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Ongoing Events:
* LAKE BARKLEY
Kuttawa Street Dances
Memorial Day - Labor Day
Every Saturday Night. Featuring the Stanley Walker Band. Concessions & great toe tappin’ music. FREE. Kuttawa City Square
* Family Tree Flea Market and Yates Flea Market
Open Friday thru Sunday from Mid March thru Thanksgiving, Suwanee
SHOWS
* Kentucky Opry Country Music Show: (Approx. 20 minutes)
Show Schedule: Draffenville • US Highway 641 • 270-527-3869: This country music & comedy show presents some of the finest talent in Kentucky. It's wholesome entertainment for the entire family. Talent contest from January through May. Open every Saturday. Also, open Friday in June - August & in December.
* Variety! Music, Memories & More:
Show Schedule: Grand Rivers, 888-362-4223. Live theatre every Fri & Sat, also Wed and Thurs during hot weather.
* The Carson Center
Website: 100 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY, 443-9932. New performing arts center hosts Broadway hits, theatre, dance, and a musical series with big name entertainers and traveling productions year-round. The staging and acoustics of the 1,800 seat Main Hall provide a spectacular venue for artists and audiences alike.
* Twilight Cabaret Theatre:Gilbertsville
Website: Gilbertsville • 270-436-2399; Music, dance and comedy
LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
EVENTS (Partial List)
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JANUARY & FEBRUARY
Eagles Tours
APRIL
Quilt Show
Mountain Bike Race
Jr. Explorer Day
LBL Wildflower Weekend
Nature Photography
May
Sheep Shearing
Migration Celebration
Folk Medicine
River Sounds Old-Time Music
River Days
JUNE
Children’s Festival
Special Pops Fishing Tourn.
Drag Boat Races #1
Summer Nights
Nature Arts Day
JULY
Independence Day Celebration
Drag Boat Race #2
Cool & Crawly Critters
Wranglers Rodeo & Grand Jubilee
Mountain Bike Race
AUGUST
Hummingbird Festival
Summer Nights
Storytelling Festival
Drag Boat Race #3
SEPTEMBER
Campers Fair
12 Hour Mountain Bike Race
1850’s Agriculture Fair
Summer Finale
OCTOBER
Campfire Tales
Autumn Nature Celebration
1850 Homeplace Wedding
NOVEMBER
Fall Frolic
Christmas in 1850
DECEMBER
‘Tis the Season • Eagles Tour
Christmas Eve at the Homeplace
Get a complete list of regional events
HUGE BBQ FESTIVAL & COOKING COMPETITIONE In AUGUST!
Enjoy the best tastin' BBQ around, lively music and entertainment, beautiful handmade crafts, lots of mouthwatering food and an unbelievable Kid's Zone fun area......all with the scenic and beautiful Lake Barkley in the background.
• 
with Bungee Jump, Mechanical Bull, Inflatables
• 
Kid's Clinic on Saturday
• 
featuring Rhett Akins
• Charity 
& Much MORE!
• Special Appearance by 
On Beautiful LAKE BARKLEY
Kuttawa Beach, Kuttawa, KY
I-24 Exit 40
KCBS Sanctioned BBQ Cook-off for Professional & Backyard Cooking Teams. Click below for applications, concert schedule and more information:
Go to 
JULY
3rd
LAKE BARKLEY: 10th Annual “Thunder Over Eddy Bay.” Fireworks Extravaganza, Live Music, Food, Fun and Games, 800-626-2300
AUGUST
• Fancy Farm Picnic: Old time community BBQ & political speaking, 270-623-8181
20 & 21
LAKE BARKLEY: 2nd annual BBQ Festival: 270-388-5300 or 800-355-3885, Old Kuttawa Park & Beach, BBQ cook-off competition, arts & crafts, live entertainment, family fun, charity bike run, food
26h-29th
LAKE BARKLEY: 48th Annual Founder’s Day Celebration in Eddyville: Parade, Live Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Street Dance, Family Entertainment, Food, Fun and More! 270-388-2226
SEPTEMBER
• Labor Day Weekend Arts & Crafts Festival in Grand Rivers, 800-448-1069
• Adsmore’s Concert on the Lawn in Princeton 270-365-3114
• Indian Pow Wow at the Trail of Tears Park in Hopkinsville, 800-842-9959
OCTOBER
1st & 2nd
LAKE BARKLEY: 10th Annual Kuttawa Harvest Festival: Parade, Baked Apple Pie Contest, Arts & Crafts, Live Entertainment, Fireworks, Fun & Games for Everyone. Old Kuttawa Park, 270-388-7151
1st
LAKE BARKLEY: Lyon County Chamber of Commerce Fall Golf Tournament, 270-388-4769
2nd Weekend
34th Annual Trigg County Ham Festival in Cadiz: 270-522-1789
• Halloween candlelight tour at Adsmore House in Princeton, 270-365-3114
• Fall Flea Market, 800-325-0146, Kentucky Dam State Park
DECEMBER
Christmas Lights Displays:
Patti’s Settlement in Grand Rivers
Mike Miller Park in Draffenville
Noble Park in Paducah
