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ISSUE ONE 2020

Flip book over for THE NEW Home and Lifestyle Magazine

“Everything Bowling Green

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St. Paddy’s DayWhere to be in BG

Med Center Health presents Kentucky Super PrepsA night of miracle makers

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T he Bowling Green Daily

News wants to make ac-

cessing information about

city services, businesses

and events easier for all

residents, so an easy, con-

venient community smartphone app called

270BG will debut in April.

“When I started developing this app, I

really wanted something that covered the

main categories of life: things to see, places

to go, people to see and stuff to get, because

that‚Äôs how we really live our lives in

Bowling Green,” said Larry Jobe, director of

sales at the Daily News.

Bowling Green’s population has increased

from 56,527 in the 2010 census to an es-

timated 67,924 today, making it the fast-

est-growing and third-most populous city in

Kentucky. As cities around the nation grow,

so grows residents’ need for useful commu-

nity-focused apps.

“I came back to BG aft er falling in love

with its welcoming atmosphere in college.

BG always felt welcoming, and so personal,

and always felt like ‘mine,’ ” said Taylor Hod-

gkins, 26, a Nashville transplant of nearly

one year. “An app which delivers everything

BG has to off er will only strengthen its sense

of community and continue to do what BG

does best: bring people together and make

everyone feel like they’re at home.”

A study by global tech protection and

support company Asurion found the average

person struggles to go more than 10 minutes

without checking his or her phone and uses

at least nine apps a day. Th is data prove that

small and local businesses have much to

gain from potential customers‚Äô smart-

phone habits.

In partnership with Bar-Z Mobile

Development, a mobile soft ware develop-

ment fi rm based in Austin, Texas, the city

of Granbury, Texas, released its fi rst offi cial

community portal app in July 2017. Other

municipality clients of Bar-Z include the

Texas cities of Orange and Odessa. Like

270BG, the Odessa Development Corpo-

ration and Odessa Chamber of Commerce

off ered content geared toward supporting

the business community and growing the

local economy.

I saw how eff ective this app can be in

other cities, so I have been an advocate for

this project since the beginning,” Odessa

Mayor David Turner said. “We want the

world to see how unique Odessa is and this

enables people from near and far to take

pride in this community, whether it’s simply

checking the community calendar, fi nding a

new restaurant or linking up with a specifi c

service or product. Th is app means quick

and easy access at your fi ngertips.”

Bar-Z Mobile Development has more

than 10 years experience off ering custom-

ized digital solutions for a variety of clients.

Users may easily navigate city services,

access information about city council mem-

bers and meetings, browse a directory of city

parks and facilities, fi nd upcoming events,

read the latest news, receive timely push no-

tifi cation announcements, access interactive

maps and more.

Hodgkins, a supporter of local goods,

services and live music, anticipates installing

270BG onto her iPhone to further explore

Bowling Green. Th e app will also be avail-

able for Android systems.

“An all-inclusive app would preserve the

idea of community and act as a connective

tool,” Hodgkins said.

Categories included in the app are: Th ings

To Do; 270 Events; Live Music Scene;

Shopping in Bowling Green; Hotels, B&Bs

and Campgrounds; Eat, Drink, BG!; Auto

& Transportation; Real Estate & Auc-

tions; Health & Wellness; Finances; Home

Services; BG Deals; Garage Sales & Classi-

fi eds; Jobs in BG; Bowling Green Schools;

Warren County Schools; Higher Education,

Churches & Non-Profi ts; Senior Living; City

of Bowling Green Government; Warren

County Government; Bowling Green Daily

News; Chamber of Commerce; Business

Directory; and Social Media Links.

April 1 is the launch date for the 270BG

app. It will be packaged with a print maga-

zine and a website, www.270BG.com.

“270BG the magazine, what you have to

look forward to are stories, information, pic-

tures of anything and everything that’s going

on in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including

feature stories on local businesses, photos

and coverage from events,” Jobe said.

Th ere are three options for businesses

to be listed on the app: basic, featured or

sponsored levels.

Featured listings will add enhance fea-

tures, such as a video or audio clip, three

coupon or deal off ers, 10,000 characters of

text, social media links, website and hours of

operation.

