Thunder Over Louisville.

The Kentucky Derby Festival.

The Kentucky State Fair.

The 146th Kentucky Derby.

Hometown Rising.

Louder Than Life.

Bourbon & Beyond.

Get ready, Louisville. All seven of these marquee Louisville events will be taking place back to back to back in 2020.

Churchill Downs announced Tuesday morning that it was moving the annual Run for the Roses to Sept. 5 amid continued fear over the growing coronavirus pandemic. The Kentucky Derby Festival followed suit, announcing it was moving Thunder Over Louisville to Aug. 15 with additional dates for the remainder of its dozens of events to come at a later time.

Those changes mean almost all of Louisville's biggest events are now sandwiched together in a seven-week "autumn madness" dash, and that's before you throw in sports.

Sports fans will also have their fill of action Labor Day weekend. Louisville football kicks off its 2020 season Sept. 3, a Thursday night, at Cardinal Stadium against NC State. Call it the appetizer for the fall feast that comes with the Kentucky Oaks on Sept. 4, followed by the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.

There’s a good chance Kentucky football could have a tough time attracting fans to its season opener that day in Lexington against Eastern Michigan. Meanwhile, high school football is scheduled to be underway that weekend throughout the commonwealth.

So what does this mean for Louisville and its tourism industry?

"First of all, it's a great challenge to have in light of all the news in the world right now, " Stacey Yates, vice president of marketing communications for Louisville Tourism, said about the coronavirus pandemic.

If any city can weather the crisis and turn around and handle this mega lineup of events, Yates is confident it's Louisville.

"When Magic Johnson was the emcee of the Kentucky Derby Festival's 'Their Off Luncheon,' he commented that Derby time in Louisville is like the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras all rolled into one," remembered Yates. "And we do this year after year, so yes, Louisville and our hospitality industry are in a unique position to be able to handle multiple events this August and September."

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Flexibility and cooperation among the seven prominent events along with the city and Louisville Tourism will be key to the success of the newly adjusted line up.

The Kentucky Derby Festival and Kentucky State Fair will now overlap, and the two events are in discussions about the best ways to combine efforts and position events.

"This will be a very unique year for the festival. We know there are a lot of events already planned during this time frame, including the Kentucky State Fair, and we’ll be working with everyone," said Aimee Boyd, communications director for the Kentucky Derby Festival. "The idea is to create the best possible community celebration where everyone can get to everything they enjoy. One thing we want fans to know is that the Kentucky Derby Festival may not be run in its traditional order."

Although details are still being finalized, the miniMarathon and Marathon may run in August or after the Kentucky Derby, Boyd said, and the annual Pegasus Parade may be held before Thunder Over Louisville.

But don't freak out yet. Nothing is set in stone, and everything is still under discussion, Boyd added.

Some may remember that in 1990, the inaugural Thunder Over Louisville was held at the Kentucky Fair Grounds. Today, several other festival events call the grounds home, including the Kentucky Derby Festival Race Expo and packet pickup, Great Balloon Glow, Great Bed Races and Pegasus Parade Preview Party.

And during horse racing season, parking for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks is located on the grounds.

"Both the Kentucky State Fair and Kentucky Derby Festival highlight the success and progress of our state. We are happy to be “neighbors“ this year and wish Churchill Downs continued success," said Ian Cox, assistant director of communications Kentucky Venues. "The Kentucky State Fair dates are August 20-30, so there will be no interruption to the summer festivities this year."

Long-standing Louisville traditions like Patricia Barnstable Brown's Kentucky Derby Eve star-studded celebrity party have also begun to shift gears to September.

"As long as there is diabetes in the world there will the Barnstable-Brown party," said Patricia Barnstable Brown, founder and hostess of The Barnstable-Brown Derby Eve Gala.

The charity ball is counted among the "Ten Best Parties in the World" by Conde Nast and has raised $15 million to fight diabetes through the UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. It consistently draws some of the biggest celebrity names, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and model and actress Kate Upton.

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Other Kentucky Derby Eve charitable galas have also adjusted party dates on their websites, including The Trifecta Gala and Unbridled Eve Derby Eve Gala, which now show Friday, Sept. 4 as their event dates.

"Unbridled Eve has supported so many great organizations and utilized amazing vendors throughout the years, and the people they support will likely be hardest hit by this pandemic — children, artists, food service workers, small business owners, those in the hospitality industry, medical professionals and the sick," said Tammy York Day and Tonya York, co-founders of Unbridled Eve. "This challenging time gives us an even stronger sense of purpose as we look to increase our positive impact in the community."

Shifting the entire Kentucky Derby season to late summer and early fall may have some of you worried about what you'll wear. Will you need to throw out your Kentucky Derby wardrobe and start anew? Definitely not says Christine Moore, one of two Featured Milliners of the 146th Kentucky Derby.

You might want to add a few updated embellishments to your late summer Kentucky Derby look, but you certainly won't need to start from scratch.

Moore also happens to be the Offical Milliner for The Breeders Cup, which will be held Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington. The race, held annually in late fall, gives her a unique perspective of the trackside fashion by the season.

"September fashion will not be that different from May," said Moore. "Straw will be in, and you'll see late summer colors like rust and olive and gold."

In September, the average monthly rainfall in Louisville is 3.72 inches with rain usually falling between 8 and 9 days of the month. According to Accuweather, the average temperatures call for highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.

"I think everyone will be ready and excited to celebrate and it will be an amazing Derby," she said.

Rounding out the seven-week extravaganza is The Trifesta, three multi-day music festivals put on by Danny Wimmer Presents: Hometown Rising, Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond.

“We are looking forward to fall in Louisville. We had great success with Trifesta in 2019 and are excited about continuing to grow our festivals and provide a positive economic impact to the area," said Danny Hayes, CEO of Danny Wimmer Presents. "It is exciting that there will be a lot of activity in the marketplace that will only continue to prove that Louisville is a top-notch entertainment destination. We are already on sale with Hometown Rising, featuring Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley and will be announcing Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life lineups in the coming months.”

One more thing to consider — as if those seven events aren't enough to keep you occupied — there is one more important annual event to squeeze into your calendar.

"You add in that September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, and why would anyone want to be anywhere else but in Louisville the month September," Yates said.

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