Louder Than Life | 12+ places to go pumpkin picking | Homearama

Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal
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Rob Zombie performed on the Barrel stage at the Louder Than Life Music Festival on Sunday, September 29, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rob Zombie performed on the Barrel stage at the Louder Than Life Music Festival on Sunday, September 29, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Alright, Loudmouths, it's time for Louder Than Life. Fresh off a successful Bourbon & Beyond, which welcomed a record crowd of 130,000-plus music fans to the Highland Festival Ground last weekend, Danny Wimmer Presents is ready to do it again this weekend with Louder Than Life, a four-day hard rock music festival being held Sept. 22-25 in Louisville.

Lifestyle and Entertainment reporter Kirby Adams has written the guide to everything you need to know about the event, from music to food, parking, and more. Headliners include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, KISS, Shinedown, Rob Zombie, Bring Me The Horizon, Alice In Chains, Alice Cooper, Incubus, Evanescence, Tenacious D, Lamb of God, Yungblud, Mastodon and more among the more than 90 bands scheduled to perform during the festival.

You can read more about the lineup here.

Here's what else is going on around Louisville this week:

Families make their way through the pumpkin patch on a sunny afternoon at Huber's Orchard & Winery
Families make their way through the pumpkin patch on a sunny afternoon at Huber's Orchard & Winery

It's time to pick pumpkins: In other news, FALL finally arrives this week, which means it's the perfect time to go pumpkin picking. Features clerk Gege Reed, listicle and calendar extraordinaire, has the scoop on more than a dozen places where you can pick a pumpkin this season.

The Beef Birra from I Love Tacos on Bardstown Road features onion, cilantro and a squeeze of fresh lime juice, The brisket meat is slow cooked overnight. The adobo sauce is made with Chile Guajillo, ancho chili, cumin, oregano, garlic, cinnamon, rosemary and thyme. May 3, 2021
The Beef Birra from I Love Tacos on Bardstown Road features onion, cilantro and a squeeze of fresh lime juice, The brisket meat is slow cooked overnight. The adobo sauce is made with Chile Guajillo, ancho chili, cumin, oregano, garlic, cinnamon, rosemary and thyme. May 3, 2021

Wine & Food event: If you're looking ahead, The Courier Journal's sold-out Wine & Food Experience, which features more than 20 restaurants, plus tons of wine and spirits, is just around the corner. Food writer Dahlia Ghabour dishes on everything you need to know about the event held at Norton Commons.

Main bedroom inside a newly-built home that will be on display during the Homearama Norton Commons 2022 event in Prospect, Ky. on Sept. 8, 2022.
Main bedroom inside a newly-built home that will be on display during the Homearama Norton Commons 2022 event in Prospect, Ky. on Sept. 8, 2022.

Homearama 2022: Norton Commons is also where this year's Homearama, an annual Louisville event that showcases custom-built new homes at a single site event, is being held. The homes are fully furnished, decorated, and landscaped, and feature the latest in building trends, technology, and interior design. Homearama has been produced by the Building Industry Association of Greater Louisville since 1968. Columnist Lennie Omalza gives us a sneak peek at one of the homes built in The Hamlet at Norton Commons.

Kentucky Author Forum: Finally, The Kentucky Author Forum relaunches next week after an eight-month hiatus. Culture & Diversity reporter Jazon Gonzalez has the details on what to expect from the upcoming event, which features The Wall Street Journal’s China Deputy Bureau Chief, Josh Chin, author of "Surveillance State: Inside China’s Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control," who will be interviewed by journalist Evan Osnos, a regular CNN Contributor in conversation about China.

Thanks for reading!

— Features Editor Kathryn Gregory

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