Louisville, KY

Louisville and the surrounding areas are lucky to have a wide variety of arts and entertainment venues. One such place is Derby Dinner Playhouse that is located just a few minutes north of Louisville in Clarksville, IN. Derby Dinner Playhouse is one of the largest dinner theatres in the country and has been entertaining guest for over thirty years.

When you make plans at Derby Dinner Playhouse the festivities start with a large buffet while the house vocal ensemble “Footnotes” entertains you while you eat. There is also a full bar and various desserts to finish off the meal.

Each year Derby Dinner Playhouse presents eight mainstage shows, four children’s musical theater productions, and seven concerts. If you have some theatrical experience you can even audition for one of the Playhouse’s shows.

There are evening shows ever Tuesday through Sunday night, and matinée shows every Sunday and Wednesday. Click here for times and prices.

The current mainstage show is Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, which will play from November 17 to December 31, 2007. The cast includes 21 professional actors and singers and is directed by Lee Buckholz.

“Based on the popular movie, this timeless classic is full of dancing, laughter and features some of the best songs ever written. Guaranteed to be the highlight of your Christmas Season! This holiday film classic is the inspiration for this stage musical, featuring two singing sisters who find themselves in a snowless ski lodge in the company of a pair of performing army buddies. Add a four-star general down on his luck, a nosy housekeeper, and score that’s more romantic than mistletoe, and the result is magic. Songs featured are: “Sisters”, “Count Your Blessings”, “White Christmas”, “Blue Skies”, “I Love A Piano” and more. “

So ride over to Clarksville and enjoy a favorite holiday classic and a great dinner that is just in time to get you into the Christmas and winter spirit.

Light Up Louisville
Handmade Christmas Cards

Derby Dinner Playhouse, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Dinner Theater

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If you have been in any stores in the last few weeks, you will have noticed that the Halloween merchandise is gone or in the clearance racks, and the shelves are full of Christmas items. This means that the Thanksgiving and Christmas season is not far away. One of the major events that issues in the holiday cheer is Light Up Louisville that will be held on November 23rd this year.

Light Up Louisville includes a parade, Santa’s Workshop, crafts and food booths, and holiday music and entertainment. The main event is when Santa personally hands the mayor the cord that will light up the Jefferson Square with thousands of holiday lights and fireworks. This event started in 1981 and now it is estimated that more than 75,000 people visit the event the day after Thanksgiving.

From November 23 to December 31, there will be an hourly light show between 6:00pm and 10:00pm. This is a fourteen minute light and sound display that includes more than thirty trees and the 40 foot “electronic” Christmas Tree.

Metro Hall will also be decorated with over twenty wonderful trees decorated in the cultural traditions of our Sister Cities and other nationalities, with the Holidays Around the World display. This event will open during the Light Up event until December 23, Monday-Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm. .

Schedule
3:00pm- Light Up Louisville Opens
Jefferson Street between 5th & 6th Streets
4:00pm–5:00pm: Wendy’s Winter Wonderland Parade
Jefferson Street from 7th Street east to 4th Street through 4th Street Live!
7:00pm: Santa Arrives
Jefferson Street from 5th to the main stage
7:30pm: Light Up Louisville - music, lights and fireworks
Jefferson Square Park, 6th and Jefferson Streets
7:45pm-10:00pm: Music, Food, Shopping & the Budweiser Holiday Pub
Jefferson Street between 5th & 6th streets

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Light Up Louisville, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Holidays Around the World,

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