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ISSUE ONE 2020
Flip book over for THE NEW Home and Lifestyle Magazine
“Everything Bowling Green
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INSIDE:270BGBowling Green at your fi ngertips
St. Paddy’s DayWhere to be in BG
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T he Bowling Green Daily
News wants to make ac-
cessing information about
city services, businesses
and events easier for all
residents, so an easy, con-
venient community smartphone app called
270BG will debut in April.
“When I started developing this app, I
really wanted something that covered the
main categories of life: things to see, places
to go, people to see and stuff to get, because
that’s how we really live our lives in
Bowling Green,” said Larry Jobe, director of
sales at the Daily News.
Bowling Green’s population has increased
from 56,527 in the 2010 census to an es-
timated 67,924 today, making it the fast-
est-growing and third-most populous city in
Kentucky. As cities around the nation grow,
so grows residents’ need for useful commu-
nity-focused apps.
“I came back to BG aft er falling in love
with its welcoming atmosphere in college.
BG always felt welcoming, and so personal,
and always felt like ‘mine,’ ” said Taylor Hod-
gkins, 26, a Nashville transplant of nearly
one year. “An app which delivers everything
BG has to off er will only strengthen its sense
of community and continue to do what BG
does best: bring people together and make
everyone feel like they’re at home.”
A study by global tech protection and
support company Asurion found the average
person struggles to go more than 10 minutes
without checking his or her phone and uses
at least nine apps a day. Th is data prove that
small and local businesses have much to
gain from potential customers’ smart-
phone habits.
In partnership with Bar-Z Mobile
Development, a mobile soft ware develop-
ment fi rm based in Austin, Texas, the city
of Granbury, Texas, released its fi rst offi cial
community portal app in July 2017. Other
municipality clients of Bar-Z include the
Texas cities of Orange and Odessa. Like
270BG, the Odessa Development Corpo-
ration and Odessa Chamber of Commerce
off ered content geared toward supporting
the business community and growing the
local economy.
I saw how eff ective this app can be in
other cities, so I have been an advocate for
this project since the beginning,” Odessa
Mayor David Turner said. “We want the
world to see how unique Odessa is and this
enables people from near and far to take
pride in this community, whether it’s simply
checking the community calendar, fi nding a
new restaurant or linking up with a specifi c
service or product. Th is app means quick
and easy access at your fi ngertips.”
Bar-Z Mobile Development has more
than 10 years experience off ering custom-
ized digital solutions for a variety of clients.
Users may easily navigate city services,
access information about city council mem-
bers and meetings, browse a directory of city
parks and facilities, fi nd upcoming events,
read the latest news, receive timely push no-
tifi cation announcements, access interactive
maps and more.
Hodgkins, a supporter of local goods,
services and live music, anticipates installing
270BG onto her iPhone to further explore
Bowling Green. Th e app will also be avail-
able for Android systems.
“An all-inclusive app would preserve the
idea of community and act as a connective
tool,” Hodgkins said.
Categories included in the app are: Th ings
To Do; 270 Events; Live Music Scene;
Shopping in Bowling Green; Hotels, B&Bs
and Campgrounds; Eat, Drink, BG!; Auto
& Transportation; Real Estate & Auc-
tions; Health & Wellness; Finances; Home
Services; BG Deals; Garage Sales & Classi-
fi eds; Jobs in BG; Bowling Green Schools;
Warren County Schools; Higher Education,
Churches & Non-Profi ts; Senior Living; City
of Bowling Green Government; Warren
County Government; Bowling Green Daily
News; Chamber of Commerce; Business
Directory; and Social Media Links.
April 1 is the launch date for the 270BG
app. It will be packaged with a print maga-
zine and a website, www.270BG.com.
“270BG the magazine, what you have to
look forward to are stories, information, pic-
tures of anything and everything that’s going
on in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including
feature stories on local businesses, photos
and coverage from events,” Jobe said.
Th ere are three options for businesses
to be listed on the app: basic, featured or
sponsored levels.
Featured listings will add enhance fea-
tures, such as a video or audio clip, three
coupon or deal off ers, 10,000 characters of
text, social media links, website and hours of
operation.
Sponsored listings include a full block in
the top position, one featured listing (in-
cluding all featured components), quarterly
updates and four push notifi cations per
year — phone messages that may be used for
general announcements regarding commu-
nity activities, events or reminders.
