Friday After 5 - Lewis and Clark Trail Experience

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Summer Time! 5pm until midnight each Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend

270-215-7132 / FA5@FridayAfter5.com / ExecutiveDirector@FridayAfter5.com

No Cost. No Kidding!

lat: 37.7759567 long: -87.1100959

Friday After 5 is the award-winning, summer-long series of free outdoor concerts held every Friday on the eight-block, stunningly beautiful Owensboro, Kentucky riverfront.

The festival includes live bands, family events, food trucks, and entertainment. Our signature “Toast to the Sunset” takes place right on the riverfront every Friday After 5.

There are five venues of entertainment plus a fun, kid-friendly street fair and costume characters.

Friday After 5 began in 1997 with four concerts and grew into a 16-week signature riverfront festival for the entire tri-state area hosting more than 70,000 visitors each season. Friday After 5 is Where the Weekend Begins!

Friday After 5 provides entertainment on several stages along the riverfront; the Holiday Inn Jagoe Homes Riverfront Live Stage, Atmos Energy stage; Smothers Park Romain-Subaru Overlook, and the Ruoff Party Pier Stage at the Owensboro Convention Center. For our “Picture This” 26th season, you can enjoy dinner, drinks, and music at Lure Seafood & Grille and our main location, Burger Theory at the Holiday Inn Owensboro Riverfront. Included downtown for Friday After 5 is the world-famous Smothers Park, the Shelton POW Memorial, and International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum with wonderful family-friendly entertainment, and our famous street fair with vendors and food trucks.

No tickets. No Fees. No Kidding. Friday After 5 is Where the Weekend Begins.

Friday After 5 Team

Friday After 5 Team

Friday After 5 Family Fun

Friday After 5 Family Fun

Friday After 5 Entertainment

Friday After 5 Entertainment

Friday After 5 Sponsors

Friday After 5 Sponsors

Friday After 5 Night

Friday After 5 Night

Friday After 5 Toast the Sunset

Friday After 5 Toast the Sunset

Friday After 5 PreUnion

Friday After 5 PreUnion

Friday After 5 Favorite

Friday After 5 Favorite

Friday After 5 Stage

Friday After 5 Stage

Friday After 5 Riverfront

Friday After 5 Riverfront

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RiverPark Center

RiverPark Center

RiverPark Center, Daviess Street, Owensboro, KY, USA
Distance: 0.01 Away

Galleries and Venues Museums and Interpretive Centers

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Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, KY, USA
Distance: 0.29 Away

Cultural Districts

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Kolok Sculpture Studio & Gallery

Kolok Sculpture Studio & Gallery

Kolok Wood & Stone LLC, Veach Road, Owensboro, KY, USA
Distance: 2.15 Away

Galleries and Venues

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Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum in Rockport Indiana

Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum in Rockport Indiana

Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum, Fairground Drive, Rockport, IN, USA
Distance: 7.75 Away

Museums and Interpretive Centers Guided Tours

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Historic Newburgh’s Farmer’s Market

Historic Newburgh’s Farmer’s Market

Newburgh Farmers Market, Old Lock & Dam Park, Newburgh, IN, USA
Distance: 19.55 Away

Festivals and Events Food and Drinks Shopping

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Newburgh Winterlights

Newburgh Winterlights

715 State Route 662 Newburgh, IN 47630
Distance: 20.43 Away

Festivals and Events

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Knob Hill Tavern

Knob Hill Tavern

Knob Hill Tavern, Indiana 662, Newburgh, IN, USA
Distance: 20.60 Away

Food and Drinks

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Historic Newburgh

Historic Newburgh

Historic Newburgh Inc., State St, Newburgh, IN, USA
Distance: 21.63 Away

Cultural Districts

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Angel Mounds State Historic Site

Angel Mounds State Historic Site

Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Pollack Ave, Evansville, IN, USA
Distance: 22.01 Away

