KY Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet

KY Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet Kentucky's Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet is headed by Secretary Lindy Casebier.

Today kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉 Be sure to check out some of the special events around our New Kentucky Home ...
09/15/2026

Today kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉 Be sure to check out some of the special events around our New Kentucky Home to celebrate over the next month.
📆 Festival Latino de Lexington, Sept. 18-19
📆 Festival Latino de Lake Cumberland, Sept. 19
📆 La Fiesta at the Louisville Zoo, Sept. 19
📸: Visit LEX (1-3), Lake Cumberland Diversity Collective (4-5), Louisville Zoo (6)
Lake Cumberland Tourism-Somerset-Pulaski County CVB Kentucky Heritage Council - SHPO

Join Travelin’ the Bluegrass as the podcast heads to the historic Spendthrift Farm outside Lexington! 🐴 On this visit, ...
09/14/2026

Join Travelin’ the Bluegrass as the podcast heads to the historic Spendthrift Farm outside Lexington! 🐴 On this visit, WKDZ’s Alan Watts talks to Kendall Wucker, Marketing & Experience Coordinator, about the farm’s stallions, breeding operations and tour options. Tune in on Wednesday at 6pm ET for all the details!
🎧: bit.ly/3ooxNbD
Watch present & past episodes 📺: https://bit.ly/4htnlIY
Visit LEX Horse Country

Save the Date for the 18th Annual Holt Home Community Day! 📆 Saturday, September 26, 2026🕘 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT🏠Histori...
09/11/2026

Save the Date for the 18th Annual Holt Home Community Day!
📆 Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕘 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
🏠Historic Joseph Holt Home — 6205 KY-144 Hardinsburg, KY
🎫Free admission
Head to Breckinridge County for this celebration of local history, featuring guided tours of the historic home, an archaeological dig exhibit, historic demonstrations, cannon firing and more!
🔗For more information, visit ➡ https://www.facebook.com/JudgeHoltHouse
📸: Friends of the Holt Home
Belong in Breck

*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN* 🖊 Poems at Pine Mountain State Park: A Poetry Workshop & Writing Retreat with Kathleen Driskell...
09/10/2026

*REGISTRATION NOW OPEN*
🖊 Poems at Pine Mountain State Park: A Poetry Workshop & Writing Retreat with Kathleen Driskell, Kentucky Poet Laureate
📆 Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville
🔗 Register & View Full Agenda: https://parks.ky.gov/write
• Open to all poets, from beginning to advanced
• Guided nature walks
• Submit up to 3 poems to be discussed during the sessions.
• Retreat spots are limited, and registration is first come, first served.
🏠Cost:
• Single Occupancy - $500 plus tax
• Double Occupancy- $652 plus tax
• Includes: Two Nights Lodging, Five Meals (Friday Dinner; Saturday Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner; Sunday Breakfast) and the workshop
🕘Act fast; this event will fill up quickly!
Kentucky State Parks Kentucky Arts Council Kathleen Driskell

Experience over 50 Kentucky Artists working in a variety of mediums at the Waveland Art Fair on Sept. 12-13! 🖼 🧺 From po...
09/10/2026

Experience over 50 Kentucky Artists working in a variety of mediums at the Waveland Art Fair on Sept. 12-13! 🖼 🧺 From pottery and fairy houses to handmade jewelry and fiber art, you will find all kinds of unique, handcrafted items available. 🎫Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under age 12.
Kentucky State Parks Waveland State Historic Site

Have you heard? The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) acquired a few of Kentucky legend Col. Harland Sanders’ treasures!...
09/09/2026

Have you heard? The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) acquired a few of Kentucky legend Col. Harland Sanders’ treasures! 🐔 At the recent public auction at Blackwood Hall in Shelbyville, KHS staff brought back a butcher block table, photographs, historic menus and more, with support from the KHS Foundation's Kentucky History Treasures Fund.
➡ For more details about the acquisitions, visit https://bit.ly/4gueSEr
📸: Kentucky Historical Society

Have you been to Kentucky Main Street community Perryville lately? 🛍 From a new bookshop opening, The Book Burrow, to fa...
09/08/2026

Have you been to Kentucky Main Street community Perryville lately? 🛍 From a new bookshop opening, The Book Burrow, to fall treats at Charlie Horse Coffee & Crumb to back-to-school shopping at The Barrel Boutique, there are plenty of reasons to check it out! 📚🥐👛 Tag us in your photos and show us what you’re buying on your fall shopping trips!
📸: The Book Burrow (1&2), Charlie Horse Coffee & Crumb (3&4), Barrel Boutique (5)
Kentucky Main Street Main Street Perryville Kentucky Heritage Council - SHPO

Happy Labor Day from the Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet! 💙 From employees in Kentucky State Parks to the arts industry...
09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from the Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet! 💙 From employees in Kentucky State Parks to the arts industry to the Kentucky Historical Society to folks all over the commonwealth, we appreciate the workers of Kentucky and all that you do!

September is packed full of can’t-miss events: On the 18th, Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey, will open at th...
09/04/2026

September is packed full of can’t-miss events: On the 18th, Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey, will open at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage in Louisville. 🎶 Presented by The National Museum of African American Music, the immersive, 2,500-square-foot traveling exhibition celebrates the profound legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers and runs through Feb. 28, 2027. Make plans for this one!
🔗For more information, go to ➡kcaah.org
📸: National Museum of African American Music & 353 Media Group
Fisk University

Celebrate America's 250th with a visit to Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site! 🎉One of the most unaltered Civil W...
09/03/2026

Celebrate America's 250th with a visit to Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site! 🎉One of the most unaltered Civil War sites in the nation, Perryville contains 1,200 acres. Hike among 19 miles worth of walking trails, visit the museum and don’t miss the Bird Trail, where dozens of species of birds can be observed. Come back in October for the popular Ghost Walks! 👻
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