Sponsored listings include a full block in

the top position, one featured listing (in-

cluding all featured components), quarterly

updates and four push notifi cations per

year — phone messages that may be used for

general announcements regarding commu-

nity activities, events or reminders.

“At the top, that’s called a sponsored list-

ing,” Jobe said, using a listing for the Bowling

Green Hot Rods as an example. “If you scroll

down you can see a map of where the ball-

park is, the history of the baseball team. Th e

sponsored position, regardless of alphabet, is

always at the top.”

Enhancing the user experience, real

estate and auctions will be updated weekly

and BG Deals will include graphic mobile

coupons and QR codes available to scan for

discounts.

Th e app’s beautiful interface is easy to

navigate and will have all sections unfold

into subcategories.

“Th ere is not one for just Bowling Green

that’s all-inclusive and has all of this stuff,”

Jobe said. “Actually, there’s not one, period.

I think it will end up being the go-to for

people once the word gets out.”

“We want this app to be really a place to

organize your life in Bowling Green and

have everything and anything you want

in Bowling Green that you’re looking for,

at your fi ngertips,” Jobe said. “It truly is a

community app.”

appBY NATASHA A. SIMMONS

4 MARCH 2020 www.270bg.com

BY NATASHA A. SIMMONS

As friends pour into local

watering holes that are plen-

tiful across downtown Bowl-

ing Green, the revelry and hospitality

reverberate perhaps most loudly on St.

Patrick’s Day.

“I enjoy the festivities. Ya know, dress-

ing up, seeing green everywhere, but

the biggest thing is that it’s the type of

holiday where it brings people that nor-

mally don’t come to our bar, but they see

us as an Irish pub, and on St. Patrick’s

Day that’s where you go. So we usually

see new faces, which we love because we

get our name out as much as possible,”

Dublin’s Irish Pub owner Kaitlyn Zysk

said. “We’re going to switch up this year

for St. Patty’s Day. We normally have a

band. We’re actually going to have Andy

Morgan host karaoke. We’re going to

have ‘Patty-oke!”

Th e original Irish pub In Bowling

Green at 904 State St., is locally famous

for its “world class karaoke” and support

for local bands throughout the week.

Live Local Th ursdays is a night fans of

local music may enjoy and in February,

the fi rst Dart League wrapped up.

“We have private parties and [Andy] is

so well known that a lot of people reach

out for parties. And so, we’re his home-

bar basically,” Zysk said of the on-air

personality and assistant program di-

rector at Forever Communications. “We

always try to work together as much as

possible. He brings such a great energy

for the crowd that we have.”

All businesses around and near Foun-

tain Square Park witness thousands of

celebrations weekly. Moreover, St. Pat-

rick’s Day soaks topline numbers; it is a

$5.6 billion industry as of 2019, National

Retail Federation data states. In Bowling

Green, neighboring bars join in on the

fun through pub crawls for patrons.

Shots, First Call, + Pub, 422 ½ East

Main, celebrates its second St. Patrick’s

Day at the location closer to downtown

nightlife with pub crawl, “Unlucky

Charms,” set for Friday the 13th. In the

crawls, locals and students learn about

brews, popular nine-year staple Dublin’s

Irish Pub-- voted Best of Bowling Green

2019 for nightclub/bar, live dancing and

ST. Patrick,s Day

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TOP: Cliffs of Moher Irish Pub in Bowling Green is modeled after a country village Irish Pub that comes from the owners’ upbringing in their native country of Ireland, Irishman and part-owner Peter Quinn said. “ [Patrons} come in and show us pictures of the Cliffs and are very proud,” Quinn said, referring to the name association.BOTTOM: Dublin’s Irish Pub, 904 State St, hosts a Amateur Dart League among many themed and weekly events, including Live Local Thursdays and karaoke nights held Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The nine-year business was voted Best in BG, presented by Daily News.

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Moher Irish Pub--owned and run by

native Irishmen Peter Quinn, Barry

Dunworth and Peter Kiely.

For all bars, they have been meet-

ing points where all can socialize and

unwind--an important part of the

day.

“When I lived in Bowling Green,

I went to Dublin’s [Irish Pub] about

every two weeks to actually hang

out there. Normally on Wednesdays

for karaoke because that’s when

my friends would go there. It’s also

my sister’s favorite bar in Bowling

Green, so every time we go out

together--which is anytime I go out

anymore--I’ll spend half of the night

there,” Myleea Jane Harris, 25, said.