“At the top, that’s called a sponsored list-
ing,” Jobe said, using a listing for the Bowling
Green Hot Rods as an example. “If you scroll
down you can see a map of where the ball-
park is, the history of the baseball team. Th e
sponsored position, regardless of alphabet, is
always at the top.”
Enhancing the user experience, real
estate and auctions will be updated weekly
and BG Deals will include graphic mobile
coupons and QR codes available to scan for
discounts.
Th e app’s beautiful interface is easy to
navigate and will have all sections unfold
into subcategories.
“Th ere is not one for just Bowling Green
that’s all-inclusive and has all of this stuff,”
Jobe said. “Actually, there’s not one, period.
I think it will end up being the go-to for
people once the word gets out.”
“We want this app to be really a place to
organize your life in Bowling Green and
have everything and anything you want
in Bowling Green that you’re looking for,
at your fi ngertips,” Jobe said. “It truly is a
community app.”
appBY NATASHA A. SIMMONS
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BY NATASHA A. SIMMONS
As friends pour into local
watering holes that are plen-
tiful across downtown Bowl-
ing Green, the revelry and hospitality
reverberate perhaps most loudly on St.
Patrick’s Day.
“I enjoy the festivities. Ya know, dress-
ing up, seeing green everywhere, but
the biggest thing is that it’s the type of
holiday where it brings people that nor-
mally don’t come to our bar, but they see
us as an Irish pub, and on St. Patrick’s
Day that’s where you go. So we usually
see new faces, which we love because we
get our name out as much as possible,”
Dublin’s Irish Pub owner Kaitlyn Zysk
said. “We’re going to switch up this year
for St. Patty’s Day. We normally have a
band. We’re actually going to have Andy
Morgan host karaoke. We’re going to
have ‘Patty-oke!”
Th e original Irish pub In Bowling
Green at 904 State St., is locally famous
for its “world class karaoke” and support
for local bands throughout the week.
Live Local Th ursdays is a night fans of
local music may enjoy and in February,
the fi rst Dart League wrapped up.
“We have private parties and [Andy] is
so well known that a lot of people reach
out for parties. And so, we’re his home-
bar basically,” Zysk said of the on-air
personality and assistant program di-
rector at Forever Communications. “We
always try to work together as much as
possible. He brings such a great energy
for the crowd that we have.”
All businesses around and near Foun-
tain Square Park witness thousands of
celebrations weekly. Moreover, St. Pat-
rick’s Day soaks topline numbers; it is a
$5.6 billion industry as of 2019, National
Retail Federation data states. In Bowling
Green, neighboring bars join in on the
fun through pub crawls for patrons.
Shots, First Call, + Pub, 422 ½ East
Main, celebrates its second St. Patrick’s
Day at the location closer to downtown
nightlife with pub crawl, “Unlucky
Charms,” set for Friday the 13th. In the
crawls, locals and students learn about
brews, popular nine-year staple Dublin’s
Irish Pub-- voted Best of Bowling Green
2019 for nightclub/bar, live dancing and
ST. Patrick,s Day
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TOP: Cliffs of Moher Irish Pub in Bowling Green is modeled after a country village Irish Pub that comes from the owners’ upbringing in their native country of Ireland, Irishman and part-owner Peter Quinn said. “ [Patrons} come in and show us pictures of the Cliffs and are very proud,” Quinn said, referring to the name association.BOTTOM: Dublin’s Irish Pub, 904 State St, hosts a Amateur Dart League among many themed and weekly events, including Live Local Thursdays and karaoke nights held Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The nine-year business was voted Best in BG, presented by Daily News.
music, and establishment Cliff s of
Moher Irish Pub--owned and run by
native Irishmen Peter Quinn, Barry
Dunworth and Peter Kiely.
For all bars, they have been meet-
ing points where all can socialize and
unwind--an important part of the
day.
“When I lived in Bowling Green,
I went to Dublin’s [Irish Pub] about
every two weeks to actually hang
out there. Normally on Wednesdays
for karaoke because that’s when
my friends would go there. It’s also
my sister’s favorite bar in Bowling
Green, so every time we go out
together--which is anytime I go out
anymore--I’ll spend half of the night
there,” Myleea Jane Harris, 25, said.
Th e bar never holds a cover fee.
“Nowadays, I like going there right
when they open because I can settle
into the public environment before it
gets super busy and I’m bombarded
by social interaction.”
