New Winter Market Opens Lebanon, KY’s 2015 Holiday Season

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Oct. 26, 2015 - PRLog -- Lebanon will be rockin’ around the Christmas tree the first weekend of November during its new event, Winter Market, which includes a downtown street fair, Holiday Open House, contests and more. See details on the “Events” page at www.VisitLebanonKy.com.

No place like Lebanon for the holidays

Kicking off this new event will be a Holiday Open House, 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, with all of Lebanon’s downtown businesses open and celebrating the Christmas season with giveaways and holiday shopping deals. Several downtown restaurants will also participate.

A downtown street fair will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, with live music and a DJ, plus craft booths, food booths, a beer garden and antiques booths. This full-day festival will take place from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Lebanon’s downtown shops will be open for more holiday shopping, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8.

During Winter Market, there will be a holiday wreath decorating contest with prizes: first prize is $100; second prize is $50; and third prize is a $40 gift certificate to Willie Martin’s, an interior design shop with home furnishings, accessories and gifts.

There will also be a bake-your-favorite-holiday-dessert contest. The only rule? Maker’s Mark bourbon must be an ingredient in the recipe. This contest will be held at Shiners, a new downtown restaurant partnering with Lebanon’s Limestone Branch Distillery and featuring “moonshine” specialties.

Entry forms for the dessert and wreath making contests are available here: http://VisitLebanonKy.com/Calendar-of-Events/Winter-Market.

Click into www.VisitLebanonKy.com for more information about the new Winter Market event. Make a weekend of it and book a holiday stay at a Lebanon lodging, including hotel, bed and breakfast inn and cabins overlooking a golf course. For information, call 270-692-4616.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Nena Olivier, Director@VisitLebanonKy.com, 270-692-0021

Lebanon Tourist & Convention Commission, www.VisitLebanonKy.com

ABOUT LEBANON, KY (http://www.visitlebanonky.com/) │ Geographically located in the center of the state, Lebanon (http://www.visitlebanonky.com/) is the “Heart of Bourbon Country,” the epicenter of Kentucky barrel and bourbon making. Attractions include Maker’s Mark Distillery, Limestone Branch Distillery, the Kentucky Cooperage and WhiteMoon Winery. For outdoor enthusiasts, Gorley Naturalist Trail presents challenging hiking and biking and the scenic splendor of 47 bridges. Fagan Branch Reservoir and Sportsman’s Lake beckon canoeists, kayakers and boaters (non-motorized boats) and fishers and anglers for waters stocked with rainbow trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish, crappie and hybrid bluegill. Incorporated as a city in 1815, Lebanon played a crucial role during the Civil War and is today on the Civil War Discovery Trail. It is also part of Kentucky’s historic Holy Land, with sites including the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse. Visual and performing arts and pop culture and historic treasures are found at the Marion County Heritage Center, Stillhouse Art Museum and Angelic Hall at Centre Square. Shop for antiques, collectibles and handmade crafts downtown and dine at your choice of 40 eateries – everything from casual full-service restaurants to home-style cafes to an old-fashioned soda fountain. Among accommodations options are the gracious circa 1833 Myrtledene Bed and Breakfast and Hampton Inn. Facebook.com/VisitLebanon (http://www.facebook.com/VisitLebanon)