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Follow on Google News | Shrek, Spirits, Train Robbers and Thomas the Tank EngineLots of family-friendly fun this summer in Bardstown, Kentucky
By: Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Conv. Commis Take a ride with Thomas The Tank Engine Thomas The Tank Engine rolls into Kentucky Railway Museum in nearby New Haven for a “Day Out With Thomas” on Sat. and Sun., June 1 and 2, and again on June 8 and 9. Tickets are $22 plus tax for ages 2 and up. (Save by buying tickets in advance.) Kids have an opportunity to meet Sir Topham Hatt and share in arts and crafts, storytelling, video viewing, live music, a magic show, bounce house and more. Other Kentucky Railway Museum themed excursions include train robberies with masked bandits, mystery theatre and pizza trains. www.KyRail.org Get your green on In July and early August, another fave takes to the stage: “Shrek The Musical,” based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that redefined the dashing hero, puts everyone’s favorite green ogre front and center. Joined on stage by a feisty princess, a chatty donkey, a cookie with a ‘tude and a prince with a “short” temper, this fractured fairy tale is full of all-new songs, fun dance numbers, lots of laughs and loveable characters. On this same stage, the “Stephen Foster Story,” Kentucky’s official outdoor drama and a splashy family-friendly Broadway musical, runs from June 8 through August 10. It tells the story of America’s first pop star through songs, including “Oh! Susanna” and “Camptown Races,” and 175 swirling costumes. Tickets for children ages five and under are free, $11 for those ages six to 12 and $19 for their parents. www.StephenFoster.com Weekends full of family fun Book a hotel with pool at one of several brand name hotels or check into Old Kentucky Home Stables and Bed & Breakfast with swimming and horseback riding. Pitch a tent at a Bardstown campground, including one at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Lock down for the night in an authentic jail cell room at The Jailer’s Inn Bed and Breakfast or stretch out at the family-size Eagle Cove Cottage. Dining is fun and affordable in Bardstown: burgers and shakes at Hurst Drug Store with old-fashioned soda fountain; Southern-style home-cooking at Mammy’s Kitchen, Pat’s Place or Kurtz’s Restaurant; breakfast sweets at Hadorn’s Bakery; deli fare at Bardstown Bowling Center; and cupcakes at the new Sugar Buzz. Freebies round out weekend getaway Free Friday night band concerts – featuring everything from Big Band to military band music – take place through the summer at the Bardstown Community Park. The Buttermilk Days Festival brings more music and lots of activities for all to Bardstown on Aug. 22-24. Visit Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to explore the nature center and hike the trails. Tour the oldest operating jail complex in Kentucky – the circa 1819 Old County Jail. Visit the Bardstown/Nelson County Historical Museum to see artifacts relating to Jesse James and Abraham Lincoln. Visit www.SampleOurSpirit.com (http://www.VisitBardstown.com/ MEDIA CONTACT: Dawn Przystal (mailto:dawn@ Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission (http://www.SampleOurSpirit.com) HI- and LOW-RES photos available. ABOUT BARDSTOWN (http://www.sampleourspirit.com/) End
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