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Rich Copley: July 4th & Miss Kentucky Finals

Rich Copley, via Twitter

It’s time for our weekly chat with Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald Leader for a look at this weekend’s arts and cultural events.

With July fourth falling on a Saturday this year, Rich tells WEKU’sJonese Franklin, this weekend is all about the holiday.

Events discussed:

Downtown Lexington's July 4th Festival

Lexington Philharmonic's patriotic concert

Miss Kentucky Pageant finals 

Rich Copley covers arts and culture for the Lexington Herald Leader and Lexgo.com, where you’ll find out more about the weekend’s events.

You can also find a list of arts and cultural activities on the WEKU Event Calendar.

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