RoundAbout Entertainment Guide

11/19/2023

In addition to the RoundAbout website being back live online, there are digital copies of all pages from 1999-2021 at the Jefferson County History Center and the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. There are also paper copies of all editions in the collection at the JCHS. Pass the word!

11/19/2023

News flash! The 23 years worth of stories from RoundAbout are back online and searchable and readable thanks to a few generous sponsors!
We thank these financial sponsors for this great community service: Century 21 River Valley Realty, Searcy Monuments, GranBrazil, Cocoa Safari Chocolates and Farmers Bank of Milton.
Please patronize these generous sponsors and log onto

12/16/2021

The RoundAbout Entertainment Guide, Kentuckiana's favorite local entertainment guide based in Madison, Ind., has published its final edition in December 2021 after 23 years of serving the area. The RoundAbout serviced Madison and 11 surrounding counties in southern Indiana and north central Kentucky and was the only print marketing/advertising in which many local tourism-related offices and local businesses invested. It has a great distribution network with 100 racks in 12 counties and focused on the annual events, local news stories and community updates. Owner Don Ward is looking to sell the RoundAbout in hopes that someone can allow it to live on past his time.

If you know an investor, another local paper, tourism ideas adapted without a paper or other succession stories similar to this, please contact Don via email at [email protected]. He also has a personal and RoundAbout pages. The RoundAbout is also online at www.RoundAbout.bz.

Don is a Madison area native, and we are happy he is able to retire. But many organizations will be scrambling for new advertising partners and tourism outlets. Please reach out if you can help prolong this much-needed and well-loved free, monthly, regional publication!

11/30/2021

07/26/2021

Solitary Traveler
Adventurer Moore stops in Madison, Ind. on his canoeing voyage across America

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0721NealMoore.html

By Sharyn Whitman Contributing Writer (July 2021) – A canoe is so small against the expansive Ohio River that it appears to be just a dot on the horizon. The winds blow, and the sun beats down on a hot humid day. Another day, the rain is relentless, sometimes for multiple days. That summer rain t...

07/15/2021

Card Shark
Madison, Ind.'s Snell shows his creative mind with his creations

http://www.roundabout.bz/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0721SteveSnell.html

By Ben Newell Contributing Writer July 2021) – This area of the country certainly has many different art forms. In the June edition of RoundAbout, a story discussed the Art Walk in Vevay that featured artists with different styles of painting, a potter with her own unique approach to shaping clay...

07/14/2021

07/07/2021

Late Bloomer
Wilson to open for The Doctors Band at Madison's Music in the Park

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0721MusicinthePark.html

By Helen E. McKinney Contributing Writer (July 2021) – Musician Jordan Wilson considers Madison, Ind., his home base. It’s where he got his start and will return as the opening act for the Madison Main Street Program’s Music in the Park concert in July. “I’ve played in Madison for the pas...

07/04/2021

'Prince of Madison'
Jak McCormick finds local fame after moving to Madison, Ind.

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0721WardColumn.html

(July 2021) – When the Madison Regatta fans head down to the Ohio River over the July 2-4 Gold Cup race weekend, they will likely be eager to take part in the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1971 Gold Cup race, won by the late Jim McCormick in the yellow-and-brown hometown boat, Miss Madison....

07/02/2021

Selfless Service
Oldham County Day to celebrate '50 Years of Greatness'

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0721OldhamCountyDay.html

LA GRANGE, Ky. (July 2021) – It is estimated that 1,076,245 Purple Hearts were awarded to soldiers for their service in World War II. Oldham County, Ky., resident Howard Griffin was a recipient, not once, but three times during his faithful service to this country. Griffin has also been chosen to...

06/28/2021

The 2021 Madison Regatta Guide is available now. Be sure to pick up your FREE copy today!

Click the link below to find a pick up location near you:
https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/Locations.html

06/23/2021

Looking for Deals
New show ‘Flea on 53’ coming to La Grange, Ky.

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0621Fleaon53.html

By Ben Newell Contributing Writer LA GRANGE, Ky. (June 2021) – As an antique dealer, a large portion of Andy Albatys’ life has centered on collecting valuable objects noted for their artistry, beauty or age. He will be bringing many of his collectibles to a new flea market show in La Grange, Ky...

06/11/2021

Blues & Barbecue
Madison Ribberfest releases band list for 2021 festival

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0621MadisonRibberfest.html

(June 2021) – The riverfront in Madison, Ind., will be again rocking to the soulful sound of blues and the smoky aroma of barbecue for the 19th annual Madison Ribberfest Barbecue & Blues presented by Koehler Tire. This two-day festival, Aug. 20-21 along the Ohio River in Madison features regiona...

06/10/2021

Riding the Rails
Eagle Cotton Mill has a long history of industrial activity

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0621CottonMillHistory.html

(June 2021) – In 1884 the directors of the Eagle Cotton Mills Co. of Madison, Ind., signed a contract with Rankin & White to begin building immediately and to complete the building in 90 days. According to the Madison Courier, “This is without a doubt the largest manufacturing establishment ever...

06/10/2021

Event this weekend!

Arts on the Green
Oldham County’s popular art show returns at a new venue

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0621ArtsontheGreen.html

By Helen E. McKinney Contributing Writer CRESTWOOD, Ky. (June 2021) – The very minute artist Kathy Conroy experimented with the medium of scratchboard, she knew she was hooked. When combined with her favorite subject matter, wildlife, the result is a stunning display of realism that almost leaps o...

06/10/2021

Remarkable Revival
Managers, workers team up to restore a Madison, Ind., landmark

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0621FairfieldInn.html

(June 2021) – The Eagle Cotton Mill project on the riverfront in Madison, Ind., is unique in many ways: the age of the historic building, the size and scope of the renovation, the complex financing, and the collaboration of city, state, private investors and business partners. Now that the project...

05/20/2021

Spring Old Court Days

Madison longtime Pilot Club volunteer Payne to retire

http://www.roundabout.bz/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0521PilotClub.html

(May 2021) – “Lifetime Volunteer” doesn’t begin to describe all of the volunteer services provided by Madison, Ind., native Elsie Cosby Perry Payne. She was always interested in working with children. Even at a young age, she taught Sunday School at Ebenezer Methodist Church. Later, she beca...

05/17/2021

Inspiring Read

Hanover, Ind., author Ku**er published his fifth novel

https://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2021/0521Ku**erBook.html

By Sydney G. Wilson Contributing Writer (May 2021) – David Ku**er, 20, of Hanover, Ind., began writing as a hobby in middle school. “I decided to publish books just for fun,” he said. After attending an event featuring local authors, he found the motivation and inspiration to keep progressing...