BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29329@lexfun4kids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260515T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260515T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T220551Z URL:https://lexfun4kids.com/events/lex-arts-hop-051526/ SUMMARY:LexArts HOP DESCRIPTION:\nDuring the LexArts HOP\, thousands of locals and visitors ali ke converge on downtown Lexington to celebrate art throughout the evening with new gallery exhibitions and special arts events. With dozens of galle ries and non-traditional exhibit spaces\, the LexArts HOP is arguably Lexi ngton's most anticipated visual arts celebration\, and it happens on the t hird Friday of every other month.\n \n\n \n2026 Dates\n \nJAN 16 | MAR 20 | MAY 15 | JUL 17 | SEP 18 | NOV 20\n \n\nThat’s LexArts HOP night\, eag erly anticipated\, enthusiastically attended\, a choose-your-own-adventure event designed to put you in the rooms with a stimulating cross-section o f local visual art.\n\n \n\nOn HOP night\, dozens of galleries\, museums\, artists’ studios\, and creative spaces conventional-and-un\, collective ly throw open their doors. And everyone\, from seasoned Hoppers to arts ne wbies to just-lookers\, to collectors\, to people simply wanting to make t he scene\, is welcome to wander in.\n\n \n\nHOP has something for locals a nd visitors alike. A chance to encounter the visual arts up close and pers onal. To expand horizons\, cultivate taste\, open eyes and minds. To brows e venue after venue of unique\, affordable works in a dizzying spectrum of media\, materials and genres. To socialize with friends and strangers. To put faces to the artists who envision and create these works. And to mayb e start a new collection or add the perfect piece to an existing one.\n\n \n\nHOP happens six times a year\, because it’s more than even the most ambitious can take in on a single Friday night. And because Lexington’s vibrant visual arts scene never stands still — new exhibitions and new s ites rotate in and out of an ever-changing roster — there’s always som ething new to experience.\n\n \n\nSome HOP sites are pop-ups\, but many ha ve regular hours that you can find in the OFFICIAL HOP GUIDE.\n\n \n\nOffi cial HOP Guides will be available at LexArts on Mill\, 161 N. Mill and a t all participating sites.\n\n CATEGORIES:Age Range,Arts,Babies,Elementary,Free,Parents,Preschoolers,Teens,Toddlers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR