Kentucky Derby Festival

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annual event civic celebration festival

The Kentucky Derby Festival is a multi-week celebration featuring parades, fireworks, races, and community events leading up to the annual Kentucky Derby horse race.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon 1
Kentucky Derby Festival, Inc. 1
Kentucky Derby season 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event ⓘ
civic celebration ⓘ
festival ⓘ
associatedWith Kentucky Derby ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
duration multiple weeks ⓘ
endTime early May ⓘ
follows Easter Monday ⓘ
surface form: Easter
genre cultural festival ⓘ
sports-related festival ⓘ
hasAudience local residents ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
hasEffect boosts local economy ⓘ
boosts local tourism ⓘ
hasPart Great Steamboat Race ⓘ
Pegasus Parade ⓘ
Thunder Over Louisville ⓘ
bed races ⓘ
community events ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
fireworks show ⓘ
hot-air balloon events ⓘ
marathon ⓘ
miniMarathon ⓘ
parades ⓘ
sports events ⓘ
headquartersLocation Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1956 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Ohio River ⓘ
notableFor community participation ⓘ
large-scale fireworks display ⓘ
riverfront air show ⓘ
officialWebsite https://discover.kdf.org/ ⓘ
organizer Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Derby Festival, Inc.
partOf Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Derby season
precedes Kentucky Derby ⓘ
recurs every year ⓘ
significantEvent Great Steamboat Race on the Ohio River ⓘ
Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon

Pegasus Parade ⓘ
Thunder Over Louisville ⓘ
surface form: Thunder Over Louisville fireworks display
startTime mid-April ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: downtown Louisville
takesPlaceOn Ohio River waterfront ⓘ
theme celebration of the Kentucky Derby horse race ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hill → associatedWith → Kentucky Derby Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Derby Festival
Louisville, Kentucky → hostsEvent → Kentucky Derby Festival ⓘ
Kentucky Derby Festival → organizer → Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Derby Festival, Inc.
Kentucky Derby Festival → partOf → Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Derby season
Thunder Over Louisville → partOf → Kentucky Derby Festival ⓘ
Kentucky Derby Festival → significantEvent → Kentucky Derby Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon