Bourbon & Bowties™

2026 Tickets on sale Thursday, March 20 at 9 a.m.

The 16th 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 $3.39 million over the years, benefiting nearly 215,000 children annually from throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Thank you for your generosity.

Thursday, June 4, 2026
6:30 to 10 p.m.
Fleur de Lis Farm
8316 Wolf Pen Branch Road
Prospect, KY 40059

Tickets for the 2026 event are sold out. To be added to the 2027 mailing list, click on the button below.

Bourbon & Bowties Restaurant Raffle Tickets

Enter to win a $100 gift card to participating Bourbon & Bowties restaurants ($2,600 value). The winner will be drawn June 4, 2026, at 9 p.m., during Bourbon & Bowties. Need not be present to win. $25 per ticket; only 1,000 will be sold. Void where prohibited. Charitable gaming license # ORG: 0000851.

Bourbon & Bowties restaurant raffle sponsored by

2026 honoree

Penn Edwards

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 Dortch, Maxwell W. Johnson, Owen F. McMasters, Anna-Maria Beck, Clara and Wilson McGarvey, Tanner Demling, Mason Christensen, Mya White, Hazel 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 an exclusive bangle by jewelry company Bourbon and Boweties have been designed to commemorate our honorees and are available for purchase at Cartwheels Paper & Gifts, The Fashion Post, Nicole & B Boutique and Two Chicks & Co. Tickets will go on sale March 19, 2026, at 9 a.m. To add your name to the invitation list, email the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation at [email protected] or call (502) 420-4299.

Make a Donation

Please consider a gift in acknowledgment 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.