Th e bar never holds a cover fee.

“Nowadays, I like going there right

when they open because I can settle

into the public environment before it

gets super busy and I’m bombarded

by social interaction.”

Consumers plan to spend $40 on

average for St. Patrick’s Day, accord-

ing to an annual survey by NRF

and Prosper Insights & Analytics.

Revenue includes those from pub

crawls during the holiday-- a trend

in the United States. Benefi ts include

increasing exposure to more custom-

ers excited for drink discounts, fun

games and raffl es and delicious Irish

fare and create friendships with other

bar owners. Participating venues in

2019 included Cliff s of Moher, Th e

Derby, Dublin’s Irish Pub, Gerald’s

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Bar, Th ree Brothers and TIdball’s

Sounds and Spirits.

For early bird crowds, Dublin’s

Irish Pub doors will open at 2 p.m.

on Tuesday, March 17.

“We try to make it a full day cele-

bration,” Zysk said.

Along with grabbing a few

rounds of Guinness with friends,

green beers, other themed drinks at

Dublin’s include the bar’s signature

shot “Gator Piss” and the Zysk

annual but always diff erent, “Lucky

Leprechaun.”

More announcements and updates

for the holiday at Dublin’s Irish Pub

will be posted on the social media

accounts. While closed on Mondays,

hours of operation begin 8 p.m on

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 for

Karaoke Wednesdays, Friday and

Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at

2 p.m.

“St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration

of all things Irish and wonderful.

Dublin’s is by far the place to be not

only because we provide the best

environment forgetting out and

having a carefree good time, but you

can grab Irish themed beverages and

sing all of your favorite Irish songs

at karaoke!” Morgan added. “Dub-

lin’s really has a special atmosphere

that’s developed and we have a lot of

regulars who are more than family to

us, and anyone who comes out with

good clean fun on their minds can be

part of our family.”

If you’re heading out to a St. Pat-

rick’s Day celebration, make sure you

have more than just the luck o’ the

Irish on your side. Th ese celebrations

are one of the biggest drinking nights

of the year, and this, unfortunately,

means more drunk drivers on the

roads.Th e most important thing to

remember while celebrating “St.

Paddy’s” is to do it safely. Bowling

Green has both Lyft and Uber service

available, should you celebrate a wee

too much. Consider playing it safe by

having a designated driver.


BY JARED MACDONALD

Many sports fans are familiar with the name Herschel Walker – the

Heisman Trophy-winning running back and three-time All-Amer-

ican who excelled on the football fi eld at the University of Georgia

and professionally.

But can you name the Bulldogs’ center through those early ‘80s seasons

in Athens?

Th at’s the question Larry Jobe presents when describing the Kentucky

Super Preps event he created.

“Th e chances of you knowing who the center is on his football team in col-

lege that blocked for him for every yard that he ever gained is probably slim

or next to none, right?” he said. “Th at’s

really what the program is all about.”

Th e third annual Kentucky Super

Preps awards banquet, sponsored by

the Daily News and presented by Med

Center Health, will take place Tuesday,

May 12 at Th e SKyPAC, providing an

opportunity to honor student-athletes

beyond the box scores.

One student-athlete from every

KHSAA-sanctioned sport at each

of the 13 schools in the Barren River Area Development District can be

nominated by their coach to be the Kentucky Super Preps Athlete of the Year

in their respective sport. An ROTC category has also been added this year.

Each student-athlete nominated must have a 3.0 GPA or better and have a

minimum of 10 hours of community service or volunteer work in order to

be nominated by the coach.

Every student-athlete nominated, plus their parents, coach and their

signifi cant other, the school’s principal and their signifi cant other and the

school’s superintendent and their signifi cant other, are invited to attend

the Kentucky Super Preps banquet on May 12. Every student-athlete

nominated by their coach will be recognized at the event, and there will

be one Athlete of the Year in each sport. Th at person will receive a trophy

donated by Duke’s Sporting Goods stating which sport they were named

the Athlete of the Year in.

“Every single kid that’s nominated – every kid – is brought up on

stage,” Jobe said. “Every kid, at a minimum, gets a certifi cate that says

at their school for their sport they were the Kentucky Super Preps stu-

dent-athlete of the year.”

