3rd Annual Monroe-Style Mandolin Camps
at the
International Bluegrass Music Museum

Owensboro, KY
September 12 - 14 2008

 


Maps and Directions

Students have their choice of flying into Owensboro, Louisville, Nashville or Evansville. Louisville and Nashville airports are approximately 2 hours from Owensboro. Evansville is approximately 1 hour from Owensboro.

Any students interested in carpooling from home or one of the airports are welcome to contact Mike Lawing @ (270) 926-7891

From Nashville Airport:Take I-40 W to Hwy 155-N (Briley Parkway).  Exit Briley Parkway onto I-65 N.  Follow I-65 N to the William Natcher Parkway (Exit 20) which begins at Bowling Green, KY (toll-booths have been removed.) Follow to end of parkway (70 miles). Exit Natcher Pkwy onto US-60 W By-pass.  Take Exit 6, Triplett Street (a/k/a New Hartford Rd) and follow it to 2nd St. This will bring you downtown. To your right you will see a blue bridge spanning the Ohio River. The parking lot under the bridge with the big mirrored Kentucky image is where you can park during camp. The red brick RiverPark Center Complex occupies the block immediately past the bridge on the right. At the end of this block, turn right. The museum entrance is 117 Daviess Street.

From Louisville Airport:Take I-264 W. Merge with I-64 W crossing the Ohio River into Indiana. Continue on I-64 W across Southern Indiana about 50 miles. Take Exit 79 onto Highway 37 S (6 miles west of the 37 N exit). Continue on Highway 37 S approximately 20 miles to Highway 237; turn left at the caution light and continue on 237 approx. 6 miles; cross the Ohio River into Hawesville, KY. At the 1st light, turn left and wind through town. When you reach Highway 60 West, turn right and follow the signs to Owensboro. When you approach Owensboro, you are on Highway 60. Make no turns from this highway (no matter which direction
60 goes or what the highway is called) and it will bring you to downtown Owensboro.  To your right you will see a blue bridge spanning the Ohio River. The parking lot under the bridge with the big mirrored Kentucky image is where you can park during camp. The red brick RiverPark Center
Complex occupies the block immediately past the bridge on the right. At the end of this block, turn right. The museum entrance is 117 Daviess Street.

From Evansville Airport:Turn left on Hwy 57 W. Take Hwy 41 South through Evansville and across the Ohio River into Henderson, KY. Continue on Hwy 41 through Henderson. Take the Audubon Pkwy to Owensboro. Exit onto US 60 By-Pass West. Continue on By-Pass to light.
Take a right onto US 60 E and follow to J R Miller Blvd. Turn left on J R Miller and go to first light; turn right. Go up one block and turn left on Crittenden. Go one block and turn left on US 60 W (2nd St). To your right you will see a blue bridge spanning the Ohio River. The parking lot under the bridge with the big mirrored Kentucky image is where you can park during camp. The red brick RiverPark Center Complex occupies the block immediately past the bridge on the right. At the end of this block, turn right. The museum entrance is 117 Daviess Street.

You can contact us at 1-888-MY-BANJO with any questions that may arise.

 


 


International Bluegrass Music Museum
207 East 2nd Street
Owensboro, KY 42303
(270) 926-7891
1-888-MY-BANJO (1-888-692-2656)
Fax (270) 689-9440