Author: julie

Foodstock Festival kicks off Lake Cumberland 250 celebration in downtown Somerset

Sev­enth annu­al event on April 18 will fea­ture record num­ber of ven­dors plus Amer­i­cana-inspired buskers, art and food Down­town Somerset’s annu­al cel­e­bra­tion of food, music and com­mu­ni­ty is return­ing big­ger […]

Why filmmakers keep coming back to Somerset-Pulaski County, and what it means for the community

Anoth­er film is in pro­duc­tion as momen­tum builds for the community’s grow­ing on-screen pres­ence Som­er­set and Pulas­ki Coun­ty are con­tin­u­ing to emerge as a hub for film pro­duc­tion in Ken­tucky, […]

Somerset named one of the 12 best boating cities in the U.S.

Lake Cumberland’s pri­ma­ry gate­way earns Boat­Book­er des­ig­na­tion for sec­ond con­sec­u­tive year Som­er­set has once again earned nation­al recog­ni­tion as one of the 12 Best Boat­ing Cities in the Unit­ed States, secur­ing […]

See Somerset earns Traverse Award for Moonlight Festival promotion in state tourism competition

Direc­tor Leslie Ikerd named to the nom­i­nat­ing com­mit­tee for KTIA’s board of direc­tors See Somerset’s Moon­light Fes­ti­val has become a sta­ple of the fall sea­son in down­town Som­er­set, attract­ing thou­sands […]

Foodstock returns for a sixth year, bringing food and fellowship downtown

Free fes­ti­val fea­tur­ing more than 40 food and spir­it ven­dors kicks off at 11 a.m. Sat­ur­day, May 10 SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (May 5, 2025) — Som­er­set is in full bloom, and […]

Downtown Somerset’s New Year’s Eve festival is back

Light Up 2025 Bash will fea­ture all the fan favorites: Prop Drop, food ven­dors, live music and enter­tain­ment The com­mu­ni­ty asked, and the City of Som­er­set will deliv­er. After tak­ing […]

Bring your chair and your appetite: 6th annual Moonlight Festival is Saturday

Per­fect fall fore­cast expect­ed for annu­al fes­ti­val fea­tur­ing live music, art, ven­dors, food and spir­its in down­town Som­er­set SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (Octo­ber 15, 2024) — Fall tem­per­a­tures offi­cial­ly hit Som­er­set this week, […]

Ring in the New Year in downtown Somerset

In lieu of Light Up Bash, city will host show at The Vir­ginia and pro­mote all enter­tain­ment hap­pen­ing down­town SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (Novem­ber 20, 2023) — There will be plen­ty to […]

Best year on record for local tourism: $144.52 million

Som­er­set-Pulas­­ki County’s top indus­try made his­to­ry Mon­day with the announce­ment that vis­i­tors to the com­mu­ni­ty gen­er­at­ed $144.52 mil­lion in total tourism spend­ing in 2022 — the high­est amount ever record­ed. […]