One of Louisville’s favorite fall traditions is ending 🍂

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Spooky season may be over, but this week still has plenty worth getting out for. We’ve got Blade Runner with a live score at the Palace, a real serial killer expert at the Kentucky Center, the Veterans Parade marching through NuLu, and the final ColorFest ever at Bernheim.

Most importantly: we’re giving away two pairs of tickets to Paranormal Cirque, plus Plug readers now get 20% off wine at a Frankfort Ave favorite.

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Okay, now let's get into this week. 👇

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🗓️ Saturday + Sunday, November 7th + 8th | 10am – 4pm
📍 Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, Clermont
💸 $30 per carload

After 30 years, Bernheim is retiring ColorFest, so this weekend is your last chance ever. The final run brings back everything families love: giant slides, pumpkin rolling, the corn pit, a mud pie kitchen, face painting, food trucks, and arts and crafts vendors. Every carload pays the member rate this year, so pack the car and it becomes one of the cheapest family days of the fall.

Hayrides are back, but space is limited, so reserve your spot as soon as you arrive. It runs rain or shine, dogs stay home, and Bernheim is about 30 minutes south of downtown.

👉 Get your ColorFest carload pass before the last one ever HERE

🗓️ Saturday, November 7th | Parade @ 11am, celebration until 1:30pm
📍 E Market St, NuLu (stage at Clay & Market)
💸 Free w/ free parking

The Kentucky Veterans Parade marches down East Market Street Saturday morning, and once it wraps, the block turns into a celebration. Kids can climb on tanks and Jeeps at Touch a Tank, there are interactive displays up and down the street, and the afternoon builds to the Massing of the Colors around 12:15 and a 21 gun salute around 12:30.

Streets close at 10:30, so get there early. The easiest way in is the free TARC shuttle, running every 15 minutes from 10am to 2pm from the Slugger Field lot and from Market at Hancock.

👉 Get the parade route and shuttle details HERE

🗓️ Friday, November 6th @ 7:30pm
📍 Bomhard Theater at The Kentucky Center
💸 Ticketed

If you’ve ever fallen down a true crime rabbit hole, this is the real expert, not a podcast host. Dr. Katherine Ramsland has spent more than 30 years studying serial killers, including years of work with the BTK killer, Dennis Rader. Friday she breaks down how these killers operate, what drives them, and how they keep up double lives, with visuals throughout and an audience Q&A at the end.

Recommended for ages 16 and up. The Bomhard has stadium seating with stairs, and accessible seating is available.

👉 Grab your tickets for Cracking the Serial Killer Code HERE

🗓️ Thursday, November 5th @ 8pm
📍 The Louisville Palace, S 4th St
💸 Ticketed

Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner plays on the big screen while live musicians perform Vangelis’s synth score in sync with the film. That score is one of the most influential pieces of electronic music ever written for a movie, and hearing it live under the Palace’s ceiling of stars is about as fitting a setting as it gets.

It’s for movie people as much as music people. Buy through Ticketmaster or the Palace box office rather than resale sites.

👉 Get your Blade Runner Live tickets HERE

Remember the cozy Frankfort Ave wine bar Kaitlyn Shive couldn’t stop talking about? Now Plug readers get 20% off any wine purchase there. Pour a glass and settle in on the patio, or grab a bottle to take home. Both count. The Wine Room is a family owned boutique wine bar with a rotating tapas menu from Chef Chris, so plan to stay for a bite while you’re at it.

How to claim it: Just mention The Louisville Plug when you order.

👉 Plan your visit to The Wine Room HERE

The circus is coming to Louisville, just not the kind you took the kids to. Paranormal Cirque Specter sets up its big top November 13th through 16th with acrobats, illusionists, contortionists, and dark comedy, all wrapped in a spooky, theatrical show built for grown ups.

🎟️ Win tickets: We’re giving away two pairs of tickets, so two lucky readers each get to bring a friend. Hit the button below to enter. Winners will be picked and notified by email on November 7th!

Can’t wait? Use code 2026SHOW at checkout for 10% off on your tickets.

When: November 13th – 16th, multiple showtimes
Tickets: $20 – $65

The show has mature themes and is intended for adult audiences. Accessible seating can only be booked by phone at (941) 704-8572 or on site.

👉 Grab your Paranormal Cirque tickets with code 2026SHOW HERE

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