Upcoming Events

Ham Days Window Decorating Contest

Ham Days Window Decorating Contest

August 22, 2026-September 17, 2026    
12:00 am
🎉 Help Us Decorate the Town! 🎉 We’re excited to announce the return of the Ham Days Window Decorating Contest! ✨ Professionally Decorated Window For […]
Block Party Weekend

Block Party Weekend

September 5, 2026-September 6, 2026    
7:00 pm-11:45 pm
Highway 49 Yard Sale

Highway 49 Yard Sale

September 12, 2026-September 13, 2026    
12:00 am
The Highway 49 Yard Sale from Bardstown-Holy Cross-Loretto-Lebanon-Bradfordsville, Pleasant Valley, Jack Town, and Liberty will be Friday, September 11 thru Saturday, September 12, 2025. While […]
Barrels and Biscuits at Limestone Branch Distillery

Barrels and Biscuits at Limestone Branch Distillery

September 12, 2026    
9:30 am
Join us during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival on Saturday, September 12th at 9:30 a.m. for Barrels & Biscuits. Get your tickets HERE
Central Kentucky Idol

Central Kentucky Idol

September 17, 2026    
6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Follow on Facebook HERE Note: A time was not listed for this event. The time listed is strictly a spaceholder. 🎤🌟 WHO’S READY FOR IDOL?! […]
Marion County Country Ham Days Taste Tour

Marion County Country Ham Days Taste Tour

September 19, 2026-September 27, 2026    
12:00 am
🍴 Introducing the MARION COUNTY COUNTRY HAM DAYS TASTE TOUR! 🍴 We’re excited to introduce the Marion County Country Ham Days Taste Tour, happening September […]
Great American Circus

Great American Circus

September 21, 2026    
12:00 am
🔮🐫ONE NIGHT ONLY🎩🎪 The Great American Circus is Coming to Town!!! September 21st, 2026 at The Marion County Event Center & Sportsplex. Follow on Facebook […]
Marion County Country Ham Days Official Schedule

Marion County Country Ham Days Official Schedule

September 21, 2026-September 27, 2026    
7:00 am-2:00 pm
Visit HERE for more festival info and a full schedule of events!

Visit Lebanon
The Heart of Kentucky

Lebanon, and Marion County—this area really is the Heart of Kentucky. And that’s not an empty claim: It really is the dead-drop, U. S. Geological Service-designated center of the state of Kentucky. Lebanon is sandwiched between two major interstates and the Bluegrass Parkway. It’s a defining point of the “Golden Triangle”…about 65 miles from Louisville to Lexington to Lebanon and back to Louisville. This means we’re the perfect destination because of our perfect location—we’re smack in the middle of all the other wonderful Kentucky destinations. 

Lebanon is also the crossroads of Kentucky’s two best Bourbon experiences: The Kentucky Bourbon Trail and The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour. Our 11-mile Marion County Trail is one of the best bargains in bourbon travel. On our trail there’s world-famous Maker’s Mark at one end; the home of world-famous Yellowstone bourbon, Limestone Branch Distillery, in the middle; and at the other end, something you won’t find anywhere else, ISC’s Kentucky Cooperage, where you can tour and see where most of the state’s bourbon barrels are made.  There’s so much to do when you visit Lebanon!

Add to this world-class bourbon experience all the other reasons to visit Lebanon:

• We’ve been a destination for first-class dining for years…and that tradition continues.
• Lebanon downtown adds our mural experience to wonderful shopping options.
• Events, events, events. Including one of the oldest and most established festivals in the state, Ham Days, and year round entertainment and performances at Kentucky Classic Arts at Centre Square. And there’s our Catholic heritage and the Holy Lands Tour, and the Loretto Motherhouse and Farm, and… Well, you get the idea. Start discovering all of it, right here, on these pages.

We welcome you to Lebanon for a unique Kentucky experience!