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Comedy

Joe Dombrowski

Louisville Comedy Club · 6:00 PM

Comedy

Joe Dombrowski

Louisville Comedy Club · 6:00 PM

Food & drink

The Chef's Table

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through May 16

Theater & dance

Disney's The Lion King

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Nov 29

Music

Tony Lucca

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

Sawyer Brown "The Boys And Me Live" Tour

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Music

COLORS Presents: R&B ONLY (18+ event)

Mercury Ballroom · 9:00 PM

Sports

UFC 334 Gane vs. Hokit Watch Party

Fourth Street Live! · 9:00 PM

Art & museums

FREE History Lecture Series: Riverfront Reflections

PlayPort Event Building · 2:00 PM

4 more dates through Mar 14
Comedy

Boozy Brunch Stand-Up

Louisville Comedy Club · 3:00 PM

Sports

Louisville Women's Basketball vs. UConn

KFC Yum! Center · 5:30 PM

13 more dates through Feb 21
Comedy

Shuler King

Louisville Comedy Club · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

STOMP

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

AJ McLean presents Alexander James : The Better Man Tour

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Music

Pentatonix: Christmas in the City Tour

KFC Yum! Center · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Chris Munch

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Music

THE STRAY CATS

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Open Mic Night

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

6 more dates through Dec 30
Music

Daily Bread - Vanishing Point Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Bourbon Through Bluegrass

Frazier History Museum · 5:00 PM

Comedy

Aaron Branch

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Music

Punch Brothers

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert 40th Anniversary pres by 91.9 WFPK

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Sports

Louisville Men's Basketball vs. Stetson

KFC Yum! Center · 8:00 PM

12 more dates through Mar 6
Festivals & markets

Christmas Tree Lane

Waterfront Park · Through Dec 18

Comedy

Leanne Morgan: The Time Of Our Lives Tour

KFC Yum! Center · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Spam Kimchi

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Nov 21

Comedy

Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: The Greatest Hits & New Bits

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 21
Comedy

Henry Cho: The Empty Nest Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Music

The Prince Experience

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Brandi Carlile: Burn The Setlist (The All Request Tour) pres. by WFPK

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 21
Event

Expecto Bar Crawl

Fourth Street Live! · 4:00 PM

Event

IMPORT EXPO CAR SHOW

Kentucky International Convention Center · 5:00 PM

Music

2000's Rave (18+ event)

Mercury Ballroom · 9:00 PM

Music

Louisville Youth Orchestra Fall Concert

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 4:00 PM

Comedy

Charleston White

Louisville Comedy Club · 6:00 PM

Music

Jodeci - 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Comedy

New Talent Tuesday

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 29
Music

STATE CHAMPS - 10 YEARS OF 'AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK'

Mercury Ballroom · 7:00 PM

Music

Love Actually Live in Concert

Louisville Palace · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Eric Kimbrough's Pre Thanksgiving Comedy Show

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Sports

Louisville Hungry Turkey 5K

TurfMutt Great Lawn · 7:30 AM

From $30
Food & drink

Thanksgiving Day Buffet at Walker's Exchange

Galt House Hotel · 11:00 AM

From $16
Comedy

Jeff Dye

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 28
Sports

Louisville Women's Volleyball vs. SMU

KFC Yum! Center · 1:00 PM

Theater & dance

A Christmas Carol

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 7:00 PM

16 more dates through Dec 20
Music

Jim James (Solo Acoustic): Wowed Out Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Comedy Magician Louie Foxx

Louisville Comedy Club · 4:00 PM

Comedy

Now That's What We Call Drag

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 20
Comedy

Graeson McGaha

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Music

Jackyl

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Lights on Main Late Night Thursday

Frazier History Museum · 5:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 17
Music

