LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the second year in a row, downtown Louisville will host CycLouVia on Main Street. Taking place from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, Main Street will be shut down to cars from Hancock to 10th Street, allowing locals to take over the streets by walking, cycling, skateboarding or dancing.

What You Need To Know

  • CycLouVia returns to downtown Louisville on Sunday, June 11

  • For the second year in a row, the event will take place in downtown Louisville

  • From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Main Street will be shut down to cars from Hancock to 10th Street

  • The event encourages people to cycle, skateboard, walk or dance along the streets while enjoying local vendors and activities

The event not only encourages Louisvillians to get out and move, but it is also a way to promote the city’s businesses and arts and cultural attractions.

The 2023 event will feature a variety of local businesses and organization along the corridor. Here’s a look at some of the vendors that will be there:

600, 700, & 800 Block

  • Frazier History Museum
  • Louisville Slugger Museum
  • Barrels & Billets
  • Kentucky Science Center
  • Fund for the Arts
  • LFPL Book Bike
  • Music from Jane’s Jazz Addiction
  • Pickleball/Wiffle ball/Cornhole at the Baird Urban Sports Park
  • Ten20 Brewing
  • Shippingport Brewing
  • Community Mural Wall
  • Local Food Trucks

KFC YUM! Center

  • Balloon animals from John the Balloon Guy
  • Family-friendly inflatables
  • Best Buddies
  • Kona Ice (first 100 servings FREE)
  • Yoga (FREE 30-min sessions @ 2:30, 3:30, & 4:30)
  • West 6th Brewing

Slugger Field/I-65 Overpass

  • Against the Grain
  • Temporary skate park (presented by Home Skate Shop)
  • Foxing Mobile Bookstore
  • Derby Fit
  • LoveCycle
  • Louisville Downtown Partnership
  • Cinebus
  • Streets 4 People
  • Center for Neighborhoods
  • Falls City Community Bikeworks
  • KAIRE
  • KIPDA
  • TARC

Other Locations

  • Kentucky Center for the Arts - Live music and painting
  • LouVelo (Belvedere)
  • FREE 1-hour rides 

According to CycLouVia, the event repurposes public streets by temporarily replacing traditional vehicular traffic with pedestrian traffic. Streets become paved parks where people of all ages, abilities and socio-economic backgrounds can come to improve their mental, physical, and emotional health.

Starting in 2012, organizers say CycLOUvia events have attracted tens of thousands of people to various neighborhoods across the city. In addition to being part of the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement, CycLOUvia aims to promote healthy lifestyles, alternative transportation, bike/pedestrian safety and economic development.

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