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Kentucky Speedway has held numerous music festivals. In July 2000, the facility held its first concert as part of Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour, with approximately 50,000 fans attending. [147] A year later, the facility held a stop of the traveling Warped Tour. [148] From 2003 to 2004, the Meijer Country Stampede was held at the track. [149]
The Summer Sanitarium Tour was a music event led by American heavy metal band Metallica. The first edition took place during the summer of 2000, with 20 shows in the United States. A second edition was held during the summer of 2003, with 21 shows in North America. The tour was sponsored by MTV and Mars Music and promoted by SFX Concerts.
By 2005, Beech Bend Park had more than 40 rides, 500 campground spaces with modern amenities, renovated racing facilities, a water park and large picnic pavilions. The race tracks were hosting numerous Corvette racing events (the park is only a few miles away from the General Motors factory that produces the sports car), plus the annual NHRA ...
Years active. 1935–1937, 1956–2019, 2021–present. Website. kdf.org. The Kentucky Derby Festival is an annual festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, during the two weeks preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby. [1] The festival, Kentucky 's largest single annual event, first ran from 1935 to 1937, and restarted ...
The Ichthus Festival is a Christian music festival in Wilmore, Kentucky. Held 44 times from 1970 to 2015, the event was originally a Christian-music answer to Woodstock but developed into both the longest-running Christian music festival and a Christian ministry serving tens of thousands of attendees annually. With financial difficulties in the ...
Average ticket prices are higher, too, up 23.3%, from $106.07 to $130.81, Pollstar reported. As a result, concert ticketing has come under more scrutiny.
Attendance (estimate) Shells TV coverage 1991 "Thunder Over Louisville" used for fireworks only. Kroger, UPS, Kool-Aid, Oscar Mayer: 175,000 [10] N/A: WHAS 1992: Celebrating KY's Bicentennial year, "Celebrate Kentucky" Kroger, Louis Rich, UPS, Kool-Aid: N/A: WHAS 1993: Derby Festival Opening Ceremonies: Thunder Over Louisville
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