Handel's Messiah

Louisville Orchestra · Through Dec 5

Comedy

Will Burkart

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Event

First Friday Theatre Tour

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 10:00 AM

Comedy

Big Jay Oakerson

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 5
Music

Noise Pollution

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Sports

RISE LEGACY REGIONALS 2026

Kentucky International Convention Center · 8:00 AM

Comedy

Magic Inc. presents Nutcracker In A Nutshell

Louisville Palace · 2:00 PM

Music

Big Band Christmas

The Broadway Theater · 4:00 PM

Sports

WWE Holiday Live Tour 2026

KFC Yum! Center · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Rip Micheals “One Wild Night Tour”

Louisville Comedy Club · 8:00 PM

Event

Masterclass Monday: Drumming with River City Drum Corp

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 6:00 PM

Food & drink

You Pick Em' Barrel Selection with Copper & Kings

Copper & Kings · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

Tech Journalist Kara Swisher with Author Scott Turow

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Music

Acoustic Jam 2026 presented by 97.5 WAMZ

Louisville Palace · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Craig Robinson

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 12
Theater & dance

The Brown-Forman Nutcracker

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Dec 21

Music

Jeremy McComb's "Honky-Tonk Circus" Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

Scrooge's Christmas Journey

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 10:00 AM

1 more date through Dec 19
Music

The More, the Merrier

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 3:00 PM

Food & drink

Sugar Plum Brunch before the Nutcracker

The Kentucky Center · 7:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 20
Music

Dizgo

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Breakfast with Santa at Walker's Exchange

Galt House Hotel · 9:00 AM

From $131 more date through Dec 20
Festivals & markets

Lights on Main Free Family Day Presented by Amazon

Frazier History Museum · 9:30 AM

Free
Comedy

Dr. Brady Smith

Louisville Comedy Club · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 6:30 PM

Music

Girl Named Tom

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Mark O'Connor's An Appalachian Christmas

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Ejspeaks

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Earthquake

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 19
Music

Matthew West Come Home For Christmas Live On Tour

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Music

Canticles of Christmas

Cathedral of the Assumption · 7:00 PM

Music

Eddie 9V presented by 91.9 WFPK

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Sixteen Candles - The Ultimate 80's Tribute

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Canticles of Christmas

St. Brigid Catholic Church · 7:00 PM

Music

Samantha Fish - Shake 'Em on Down Tour 2026

Mercury Ballroom · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Derek Hough Dance For The Holidays

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Music

A Celtic Christmas

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

Jefferson Tarc Bus

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Comedy

Aries Spears

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:30 PM

3 more dates through Jan 3
Festivals & markets

NYE Live!

Fourth Street Live! · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

BOOP! The Musical

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Jan 10

Comedy

Godfrey

Louisville Comedy Club · 7:00 PM

Music

Journey vs Foreigner: A Tribute

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

THE TAYLOR PARTY: THE TS DANCE PARTY - 18+ event

Mercury Ballroom · 9:00 PM

Event

Tyler Henry - An Evening of Hope and Healing

Louisville Palace · 5:00 PM

Comedy

Charlie Berens: The Lost and Found Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

2027 LOUISVILLE BUILD, RENOVATE, & LANDSCAPE SHOW

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Jan 17

Theater & dance

Kentucky Shakespeare Presents Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 7:00 PM

7 more dates through Jan 24
Sports

Harlem Globetrotters: Rivalry Tour

KFC Yum! Center · 7:00 PM

Music

Teddy Conducts Music of the Mines

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Keepers of the Dream: Homecoming King

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 3:00 PM

Music

Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

EVNNE "ONE TAKE" Fan-Concert Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Chris Fleming Live

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Music

Pink Droyd

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

GrungeFest featuring tributes to Stone Temple Pilots & Alice in Chains

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick: The Civil War and Its Impact

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 6:00 PM

Sports

2027 ANNUAL WHEELCHAIR RUGBY INVITATIONAL

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Jan 31

Music

Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Jan 30

Comedy

Ali Siddiq: The Custom Fit Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:00 PM

Comedy

The Best of Steve Martin & Martin Short

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

ODDITIES & CURIOSITIES EXPO 2027

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Jan 31

Music

WINTER JAM 2027

KFC Yum! Center · 6:00 PM

Music

Emo Night Karaoke

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Twilight In Concert

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Music

Hannah Harper: Behind This Guitar

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Comedy

David Cross - Fake Joy (18+ event)

