The Derby Festival’s annual cycling experience – the PNC Tour de Lou – is a unique way to tour Louisville on two wheels and celebrates its 12th year in 2025.
2025 will mark the inaugural Kentucky Derby Festival 5K Presented by First Urology on Friday, April 25, kicking off a full weekend of racing with the traditional GE Appliances miniMarathon and Marathon on Saturday, April 26!
The GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon & Marathon is a long-standing tradition held every spring in Kentucky. It has become the largest annual day of road racing in the state.
The Ken-Ducky Derby (KDD) is an annual fundraising rubber duck race held in Louisville, KY for Harbor House. Every year, thousands of rubber ducks are dropped into the Ohio River and raced to the finish line.
As one of the original and longest standing traditions of the Kentucky Derby Festival, the Great Steamboat Race has been taking place on the Ohio River since 1963. Ask any local, this event has become a Louisville tradition in the leadup to Derby weekend!
Waterfront Park is excited to have the Fleur De Flea return on Labor Day weekend for the biggest vintage market in Kentuckiana!