Consumers plan to spend $40 on
average for St. Patrick’s Day, accord-
ing to an annual survey by NRF
and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
Revenue includes those from pub
crawls during the holiday-- a trend
in the United States. Benefi ts include
increasing exposure to more custom-
ers excited for drink discounts, fun
games and raffl es and delicious Irish
fare and create friendships with other
bar owners. Participating venues in
2019 included Cliff s of Moher, Th e
Derby, Dublin’s Irish Pub, Gerald’s
Tavern, Hickory & Oak, Micki’s/440
Main, Raw.Bowling Green, Rocky’s
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Bar, Th ree Brothers and TIdball’s
Sounds and Spirits.
For early bird crowds, Dublin’s
Irish Pub doors will open at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 17.
“We try to make it a full day cele-
bration,” Zysk said.
Along with grabbing a few
rounds of Guinness with friends,
green beers, other themed drinks at
Dublin’s include the bar’s signature
shot “Gator Piss” and the Zysk
annual but always diff erent, “Lucky
Leprechaun.”
More announcements and updates
for the holiday at Dublin’s Irish Pub
will be posted on the social media
accounts. While closed on Mondays,
hours of operation begin 8 p.m on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 for
Karaoke Wednesdays, Friday and
Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at
2 p.m.
“St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration
of all things Irish and wonderful.
Dublin’s is by far the place to be not
only because we provide the best
environment forgetting out and
having a carefree good time, but you
can grab Irish themed beverages and
sing all of your favorite Irish songs
at karaoke!” Morgan added. “Dub-
lin’s really has a special atmosphere
that’s developed and we have a lot of
regulars who are more than family to
us, and anyone who comes out with
good clean fun on their minds can be
part of our family.”
If you’re heading out to a St. Pat-
rick’s Day celebration, make sure you
have more than just the luck o’ the
Irish on your side. Th ese celebrations
are one of the biggest drinking nights
of the year, and this, unfortunately,
means more drunk drivers on the
roads.Th e most important thing to
remember while celebrating “St.
Paddy’s” is to do it safely. Bowling
Green has both Lyft and Uber service
available, should you celebrate a wee
too much. Consider playing it safe by
having a designated driver.
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BY JARED MACDONALD
Many sports fans are familiar with the name Herschel Walker – the
Heisman Trophy-winning running back and three-time All-Amer-
ican who excelled on the football fi eld at the University of Georgia
and professionally.
But can you name the Bulldogs’ center through those early ‘80s seasons
in Athens?
Th at’s the question Larry Jobe presents when describing the Kentucky
Super Preps event he created.
“Th e chances of you knowing who the center is on his football team in col-
lege that blocked for him for every yard that he ever gained is probably slim
or next to none, right?” he said. “Th at’s
really what the program is all about.”
Th e third annual Kentucky Super
Preps awards banquet, sponsored by
the Daily News and presented by Med
Center Health, will take place Tuesday,
May 12 at Th e SKyPAC, providing an
opportunity to honor student-athletes
beyond the box scores.
One student-athlete from every
KHSAA-sanctioned sport at each
of the 13 schools in the Barren River Area Development District can be
nominated by their coach to be the Kentucky Super Preps Athlete of the Year
in their respective sport. An ROTC category has also been added this year.
Each student-athlete nominated must have a 3.0 GPA or better and have a
minimum of 10 hours of community service or volunteer work in order to
be nominated by the coach.
Every student-athlete nominated, plus their parents, coach and their
signifi cant other, the school’s principal and their signifi cant other and the
school’s superintendent and their signifi cant other, are invited to attend
the Kentucky Super Preps banquet on May 12. Every student-athlete
nominated by their coach will be recognized at the event, and there will
be one Athlete of the Year in each sport. Th at person will receive a trophy
donated by Duke’s Sporting Goods stating which sport they were named
the Athlete of the Year in.
“Every single kid that’s nominated – every kid – is brought up on
stage,” Jobe said. “Every kid, at a minimum, gets a certifi cate that says
at their school for their sport they were the Kentucky Super Preps stu-
dent-athlete of the year.”
Unlike most athletic awards, however, the Kentucky Super Preps
awards follow a diff erent criteria, designed to highlight a student-ath-
lete’s work off the fi eld, court or track, instead of being based solely on
athletic achievement.
