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Cooking Team Registration = $250*

*The competition has filled and no further registrations are being accepted.

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Private port-a-john = $80*

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Arts/crafts registration = $25*

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Concert Tickets = $17*

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Meet the Acts

  • Jimmy Church Band—This is one of the mid-south’s hottest dance and show groups, featuring Honey & Spice, horns and energy!
  • Mariachi Group.
  • The Tingle Group.

Call 270.692.0021 or e-mail info@visitlebanonky.com
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FREE Welcome packet.

Where else can you stand in the geographic center of the state, watch bourbon flow and barrels grown, experience some of the world's most unique sights and events and eat until you're about to bust?  Come feel the beat in Lebanon, the true Heart of Kentucky!

 

This spring event celebrates the great entertainment heritage of Lebanon, its unique bourbon industry and great food and culinary skills.
It all begins with a concert blowout on Friday night, bourbon tastings (must be 21) and a day of sights, sounds and savory barbecue. There’s arts and crafts, live entertainment, cars, trucks and motorcycles and a barbecue competition with a People’s Choice Award and numerous prizes.
Sample Lebanon’s very own Maker’s Mark and Maker’s 46 along with nearby Jim Beam products. Come in early Friday and tour Kentucky Cooperage, Lebanon’s bourbon barrel-making factory right on Main Street, and enjoy Lebanon’s eclectic dining choices.
This is a celebration of food, fun and America’s Native Spirit.
For more information, call 270.692.6002 or e-mail mlbrock@marioncountyky.com.

2011 Schedule

Fri., May 20
(Convention Complex at Centre Square)

  • 8:30-11:30 p.m.—Jimmy Church Band concert. Tickets are $17 in advance online and at local banks, $20 at the door or $15 when purchased at participating restaurants. Check back for a list of participating restaurants. No coolers allowed.

Sat., May 21
(Downtown Pavilion)

  • 10 a.m.—Marion County Veterans Honor Guard flag presents flag and Marion County High School Band performs patriotic music in honor of Armed Forces Day.
  • 10 a.m.—Car, truck & motorcycle cruise-in begins. No pre-registration necessary. Door prizes will be awarded.
  • 10 a.m.—Arts & crafts and food booths open to the public.
  • 10:30 a.m.—Live entertainment begins.
  • 11 a.m.—People’s Choice BBQ tickets go on sale.
  • Noon—Judging begins for professional BBQ teams.
  • 4:30 p.m.—Awards presentations.
  • 6 p.m.—Event ends.

Directions

  • From Centre Square, drive 50 yards south on KY 55/Spalding Ave., turn right and the Downtown Pavilion is ahead at 230 ML King Ave., Lebanon KY 40033.
  • The Convention Complex at Centre Square is located in the visitor center at 239 N. Spalding Ave., Lebanon KY 40033-1518.
    *Find directions to Lebanon from your town under the Directions tab! Centre Square is the visitor center in downtown.

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