Bourbon & Bowties™

The 15th Bourbon & Bowties™, benefiting Norton Children’s Hospital, is presented by Northwestern Mutual.

Enjoy music, hors d’oeuvres from Louisville’s top chefs and an auction to raise funds for Norton Children’s Hospital through the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation.

The community has contributed more than $3.2 million over the years, benefiting nearly 215,000 children annually from throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Thank you for your generosity.

Thursday, June 5, 2025
6:30 to 10 p.m.
Fleur de Lis Farm
8316 Wolf Pen Branch Road
Prospect, KY 40059

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2025 Tickets on sale Thursday, March 20 at 9 a.m.

To be added to the 2025 mailing list, click on the button below.

View our past and present Bourbon & Bowties honorees.

Raffle to win tickets to 2025 Bourbon & Bowties

Purchase your chance to win four Bourbon & Bowties General Admission Tickets to the 2025 Bourbon & Bowties event with one parking pass for the event’s on-site parking on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The winner will be drawn on Tuesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. at the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation Office.  Raffle tickets are $100 each and only 100 will be sold.  Charitable gaming license # ORG: 0000851. 

2025 honoree

All previous honorees

In 2025, the 15th Bourbon & Bowties will honor all our honorees from the past 14 years and the care they received at Norton Children’s Hospital.

The inaugural Bourbon & Bowties event was established in memory of Charles W. Gant, a loving and energetic 8-year-old boy who passed away from viral encephalitis on June 3, 2009. Since then, Bourbon & Bowties has honored Laurel DortchMaxwell W. JohnsonOwen F. McMastersAnna-Maria BeckClara and Wilson McGarvey, Tanner DemlingMason ChristensenMya WhiteHazel Leggett, Johnathan Young, James Logan Vaughn and Annalise Aguirre. The event also will continue to honor and remember former head chef and host Dean Corbett.

An exclusive Vineyard Vines bow tie and tie and exclusive bracelets from jewelry company Bourbon and Boweties have been designed to commemorate all the honorees. These items are available for purchase at Cartwheels Paper & Gifts, The Fashion Post, The Prickly Pear, Taylor Lee Comfort and Something Blue.

Tickets will go on sale Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 9 a.m. To add your name to the invitation list, email the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation at foundations@nortonhealthcare.org or call (502) 420-4299

Make a Donation

Please consider a gift in honor of all of our honorees over the years. Your gift will be recognized during the Pledge Moment at the Bourbon & Bowties event.

Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation

4965 U.S. Highway 42, Suite 1000
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 420-4299

For ways to help, visit HelpNortonChildrens.com.