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ATTRACTIONS

Owensboro is called Kentucky's Festival City - with a nickname like that, visiting Owensboro can only be described as a fun experience. There are tons of fun things to do and interesting places to visit, while staying in Owensboro, among the city's top attractions also being:

- International Bluegrass Museum, located in the RiverPark Complex at the foot of ''the blue bridge'' in downtown Owensboro, featuring 22,000 square feet of developed exhibit and office space, the museum also housing the International Bluegrass Music Association’s IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame, devoted to the recognition of noteworthy individuals for their outstanding contributions to bluegrass music, and The Timeline of Bluegrass Music exhibit, which follows the roots of bluegrass music, from the Scots-Irish string bands to camp meetings and gospel quartets, through fiddling conventions, the jazz era, and the folk music revival.

- Owensboro Area Museum-Science, located downtown Owensboro, which offers a family-friendly entertainment experience, featuring interesting exhibits such as SpeedZeum, a gallery dedicated to motorsports, local racing history and the amazing successes from racing athletes who hail from Owensboro and the surrounding area, or Encounter, a hands-on, minds-on gallery dedicated to the young and young at heart, in which visitors can enjoy fun, educational activities - they can make a magnet bridge, tell a story in the puppet theater, experiment with the Bernoulli Effect or leave a ''permanent'' image in the shadow room.

Annual Events

The International Bar-B-Q Festival is considered to be among the most popular and expected annual events in Owensboro. Every year, on the 2nd week of May, this fabulous celebration brings the city to life, with the wonderful smells of sizzling BBQs and sounds of International beats, bringing people together in a fun, exciting 2-day party, dedicated to the entire family.

In 2011, the festival is scheduled on May 13 and 14, and, as always, promises enthusiasts a memorable experince.