Louisville, Kentucky

===Indie scene===

Louisville has blossomed as a booming center for independent art, music and business.

A Louisville locale that highlights this scene is [[Bardstown Road]], an area located in the heart of the [[The Highlands, Louisville|Highlands]]. Bardstown Road is known for its cultural diversity and local trade. The majority of the businesses along Bardstown Road, such as coffee shops, clothing stores and art galleries, are locally owned and operated businesses. Though it is only about a mile (1.6&nbsp;km) long, this strip of Bardstown Road constitutes much of the city's culture and diverse lifestyle, contributing to the unofficial "[[Keep Louisville Weird]]" slogan.

In downtown Louisville, [[21c Museum Hotel]], a hotel that showcases contemporary art installations and exhibitions throughout its public spaces, and features a red penguin on its roof, is, according to ''The New York Times'', "an innovative concept with strong execution and prompt and enthusiastic service".

Louisville is home to a thriving [[indie music scene]] with bands such as [[Love Jones (band)|Love Jones]], [[Tantric (band)|Tantric]], [[Squirrel Bait]], [[Cabin (band)|CABIN]], [[Slint]], [[My Morning Jacket]], [[Houndmouth]], [[Young Widows]] and [[Wax Fang]]. Acclaimed singer-songwriters [[Will Oldham]], who performs under the moniker "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy", is a resident, as was country/rock singer-songwriter [[Tim Krekel]]. Cellist [[Ben Sollee]] splits his time between Louisville and Lexington. Long running rock/jazz fusion band [[NRBQ]] also formed in Louisville in the late 1960s as well as 1980s [[psychobilly]] band [[Bodeco]]. [[Post-grunge]] band [[Days of the New]], at one time including future breakout pop star [[Nicole Scherzinger]], formed in Louisville in the mid-1990s. Popular local singer [[Bryson Tiller]] paid homage to Louisville is his chart-topping ''[[T R A P S O U L]]'' with the song "502 Come Up", referencing the city's area code, and rapper [[Jack Harlow]] also calls the city home.

The Louisville music scene reaches a crescendo every July during the [[Forecastle Festival]], a three-day music, art and environmental activism festival taking place at [[Louisville Waterfront Park]].

Especially catering to Louisville's music scene is 91.9 [[WFPK]] Radio Louisville, a local [[public broadcasting|public radio]] station funded, in part, from local listeners. The station features not only national and international musicians common to public radio, but also local and regional talent. The station also hosts summer concerts on the waterfront from April until July, where up-and-coming alternative artists are brought to stage.