A fi ve-member committee comprised of people unaffi liated with any
school or team will select the Athlete of the Year winners in each sport
based upon the nominations from the coaches. Th e fi rst priority looked at is
GPA and performance in school, the second is community service hours or
volunteer hours, the third is the coach’s nomination and the fourth is athletic
performance, according to Jobe.
In addition to the individual Athlete of the Year awards for each sport,
Kentucky Super Preps event provides chance to recognize student-athletes
SPORTS
TOP: Dr. Chaitu Malempati, head team physician and medical director for Western Kentucky University athletics, co-hosted the second annual Kentucky
Super Preps awards program sponsored by the Daily News and presented by Med Center Health at SKyPAC
Tuesday, May 14, 2019. ABOVE: Larry Jobe, Director of Sales at the Daily News, kicks off the Kentucky
Super Preps awards program. Dozens of area student athletes were honored during the second annual
Kentucky Super Preps awards program sponsored by the Daily News and presented by Med Center Health
at SKyPAC Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
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several specialty awards will be presented
at the event. Th ese include the Heart and
Desire Award, the Extra Mile Award, the
Comeback Player of the Year Award, the
Sportsmanship Award, the Coach of the
Year Award, the Athletic Director of the
Year Award, the Community Excellence
Award and the Academic Achievement
Award. Th ere are also awards given out
to the Boys’ Overall Athlete of the Year
and the Girls’ Overall Athlete of the Year,
which come with $500 scholarships. Each
award is made possible by a sponsorship
from a local business.
“It’s kind of like the ESPYs. First of all,
it’s an honor to be nominated,” Jobe said.
“ ... I don’t think there’s probably a better
high school awards ceremony in the
BRAD District.”
Last year’s Girls’ Overall Athlete of the
Year Award winner was Julia Kennedy,
a star on Greenwood’s region-winning vol-
leyball team maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA
and completed 120 hours of community
service. Th e Boys’ Overall Athlete of the
Year Award winner was Gavin Spurrier.
Spurrier quarterbacked South Warren’s
football team to a perfect 15-0 record and
the Class 5A state championship. He had
a 4.0 GPA and recorded a 33 on his ACT
while also volunteering for several com-
munity organizations.
Th en-Franklin-Simpson football coach
Doug Preston received top honors among
area coaches aft er leading the Wildcats
to back-to-back Class 4A state titles, and
South Warren’s Chris Decker was named
Athletic Director of the Year for his work
in turning the Spartans’ athletic programs
into some of the best in Kentucky.
In addition to the local high school
stars, two other standout athletes will be in
attendance.
Th is year’s Kentucky Super Preps will
feature special guest speakers Kevin
Dyson and Cameron Mills. Dyson is a
former receiver with the Tennessee Titans
most remembered for his role in “Th e
Music City Miracle” and Mills played
college basketball at Kentucky, where he’s
remembered for “Th e Shot Heard Round
the Bluegrass.”
A reception will begin at 5 p.m. on May
12, followed by the presentation of awards.
A video stream of the event produced by
Vid Monster Productions will be available
live on the Bowling Green Daily News
Facebook page, as well as the Med Center
Health Facebook page. Th e event will also
be rebroadcast on WDNZ TV11 through-
out the remainder of the month.
South Warren’s Gavin Spurrier (sec-ond from right) was named the Male Athlete of the Year during the second annual Kentucky Super Preps awards program Tuesday at SKyPAC.
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EMPLOYMENT
Nearly 20 organizations and businesses from across
southcentral Kentucky are expected March 20 at the third
Career and Job Expo presented by the Bowling Green
Daily News, this time at Daymar College, 2421 Industrial Drive.
Th e expo, planned to be the biggest yet, is scheduled to run
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Th e event off ers the opportunity to meet
top employers, with hiring deci-
sions possible throughout the day.
At the inaugural expo in 2018,
more than 350 job seekers attended
at La Gala, and the 2019 expo at the
L&N Depot increased to approx-
imately 400, according to Andrea
Dennis, local sales manager for the
Daily News. Industries represented
included fi nancial, medical, retail,
manufacturing, food service, con-
struction and more.
Magna, the U.S. Army, Bowling
Green Parks and Recreation, M&L
Electric, Mediacom, the city of
Bowling Green, D93 WDNS-FM,
Daymar College and Speedwash USA Express Car Wash are
among the organizations expected to attend March 20.
