On the second Saturday of each month, studios and galleries in the LowerTown Arts District host extended hours and feature new exhibits and entertainment. Also, Quilt Museum guided tours and special events, and morning Tai Chi at the Texaco Station in LowerTown.

Shop for your favorite people, fine unique gift items and original art created by local and regional artists. Opening on November 1st - 2-5 p.m. The show will run through December 19. Gallery hours will be extended beyond the normal Tuesdays through Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.

During the month of November enjoy riding in heated cars into the Gorge of the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. Round trip time is approximately 1 1/2 hours in length. Trains depart on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. Ticket fares are $15.00 for adults and $7.50 for children (ages 3-12). All trains depart on Eastern Time and run rain or shine.

Join us in Downtown Bardstown as the streets come alive. You'll enjoy shopping, dining and restaurants.

Feel the holiday winds a blowin' already? Top off your Thanksgiving turkey dinner and leftovers with a stroll in historic downtown Lebanon to see the lighting of the communitry Christmas tree, a parade, arts and crafts vendors and pictures with Santa Claus, a chili cook-off and more.

Forget fighting the crowds at the mall and walking a mile in the cold weather to find your car. Save on gas and time by shopping and dining downtown. Support your local businesses and shop and dine downtown where you’ll enjoy refreshments, caroling and visits from Santa.

Lighting of Christmas Tree, Christmas Parade, music, Concerts, Open House, Candlelight Historic Home Tour, Carriage Rides, and more.

Tree lighting December 4th at 6 pm. Christmas displays and activities for children. 24 hours. Santa Home on Sat & Sun, 1-3pm. Pictures with Santa, $5.

Take a step back in time and enjoy lunch in an 1800s tavern featuring a menu of soups, sandwiches and desserts.

This self-guided tour includes 6-7 historic homes and 1 church all decorated in holiday splendor. The tour begins at 1pm and ends at 8pm. Tickets may be purchased at the Historical Society located at 220 & 222 Chiles Street (859/734-5985) or the Harrodsburg Mercer County Tourism Commission, located at Diamond Point Welcome Center, 488 Price Avenue (859-734-2364 or 800-355-9192). Admission: $15. The tea room, located in Morgan Row and decorated for the period, will be serving homemade soups, sandwiches, desserts and assorted beverages from 11am until 6pm.

Bagpiper, Horse Drawn Carriage Rides, Harpist, fiddler, and dulcimer, are just part of the many activities in Washington, Kentucky, Dec. 5-6. Step back into the past as you stroll Washington's flagstone sidewalks where our forefathers walked, enjoy the smells of pine and food being served, candle-lit windows, strolling musicians and carolers. Watch candle dipping at Mefford’s Fort C. 1787 Museum. Quilting, weaving and hot “Cyder” at the Albert Sidney Johnston House C. 1797 Museum. Crafts and food at Paxton Inn C.1810 Museum. Displays and food at the Harriet Beecher Stowe C.1897 Slavery to Freedom Museum. And the annual Vesper Service Sunday at 4:00 pm in the C. 1848 Old Church Museum. Come, warm your heart and rekindle the spirit of yesterday with the scents and sights of early days in Washington, 4 miles south of Maysville on old US 68, an easy 59 miles NE of Lexington, 50 miles west of Portsmouth, Ohio, 90 miles W of Huntington, 51 miles east of Cincinnati, (take Wilder Exit #77 off I-275 onto Route #9 – also known as the AA Highway), then turn right at the light by Wendy’s onto US 68, turn left at the second light up into Old Washington.

Annual Christmas Parade with floats, horses, antique vehicles, Miss Kentucky, Miss Indiana, various shrine entries, and Santa Claus. Come kick off the Christmas season with this nostalgic hometown parade in beautiful downtown Henderson! Begins at 10am at the corner of 5th and Main Streets

Tour of holiday decorated historic homes in Bowling Green.