Kentucky State Bourbon Festival

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Incorporated

Bardstown, Kentucky

Adopted on April 6, 2000

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Incorporated was adopted as Kentucky's State Bourbon Festival on April 6, 2000.

2.400 State bourbon festival.
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Incorporated, of Bardstown, Kentucky, is named and
designated the official state bourbon festival.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.

Since 1776, the people of Bardstown, Kentucky have been making Bourbon. Their dedication to the fine art of distilling eventually gave Bardstown the title of Bourbon Capital of the World. Come celebrate this passion and history at The Kentucky Bourbon Festival.

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival gives you a weekend full of smooth Bourbon, delicious food, and great entertainment, with a healthy dose of Kentucky hospitality thrown in for good measure. From black tie galas to historical tours, there is something for all ages and interests. It's a wonderful five-day event full of activities for the whole family.

Kentucky Bourbon Festival
One Court Square
Bardstown, KY 40004
(800) 638-4877 ext. #4

AN ACT designating the official state bourbon festival.
WHEREAS, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival held annually in Bardstown, Kentucky, on the third weekend of September is the first and oldest Kentucky bourbon festival, having been established in 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Bardstown festival equally showcases all Kentucky distilleries and related industries for domestic and international visitors and press, with the 1999 festival attracting people from twenty states and ten foreign countries; and
WHEREAS, in addition to demonstrating the use of bourbon and bourbon by-products in cooking, agriculture, and aquaculture, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival provides food, arts and crafts, a variety of musical events, and an ever-increasing number of additional activities for children and adults that serve to promote the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival have benefited numerous nonprofit organizations and schools, a practice to be expanded by dedicating a portion of the proceeds from the September 13-17, 2000 Festival to the funding of a scholarship to be awarded to the child of a distillery worker;
NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 2 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Incorporated, of Bardstown, Kentucky, is named and designated the official state bourbon festival.
 
On page 1, line 3, by placing "(1)" before the word "The"; and
On page 1, following line 4, by adding the following:
"(2) The "Haydon House" is designated the official Kentucky residence for transient Kentucky legislators visiting the Kentucky Bourbon Festival."