Museums and Interpretive Centers Tribal Experiences Outdoor Experiences

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Perry County Museum

Perry County Museum

Perry County Museum, IN-66, Cannelton, IN, USA
Distance: 22.24 Away

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Tell City Frostop

Tell City Frostop

Tell City Frostop, Main Street, Tell City, IN, USA
Distance: 22.30 Away

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Julie’s Tell Street Cafe

Julie’s Tell Street Cafe

Julie's Tell Street Cafe, Tell Street, Tell City, IN, USA
Distance: 22.43 Away

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Holidays on the Trail “In the first few decades

Holidays on the Trail

“In the first few decades of the 1800s, throughout the North, Christmas was just another ordinary day; it didn’t become an official holiday in the US until 1870. Meanwhile, most southerners observed it with fireworks, hunting, dancing, food, and drink. However, on the western frontier—in Kentucky, for instance—Christmas was an occasion to indulge in a few extra rations and to recall the pleasures of lives and times left behind, beyond the Appalachians. Easter was even less significant in the puritanical early American church. Not until after the Civil War, during which violent death had touched nearly every family, did Easter become as significant as Christmas.

In a compromise with its multicultural makeup, the Corps of Discovery celebrated just three special days—Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Independence Day—and each must have been observed with a jovial mixture of traditions.”

Click the link below to learn more about the Corps and the 3 Christmases they spent while on the expedition - Camp Dubois in 1803, Fort Mandan in 1804, and Fort Clatsop in 1805.

https://lewis-clark.org/other/holidays-on-the-trail/

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, all!

Site of the Week: Falls of the Ohio State Park St

Site of the Week: Falls of the Ohio State Park

St. Louis is often recognized as the starting place of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. However, others would argue that the Expedition began further east where Lewis and Clark met to begin traveling together. Today, this site is the Falls of the Ohio State Park.

In 1803, Meriwether Lewis brought the keelboat down the Ohio River to meet Clark in Louisville. While Lewis had been overseeing the building of said keelboat, Clarj had been busily recruiting local men by way of a strict interview process. Once Lewis arrived with his two men and joined them with Clark’s seven men in Louisville, these first men of the Expedition became known as “the Nine Young Men from Kentucky.” These were William Bratton, John Colter, Joseph and Reuben Field, George Shannon, John Shields, Nathaniel Pryor, George Gibson, and Charles Floyd.

While the Falls of the Ohio are no longer visible, the fossil beds are still very prominent. These Devonian fossil beds are famously recognized as being one of the largest exposed fossil beds in the world. There is a museum on site which tells the history of these fossils, as well as the evolution of the area’s wildlife. The museum also provides information about Lewis and Clark’s time at the Falls and the complicated relationships between the incoming settlers and the local native tribes. The museum was recently renovated and has significantly expanded its exhibits.

Photos credited to Mitchell Pence and the Department of Natural Resources

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Check out our YouTube Channel! We have some great

Check out our YouTube Channel!

We have some great content being posted there every Saturday - you’ll see videos related to personal stories and adventures on the trail, special reports on various trail locations, and much more!

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Our new APP is now available! Check it out if you haven’t yet to bring the adventure and magic of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail on your mobile device. Scan the QR code here or find it on your app store.

Site of the Week: Pompey’s Pillar National Monum

Site of the Week: Pompey’s Pillar National Monument

William Clark christened the rock formation “Pompey’s Tower” on July 25, 1806, as he and his party descended the Yellowstone River. Clark gave the huge monolith the nickname that he himself had fondly bestowed upon Sacagawea’s young son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Nicholas Biddle, as he edited the journals upon Lewis and Clark’s return, changed the name to “Pompey’s Pillar.”

Pompey’s Pillar is known for being the only site with visible physical evidence of Lewis and Clark’s journey: Clark carved his name and the date onto the rock’s face. Now covered by a clear panel, the signature is protected from the elements while still being visible to visitors willing to climb up the steps to see it. Visitors can continue up the steps to the top of the rock where they can enjoy a 360-degree view of the landscape surrounding the site. There is also a highly informative and very well-designed visitor’s center at the base of Pompey’s Pillar, along with several outdoor educational structures and hiking trails.

Photos credited to Cait Clark.

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