Top Louisville Classes & Workshops

While there are lots of experiences that help you sample Kentucky-made alcoholic beverages, not many let you combine the experience with a crafting workshop. In this candle-making class, learn how to blend, label, wick, and pour your own custom-scented handmade candle, all while enjoying a range of Kentucky wines and beers.

Old Louisville is home to impressive Victorian mansions that trace back to wealthy families in the 1800s. On this walking tour, uncover the eerie past of the neighborhood alongside a guide who regales you with several ghostly tales. Stop at several points of interest including the Conrad-Caldwell House Museum, the Witches' Tree, and the Filson Historical Society.

Discover the rich history and beautiful architecture of Old Louisville as you embark on a walking tour through the city. Walk past impressive Victorian homes, once owned by wealthy families from the bourbon, tobacco, and racetrack industries, and learn about their history. You also stop at several points of interest including the Witches' Tree, Conrad's Castle, the Filson Historical Society, and Central Park.

Discover Kentucky's long bourbon-making history on a half-day tour. Choose three distilleries to visit from a list of over 15 and spend your day taking guided tours of the facilities. Learn about the production process of making bourbon as well as the tumultuous history of distilling during the Prohibition. You also get to sample several bourbons from each brand at the end of every tour.

Step back in time and discover the history of Louisville during an immersive walking tour through the historic center. Listen to stories of wealthy titans who used to roam the streets as you explore sights including St. James Court, Ormsby Avenue, Floral Terrace, and Millionaires Row. You also have the chance to admire the old Victorian architecture that dots the neighborhood.

Maximize time at the Rebecca Ruth Chocolate Museum in Kentucky with this admission ticket, including skip-the-line access. Located in historic downtown Frankfort, this museum offers small-group tours complete with a chocolate tasting. Learn about how chocolate is made at this family-run business and go inside the factory to see the steps of the production process.

Explore vibrant NuLu & historic Butchertown with locally-owned Louisville Food Tours on the original Nulu food tour to taste the flavors of Louisville! Over the course of 3 immersive hours, you'll visit local eateries and enjoy delicious bites that showcase Louisville's culinary heritage. Dishes include biscuits & gravy with roots in the foothills of Appalachia, Kentucky-style fried chicken, a Louisville BBQ dish, bourbon balls, a Prohibition-era Hot Brown gravy, and barrel-aged craft beer. As you wander through the historic streets of two of Louisville's oldest neighborhoods, you’ll uncover the stories behind the city’s rich history, visit a historic home once occupied by Thomas Edison, sample a unique confection inspired by a Victorian actress, and trace the paths of the immigrants who shaped Louisville. This tour typically sells out. Reserve your spot early and come hungry!

There are two kinds of Alfredo sauce in this world. The kind that comes out of a jar and the kind you make yourself with real butter, fresh cream and proper Parmesan. After this class you will only be making the second kind. Chef Christine walks you through the whole thing in a relaxed, beginner-friendly setting, starting with a simple pasta dough of flour, eggs and olive oil that you will knead, roll and hand-cut into fettuccine noodles. Then comes the Alfredo, rich, velvety and seasoned with garlic and parsley until it is the kind of sauce that makes the room go quiet when people take their first bite. Comforting, satisfying and genuinely impressive. Louisville night out sorted.

Choose one of three private walking tour itineraries tailored to your interests for a food and history experience just for your group. Come hungry to enjoy starters, mains, dessert, and plenty of alcoholic drinks. Your guide ensures you get the full food and drink experience in Louisville and have a memorable night out.

Gnocchi sounds like the kind of thing only Italian grandmothers can pull off. Chef Christine is about to prove that very wrong, and make it genuinely fun in the process. In this laid-back, beginner-friendly class you will go from a pile of Russet potatoes and flour to a plate of pillowy homemade gnocchi tossed in a brown butter sauce with crispy sage, black pepper and a finish of Parmesan and fresh chives that makes the whole dish sing. Along the way you will learn how to work a gnocchi dough, shape it properly and nail the brown butter timing, that precise moment between golden and gone that makes all the difference. Come as a complete beginner. Leave as someone who makes gnocchi from scratch now. Louisville dinner parties will never be the same.