Unlike most athletic awards, however, the Kentucky Super Preps

awards follow a diff erent criteria, designed to highlight a student-ath-

lete’s work off the fi eld, court or track, instead of being based solely on

athletic achievement.

A fi ve-member committee comprised of people unaffi liated with any

school or team will select the Athlete of the Year winners in each sport

based upon the nominations from the coaches. Th e fi rst priority looked at is

GPA and performance in school, the second is community service hours or

volunteer hours, the third is the coach’s nomination and the fourth is athletic

performance, according to Jobe.

In addition to the individual Athlete of the Year awards for each sport,

Kentucky Super Preps event provides chance to recognize student-athletes

SPORTS

TOP: Dr. Chaitu Malempati, head team physician and medical director for Western Kentucky University athletics, co-hosted the second annual Kentucky

Super Preps awards program sponsored by the Daily News and presented by Med Center Health at SKyPAC

Tuesday, May 14, 2019. ABOVE: Larry Jobe, Director of Sales at the Daily News, kicks off the Kentucky

Super Preps awards program. Dozens of area student athletes were honored during the second annual

Kentucky Super Preps awards program sponsored by the Daily News and presented by Med Center Health

at SKyPAC Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

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several specialty awards will be presented

at the event. Th ese include the Heart and

Desire Award, the Extra Mile Award, the

Comeback Player of the Year Award, the

Sportsmanship Award, the Coach of the

Year Award, the Athletic Director of the

Year Award, the Community Excellence

Award and the Academic Achievement

Award. Th ere are also awards given out

to the Boys’ Overall Athlete of the Year

and the Girls’ Overall Athlete of the Year,

which come with $500 scholarships. Each

award is made possible by a sponsorship

from a local business.

“It’s kind of like the ESPYs. First of all,

it’s an honor to be nominated,” Jobe said.

“ ... I don’t think there’s probably a better

high school awards ceremony in the

BRAD District.”

Last year’s Girls’ Overall Athlete of the

Year Award winner was Julia Kennedy,

a star on Greenwood’s region-winning vol-

leyball team maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA

and completed 120 hours of community

service. Th e Boys’ Overall Athlete of the

Year Award winner was Gavin Spurrier.

Spurrier quarterbacked South Warren’s

football team to a perfect 15-0 record and

the Class 5A state championship. He had

a 4.0 GPA and recorded a 33 on his ACT

while also volunteering for several com-

munity organizations.

Th en-Franklin-Simpson football coach

Doug Preston received top honors among

area coaches aft er leading the Wildcats

to back-to-back Class 4A state titles, and

South Warren’s Chris Decker was named

Athletic Director of the Year for his work

in turning the Spartans’ athletic programs

into some of the best in Kentucky.

In addition to the local high school

stars, two other standout athletes will be in

attendance.

Th is year’s Kentucky Super Preps will

feature special guest speakers Kevin

Dyson and Cameron Mills. Dyson is a

former receiver with the Tennessee Titans

most remembered for his role in “Th e

Music City Miracle” and Mills played

college basketball at Kentucky, where he’s

remembered for “Th e Shot Heard Round

the Bluegrass.”

A reception will begin at 5 p.m. on May

12, followed by the presentation of awards.

A video stream of the event produced by

Vid Monster Productions will be available

live on the Bowling Green Daily News

Facebook page, as well as the Med Center

Health Facebook page. Th e event will also

be rebroadcast on WDNZ TV11 through-

out the remainder of the month.

South Warren’s Gavin Spurrier (sec-ond from right) was named the Male Athlete of the Year during the second annual Kentucky Super Preps awards program Tuesday at SKyPAC.


EMPLOYMENT

Nearly 20 organizations and businesses from across

southcentral Kentucky are expected March 20 at the third

Career and Job Expo presented by the Bowling Green

Daily News, this time at Daymar College, 2421 Industrial Drive.

Th e expo, planned to be the biggest yet, is scheduled to run

from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Th e event off ers the opportunity to meet

top employers, with hiring deci-

sions possible throughout the day.

At the inaugural expo in 2018,

more than 350 job seekers attended

at La Gala, and the 2019 expo at the

L&N Depot increased to approx-

imately 400, according to Andrea

Dennis, local sales manager for the

Daily News. Industries represented

included fi nancial, medical, retail,

manufacturing, food service, con-

struction and more.