Th e expo is a win-win opportunity for both job seekers and
vendors. Th e vendors have options for single or double booth
spaces, a half-page advertisement in the Daily News the Sunday
before the event and a help-wanted ad in print circulation to
reach potential employees. Companies participating in the Career
and Job Expo also will be listed on all promotional ads in print, on
radio and in social media.
Additionally, on-air personality Tony Rose of D93 WDNS-FM
will air a live remote at the event and will interview vendor repre-
sentatives for broadcast on radio and Facebook Live.
“Th is event is especially important for job seekers: It off ers
them a chance to present themselves face-to-face and if they make
a good impression, they can have an interview right there on the
spot,” said Tiff any Creager, Bowling Green Daily News classifi eds
lead. “And as for vendors, it gives them the same chance to have
the face-to-face interaction with the candidates that might be
hired on the spot.”
Larry Jobe, director of sales at the Daily News, said during the
2019 expo at the L&N Depot that it is an honor for the news orga-
nization to off er an event “to help people get back to work.”
“Th e opportunity for the Bowling Green Daily News to help
improve quality of life, help people fi nd jobs, that’s what it’s all
about,” Jobe said.
Th e fall 2020 Career and Job Expo is in the works for late
September. For more information, contact Creager at tcreager@
bgdailynews.com.
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Mark Renfroe, left, of Edmonson County, talks to Carol Elliott of Ventra Plastics on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at L&N Depot.
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BY AARON MUDD
Scattered around Bob McClain’s shop at Wildfi re Metal-
works, you’ll fi nd various projects in diff erent stages of
completion.
Many of the pieces are made to order, whether they take the
form of cabin railings cut to look like landscapes or free-stand-
ing dragonfl y ornaments with metallic wings spanning two or
three feet.
With 40 years of welding and metal fabrication under his
belt, McClain’s held many jobs. It’s this shop, tucked away at the
end of a gravel drive stretching behind his home at 8366 Ceme-
tery Road, that’s always been the dream, however.
“Th e coolest thing to me is … I can pull just these standard
pieces of metal out, and I can turn it into something,” McClain
said in an interview, seated at his desk where he draws up his
plans for a design.
McClain loves to create, but there’s more to it than that. Th e
thrill lies in perfecting a design and delivering on a customer’s
vision.
“It just never gets old to me,” he said.
“A Labor of Love”
McClain got his start down this path when he was just 16,
teaching himself to weld with some of his father’s tools.
At the time, all he really wanted was to tune up his dirt bike,
but it’s here where the spark ignited. Th at spark led him to
study machining and tooling technology at Southern Illinois
University in the early 1980s, and later, to continue his edu-
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cation by earning his bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering from the Universi-
ty of Arizona.
As a mechanical engineer, McClain
spent 20-plus years working in manufac-
turing. For a dozen years, he made the
daily commute from Bowling Green to
Nashville, a commute that only got longer
as the years passed by. At his most recent
job, working for U.S. Smokeless Tobacco
in Nashville, McClain realized he had a
choice to make.
“I came to kind of a crossroads,” Mc-
Clain said, looking back on that moment
that eventually led him to launch Wildfi re
Metalworks in August of 2017 aft er three
years of work.
Previously, McClain always looked at the
workshop where he now spends most of
his time as his “play shop.” Aft er relocating
to Bowling Green in 2001, it was a tempo-
rary home for he and his wife, Jenni, while
their home was under construction.
Now though, the garage-like space is
where he works steadily, using a grinder or
computer-aided draft ing soft ware to bring
a customer’s dream to life.
“It’s a labor of love,” he said.
cation by earning his bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering from the Universi-
ty of Arizona.
that eventually led him to launch Wildfi re
Metalworks in August of 2017 aft er three
years of work.
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EVEN T S
A Blanket of BourbonA Blanket of Bourbon, The Ethan Foundation largest annual fundraiser, featured a live auction at The National Corvette Museum at the end of dinner full of hand-selected dishes from The Linen Apron paired with Four Roses Bourbon varieties on Saturday, February 15, 2020.
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CASA BoogiedownCASA of South Central Kentucky, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, hosts Boogie Down Bourbon Street, a mardi-gras themed fundraiser full of cajun bites, bourbon tasting, live and silent auctions for guests 21 and over on Friday, February 21, 2020 at La Gala, located in Circus Square of Downton Bowling Green. This premier event presented by Hancock Bank & Trust on Friday, February 21, 2020. In 2019. the CASA event raised $40,000, executive director Jana Sublett said. The fundraiser continues to sell out every year and online hashtags for the event are [#iamforthechild], as the CASA concept is based on the commitment that every child has the right to a safe, permanent home as soon as possible.
