Talk about star power! Patrica Barnstable-Brown has pulled together another breathtaking celebrity guest list for her annual bucket-list Derby Eve party held the night before the Kentucky Derby.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The star-studded guest list for the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala is a blend of chart-topping musicians, athletic greats and Hollywood heavyweights.

You heard right. The Barnstable Brown Derby Eve party, which Conde Nast named "One of the 10 Best Parties in the World," is held in the family's Kentucky home.. Opulent from the onset, the party ...

Talk about a party worthy of the world-famous Kentucky Derby. On Friday, May 2, an exciting mix of celebrities, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, funny man Tracy Morgan, Super Bowl Champion ...

Smokey Robinson, Frances Gladney, Tina Knowles, and Holly Robinson Peete at the 2024 Barnstable-Brown Derby Eve Gala in Louisville's Highlands neighborhood on Friday, May 3, 2024.

2024 Kentucky Derby Parties: Barnstable Brown Gala (May 3) Since 1989, Louisville native Patricia Barnstable Brown has hosted an annual party in her mansion a few miles from Churchill Downs racetrack.

Catherine Barnstable-Brown and her father Christopher stopped on the red carpet at the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala and talked about the charity component of the party, which is in its 36th year.

The “premiere Kentucky Derby party” made the donation to the University of Kentucky’s Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center in Lexington from their proceeds of their 2024 gala.

Described as "The best house party in Kentucky" by Chris Barnstable-Brown, the importance of the event reaches beyond the celebrities who attend the annual pre-Kentucky Derby soirée. Since its ...

Dannielynn Birkhead, the late Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, attended the 2025 Barnstable Brown gala during Kentucky Derby weekend wearing the same dress her late mom wore to the event 21 years ...

As the world fires up to celebrate the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4, another spectacular Louisville-based event is racing toward an impressive anniversary. For over three decades ...

Dannielynn Birkhead, the late Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, attended the 2025 Barnstable Brown gala during Kentucky Derby weekend wearing the same dress her late mom wore to the event 21 years ...