Magna, the U.S. Army, Bowling

Green Parks and Recreation, M&L

Electric, Mediacom, the city of

Bowling Green, D93 WDNS-FM,

Daymar College and Speedwash USA Express Car Wash are

among the organizations expected to attend March 20.

Th e expo is a win-win opportunity for both job seekers and

vendors. Th e vendors have options for single or double booth

spaces, a half-page advertisement in the Daily News the Sunday

before the event and a help-wanted ad in print circulation to

reach potential employees. Companies participating in the Career

and Job Expo also will be listed on all promotional ads in print, on

radio and in social media.

Additionally, on-air personality Tony Rose of D93 WDNS-FM

will air a live remote at the event and will interview vendor repre-

sentatives for broadcast on radio and Facebook Live.

“Th is event is especially important for job seekers: It off ers

them a chance to present themselves face-to-face and if they make

a good impression, they can have an interview right there on the

spot,” said Tiff any Creager, Bowling Green Daily News classifi eds

lead. “And as for vendors, it gives them the same chance to have

the face-to-face interaction with the candidates that might be

hired on the spot.”

Larry Jobe, director of sales at the Daily News, said during the

2019 expo at the L&N Depot that it is an honor for the news orga-

nization to off er an event “to help people get back to work.”

“Th e opportunity for the Bowling Green Daily News to help

improve quality of life, help people fi nd jobs, that’s what it’s all

about,” Jobe said.

Th e fall 2020 Career and Job Expo is in the works for late

September. For more information, contact Creager at tcreager@

bgdailynews.com.

Career & Job Expo2020BY NATASHA A. SIMMONS

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BY AARON MUDD

Scattered around Bob McClain’s shop at Wildfi re Metal-

works, you’ll fi nd various projects in diff erent stages of

completion.

Many of the pieces are made to order, whether they take the

form of cabin railings cut to look like landscapes or free-stand-

ing dragonfl y ornaments with metallic wings spanning two or

three feet.

With 40 years of welding and metal fabrication under his

belt, McClain’s held many jobs. It’s this shop, tucked away at the

end of a gravel drive stretching behind his home at 8366 Ceme-

tery Road, that’s always been the dream, however.

“Th e coolest thing to me is … I can pull just these standard

pieces of metal out, and I can turn it into something,” McClain

said in an interview, seated at his desk where he draws up his

plans for a design.

McClain loves to create, but there’s more to it than that. Th e

thrill lies in perfecting a design and delivering on a customer’s

vision.

“It just never gets old to me,” he said.

“A Labor of Love”

McClain got his start down this path when he was just 16,

teaching himself to weld with some of his father’s tools.

At the time, all he really wanted was to tune up his dirt bike,

but it’s here where the spark ignited. Th at spark led him to

study machining and tooling technology at Southern Illinois

University in the early 1980s, and later, to continue his edu-

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cation by earning his bachelor’s degree in

mechanical engineering from the Universi-

ty of Arizona.

As a mechanical engineer, McClain

spent 20-plus years working in manufac-

turing. For a dozen years, he made the

daily commute from Bowling Green to

Nashville, a commute that only got longer

as the years passed by. At his most recent

job, working for U.S. Smokeless Tobacco

in Nashville, McClain realized he had a

choice to make.

“I came to kind of a crossroads,” Mc-

Clain said, looking back on that moment

that eventually led him to launch Wildfi re

Metalworks in August of 2017 aft er three

years of work.

Previously, McClain always looked at the

workshop where he now spends most of

his time as his “play shop.” Aft er relocating

to Bowling Green in 2001, it was a tempo-

rary home for he and his wife, Jenni, while

their home was under construction.

Now though, the garage-like space is

where he works steadily, using a grinder or

computer-aided draft ing soft ware to bring

a customer’s dream to life.

“It’s a labor of love,” he said.

cation by earning his bachelor’s degree in

mechanical engineering from the Universi-

ty of Arizona.

that eventually led him to launch Wildfi re

Metalworks in August of 2017 aft er three

years of work.

