The Flea Off Market | Saturday, March 1-Sunday, March 2 | Times vary | Breslin Park | Cost of purchase | This pop-up market is back for the 2025 season with vendors, food trucks, craft beer, and live music.
Mardi Gras Bar Crawl | 4 p.m.-1 a.m. | Flanagan’s Ale House | $17 | Register at Flanagan’s between 4 and 6 p.m. for a Mardi Gras beer koozie and flare + access to drink specials at several area bars.
First Sunday Nature Hike | 2-3:30 p.m. | Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont | $15 | Get out into nature with a nice, long hike — but leave the pets at home, please.
MANIA: The ABBA Tribute | 7:30 p.m. | The Brown Theatre | $32+ | Take a chance on this internationally touring tribute band and become a dancing queen.
Tuesday, March 4
Annual Beignet Bash | 5 p.m. | Old Louisville Brewing | Cost of purchase | Dig into beignets, traditional king cake + sip chicory-infused brews to celebrate Mardi Gras and support Mattingly Edge.
The Moth StorySLAM | 7 p.m. | Headliners Music Hall | $15 | Prepare a five-minute story about “bad blood” — you know petty grievances and squabbles — to share in this storytelling competition.
Spirits sales are down by 1.1% — with one exception. Tequila sales are up by 2.9%. As good an excuse as any for National Margarita Day today (and our favorite happy hour spots).
Pets
French Bulldogs are the most popular breed of dog in America, according to Visual Capitalist. Whether you’re a Frenchie fan or a Labrador lover, the Kentucky Human Society has plenty of adoptable pets worth your affection — including My Sharona, “the grooviest 6-year-old Retriever mix in town.”
State
2,655. That’s how many gallons of maple syrup were produced by the state of Kentucky in 2022. Maybe that’s why Louisville’s brunch scene is so good. (Brilliantmaps.com)
Watch
In case you missed it, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Panda Cam is back. The popular webcam of the zoo’s pandas returns as it welcomes Bao Li and Qing Bao. We love the pandas, but they could never overtake our love of the four Louisville Zoo meerkats. (The Washington Post)
Sports
Will the Cards add another international prospect to their 2025 class? Get game coverage, analysis, insights, interviews and more from local experts on the Locked On Louisville daily podcasts.
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📚 Local reads
Though John Cosper is from Southern Indiana, his work details many experiences that happened in Louisville. | Photo by LOUtoday
Earlier this week, we shared our interview with Louisville Rev. Dwain Lee — a former architect, current minister, and now mystery author.
In addition to Lee’s debut novel, “Plausible Deception,” here are a few more local books to check out.
Fiction
“As You Wish” by Leesa Cross-Smith | Release date: June 24, 2025 | The latest book from this Derby City author follows two au pairs in Seoul, their stories intertwining around an enchanted waterfall capable of granting wishes.
Learn something new
“Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville” by John Cosper | Release date: June 2014 | Basketball and horse racing aren’t the only sport obsessions in the 502 — immerse yourself in the world of professional wrestling + the stars that got their start here in Derby City.
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