On December 1, 1989, a new chapter of Griswold family dysfunction was unleashed upon the world when National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation made its debut in movie theaters and an instant holiday classic was born. This is the third in the "National Lampoon" series about the Griswold family. In this sequel, the Griswolds must deal with a holiday with…
For his sophomore stab at directing, actor/writer/director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Made), took on this holiday comedy starring Saturday Night Live-alum Will Ferrell. Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he's not a real elf, he…
Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed businessman Neal Page (Steve Martin) finds his first-class plane ticket has been…
Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they've left him home alone, he learns to fend for himself and, eventually has to…
It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million dollars locked in…
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is pleased to debut the show titled Uncle Josh. The production was created to honor Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member Uncle Josh Graves. Presented as a free concert, the Hall of Fame offers the event as a way for the local community to experience the new Bluegrass…
Join us for a free movie: Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day! Since this is a free event, be sure to reserve tickets in advance by clicking here or below. A cynical TV weatherman, played by Bill Murray finds himself reliving the same day over and over again when he goes on location to the small…
Join us for An Evening with Leftover Salmon 'Stories from the Living Room,' touring behind their book, Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!. For any band to thrive on the road for nearly thirty years, there needs to be a constant source of renewal, a fresh spring of creativity at the center of the music that…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. With OUT IN THE OPEN, Steep Canyon Rangers affirm their place as one of the most versatile bands in…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. The world tends to look at accomplishments in the form of accolades and although only in his mid-30’s, Michael Cleveland,…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. With chops so hot, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen were named IBMA’s 2016 Instrumental Group of the Year for the second…
The Dailey & Vincent concert is SOLD OUT! Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Grand Ole Opry Members, Five-time GRAMMY® award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY®…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. The Isaacs, a multi-award winning family group who began singing 35 years ago are based out of Hendersonville, TN.…
Sierra Hull Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. This is where a preternatural talent becomes a natural woman. This is Sierra Hull’s Weighted Mind. It is…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Grammy award-winning and Platinum selling artist Suzy Bogguss is one to constantly chase the muse wherever it may lead.…
On Thursday, May 2nd, John Driskell Hopkins performs at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro. A founding member of the Zac Brown Band, Hopkins has performed for over two decades in southern rock and roots music. Based out of the Atlanta, Georgia music scene, Hopkins has been a key figure in…
For more than forty years, Riders In The Sky have led the way in Western music, a genre pioneered by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Known for legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, the band has continued to take their music to new audiences. In 1982, Riders In The Sky became the first, and…
Visit Owensboro along with the Kentucky Department of Tourism and Brand USA will launch the local campaign for Owensboro being selected as one of ten music cities for Brand USA’s Hear The Music Campaign. The Wooks perform a free concert for the public in honor of Owensboro's selection. The Wooks translate the sights and sounds…
This masterful country stylist from Houston, Texas has been thrilling audiences for more than 50 years.Gene Watson’s tally of 75 charted titles, 23 top-10 hits and 6 number-one records has led to membership in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Radio listeners are still transfixed whenever classics like “FarewellParty,” “Fourteen Carat Mind” or “Love…
On Thursday, June 6th, join us for a free showing of The Unknowns, a documentary film about the volunteers from the U.S. Army's most elite ceremonial unit and the training cycle they endure to honor fallen soldiers. Special Guest: Tomb Guard Justin Bickett, Badge #533, served at the Tomb from 2004-2007
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. When the Earls of Leicester formed in 2013, their mission was ambitious but exact: to preserve and promote the…
Join us at the Hall of Fame for a free exclusive screening of KET's new documentary Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music. Featuring footage from around the world, interviews with legends and newcomers alike and – of course – incredible music, Big Family will make your toes tap and your heart swell with pride for Kentucky’s…
Our Summer show is an hour long Jam packed show full of dancing, acting, fun and laughter that you wont want to miss! Musick Studio's "Summer Jam" is a story about a dancer who attends a prestigious dance camp, but becomes overwhelmed when she can’t keep up with her peers. This is the story of how…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Join us for a special presentation of Western Kentucky University Public Broadcasting's Lost River Sessions! This will be a…
Join us for a free showing of The Wizard of Oz! Presented by Glenn Family Services and Friday After 5, The Wizard of Oz begins at 7 pm. Tickets are not necessary. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at throughout the showing. When a tornado…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Snider began playing old-time banjo at age 16 after hearing a Flatt & Scruggs album. Soon after, he became…
Join us for Fiddle Extraganza presented by Mudd Furniture! Brothers Randy and Barry Lanham celebrate roots music, clogging, and Kentucky arts with the Lanham Brothers Jamboree. Fiddle Extravaganza features special guests David Morris, Emily Shelton, Skylar Lanham, Mackenzie Bell, and Mark Shelton. This show is taped for public television. Doors open at 5 pm, show…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. John Conlee is a country music icon and has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1981.…
Glenn Family Services presents The Sandlot, shown FREE in Woodward Theatre during Friday After 5. Stroll back to 1962 with us and enjoy this instant classic! When Scottie Smalls moves to a new neighborhood, he manages to make friends with a group of kids who play baseball at the sandlot. Together they go on a…
GET TICKETS On Saturday, August 24th, a fundraising pub crawl is scheduled for downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, multiple bars, restaurants, and beer distributors join forces to benefit local beer representative Brad Witherspoon’s medical fund. The Pub Crawl Fundraiser begins at noon and goes late into the night with…
Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing…
On Friday, August 30th, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum offers a free showing of the Coen Brothers classic film, O, Brother Where Art Thou?. Presented by Glenn Family Services, the film is shown during Friday After 5 events in the theatre at the Hall of Fame. Prior to the film, members of…
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum announces the first Downtown ROMP taking place on its outdoor stage Saturday, September 14th, 2019. In conjunction with activities during the Owensboro Air Show, the Downtown ROMP Air Show After Party features four past ROMP Festival alums: Dustbowl Revival, Scythian, Rumpke Mountain Boys, and Hogslop String Band.…
On Thursday, September 19th, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum kicks off a new series, The Nashville Songwriter. Featuring professional songwriters based in Nashville, Tennessee, the series focuses on both hit makers and those searching for their first hit. The series highlights stories and lives of those working to create the soundtrack of…
SOLD OUT! Doors open at 5 pm, show starts at 7 pm. Bar and concessions will be open at 5 pm, and exhibits will available for pre-show touring. Bundle museum admission with your tickets for a discounted rate. Mandolin Orange’s music radiates a mysterious warmth —their songs feel like whispered secrets, one hand cupped to…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, the Fall Bluegrass Concert Series kicks off with The SteelDrivers on October 5th! They say the only thing consistent about change is…well, that it changes. Whether through design or destiny, that’s a precept the SteelDrivers know all too well. Throughout their career –one that…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, join us October 12th for ROMP Festival favorite We Banjo 3! Grassroots, crossover sensation We Banjo 3 is one of the most prolific and exciting bands to emerge from Ireland in recent years. Contrary to the band’s name, this Galway/Nashville-based quartet comprises two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, join us October 19th for ROMP Festival favorite Della Mae! Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated, Nashville-based, all-female string band made up of lead vocalist/guitarist Celia Woodsmith, 2-time national champion fiddle player Kimber Ludiker, mandolinist Jenni Lyn Gardner, and upright bassist Zoe Guigueno. Hailing from…
On Thursday, October 24th, the Nashville Songwriter returns with Ronnie Bowman and Billy Droze. Presented by Jagoe Homes and featuring professional songwriters based in Nashville, Tennessee, the series focuses on both hit makers and those searching for their first hit. The series highlights stories and lives of those working to create the soundtrack of America. …
On Saturday, November 2nd, the newly restored documentary titled Bluegrass Country Soul will premiere at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Produced and directed by filmmaker Albert Ihde, the film captured the Carlton Haney-produced Labor Day Bluegrass Festival held in Camp Springs, NC in 1971. Featuring first generation bluegrass icons Earl Scruggs, Ralph…
Join us for a unique performance by LOCASH in our 450 seat, state-of-the-art theatre! This is an exclusive and intimate performance, with proceeds supporting music education. On Friday, November 8th, LOCASH will perform a benefit concert at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky. Presented by Champion Ford, the duo will donate…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, join us November 9th for Balsam Range! The 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, has become one of the genre’s most award-winning acts. Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 8…
On Thursday, November 21st, the Nashville Songwriter returns with Buddy Greene, Irene Kelley, and Steve Thomas. Featuring professional songwriters based in Nashville, Tennessee, the series focuses on both hit makers and those searching for their first hit. The series highlights stories and lives of those working to create the soundtrack of America. Each event features…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, join us November 23rd for The Grascals! Great musicians will always find a way to make good music, but for great musicians to make great music, they must form a bond – one that, more often than not, goes beyond the purely musical to the…
Presented by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and The Staton Foundation, join us November 30th for The Po' Ramblin' Boys! At a time when most people feel constantly distracted by technology and barraged by the news, authenticity and straightforward honesty are paramount. There’s something about the music of The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys that cuts right…
Join us tomorrow from 1-5 pm for Museum Store Sunday! On Sunday, December 1, 2019, over 1,400 Museum Stores representing all fifty states, eighteen countries, and five continents will offer relaxing, inspired shopping inside your favorite museums and cultural institutions. Museum Store Sunday offers a special shopping experience in one-of-a kind stores, showcasing broad assortments of…
Join us for the Lanham Brothers Jamboree Christmas Show! Brothers Randy and Barry Lanham celebrating roots music, clogging, and Kentucky arts with the Lanham Brothers Jamboree. The Lanham Brothers Jamboree Christmas Show is a fundraiser for Volunteer Owensboro, presented by the following: Modern Welding Atmos Energy Kenergy Claud and Karen Porter Furniture Warehouse Joann…
