Moonlight Festival

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026
11am — 10pm

Moon­light Fes­ti­val returns for its eighth year from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Oct. 17, on Foun­tain Square! The down­town Som­er­set fes­ti­val will fea­ture food ven­dors, spir­its, live art cre­ation from local and region­al artists, and an eclec­tic mix of per­for­mances by out­stand­ing musi­cians.

Admis­sion is free, but as with all city fes­ti­vals, patrons who want to pur­chase alco­holic bev­er­ages must pur­chase a $5 spir­it wrist­band.
 

🏈 UK vs. Oklahoma

In part­ner­ship with our friends at Live Fish Events, we will have a jum­bo screen in the South Maple Street park­ing lot across from Judi­cial Cen­ter Plaza where fans can watch the UK vs. Okla­homa game! 

Kick­off is 7:30 p.m., and the screen will start show­ing oth­er col­lege games and pregame cov­er­age by 5 p.m. The view­ing area will have full sound and will sit far enough from the Foun­tain Square stage that fans can enjoy the game with­out miss­ing a note of the music.

You can also watch the Cats inside any of these down­town busi­ness­es Sat­ur­day:
Birdies & Bar­rels
Charred Oak Whiskey Grill
Ton­ic Bar & Lounge
The Mak­ers Mill
80 & Main Brew­ing
The Urban Still­house
 

🎶 Music Lineup:

11:30A: The Owen Wright Band With Spe­cial Guest Bec­ca Debord

1:30P: T.A. Clay­ton & The Soul­min­ers

3:30P:  Lau­ren-Michael Sell­ers

5:15P: The Som­er­set Big Band With Spe­cial Guests Spooky Fox & Bran­do Van­schoy­ck

7P: The Band Loula

8:45P: Sam­my Ker­shaw

 

🌮 Food Vendors

• Mrs. Cable’s Curb­side Cui­sine

• Scoop Bug’s Ice Cream & More

• Zim­mer­man’s Famous Pig

• Cabela’s Cakes House

• Ruck­el’s Food Truck

• Bert’s Speakcheezy

• Cum­ber­land Crust

• Shakes and Cakes

• Three Flames BBQ

• The Chuck­wag­on

• Julio’s Soul Food

• Get Ur Smoke On

• The Lemon Lab

• A1 Ice Cream

• Lennie Mae’s

• Mac Chaos

• Frizzy’s

• Hon­ey Baked Ham Co. of Som­er­set

• Cindy Lou Who’s Ket­tle Corn

• The Beanstalk Cof­fee Shop

• Hick­o­ry Hill Freeze Dried

• Eddie’s Roast­ed Corn

• Pam’s Cot­ton Can­dy

• Louisiana Pas­sion

• Taquiera Emanuel

• R&D Con­ces­sions

• South­ern Sip­pies

• Cafecito Cor­ner

• Wicked Wein­ers

• Uncle Day Day’s

• Gold Star Chili

• The Dough Box

• Wok and Rol­l’n

• Big­gies Grill

• Taco Tana­co

 

🍷Spirit Vendors

• Cave Hill Win­ery & Vine­yard

• Cas­tle & Key Dis­tillery

• West Sixth Brew­ery

• Beeserk­er Mead­ery

 

🛍️ General Merchandise Vendors

• Live on Loud: Tay­lor Davis Foun­da­tion Dirty Sodas, Lemon­ades, and Ener­gy Drinks

• Pul­ver’s Cus­tom Wood­turn­ing

• Triple Thread T‑Shirt Bar

• L&W Cus­tom Cre­ations

• Lord of the Bricks

• Scentsy Can­dle Co

• Style with Joet­ta

• Cozies for Lit­tles

• Somer­nites Cruise

• Twos­day Designs

• Box Car Books

• Quirk & Whim­sy

• Rip­pled Well

• 4X4 Dzigns

• Nee­doh

• Skel­ly’s

 

🎨 Artists Creating Live

Bri­an Covert

Earth & Wind Col­lec­tive

Emm McGuire

Jake Wil­son

Jes­si­ca Acrey

Jobie Bradley

Lu Durham

Nate Michaels

The Shine House

 

🎈Don Franklin Kid Zone

Moon­light Fes­ti­val is bring­ing even more fun for the youngest mem­bers of the fam­i­ly with the Moon­light Kids Zone, pre­sent­ed by Don Franklin! Thanks to their gen­eros­i­ty, the fol­low­ing activ­i­ties in the Kids Zone will be FREE:

• Dynam­ic Enter­tain­ment fea­tur­ing DJ Chef Geezy spin­ning the hits and host­ing fun games

• Pow Wow Par­ties with bal­loon art and face paint­ing

• Fore the Putt Putt mini golf

• Nee­doh

• Luxe Bounce inflat­a­bles

• Corn­hole

While you’re in the Kids Zone, vis­it some of our long­time favorites and meet new ven­dors offer­ing some­thing for every­one, includ­ing food, drinks, toys, books, gifts, and more:

• Nee­doh

• The Slime Drop: A Live on Loud Cre­ation

• Lord of the Bricks

• Cozies for Lit­tles

• Box­car Books

• 4X4 Designs

• Skelly’s

• Pam’s Cot­ton Can­dy

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