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Kentucky Derby

We stretched a famous two minutes into a month-long party. What the Run for the Roses is to horse racing, Louisville's Derby Festival is to community celebrations. The Festival is one of the premiere events of its kind in the world and a proud winner of the International Festivals & Events Association award for Best Overall Festival five times. Produced annually since 1956, the Derby Festival has become a whirlwind of nearly 70 special events.

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May 15, 2012 @ 10:45 pm
Final Grand Prize Giveaway goes to Ronald Joyce of Louisville. Congrats Ronald, you are the winner of a 2012 Honda CR-V.

May 15, 2012 @ 9:00 pm
Final grand prize giveaway will be tonight on the 11 broadcast on @WAVE3. Tonight's prize is a 2012 CR-V, courtesy of Bob Montgomery Honda.

May 15, 2012 @ 8:35 pm
Grand Prize Drawing: Congrats to Howard Townsend of Kettering, OH. He is the winner of a $2,500 Kroger grocery shopping spree.

May 15, 2012 @ 1:12 pm
We will announce the final two Grand Prize winners tonight on @WAVE3. Tune in at 7 and 11!

May 15, 2012 @ 7:51 am
David Hardee of Louisville is the latest Grand Prize winner from http://t.co/H29oK6tq! David won a $2,500 Kroger gift card. Congrats David.

May 14, 2012 @ 9:00 pm
Will you be our next Grand Prize winner? Tune in to @WAVE3 tonight at 7pm and 11pm to find out.

May 14, 2012 @ 6:56 pm
Congrats Sam Raque of Louisville! Sam is the winner of $2500 in Kroger fuel from the http://t.co/H29oK6tq grand prize drawing...

May 12, 2012 @ 6:00 pm
We will continue with our Grand Prize drawings again on Monday and Tuesday. Watch @WAVE3 at 7pm and 11pm to see if you are a winner!

May 11, 2012 @ 10:55 pm
Grand Prize Winner: Congratulations to Kevin Mitchell of Louisville, KY. Kevin is the winner of a $2,500 Meijer Shopping spree. Congrats!

May 11, 2012 @ 7:00 pm
Grand Prize Winner: Congratulations to Marie Martin of Fargo, ND. Marie is the winner of a Mega Zips Zip Lining Party at Louisville Mega...

May 11, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
Tune into @WAVE3 tonight at 7:00 and 11:00 where we will announce the next two Grand Prize Winners from our http://t.co/H29oK6tq drawings.

May 11, 2012 @ 10:00 am
Grand Prize Winner: Congratulations to Tamara Embry of Louisville, KY. Tamara is the winner of a $2,500 savings bond from Stock Yards Bank.

May 11, 2012 @ 8:27 am
Grand Prize Winner: Congratulations to Tina Magyar of Louisville, KY. Tina is the winner of a $2,500 travel voucher from AAA Kentucky.

May 10, 2012 @ 7:27 am
Check out all of the 2012 KDF event winners! http://t.co/OW8iIz6d

May 09, 2012 @ 3:26 pm
Check out all the winners of this year's KDF events! http://t.co/Mn5x6r63

May 09, 2012 @ 12:59 pm
Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade! - The Mommy Nest http://t.co/i9sWt7YS

May 08, 2012 @ 9:50 am
Reminder: All Gold Pegasus Pins must be registered by 5:00 p.m. for your chance to win grand prizes. Go to http://t.co/SDA2LHNG for info

May 05, 2012 @ 8:09 am
A BIG thank you to the community and all of our sponsors for a great 2012 Kentucky Derby Festival! Already looking forward to 2013!

May 04, 2012 @ 9:09 pm
At the Charlie Daniels concert at Fest-A-Ville and Chow Wagon. http://t.co/CjeYRayj

May 04, 2012 @ 5:30 pm
All activities at Chow Wagon and Fest-A-Ville have resumed.