Fourth Street Live! is a major entertainment and retail district located on 4th Street, between Liberty and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The project began as a downtown revitalization project to essentially redesign and modernize the old Louisville Galleria. City planners hope that the district will attract further commercial business development while providing an attractive entertainment hotspot for the city's hotel and tourist business as well as the local population. Fourth Street Live! first opened to the public on June 1, 2004, and all stores were finally completed for the grand opening on October 30, 2004.

Restaurants and entertainment venues in the complex include Hard Rock Cafe, Red Star Tavern, TGI Friday's, Sully's Irish Pub, Lucky Strike Lanes (Bowling Alley) and the first-ever Maker's Mark Bourbon House & Lounge. Fourth Street Live! also has a wide variety of bars and nightclubs including Red Cheetah/Palm Bar dance club, Parrot Beach, Howl at the Moon, the Felt billiard lounge, live country music at Saddle Ridge.

A traditional food court is also located in the complex with restaurants like Wendy's, Cold Stone Creamery, and Subway. There are also several retail stores such as Borders Books and Music, Office Depot, Fashion Shop, EB Games, Verizon, Cool Shades and others.

Traffic on 4th Street through the complex is generally open most of the time. However, the street is closed off frequently when there are large public gatherings such as music concerts and other events.

Many people crowd into the center during the frequent free concerts given by local and national performers. 4th Street Live has attracted occasional controversy for its dress code policy enforcement. On August 4, 2006 a judge ordered two clubs to publish their dress code and apply it to "blacks and whites equally". Both clubs are operated by JP 4th St. Live LLC. The ruling came a day after two African Americans filed a lawsuit claiming they were denied entrance to the clubs in February because of their race.

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