What’s been months in the making is now one week away.
Makers House™ Derby weekend is a fully orchestrated design and hospitality production across nine parties over three days, designed, built, and executed at the highest level by Makers House™ Creative Director Josh Merideth and a best-in-class team of fabrication, production, and culinary partners.
Every element has been driven with intention—from custom environments and architectural builds to lighting, sound, and operational flow. This is immersive, technical execution, not surface-level design.
We are preparing to host around a thousand guests across three days in multiple locations. The expectation is nothing short of perfection.
Josh Merideth, Creative Director of Makers House™, specializes in designing and planning Kentucky's most extravagant events, including opulent weddings, lavish rehearsal dinners, and enchanting welcome parties. Renowned as both an event architect and a masterful host, he is celebrated for his distinctive style, authentic design capabilities, and unrelenting push for exacting standards. Collaborating closely with discerning clients, Josh conceptualizes and brings to life awe-inspiring weddings.
Join the “Guest List” at The-Guest-List.com (application to follow inquire)
“Guest List” by Makers House™ is a culinary and cocktail social residency rooted in thoughtful hospitality, elevated design, and the art of gathering well.
Conceived as a rotating series of intimate dinners, cocktail evenings, and cultural pop-ups, “Guest List” brings together chefs, creatives, tastemakers, and discerning guests around a shared table — where atmosphere matters as much as the menu.
Inspired by and connected to cultural moments, each residency session is designed to feel personal, layered, and impossible to replicate — set atop the rooftop terrace of Hotel Bourré Bonne, where downtown Louisville’s creative and social circles naturally converge.
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For the second year in a row, Makers House™ Creative Director Josh Merideth transformed the rooftop at Hotel Bourré Bonne into one of Oaks Day’s defining scenes — setting the tone for what will be Louisville’s hottest upscale downtown rooftop destination all summer long.
Nine parties. Three days and nights. Three venues. Every inch considered, built, and executed without compromise.
This is what it looks like when every detail is pushed past expectation — when design is not decoration, but discipline. When timing, lighting, sound, service, product, and people all move as one system. Unrelenting in standard. Precise in delivery.
Makers House™ does not approach Derby weekend as a series of events. It is a full-scale production — layered environments, distinct identities, and a continuous experience carried from one space to the next.
From The Equestrian Club at Omni Louisville Hotel
to The Rose Lounge at Hotel Bourré Bonne
to every final detail in between — nothing left to chance.
All luxury.
Backed by the most premier sponsorship in the world.
Built by a team that understands what it means to execute at this level.
This weekend was a statement by Makers House™ Creative Director Josh Merideth and every single sponsor, partner, vendor and team member who made it happen.
