Travel Guide Owensboro

Owensboro is located in Daviess County, in the central part of Kentucky on the banks of Ohio and facing Indiana state to which it is connected by Clover H. Cary Bridge. The name of the city comes from that of Colonel Abraham Owen, who died in 1911 in the battle of Tippecanoe. The city has approximately 57 000 inhabitants, making it the fourth city of the state, after Louisville, Lexington and Bowling Green. Its economy is based on the medical, financial and education sectors, which provide the main jobs in the region.For several years, Owensboro has been working to develop its status as a regional business centre and its tourist attractions. She concentrated her efforts on an area located along the Ohio River, twinned in downtown. Thus, while a new convention centre and three major hotel complexes were born between 2014 and 2016, several million dollars were invested in the realization of a huge public space with superb facilities: Smothers Park. In 2018, the International Bluegrass Music Museum, one of the city's flagship attractions, will be moved to a new building near the above achievements. He will then take the name of International Bluegrass Music Center (IBMC).As the world's capital capital of the barbecue, the city has several restaurants specializing in the slow cooking of pork meat, but also, characteristic of this region of Kentucky, of sheep. Every year in May is the International Bar-B-Q Festival. It is then a huge culinary and musical feast that transforms the city for two days. This event must not eclipse the many other festivals organised throughout the year such as Friday after 5 (from May to September), River of Music Party (in June), Big O Music Fest (August) or still East Bridge Art and Music Festival (September). It is possible to travel in the city, between downtown and the Hotel area of Smothers Park & Downtown River Front, by using the free tram. For other outings and entertainment, don't miss the visit of the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Western Kentucky Botanical Garden and attend one of the performances of the Owensboro's Musical Theatre Company (Back Alley Musical Theatre): 4 musicals are on the company's program each year. For lovers of boats at dawn, the Belle of Cincinatti has made a stopover at the end of 2016 in Owensboro. Among the personalities born in Owensboro, the actor Johnny Depp.