(Taylor County, KY)—The Taylor County Tourist Commission is pleased to announce that Taylor County is featured prominently on the Travel Kentucky application for iPhone, iPad, iTouch and Google Android smartphone technologies.

Created by Kentucky Monthly magazine, Travel Kentucky showcases statewide tourism destinations through a combination of themed tours, searchable category directories, and real-time, GPS-triggered, turn by turn directional routing.

The app is available now on iTunes and the Android Marketplace as a free download.

Taylor County is featured in the app’s “City Guides,” providing users with a full directory of all Taylor County’s attractions, restaurants, shops, lodging, and much more.

Taylor County’s participation on the app provides a new and unique way for Taylor County to be marketed to visitors, as the app works to connect users to destinations that they are interested in by topic, what is nearby, and by themed tours.

“Our goal for Travel Kentucky is to help visitors find and explore destinations that they may never have heard of before,” said Kentucky Monthly publisher Steve Vest.  “By exploring themed tours and searching for subjects of interest on the app, we hope to expand visitors’ awareness of the communities and attractions we have here in Kentucky.”

For more information about Travel Kentucky, or to have your destination listed, please contact app@kentuckymonthly.com or call 888-329-0053.

About Kentucky Monthly Magazine

Founded in 1998, Kentucky Monthly celebrates the people, places, events, and culture of the Commonwealth, reaching more than 132,000 readers.  Our slogan is “Uniting Kentuckians Everywhere” focusing on Kentucky today, while not forgetting the people and events that shaped our heritage.   Kentucky Monthly has partnered with BarZ Adventures for app development within the state.  Connect with Kentucky Monthly through www.kentuckymonthly.com or call 1-888-329-0053.

About Taylor County Tourist Commission

The Taylor County Tourist Commission, founded in 1992, is funded by a 3% transient room tax paid only by those who lodge in Taylor County. The tax is not paid by Taylor County residents — unless they are staying over night in a Taylor County lodging facility. The Taylor County Tourist Commission’s purpose is to promote the economic growth of Taylor County through expenditure of the 3% transient room tax for the sole purpose of promoting tourist activity to the area. The  Commission strives to increase business to every establishment that directly or indirectly serves the traveling public and extend the hand of welcome to all visitors and visitor prospects by keeping the highest traditions of hospitality expected of our area, and in keeping with fair and honest business practices.

9:00 AM            Taylor Regional Hospital presents FREEDOM 5k Run / 1K Walk

6:30 PM            Campbellsville Baptist Church presents Southern Gospel Singing

(at Campbellsville Baptist Church).

Sunday – July 3rd:

5:00 PM -         All Downtown Activities Open

(Booths, Food Vendors, Market Place, Living Grace Church Family Fun Zone)

5:30-6:00         Great Lakes Lumberjack Show at Justice Center Drive (Beside new Judicial Center)

6:00 – 6:30       Hardwood Kickers

6:30 – 7:15       Taylor Regional Hospital Children’s Parade

7:00 – 7:30      Great Lakes Lumberjack Show at Justice Center Drive (Beside new Judicial Center)

7:30 – 10:30     K-Country Colgate Country Showdown

Monday – July 4th:

7:00 AM          Hot Air Balloons lift off from Miller Park Walk Track

7:00 – 9:00   Campbellsville Christian Church FREE Breakfast

8:00 AM          Patriotic music begins on Main Stage

9:00 AM         Opening Ceremonies on Happy days Stage (Intersection of Main and Central)

9:00                 National Anthem – Allie Shae Hash on the Happy Days Stage

9:30                 Steve Gray on Happy Days Stage

9:40                 Reagan Pollock and Blake Allen on Happy Days Stage

10:00              Taylor County Bank Parade begins including the AutoSmart Float Contest

11:30               East Campbellsville Church of God Choir

12:00              Forcht Bank Barbeque competition begins in the Amazon.com Food Court

Taylor County Fair Auction of wood carvings on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

Community Trust Bank Antique Tractor and Steam Engine Show (First St. near the TC Courthouse)

Great Lakes Lumberjack Show at Justice Center Drive

12:15               Allie Shae Hash on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

12:40               Taylor County High School Show Choir Showcase on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

1:15 p.m.        Kaiser Bill and Friends 50’s, 60’s and 70’s Music show on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

2:00                 Great Lakes Lumberjack Show at Justice Center Drive

2:45                 Samantha Osborne on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

3:15                 Green River Grass on the United Citizens Bank Main Stage

4:00               Activities Move to Miller Park

6:00                 CKNJ Duck Derby

5:00-9:00     MacDaddy entertainment DJ Show (Gazebo)

Dark                 Citizen’s Bank Fireworks Explosion!

*Sept. 10, 2011 -  Tebbs Bend Flea Market and Yard Sale
Tebbs Bend Road off HWY S. 55 adjacent to the Fall Heritage Festival

*Sept. 10, 2011 – Fall Heritage Festival – The historic Homeplace on Green River will be the site of good food, live music, arts and crafts, hay rides and a variety of other activities for the whole family. The Homeplace Fall Heritage Festival includes animals, exhibits, demonstrations and children’s activities.   Artists and crafters will be exhibiting and selling their work.  Entertainment will include both instrumental and vocal music.  Food will be available for a nominal cost, so plan to make a whole day or it.

There is no charge for admission, parking, or many of the activities. For the 2010 Festival, more than 1,500 people joined in the fun.

*Nov. 19 , 2011 -  Green River Arts and Crafts Show
Taylor County High School, 300 Ingram Ave., Call (270) 465-4431

*Dec. 3, 2011 – Downtown Christmas Parade begins at 6:30 PM

• $50 Entry Fee per Team / Optional $10 Big Fish Pot
• 70% Payback / 100% Big Fish Payback
• Paying back one place for every 10 boats entered
• For more information contact: Shane Cox 270-465-1560
• Hamburgers and drinks after the tournament
• Proceeds going to TCHS fishing team
• All donations appreciated

The  Bass Federation has chosen Green River Lake as the site for their 2011 Southern Division Championship bass tournament. Official practice dates are May 29, 30 and  31. Dates for the tournament are Wednesday, Thurs and Friday. June 1-3, 2011. Boats will launch each morning from Green River Lake State Park at 6 a.m, and anglers will compete for approximately 8 hours each day with a weigh-in each afternoon around 2:30 p.m. The competitive field will consist of over 100 anglers from the states of KY,TN, AL, FL, SC, NC and GA. Anglers were required to qualify for this event by competing in a series of qualifying tournaments in various regions across the state. The field of anglers and co-anglers in this Southern Division Championship tournament represents the best competitive bass anglers in the each state.

The Taylor County Tourist Commission is sponsoring the tournament. The economic impact of competitive sport fishing is significant, with anglers typically visiting tournament lakes and the related communities for many weeks (multiple visits) in preparation for a tournament of this magnitude. Lodging, food, and retail establishments who cater to the competitive sport angler certainly benefit from these repeated visits to our host community. This event will bring over 100 anglers with their families to Taylor County for over a week.