• Features: Here you can shop 50+ vendors from over 30 central Kentucky counties offering fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, meats, and baked goods.
• Parking: Free on-street parking + surrounding parking garages
• Space: Outdoors, under a pavilion
• Special events: The holiday winter months bring festive fun around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

• Features: This laidback, easy-like-Sunday-morning market features dozens of vendors with local seasonal produce. Pro tip: It’s in the parking lot of various businesses that also serve the local produce on their menus and in their shops.
• Parking: Available in the surrounding spaces and commercial lots
• Space: Outdoor

• Features: This new location is taking over the former market in the High Street parking lot and is the perfect place for a midday break. It offers the goodies you can find on the weekend, plus you can explore surrounding businesses like Sav’s Chill + Lucia’s World Emporium to truly get a feel of this neighborhood.
• Parking: Plenty of on-site parking
• Space: Outdoor

• Railbird Festival Outdoor Pre-Party | Friday, May 31 | 8 p.m. | The Burl, 375 Thompson Rd., Lexington | $25-$30 | Kick off LEX’s biggest weekend in music with an outdoor show featuring Sam Barber + Abby Hamilton.
• Sam Morril | Friday, May 31-Sunday, June 2 | Times vary | Comedy Off Broadway, 161 Lexington Green Cir., Unit C4, Lexington | $35-$45 | With appearances on shows including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” + “Last Comic Standing,” this comedian is said to be one of the fastest-rising stand-up comics.

• Grand Opening: La Brasa | Saturday, June 1 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | La Brasa Event Venue, 903 Manchester St., Lexington | Free | This drop-in style event will featuring walking tours of the Distillery District’s newest venue, food samples, and a chance to win a free party.
• 2024 Lexington Pride Pageant | Saturday, June 1 | 8 p.m. | The Bar Complex, 224 E. Main St., Lexington | Free | Kick off Pride Month by helping crown the next round of LexPride royalty.

• Jaripeo Baile | Sunday, June 2 | 4-11 p.m. | Kentucky Horse Park, 4089 Iron Works Pkwy., Lexington | $66.50 | Horse around at the “rodeo before the big dance” with a family-friendly evening of live music and food.
• Trivia Night | Sunday, June 2 | 4-6 p.m. | Wise Bird Cider, 1170 Manchester St., Ste 140, Lexington | Free | Calling all knowledge nerds, sip and laugh the Sunday scaries away with brain-teasing trivia + cider.

• Women’s Worth Alliance Networking Event | Thursday, June 27 | 5-7 p.m. | Gratz Park Private Wealth, 110 E. Third St., Lexington | Free | Women of all ages + stages of life are invited to connect and hear from a unique storytell"her,” who will share her inspiring money story.*

• According to MarketBeat.com, Midway is ranked No. 39 for being one of the most coveted retirement destinations in the US. Just a quick 30-minute drive from LEX, the survey found that Midway’s historic downtown, horse farms, and arts + food scene make it the ideal spot for retirees.

• This week, city officials began renovations at the Valley Park neighborhood center. The expansion includes a full revamp of the 2,300-sqft building, plus an additional 1,500 sqft of multipurpose space, restrooms + changing rooms. The outdoor canopy will also be expanded to 2,200-sqft to accommodate larger group activities.

• A baseball superfan is getting some legendary treatment. Tomorrow, June 1, the Lexington Legends will donate a portion of ticket sales to help with medical expenses for Easton Watkins, a 9-year-old Georgetown resident who was injured in a car accident earlier this year. Join + celebrate Watkins at 7 p.m. as he throws the first pitch.

• Join the Living Arts & Sciences Center tonight at 5 p.m. as it opens the new exhibit “The Museum of Lost Things.” The pandemic-era project from artist Mia Cenilli takes “trash” collected from the Wolf Run Watershed and reframes them as treasure.

• Starry, starry night. Shaker Village and The Bluegrass Amateur Astronomy Club are hosting the first Astronomy in the Field course tomorrow, June 1, at sunset. Here, budding astronomers can use a variety of telescopes to study the night sky.

• Raise a glass, drop a deal. We’ll be toasting to Drink Up Week — a celebration of Lexington’s vibrant beverage scene — from Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26. If you own a local business that serves beverages, join us by offering a fun drink deal to our readers — we may include it in a newsletter.

• 250. That’s how many years ago Harrodsburg became a city. Kentuckians are invited to celebrate the history, the heritage, and the future — centuries in the making — during a four-day festival from June 13-16. Explore all festivities, and plan a trip to Harrodsburg.*

• Father’s Day is right around the corner (read: Sunday, June 16). Celebrate the father figure in your life by treating them to a beer + bourbon food pairing experience at Chez Lyndon from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on their special day. Call 859-420-2683 to RSVP — tickets are $65.*

Bourbon | Winner: Louisville

Horses | Winner: Lexington