Some weekends are for sleeping in. This ain’t one of them. This weekend has the energy of a honky tonk brawl followed by a group hug in a rage room. Patsy Hartigan’s is turning one year old (awww) and celebrating like it’s the end of Prohibition. Meanwhile, the Ford Center’s about to get blown wide open by Whiskey Myers, who once shared a stage with the Rolling Stones, but still look like they’d help you move a couch. Oh, and over in Owensboro? It’s ROMP time, baby—four days of bluegrass glory. Evansville is serving up sweaty dance fitness and crispy bingo daubers at a luau-themed bingo with $10K on the line. Stretch now. You’re gonna need range—physically, emotionally, and financially. Whether you're smashing stress, sipping $3 brews, or two-steppin’ in the Kentucky hills, the Tri-State is fully alive this weekend—in the best way.

📍 Yellow Creek Park | 5620 KY-144, Owensboro, KY
📅 Wednesday–Saturday, June 25–28, 2025
🎟️ Tickets & camping passes: ROMPFest.com

✍️ If Coachella wore overalls and shredded on a mandolin, you’d have ROMP Fest. This four-day bluegrass bonanza brings legends, rebels, and rising stars to the hills of Owensboro. Wynonna Judd’s headlining (yes, that Wynonna), alongside bluegrass royalty like the Del McCoury Band, Sam Bush, and The Dillards. From cosmic country to dirt-floor fiddlin', this lineup slaps harder than a porch screen in a windstorm.

Expect campfire jams, artist-led workshops, artisan vendors, and food that tastes like your meemaw’s hugs. Whether you're pitching a tent or flexing with an RV hookup, ROMP’s got you covered. Family-friendly. Fiddle-heavy. And fully Kentucky.

🍕 Bonus Buzz: Food trucks + late-night sets = dangerous levels of good decisions. Bring extra socks—your boots won’t stop dancing.

📍 Ford Center | 1 SE MLK Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN
📅 Thursday, June 26 | Doors at 5:30PM
🎟️ Tickets available via Ford Center

✍️ These Southern rock gods have opened for the Stones, dominated the “Yellowstone” soundtrack, and now they’re here to melt your face off. Expect crunchy guitars, boots, and a crowd yelling “JOHN WAYNE” like it’s a war cry.
🍕 Bonus Buzz: Don’t pregame too hard—you will want to remember this show.

📍 Patsy Hartigan’s Irish Pub | 203 Main St, Evansville, IN
📅 Friday–Sunday, June 27–29
🎟️ Free to attend

✍️ Your favorite Irish pub is turning one and it’s serving karaoke, cheap pints, and delicious fish & chips all weekend long. Friday will be their only karaoke night ever. If you're not hoarse on Saturday, did you even sing?
🍕 Bonus Buzz: $3 Fly Hartigan pints on Saturday, $10 fish and chips on Sunday. Pub gods, bless us.

📍 Bosse Field | 23 Don Mattingly Way, Evansville, IN
📅 Saturday, June 28 | 10AM
🎟️ $10 for adults, kids free

✍️ Nothing says self-care like shaking it on a baseball field. Join Hype Hop Dance Fitness and Youth First for a morning of connection, movement, and sweaty good vibes—all for a great cause.
🍕 Bonus Buzz: Vendors and concessions onsite. Think: water bottle in one hand, smoothie in the other, glitter everywhere.

📍 Pay it Forward Local, Inc | 1109 S Green River Rd, Suite C, Evansville, IN
📅 Saturday, June 28 | 2PM

✍️ Aloha, daubers! It’s bingo with palm trees, $10K in prizes, island eats, and hula energy. This event supports Big Brothers Big Sisters—and you get to shout “BINGO!” in a grass skirt.
🍕 Bonus Buzz: Tiki cocktails, raffles, photo ops, and zero shame for yelling at your card.

📍 Evansville Museum | 411 SE Riverside Dr, Evansville, IN
📅 Saturday, June 28 | 11AM–3PM
🎟️ Free!

✍️ Rage room? Book swap? Food swap? Yep, this family-friendly wellness fest is all about feeling good and smashing things (therapeutically, of course). Bring the kiddos, trade snacks, and find your zen in chaos.
🍕 Bonus Buzz: You get smarter and healthier just by being in the building.

🗓 Wednesday, June 25
💃 Market on Main at Evansville Ford Center – 9:00am to 1:00pm
🎷 Bokeh Lounge: Nick Hamilton – 6:00pm
🎸 Lyles Sports Zone: Jake Martin – 6:00pm

🗓 Thursday, June 26
🎵 Six Strings on Franklin: Annabel Whitledge – 5:30pm
💃 The Elm: Country Line Dancing Classes – 7:30pm
🎶 Whiskey Myers @ Ford Center – 6:30pm

🗓 Friday, June 27
🎤 10-8 Cafe: Nick Hamilton – 6:30pm
🎧 Bokeh Lounge: DJ Dan Gunn Drag Show – 8:00pm
🎶 Havens Bar: Rebecca Seaman – 7:00pm
🎤 Primetime North: Dakota Hayden – 7:00pm
🎸 The Elm: Legends – 7:00pm
🎵 Six Strings on Franklin: Beau Tatum – 5:30pm

🗓 Saturday, June 28
🎸 10-8 Cafe: Nick Gregory – 6:30pm
🎶 Lyles Sports Zone: Nutshell – 6:00pm
🥁 The Elm: Fathom + Murderachi + more – 6:00pm
🎤 Bokeh Lounge: The Pits – 8:00pm
🎸 Primetime North: Maggie Hollis – 7:00pm
🎵 Havens Bar: Randall Lee – 7:00pm
🎶 Six Strings on Franklin: Cynthia Bourne – 5:30pm

🗓 Sunday, June 29
🎷 Bokeh Lounge: Bokeh Big Band – 2:30pm
🎤 Bokeh Lounge: Karaoke with DJ Nate – 6:00pm

Whether you're sipping $3 pints while screaming Garth Brooks lyrics, screaming “BINGO!” in a grass skirt, or screaming into a pillow in a rage room—this weekend wants you loud, weird, and hydrated. Bring sunscreen, bring snacks, bring that friend who never says no to karaoke. You won’t remember every moment but you will remember how it felt.

📸 Tag us with #EvansvilleBuzz to be featured. Unhinged IG photo op to snag this week: Tropical bingo dauber in one hand, Mai Tai in the other, while wearing a grass skirt. — CHEESE!!!!

Stay local. Stay weird. Stay buzzin’.
— The Buzz Team ✌️