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EVEN T S

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CASA BoogiedownCASA of South Central Kentucky, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, hosts Boogie Down Bourbon Street, a mardi-gras themed fundraiser full of cajun bites, bourbon tasting, live and silent auctions for guests 21 and over on Friday, February 21, 2020 at La Gala, located in Circus Square of Downton Bowling Green. This premier event presented by Hancock Bank & Trust on Friday, February 21, 2020. In 2019. the CASA event raised $40,000, executive director Jana Sublett said. The fundraiser continues to sell out every year and online hashtags for the event are [#iamforthechild], as the CASA concept is based on the commitment that every child has the right to a safe, permanent home as soon as possible.


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Greg Martin is a member of the Kentucky Headhunters and human encyclopedia for all things rock music and Kentucky music

history on his specialty radio show “� e Low-down Hoedown with Greg Martin,” broadcast on Bowling Green’s classic rock station, D93 WDNS-FM. � e Glasgow resident and Lou-isville-born Martin details Bowling Green’s music scene and its supportive venues.

“Early on, I’m going to take you way back to the genesis of when [� e Kentucky Headhunters] started, Bowling Green has had two or three music scene happenings down here � rst going back in the late 1960s and early ‘70s with a little club down there, Yellow Hydrant,” lead guitarist Greg Martin said. Yellow Hydrant, was at 100 E. Main St., between several bars in a row fated to close. Martin’s friends, American rock trio ZZ Top, headlined in 1974, with Kentucky Headhunt-ers also on the bill.

� e re� ned sports-themed bar, 643 Sports, Bar and Grill, 360 E. 8th Ave Suite 104, has taken notice – receiving interest from touring bands – and provides the community with several events on its website, www.643spor-trsbarandgrill.com, to plan for nights out up to two months in advance.

“It’s typically at least 30 to 60 days of events listed. Take a look at it, we always have some creative fun stu� going on and new musicians

stop into the area, but also those growing up in the area,” owner Dave Pinchuk said. “We’re constantly changing. We try not to book the same people too o� en, but some of the regular locals might come every cou-ple months and bring in some of the bigger local headliners.” “I found it interesting when I � rst got to town is that [Bowling Green] is insatiable for music and they love all types of live music and di� erent genres of music as well,” Pinchuk said.

Today, groups with Bowling Green natives that are running rehearsals before North American sold-out shows include Kentucky Headhunters, Cage � e Elephant, Ian Noe, Rayland Baxter (Morning Teleportation’s Travis Goodwin is a 2019 addition to Baxter’s band family), Kiss Kiss Bang, Dan Luke & � e Raid, Kyle Daniel, Opposum Holler, OTIS, � e Josephines, Jeremi Duran, Fat Box Band, Sugadaisy, Astronomy Club and � e Cartoons.

You can’t say “live music” in Bowling

Green without Spillway Bar & Grill being the center of that conversation. “� e number of groups and the starpower of those that have appeared on our stage is impressive”, says Robert Baxter Owner. � e remodeled Spillway Bar & Grill, has live music almost every weekend.

Tidball’s Sounds and Spirits, SkyPac, Dublin’s Irish Pub, � e Public � eatre of Kentucky, � e A-Frame, Rocky’s Bar, Mellow Mushroom, Lost River Pizza, Crossroads Bar & Grill, 440 Main, Whiskey River Pub, are just some of the many live music venues in Bowling Green.

Kiss Kiss Bang is a fusion of classic rock and electric sound has been honed on tours with Black Stone Cherry, Molly Hatchet, Blacktop Mojo and the inaugural and second years of Vette City Motorcycle Music Fest. With regional and international friends, in-cluding, Kentucky Headhunters Foghat, Bret Michaels, Lita Ford, Great White, Gretchen Wilson, Pat Travers, David Lee Murphy, and Jackyl have all played the Vette City gig.

270BG will be bringing you stories and insights from the Bowling Green Music scene. If you want to know whos playing where just visit the 270BG app and click on Live Music Scene!

FROM THE TOP: The crowd at the annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve counts down to midnight as the ball drops from the roof of 6-4-3 Sports Bar + Grill from Stadium Park Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Tyrone Dunn & Kin-Foke perform at Spillway Bar & Grill. John Corabi performs at Spillway Bar & Grill. Kentucky quintet Kiss Kiss Bang per-forms at Tidball’s.

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