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Laurie Berkner: The Greatest Hits Solo Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 11:00 AM

Comedy

Jeff Dunham Inappropriate Contact

Louisville Palace · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

Cirque Alice

Louisville Palace · 4:00 PM

Theater & dance

SUPER DANCE NATIONALS 2027

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Feb 14

1 more date through Mar 13
Music

MERSIV - Nostalgia Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Saxsquatch - The Conspiracy Theory Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Language of Love

Woodhaven Country Club · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Carmen

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Feb 13

Music

Fox N' Vead Featuring Rob Langdon

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

80s Day Disco (21+ event)

Mercury Ballroom · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Feb 21

Theater & dance

Primary Trust

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 7:00 PM

9 more dates through Feb 28
Music

Joe Bonamassa

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Music

Greta Van Fleet: Into the Beginning World Tour

KFC Yum! Center · 7:00 PM

Music

That Arena Rock Show

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

BREAKING BENJAMIN

KFC Yum! Center · 6:30 PM

Music

Liquid Stranger Presents: Electric Helix

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Comedy

NURSE JOHN: AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE: READMITTED

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Music

An Evening with Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Food & drink

BOURBON CLASSIC 2027

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Feb 27

Music

Brahms Symphony No. 4

Louisville Orchestra · Through Feb 27

Theater & dance

Collage Dance Collective

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

DEMOLA LIVE!

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Legend of Korra in Concert

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Sports

CHEER DERBY GRAND NATIONAL

Kentucky International Convention Center · Through Feb 28

Theater & dance

Shen Yun

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 6:30 PM

Theater & dance

Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Live Stage Spectacular

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Comedy

JOHN CLEESE: STILL NOT DEAD (YET) Celebrating the Holy Grail at 50

Louisville Palace · 7:00 PM

Music

Kameron Marlowe

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Mar 4
Music

Mahler Symphony No. 1, Titan

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Mar 6

Theater & dance

Death Becomes Her

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Mar 14

Music

Roger Waters Presents LEGACY - A Pink Floyd Tribute Show

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

The Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series: An Inconvenient Widow, The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

Actors Theatre of Louisville · 6:00 PM

Comedy

We Them One's Comedy Tour

KFC Yum! Center · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

Bluey's Big Play

Louisville Palace · 11:00 AM

1 more date through Mar 14
Theater & dance

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Mar 28

Music

Beast In Black: North American Tour 2027

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

Queer To Tell: After Sappho

Pandora Productions (Henry Clay Theatre) · 7:00 PM

Music

Christian McBride and Ursa Major

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Music

William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet Film in Concert

Louisville Palace · 7:30 PM

Music

Public Image Ltd: This Is Not The Last Tour

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Music

Amber Autry: Happy Holler Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · Through Mar 19

Theater & dance

Bourbon & Ballet

Actors Theatre · Through Mar 21

Sports

First & Second Rounds - 2027 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

KFC Yum! Center · Through Mar 21

Music

Lake Street Dive - What About Flamingos? 2027 Tour

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Event

Dillard's Spring Fashion Show

Caesars Southern Indiana · 5:00 PM

Music

Beach Bunny: Out of Office Tour presented by 91.9 WFPK

Mercury Ballroom · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

DRUMLine Live

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 8:00 PM

Music

The Funeral Portrait - A Hex On The Nation

Mercury Ballroom · 6:30 PM

Music

Michael Feinstein: My Celebration

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:30 PM

Sports

Louisville Bats vs. Indianapolis Indians

Louisville Bats (Louisville Slugger Field) · 6:35 PM

3 more dates through Apr 2
Music

RuPaul's Drag Race Werq The World 2027 Tour

Louisville Palace · 8:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Storytelling Revolution Festival

Actors Theatre of Louisville · Through Apr 11

Comedy

Derrick Stroup: Running Hot Tour

Kentucky Performing Arts (The Kentucky Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Beethoven Piano Concerto Marathon

Louisville Orchestra · Through Apr 3

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