I've been there for many quilt shows. The downtown historic area is very nice, park at the museum and you can walk the murals and downtown historic district and Carol Beyer Fallert's Studio. Quilt in a Day is a few blocks out from the river end. Paducah is on a main town hwy, not downtown. Carson Park in town is where Quilt in A Day sets up the fabric tents during the show. The big barn building there is where E.Burns displays all her quilts and her books. It's only there for the show though. It's a very nice town to spend a weekend for a quilter. Oh, a huge Harley Davidson outlet is there and lot of water activities to do and camp grounds.