Listed by city and expected attendance
Event
Location
Date
Expected Attendance
Bowling Green
KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16
Diddle Arena
Mar. 2009
49,000
NHRA Hot Rod Reunion
Beech Bend Raceway
June 2009
35,000
National Corvette Museum’s
15th Anniversary
National Corvette Museum
Sept. 2009
10,000
KAPOS State Cheerleading Competition
Diddle Arena Feb. 2009 6,500
C5/C6 Bash
National Corvette Museum Apr. 2009 2,000
Frankfort
Governor’s Derby Breakfast
Grounds of State Capitol
May 2009
20,000
Kentucky Book Fair
Frankfort Convention Center
Nov. 2008
8,000
Aviation Days
Capitol City Airport
Sept. 2009
5,000
Kentucky All Veterans Reunion
Frankfort Convention Center
May 2009
2,500
Lexington
KHSAA National City 2009 Boys’ Sweet 16
Rupp Arena
Mar. 2009
50,000
Lexington Futbol Club 2008 Lexington Invitational Tournament
Masterson Station Park
Oct. 2008
3,500
USA Track & Field 2008 Meet of Champions
Masterson Station Park
Oct./Nov. 2008
2,500
Mary Kay Inc. 2009 Career Conference
Lexington Center and Rupp Arena
Mar. 2009
2,000
Coal Prep & Aggregate Processing
Lexington Center
Apr./ May 2009
1,200
Louisville
National Farm Machinery Show
Kentucky Exposition Center
Feb. 2009
100,000
Mid-America Trucking Show
Kentucky Exposition Center
Mar. 2009
80,000
North American International Livestock Exposition
Kentucky Exposition Center
Nov. 2008
60,000
National Quartet Convention
Kentucky Exposition Center
Sept. 2009
40,000
National Baptist Convention: Congress on Christian Education
Kentucky Exposition Center
July 2009
40,000
National Street Rod Association
Kentucky Exposition Center
Aug. 2009
30,000
Green Industry and Equipment Expo
Kentucky Exposition Center
Oct. 2008
21,500
Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo
Kentucky Exposition Center
Feb. 2009
14,000
Ironman Louisville
Ohio River/Greater Louisville Area
Aug. 2009
12,500
40th Annual National RV Trade Show
Kentucky Exposition Center
Dec. 2008
12,000
Northern Kentucky
Athletic Championships
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Nov. 2009
3,000
AME Annual Conference
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Oct. 2009
2,500
Kentucky United Methodist Conference
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
June 2009
1,500
Southwestern Ohio Square Dance Federation:
Annual Convention
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
May 2009
1,500
Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Parents Club:
U S. Coaches Cup on the Riverfront
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Jan. 2009
1,500
Source: Area convention and visitors bureaus
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