucky Science Center educators and real local scientists to celebrate Brain Awareness Week. Hack your nervous system and this exciting celebration of all things neurological. Friday and Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pm. *FREE with your Kentucky Science Center membership or general admission*

If you’ve ever had interest in learning tree identification, now’s your chance at the Jefferson Memorial Forest! This program is targeted toward beginners, but all ages and levels of arboreal wisdom are welcome! They will focus on how to identify trees during winter months when leaves and flowers are not present. Program meets in the Horine Reservation main parking lot. 12408 Holsclaw Hill Rd. Preregistration is required. Register online here: https://tinyurl.com/55t5mtbw or call (502)368-5404. Saturday, starting at 10am

Join them for the Easter Bunny arrival event on Saturday, March 18th from 11am-1pm. The Easter Bunny will arrive at the Green Tree Mall entering from the Main Entrance doors (near Books-A-Million) and he will make his way to the Easter Bunny Village at JCPenney Court. Enjoy a craft workshop and face painting after his arrival from 11:30 am-1:00 pm. A Petting Zoo will be set up at the Green Tree Mall from 1:00-3:00pm.

Bring your family to Side by Side Studio for a Family Crafter-noon! This month you and your family are invited to come create a mosaic stepping stone for your garden or doorstep. This is a pay what you can event but there is a recommended donation of $25 per family or $10 per stone. 

Division 8 Train Show & Sale, Saturday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Holy Family Saffin Center, 3938 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY 40213. Just $6.00 admission and children under 12 get in FREE (with a paid adult admission).

Friends of Iroquois Park will be hosting a spring clean-up in the park on March 18 from 9-11am. Join them for some exercise and good will.

Coming to the Portland Museum on Sunday from Squallis Puppeteers, it’s Mouse Tales! Bring the family and join them for this FREE performance from the best in the business. Sunday, doors open at 12:00pm and the show will start at 1:00pm.

The Louisville Zoo’s popular lantern festival is back in a WHOLE NEW WAY! Experience unique locations from around the world as you stroll through the Zoo under the light of enormous, handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns. Don’t miss the thrilling sights of the region’s largest lantern festival with thousands of lanterns aglow with more than 50,000 LED light bulbs. March 10th-May 21st
 

Louisville’s pop-up flea market is BACK for their 2023 season with great vendors, food trucks, craft beer and cocktails, live music, entertainment, free admission, and more! The Flea Off Market features artists, makers, craftspeople, and vendors selling vintage, collectible, and handmade items. Saturday, March 18, 11am-6pm
Sunday, March 19, 11am-5pm

Late Night Cosmic Bowling has never been this fun! Open Bowling until 1am Friday and Saturday Nights! Eat. Drink & Bowl and make it the best at Dixie Bowl or Ken Bowl!

Join Our Lady of Mt. Carmel for their kick off of the Lenten Fish Fry Season on Friday. Besides the traditional cake booth and raffles enjoy fish, fries, oysters, and more! For more Fish Fry information check out our post here.
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Dinosaurs are coming to Louisville Mega Cavern! Visitors will venture under Louisville to uncover 80 life-size moving dinosaurs on a gripping 20-minute adventure through some of Louisville Mega Cavern’s underground passageways. February 17th-April 30th.

 
You can also find more ideas for events here. 

Here are some posts that might also have ideas you are looking for to find weekend fun for your family!

 

Want to see even more? Click here for our Winter fun page! 


WINTER FUN

So many ways to have fun this WINTER with weekend family fun. Here are all of our posts that feature things you can do weekly. 

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