New Fillies & Lilies Party Joins Derby Week Social Scene
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Kentucky Oaks festivities (Photos by Eclipse Sportswire)
With Headline Entertainer Wynonna Judd
One of the most highly anticipated weeks of the year in celebrity and social circles is the first week of May, when America’s attention turns to the annual running of the Kentucky Derby.
This year, a new entry on the Derby week celebrity and social scene has come to the fore. On Friday night, May 2, the inaugural Fillies & Lilies Party, presented by Derby Experiences, will be held at the historic Kentucky Derby Museum.
Scores of high society and celebrity Derby-goers – plus Louisvillians interested in Kentucky-minted headline entertainment, now have another place to be seen Friday night. And, for the first time ever, revelers do not have to leave Churchill Downs to find their mojo on Derby Eve.
While the Barnstable-Brown Gala has its enviable, celebrity-filled Red Carpet at the mansion on the outskirts of town, Fillies & Lilies is the only Derby week party with Kentucky native and 5-time Grammy award winner Wynonna Judd and her band, The Big Noise, performing for the crowd. While listening to one of country music’s biggest superstars, guests can also enjoy a premium open bar, bourbon lounge and gourmet hors d’oeurvres, and the Fillies & Lilies ticket costs just $599.
KENTUCKY OAKS PARTY
The on-site, Friday night party at the track follows the tradition-rich Kentucky Oaks — Churchill Downs’ featured race for 3-year-old fillies to be contested that afternoon.
The backdrop for the Fillies & Lilies Party is a memorable destination in its own right. The Kentucky Derby Museum is one of Louisville’s premier attractions, welcoming visitors from around the world every year. Located right there on the grounds at Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby Museum gives guests a first-hand look at the iconic event for which Louisville is internationally known, preserving its history and tradition in grand style.
The Fillies & Lilies Party is the new glitz and glamour event for Derby Experiences, Churchill Downs’ full service, official travel company providing travel/experience packages for fans, groups and “bucket-listers” who want to do the Kentucky Derby in a special way.
Derby Experiences offers the Fillies & Lilies Party as a premier standalone event over the Derby weekend or as part of the Grandstand Blue party package. It can also be added on to any other packages still available for Derby Week 2014. Grandstand Blue party packages provide access to Sunny’s Halo Lounge, a party deck on the roof of the newly fashioned grandstand that includes food, beverages, appearances by Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Nichole Galicia of “Django Unchained” and other celebrity meet and greets, including a famous jockey.
The new Sunny’s Halo Lounge location delivers a clear-and-elevated view of the starting line and final stretch and is positioned for a sightline view of the new “Big Board,” a state-of-the-art 4K LED video board measuring more than 15,000 square feet located along the track’s backstretch. The track has teamed with Panasonic to create the $12-million video board that will provide images of unprecedented size and clarity of both the celebration and fashion of those days, and the excitement of racing on Derby and Oaks Days.
BE THERE: See Wynonna Judd & The Big Noise LIVE at the 1st Annual Fillies and Lilies Party at the Kentucky Derby Museum on Oaks Night.