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Best Bets this weekend: Beer Cheese Fest, Prom Run, DeBraun Thomas

The Beer Cheese Festival is Saturday in Winchester.
The Beer Cheese Festival is Saturday in Winchester. palcala@herald-leader.com

Beer Cheese Festival

Mix beer with cheese and you get one of Kentucky’s favorite treats, celebrated from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Winchester. Purchase a $5 wristband and sample beer cheese from an array of vendors, and vote for your favorite. The day will also include live music, crafts and children’s activities. Beercheesefestival.com.

Summer Nights in Suburbia

The series of free outdoor concerts continues from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Moondance Amphitheater, 1152 Monarch Street. This week’s featured performer is DeBraun Thomas. Bring a lawn chair or blankets. Food trucks will be on site. Lexingtonky.gov/summer-nights-suburbia.

Garden tours

Gather inspiration for your abode at these self-guided tours of local homes and gardens.

The Spring Garden Tour and Plant Sale in Versailles, featuring seven gardens in Woodford County, is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of tour at the Little House, 247 Lexington Street, Versailles. Woodfordcountywomansclub.org.

In Frankfort, the Garden Club of Frankfort presents the Living in History Home and Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available at the Frankfort/Franklin County Tourist Commission, 100 Capital Avenue, Frankfort. Tickets for the tour are $15. A luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Frankfort Country Club is $15. Facebook.com/gcofFrankfort.

Funky Fun Prom Run 6K

The top male and female overall winners get crowned and sashed at this benefit for Step By Step and Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop. Prom attire is encouraged, 7:45 p.m. Saturday at Coolavin Park, 550 West Sixth Street. Registration is $35 advance, $40 at the event, $15 for the after-race dance only. Funkyfunpromrun.com.

Lil Duval

The comedian and actor, who appeared with Michael Epps in “Meet the Blacks,” headlines at Comedy Off Broadway. Shows are at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 to $23. Comedyoffbroadway.com.

Free Friday Flicks: ‘Moana’

Enjoy a free outdoor screening of the Disney animated tale “Moana.” The movie starts at dusk on Friday at Jacobson Park, 4001 Athens-Boonesboro Road. Pre-show children’s activities begin at 7 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Lexingtonky.gov/free-friday-flicks.

This story was originally published June 8, 2017 at 9:48 AM with the headline "Best Bets this weekend: Beer Cheese Fest, Prom Run, DeBraun Thomas."

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