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Oaks and Smokes Derby Event

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The annual Derby Event, Oaks and Smokes will be held at the Ice House for the fourth year in a row on Friday, May 2 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Oaks and Smokes benefits the local charity Kentucky Harvest. Kentucky Harvest has been feeding and helping the less fortunate since 1987. Their mission is to “rescue” food that is intended to be discarded to help feed the hungry. Organizations such as hotels and event venues of all sizes donate on a daily basis to help Kentucky Harvest. Please join us in helping fund this amazing cause.

The band, The Groove Merchants, will headline for the second year in a row as the entertainment for the evening. Tickets may be purchased through Kentucky Harvest, and are currently on sale. The cost is $125.00 per person. Tickets will includes food, entertainment, a premium cigar and free valet parking.

Stay tuned for photos from this year’s event!

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ACLU Corporate Event

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The ACLU corporate event was hosted int he Main Hall, utilizing all of our event space. After cocktails, their guests headed up to the Mezzanine balcony to enjoyed a delicious seated dinner. Our Mezzanine is the ideal location for an intimate dinner with close business colleagues.

Our wonderful Crushed Ice Events chefs prepared an amazing seated dinner for 80 people. Our capacity for a full seated dinner in our Mezzanine space is 80 guests.

Many enjoyed the guest’s favorite parmesan crusted chicken with baby roots vegetables and parmesan grits. While many of our vegetarians enjoyed the southwestern quinoa stuffed bell pepper. Our chefs at Crushed Ice Events always prepare vegetarian dishes for a seated dinner option. We always like to know ahead of time, what are the allergy restrictions and dinner preferences of your guests, however if we are told during the dinner we need another vegetarian option we are always prepared!

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Love & Such Boutique Bridal Show

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Thank you so much to all that attended the Love & Such Boutique Bridal Show! This not-so-typical yet one-of-a-kind bridal show was a huge success. With over 100 brides and grooms that pre-registered, we had a sizable turn out. Here are some of our favorite photos from the event…

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Thanks to our wonderful vendors who participated this year: Louisville Ice Sculptures, University Ballroom, Billy Grubbs Photography, C Luv Grow Studio, Comfy Cow, Design in Mind Events, Complete Music Kentucky, Edible Creations, Events 29, Events LLC, Fifty Chairs, Jessica Fey Photography, David William’s of Magnolias, Magnolia Photo Booth, Oak Street Productions, Oxford is Heaven, Peak Bow Ties, Perfect Wedding Guide, Pink Peony Planning & Design, Rooibee Red Tea and Southern Soiree.

Additional Amenities

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The Ice House has a variety of in-house event decor included in your rental that can enhance the feel and look of your event. No matter what color scheme your are trying to incorporate into your theme we have the ideal event elements to create the total package. We also have many additional amenities for rental.

Your event tables and chairs are included with your Ice House rental. We have an inventory of 350 chameleon chairs and 300 white folding chairs, which are both included with your rental. Our set of lounging furniture can be rolled out on the East Terrace to create a relaxed outside environment, located right off of the Main Hall.

What’s extra? At the Ice House we offer an abundance of those little event additional amenities. Our most popular being the LED colored up-lighting package, and below you can see why! Our up-lighting package includes 15 multi-color LED fixtures, 6 puck lights, lighting behind our bar, a fiber-optic bar top and our East Terrace market lights. The lighting adds the perfect amount of color to our cream colored brick walls and these can be customized to match any of your event colors.

The question that is on everyone’s mind, what’s a GOBO? Customize your monogram and add the date of your wedding to throw up on our exposed brick walls in the venue. These look great over the bar as well! If you are hosting a corporate function or a fundraiser, you can add your sponsor’s logos up on the wall for company exposure.

Our 20×20 Black Dance Floor is the ideal additive for your wedding, corporate celebration or prom. This dance floor could also be customized for smaller event gatherings and made into a 16×16 dance floor.

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Photos by David Blair and Lizzie Lou Photography

Winter Louisville Wedding

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We were so excited to kick 2014’s wedding season off with a beautiful Louisville Winter Wedding.

The Bride and Groom said their vows on February 15, 2014, on our second floor Mezzanine, decorated with icy blue mason jars and tall glass cylinder vases provided by In Bloom Again. In Bloom Again also provided the Bride’s linens and floral arrangements, which were absolutely breathtaking! We loved her personalized table toppers labeled with a specific location that had a significant meaning to the couple.

Homemade Pie and Ice Cream Kitchen provided the 4 tiered floral decorated cake. The cake matched perfectly with the theme of the wedding. The color scheme was a classic white, ivory, with blue accents both light and navy.

The Bride opted for a mix of our square and round Ice House tables, provided with her rental, to accommodate for her 160 guests.

Stations were the menu of choice including a Salad Station, our client favorite The Bluegrass Station and a dessert station. Our chef attended Bananas Foster station was a huge success and the Groom’s favorite dessert.

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Rule #23: Plan Like a Champion, Wedding Checklist

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It’s wedding season! Brides-to-be are booking venues, searching for that perfect dress, taste testing the menu of their dreams, and mailing out the invitations.

The planning process can be extremely overwhelming, especially if you are that super bride who is doing it all on her own. At the Ice House we can help with any wedding request for no extra charge to our brides, but sometimes it’s just good to have a solid plan of attack. Here is a great wedding checklist to help you plan your wedding!

12 Month Wedding Checklist

12 Months
Begin your guest list, and decide the number of guests for your wedding
Browse venues
Decide on a date and ask your bridal party to be a part of your big day!

11 Months
Book venue, sign contract and submit the deposit
Browse catering

10 Months
Find an officiate
Narrow down caterers and schedule tastings

9 Months
Finalize caterer, sign contract and submit the deposit
Choose color scheme for wedding
Set up appointments with florists, DJs or musicians and photographers
Begin looking for that perfect dress!

8 Months
Submit deposits for all of your vendors
Begin looking for honeymoon destinations
Begin looking at bridesmaids/groomsmen dresses and tuxedos

7 Months
Make sure if traveling out of the country your passport in in order
Make schedule for paying off the rest of the wedding fees

6 Months
Schedule tastings with bakers for your cake
Have you found the perfect dress? Place order.
Order bridesmaids/groomsmen attire

5 months
Order invitations and thank you correspondence
Book rehearsal dinner
Book honeymoon vacation and hotel rooms

4 Months
Begin registering
Decide on favors for your bridesmaids and groomsmen
Order any additional rentals ex. Linens or centerpieces

3 Months
Begin addressing all of your wedding correspondence
Select wedding bands
Schedule all hair, make-up and nail appointments
Confirm all travel details

2 Months
Mail invitations
Pick up gown, purchase accessories
Contact caterer and venue to confirm wedding details and floor plan
Begin creating your wedding playlist, with DJ or band
Purchase all reception décor

1 Month
Give venue entire list of vendors expected to make drop offs at your wedding
Get marriage license
Pick up wedding bands
Meet with wedding party to decide on a schedule for the big day
Arrange parking details if necessary

Week of
Give all of your vendors, catering, and venue you final guest count
Pay the rest of the venue fees
Get a mani and a pedi
Rehearsal
Drop off all of your wedding favors or decor at venue
Get married!
It’s never too early to start planning ladies!