Bourbon & Beyond, the Louisville, Kentucky, festival that combines live music with whiskey culture, has announced a bonkers 2025 lineup. Phish, Sturgill Simpson, Noah Kahan, and the Lumineers are all in headlining slots, with names like Jack White, Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Alabama Shakes, Khruangbin, Joe Bonamassa, Goo Goo Dolls, and Vance Joy all high up on the lineup roster.
But it’s the festival’s undercard that is the most eclectic, touching on various genres and time periods. Representing the Nineties, for example, are Third Eye Blind, Blues Traveler, Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Blind Melon, and Marcy Playground, while names like the recently reunited Rilo Kiley, the Hold Steady, TV on the Radio, Dashboard Confessional, and Colbie Caillat summon the 2000s. There’s also a Seventies and Eighties contingent, with artists including Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, John Waite, and the band touring as Foreigner, and even a former Beatle: Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band are set to perform.
A sizable amount of country and roots-music artists are on the lineup too. In addition to Moroney, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Dylan Gossett, Flatland Cavalry, Waxahatchee, Muscadine Bloodline, 49 Winchester, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Morgan Wade, Old 97’s, Redferrin, Kolby Cooper, Nolan Taylor, Waylon Wyatt, Reid Haughton, Kelsey Waldon, and Cale Tyson are scheduled to appear.
Set for Sept. 11th through 14 at the Highland Festivals Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Bourbon & Beyond is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. Last year’s festival set a single-day attendance record of 60,000 people for the Saturday night headlining slot by Zach Bryan. Single day tickets and four-day passes are currently on sale at the festival’s website.
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