Joe Bonamassa will be at the Lexington Opera House on April 30 (8:00pm Sharp!) and we have an awesome prize package you could win! We always do our best to bring you exciting and fun giveaways with great prizes and we can truly say this is the best prize package we have ever offered. The winner will receive all the following:

2 Tickets to the Joe Bonamassa Concert
Access to the Meet & Greet Before the Show
Brand New Guitar Signed by Joe Bonamassa

• Click here and “Like” the Lexington Opera House on Facebook (if you haven’t already).
• Then suggest all your friends like the page as well (located underneath the profile picture on the facebook page).
• After doing the above, comment on THIS post (on the Rupp Arena Blog) with what artists you would like to see come to the Lexington Opera House in the future. Be sure to use the email/account you would like for us to use to contact you, should you be chosen as the winner. NOTE: COMMENTING ON FACEBOOK WILL NOT ENTER YOU INTO THE GIVEAWAY. YOU NEED TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST.

For those who haven’t heard of Joe Bonamassa before, enjoy this video below of his performance of “Stop” at the Royal Albert Hall. For those who have heard of him, check it out anyways. You won’t be disappointed…

Avenue Q is coming to the Lexington Opera House this weekend as part of the Broadway Live series. We’re doing something fun for this show; choosing a select number of fans who will get a pair of tickets to opening night (Friday at 8:00pm). We’re calling these “Social Seats,” as the winners will be asked to tweet and/or post Facebook updates from their phones throughout the show. It’s a fun way for people to share their experience and to let everyone know how hilarious it is (and it WILL be hilarious). If you’re interested in going to the show and sitting in our Social Seats, read below for the details on how to enter.

• If you skipped over the details, go back and read them before entering (Yeah, I saw your eyes drift down the page).
• Leave a comment on this post using the email address you would like for us to use to contact you.
• In your comment, include your twitter handle and/or a link to your facebook profile.

We will choose and contact the lucky fans this Wednesday (April 7) at 4:00pm. Keep an eye on your inboxes…

Everybody know what time it is? No, not tool time, time for a giveaway! We think it’s only right that Rupp Arena have at least 20,000 Facebook fans, and that’s where you come in. We have been hard at work assembling some awesome packages to give away to five lucky winners. You could win Taylor Swift tickets, tshirts, gift cards or Rupp Arena umbrellas. Below are the various packages you could win. Read through them, then check out the details and how to enter. It’s easy, I promise…

2 Tickets to the Taylor Swift Concert
2 Taylor Swift Tshirts from the Merch Stand
$15 Rupp Arena Concessions Gift Card

$50 Gift Certificate to deSha’s
2 Rupp Arena Blog Tshirts
1 Rupp Arena Umbrella (Limited Production)

$50 Gift Certificate to Rupp Arena Box Office
2 Rupp Arena Blog Tshirts
1 Rupp Arena Umbrella (Limited Production)

$20 Rupp Arena Concessions Gift Card
2 Rupp Arena Blog Tshirts
1 Rupp Arena Umbrella (Limited Production)

$10 Papa John’s Gift Card
2 Rupp Arena Blog Tshirts
1 Rupp Arena Umbrella (Limited Production)

• Become a fan of Rupp Arena on Facebook (if you haven’t already).
• Then suggest all your friends become a fan as well (located underneath the profile picture on the facebook page).
• After doing the above, comment on THIS post (on the Rupp Arena Blog) with either your favorite event you’ve attended, or an event you would like to see come to Rupp Arena in the future. Be sure to use the email/account you would like for us to use to contact you, should you be chosen as a winner. NOTE: COMMENTING ON FACEBOOK WILL NOT ENTER YOU INTO THE GIVEAWAY. YOU NEED TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST.

Sesame Street Live “When Elmo Grows Up” is this Friday – Sunday (5 Shows) and the Rupp Arena Blog has a family four-pack of tickets to give away! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post with what your kid [or kids] wants to be when they grow up. Be sure to leave the email address you would like for us to contact you at, should you win. Tomorrow, October 22nd at 3:00pm EST we will choose one random winner out of all those who commented and they will win a family four-pack to the show of their choice. For details about show times, check out the event page on the Rupp Arena website. Good luck!

