{"id":2412292,"date":"2026-05-11T21:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2412292"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:29:50","slug":"free-concert-series-coming-to-southwest-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/free-concert-series-coming-to-southwest-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Free concert series coming to southwest Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014\u00a0Louisville Metro Council members representing southwest Louisville are launching a new series of free outdoor concerts this summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedcode\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"keypointsbox\" style=\"text-align: left; width: 95%;\">\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #042d4d;\"\/>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 10px;\"><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/h4>\n<h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Louisville Metro Council members representing southwest Louisville are launching a free outdoor concert series<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The series will feature a range of musical styles over five events<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Attendees can bring lawn chairs and blankets<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Check site-specific park rules before bringing alcohol, coolers and pets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #042d4d;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<span class=\"remove-embeded\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Council members Jonathan Joseph, Dan Seum Jr., Crystal Bast and Khalil Batshon announced the \u201cSouthwest Music Series,\u201d a lineup of five concerts at parks and public spaces in southwest Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>The concerts aim to bring the community together with live music, local food trucks and family activities, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The series will feature a range of musical styles, including bluegrass, soul, R&amp;B, contemporary country and Americana, the news release said. It also includes two longtime annual events: Forest Fest and the Riverview Independence Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to sponsor this series and provide our families with safe, high-quality entertainment right in their own backyard,\u201d Councilmembers Joseph, Seum, Bast and Batshon said in a joint statement. \u201cSouthwest Louisville has a rich culture and beautiful green spaces. This series is about celebrating our community and making the arts accessible to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full event lineup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>May 16: Forest Fest at Jefferson Memorial Forest, 12408 Holsclaw Hill Road in Fairdale, featuring Amelia Day, Denitia, The Tillers, Roadie and Fresh Cut Grass. Event time is 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>June 13: Sun Valley Park, 6616 Ashby Lane in Louisville, featuring Gary Brewer &amp; the Kentucky Ramblers, with opening act Ida Clare<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>July 4: Riverview Independence Festival, 8202 Greenwood Road in Louisville, featuring Dee White, Sheryl Rouse and Sound Machine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Aug. 1: JCTC Southwest Campus, 1000 Community College Drive in Louisville, featuring the JD Shelburne Band, with opening act Brock Shoemaker<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sept. 12: Fairdale Gazebo Bandstand, 10005 Mitchell Hill Road in Fairdale, featuring the Jake McVey Band<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attendees can bring lawn chairs and blankets, the release said. Anyone going to one of the concerts should check site-specific park rules before bringing alcohol, coolers and pets.<\/p>\n<p>Event updates and further information are available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaeventsusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumnews1.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014\u00a0Louisville Metro Council members representing southwest Louisville are launching a new series of free outdoor concerts this summer. What You Need To Know Louisville Metro Council members representing southwest Louisville are launching a free outdoor concert series The series will feature a range of musical styles over five events Attendees can bring lawn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22694,360253,356691,360254,379160,305128,22811,22810,21741,22796,454952,22805,22797,21738,22794,22482,21737],"class_list":["post-2412292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-app-arts-entertainment","tag-app-events","tag-app-in-the-community","tag-app-latest-arts-entertainment-stories","tag-app-latest-entertainment-stories","tag-app-things-to-do","tag-app-top-stories","tag-bowling-green","tag-entertainment","tag-kentucky","tag-laya-gilpin","tag-lexington","tag-louisville","tag-news","tag-northern-kentucky","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Free-concert-series-coming-to-southwest-Louisville.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412294,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412292\/revisions\/2412294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}