Kentucky Derby Festival

Press Releases

03/25/20 – DERBY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR MINIMARATHON

03/17/20 – DERBY FESTIVAL POSTPONES EVENTS UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR

03/12/20 – DERBY FESTIVAL POSTPONES EVENTS THROUGH APRIL 5

03/04/20 – TICKETS FOR 2020 DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS ON SALE FRIDAY!

03/03/20 – FIRST DERBY FESTIVAL EVENT OF 2020 THIS WEEK!

Thinking about your race options? With our new #De

Thinking about your race options? With our new #DerbyFestivalmini date rescheduled for August 22nd, we know heat & humidity might be on your mind.💦⁠
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We're taking the following precautions to help with that:⁠
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- Moving up the race start time to 6:30 AM to avoid the hottest part of the day⁠
- Adding additional water on the course for runners⁠
- Including Misters and spray stations with the help of our partners at @loupuretap & Norton Sports Health⁠
- @NortonHealth will also be creating a new training program to prepare mini runners for the new date⁠
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GET MORE INFO: link in bio⁠
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#Louisville #alonetogether #louisvilleky #teamkentucky #KentuckyTogether #derbyfestivalmarathon #derbyfestivalrelay #kyderbyfestival

The new date for the #DerbyFestivalmini will be Sa

Did you book your #DerbyFestivalmini hotel through

Did you book your #DerbyFestivalmini hotel through our website? Not to worry?⁠
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You should have recieved an email from @GoToLouisville letting you know that your booking for the weekend of April 25th was canceled, penalty free. They will send an email to make new reservations once the new date has been announced.⁠
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We recommend going ahead and taking care of your hotel reservations if you made them outside of our website. ⁠
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#derbyfestivalmarathon #derbyfestivalrelay #Kyderbyfestival #TeamKentucky #alonetogether #TeamKentucky #KentuckyDerby #louisville #louisvilleKY

It is with an abundance of caution, and based on n

It is with an abundance of caution, and based on new recommendations surrounding COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the 2020 Kentucky Derby Festival.⁠
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We are fortunate that we have many great partners and community-minded sponsors who will continue to work with us and help us put on a #KYDerbyFestival celebration like no other, once we get through this. The schedule may look a little different as we move things into a new timeframe, but our goal is to have Thunder Over Louisville, the miniMarathon, the Pegasus Parade, Fest-a-Ville and the Chow Wagon, and many other events in between.⁠
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🎆 The new date for #ThunderOverLouisville is set for Saturday, August 15. ⁠
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There are a lot of moving parts, as you can imagine, and once we get all the details finalized, we will release a new schedule with other event dates.⁠
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🎫 We know there will be questions about registration, tickets and refunds. We just ask that everyone be patient as we work to get things rescheduled.⁠
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For those who have purchased a #PegasusPin, please hold on to those, you’ll be able to use them again in a few months. And, don’t worry we’ll have plenty for those who didn’t get one just yet.⁠
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We appreciate the loyalty of this community, our volunteers, our sponsors and our partners. We couldn’t put on the Festival each year without you!

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