Buy Local Fair returns to Louisville Water Tower Park

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Louisville Independent Business Alliance's (LIBA) 10th Annual Buy Local Fair is right around the corner.

Support local businesses at the fair on Sunday, May 20 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Louisville Water Tower Park. Admission to the event is free and parking is $5 per vehicle, or free for bicycle parking.

More than 8,000 people flocked to last year's fair according to organizers. Learn more about there event by clicking or tapping here.

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The fair will include more than 200 booths from a variety of local businesses, artists and craftspeople, community organizations, and farmers. Enjoy live music, food and drink vendors, a children's area, a craft beer, bourbon and brandy tent sponsored by ValuMarket, a Back Porch area for the grownups sponsored by Cox's Smokers Outlet and Spirit Shoppes, a cooking competition sponsored by The Trend Appliances, and a craft cocktail competition sponsored by Wilson Muir Bank.

For the first time, the fair will also feature a "Kidpreneur Marketplace" from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm that showcases ten local mini businesses run by kids age 12 and under. One of those businesses will be the Lemonade Baristas who stopped by WAVE 3 Weekend Sunrise on Sunday to talk about their business.
 
Buy Local Fair organizers said they hope to provide an easy way for residents to learn more about the locally-owned and independent businesses in their backyard.

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