Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival
gaslight festival annual festival held jeffersontown kentucky take place third weekend september week prior considered unofficial start fall louisville jeffersontown restoration society led peggy weber petra williams remodeling jefersontowns town square jeffersontown built new city hall building federal style restoration society able convince business owner town square remodel store front style separate renovation local church one original gaslight lined town square found stairwell prompted several replica gaslight built installed newly renovated town square eventually led town square current name gaslight square showcase new renovation promote business festival held inaugural gaslight festival held june immediately preceding jeffersontown community fair scheduled june – although festival originally conceived promote gaslight square decided mayor franklin chamber square new clean risk throwing party instead held jtown center first gaslight festival halfday event included parade went city hall jeffersontown community center carnival ride first festival success overshadowed year jeffersontown community fair second gaslight festival held june gaslight square held ever since third gaslight festival used celebrate th anniversary jeffersontowns founding multiday event held september october attendance continued grow estimated people attended festival although originally intended supplement community fair gaslight festival would eventually replace entirely th festival celebrated bicentennial today festival eightday event beginning sunday rd weekend september attracts visitor making second largest festival kentucky behind kentucky state fair fifth largest region top southeast eightday stretch several event take place motorcycle rally k road race parade culminating gaslight festival weekend gaslight festival weekend threeday street festival booth live music carnival ride mostly virtual response covid pandemic live event reinstated motorcycle rally car show parade day street festival golf scramble k road race gaslight bowl youth football game workout series balloon glow kentucky pipe smoking championship oldest gaslight festival tradition list attraction event louisville metropolitan area jeffersontown chamber commerce website