Every city has vacant lots. Waiting for the perfect retailer, the perfect restaurant, the perfect investor at the perfect time can take months or even years. What better way to utilize a city’s unused space than a pop up event. Pop up events can bring an area to life even if only for a short while and it may ignite a spark. That spark may lead to a permanent event or business on a once empty space.
In 2014 the city of Louisville, Kentucky along with leaders from City Collaborative started a pop-up event named, ReSurfaced. The event featured local entertainment, art, food, beer, wine and spirits. “ReSurfaced quickly became a beloved venue and, soon after it closed last year, people began asking when it would reopen,” said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.
ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition and The Kentucky Bourbon Affair™ Collaborative Kick Off
For 2015, ReSurfaced and The Kentucky Distillers’ Association have partnered together to launch ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition and The Kentucky Bourbon Affair™ in the same week. “Partnering with the distillers during The Kentucky Bourbon Affair made an ideal pairing, like a fine bourbon and branch water” said Mayor Fischer.
The nation is currently undergoing a bourbon renaissance and what better way to celebrate that renaissance than to pair ReSurfaced with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association annual big event the Kentucky Bourbon Affair.
KDA President Eric Gregory said, “We’re thrilled to help bring ReSurfaced back to life as part of the Kentucky Bourbon Affair, which is all about extraordinary experiences. And what’s more fun than an eclectic Bourbon block party in the heart of downtown on Whiskey Row?”
ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition opens June 4 and runs through June 27 at 621 West Main Street. It’s open Thursday through Saturday from 5 p.m. to midnight. Check the ReSurfaced website here for scheduled events. The venue is free and open to the public. (The venue will be closed June 20th for a private party.)
The Kentucky Bourbon Affair fantasy camp is sponsored by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. The Bourbon Affair runs June 3 through June 7. The affair is five days filled with extraordinary experiences at the most iconic Bourbon distilleries in the world, capped by evening events featuring the cuisine and culture of the Bluegrass state.
The Bourbon Affair is an incredible opportunity for whisky lovers to immerse themselves into America’s only native spirit – Bourbon. Guests will have their choice of events throughout the five day experience including,
- Behind the scenes tours to historic distilleries including Four Roses, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve, Maker’s Mark, and Bulleit Frontier Whiskey
- A book signing “Under the Rocks” with some of bourbons finest authors
- Conversation with many of the industries esteemed distillers
- Fishing with the Noe Family at Booker’s Honey Hole
- A train ride through the Bluegrass hosted by Town Branch Distillery
- The Art of Cooking with Michter’s Bourbon
- Flavor Affair: How Kentucky Women Breathed Life into the Bourbon Industry at the Kentucky Governor’s Mansion
- Casablanca night at historic Bowman Air Field
- All wrapping up with a day of “Polo on the Waterfront”
You can visit The Kentucky Bourbon Affair website here for a full schedule of events. Check the schedule closely, many events are already sold out.
The new Bourbon Edition of the Resurfaced initiative is being curated by the effort’s founder, City Collaborative. City Collaborative is a non-profit, community-based team that has provided high impact, fast-tracked. The dynamic team provides concepts and execution that are intended to have large scale impact that can be seen, heard and felt throughout the community.
2014 ReSurfaced Event at Night