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In 2017, Forbes.com named Bowling Green “� e Underrated Music City Outside of Nashville � at Everyone Needs To Visit.” “...Just a short, one-hour drive from the
popular Tennessee capital is Kentucky’s, Bowling Green. Not only is the state’s third largest city home to Western Kentucky Uni-versity, it also has an up-and-coming music scene you can’t ignore,” contributing Forbes arts and entertainment reporter Isis Briones stated in the online article advising Forbes.com readers to have Bowling Green on their radar.
Greg Martin is a member of the Kentucky Headhunters and human encyclopedia for all things rock music and Kentucky music
history on his specialty radio show “� e Low-down Hoedown with Greg Martin,” broadcast on Bowling Green’s classic rock station, D93 WDNS-FM. � e Glasgow resident and Lou-isville-born Martin details Bowling Green’s music scene and its supportive venues.
“Early on, I’m going to take you way back to the genesis of when [� e Kentucky Headhunters] started, Bowling Green has had two or three music scene happenings down here � rst going back in the late 1960s and early ‘70s with a little club down there, Yellow Hydrant,” lead guitarist Greg Martin said. Yellow Hydrant, was at 100 E. Main St., between several bars in a row fated to close. Martin’s friends, American rock trio ZZ Top, headlined in 1974, with Kentucky Headhunt-ers also on the bill.
� e re� ned sports-themed bar, 643 Sports, Bar and Grill, 360 E. 8th Ave Suite 104, has taken notice – receiving interest from touring bands – and provides the community with several events on its website, www.643spor-trsbarandgrill.com, to plan for nights out up to two months in advance.
“It’s typically at least 30 to 60 days of events listed. Take a look at it, we always have some creative fun stu� going on and new musicians
stop into the area, but also those growing up in the area,” owner Dave Pinchuk said. “We’re constantly changing. We try not to book the same people too o� en, but some of the regular locals might come every cou-ple months and bring in some of the bigger local headliners.” “I found it interesting when I � rst got to town is that [Bowling Green] is insatiable for music and they love all types of live music and di� erent genres of music as well,” Pinchuk said.
Today, groups with Bowling Green natives that are running rehearsals before North American sold-out shows include Kentucky Headhunters, Cage � e Elephant, Ian Noe, Rayland Baxter (Morning Teleportation’s Travis Goodwin is a 2019 addition to Baxter’s band family), Kiss Kiss Bang, Dan Luke & � e Raid, Kyle Daniel, Opposum Holler, OTIS, � e Josephines, Jeremi Duran, Fat Box Band, Sugadaisy, Astronomy Club and � e Cartoons.
You can’t say “live music” in Bowling
Green without Spillway Bar & Grill being the center of that conversation. “� e number of groups and the starpower of those that have appeared on our stage is impressive”, says Robert Baxter Owner. � e remodeled Spillway Bar & Grill, has live music almost every weekend.
Tidball’s Sounds and Spirits, SkyPac, Dublin’s Irish Pub, � e Public � eatre of Kentucky, � e A-Frame, Rocky’s Bar, Mellow Mushroom, Lost River Pizza, Crossroads Bar & Grill, 440 Main, Whiskey River Pub, are just some of the many live music venues in Bowling Green.
Kiss Kiss Bang is a fusion of classic rock and electric sound has been honed on tours with Black Stone Cherry, Molly Hatchet, Blacktop Mojo and the inaugural and second years of Vette City Motorcycle Music Fest. With regional and international friends, in-cluding, Kentucky Headhunters Foghat, Bret Michaels, Lita Ford, Great White, Gretchen Wilson, Pat Travers, David Lee Murphy, and Jackyl have all played the Vette City gig.
270BG will be bringing you stories and insights from the Bowling Green Music scene. If you want to know whos playing where just visit the 270BG app and click on Live Music Scene!
FROM THE TOP: The crowd at the annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve counts down to midnight as the ball drops from the roof of 6-4-3 Sports Bar + Grill from Stadium Park Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Tyrone Dunn & Kin-Foke perform at Spillway Bar & Grill. John Corabi performs at Spillway Bar & Grill. Kentucky quintet Kiss Kiss Bang per-forms at Tidball’s.
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