The first annual Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show took place a couple weeks ago, and we have already scheduled next year’s show for October 23rd & 24th, 2010! This year we had approximately 5,000 people come through the doors and sample anything from beer cheese to ice cream. We hope everyone enjoyed the show, and wanted to give you another chance to get a signed copy of Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook.

The planning process has already begun for next year’s show and we are trying to decide who the next Celebrity Chef should be, and want to get your input. In order to be in the drawing to win the signed cookbook, all you have to do is comment on this post with the chef you would like to see at next year’s show. Be sure to use the email address we should contact you at, should you win. On October 28th at noon, we will randomly select a winner out of all those who commented, and mail them a signed copy of Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook. Thanks again for a great show this year, good luck in the giveaway, and we hope to see you at The Incredible Food Show again next October!

Congratulations to Caroline Nuss, who is our winner for the Jonas Brothers banner giveaway. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! I really enjoyed checking out the concert from so many view points by looking at all the fan photos. In addition, MANY of you tagged yourself in our photos we took at the show. Many of the shots (like the one above) have nearly 25 people tagged in them, who traveled from all over the region to come to the concert. It’s pretty cool to look through and see all the people tagged throughout the crowd. Since I am feeling pretty guilty that there could be only one winner, I have decided to make the PDF file [of the banner] available for anyone to download.

You can print it out on your printer at home, or if you want to print your very own banner, you could take that file to a printing shop and have one made. Enjoy, and congrats again to Caroline Nuss!

Did you go to the Jonas Brothers show this past Sunday? If so then you could win the Jonas Brothers banner that hung on High Street leading up to the show. The process is simple, but requires a Facebook account. Do one or both of the following to enter:

 • Check out our photo album on Facebook from the Jonas Brothers pre-show and concert by CLICKING HERE. If you see yourself in any photo, then tag yourself. You can even tag your friends to enter them into the giveaway as well. Parents, if your kids don’t have accounts, then feel free to tag pictures of them with your account.

 • Aren’t in any of the photos? Don’t fret! Upload your own photos from the show to our fan photos section. CLICK HERE and click on “Add Photos” at the top left to add photos you already have on Facebook, or upload them. Pretty simple huh?

Although it won’t give you an advantage in the giveaway, we would love for you to upload all your photos from that day, and be sure to tag yourself in all of them. At noon on Friday, September 4th, we will compile a list of people who are either tagged in a photo, or who added a photo, and randomly select a lucky winner who will win the 2 foot by 6 foot Jonas Brothers banner. Keep an eye out for a message from Paul [that's me!] since there is no way to send a message from Rupp Arena. So what are you waiting for? Add your photos and tag yourself!

Every now and then we like to poll our readers/fans/followers to see who they would like to see come to Rupp Arena. It gives us a good idea of what the demand is for certain artists/acts and tells us to keep an ear to the ground for when they are routing their tour. So, we want to know who you want to see! As a little extra incentive, next Monday (August 10th) we will choose a random commenter here, on Facebook, and on Twitter and each will win a Rupp Arena Blog tshirt. So take a second and hammer out some of your favorite bands/shows that are currently touring, planning a tour, or may tour at some point in the future. You never know, they may end up hitting the stage here at Rupp!

Tomorrow morning, we will be interviewing the Fillies, the cheerleaders for the Horsemen. It will be a video interview for the Rupp Arena Blog. Since this is for the blog, we want you to submit questions you would like to see answered. We will choose 5 of the questions submitted and use them (as well as some others) in the interview. If your question is chosen, you will have your name and location mentioned in the interview, and will win a pair of tickets to each of the last Horsemen home games. Sounds pretty sweet huh? All you have to do to enter is comment here with your question as well as your name and city you are from. Be sure to use your email you want us to contact you at when commenting. Each person can submit up to 5 different questions. You have until tomorrow morning at 9:00am to submit them, so don’t waste any time!

This contest is now over. Check your email to see if you won!