The all-star music lineup runs this fall in Louisville, Kentucky
Award-winning festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced an all-star lineup of music artists for Bourbon & Beyond–The World’s Largest Bourbon, Food & Music Festival–held September 11, 12, 13 & 14, 2025 at Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
After a record-breaking year in 2024, DWP is thrilled to announce the stacked music lineup featuring dozens of legends and breakout stars led by The Lumineers, Benson Boone, and an Alabama Shakes reunion on Thursday, Phish, Khruangbin and Joe Bonamassa on Friday, Sturgill “Johnny Blue Skies” Simpson, Jack White and Vance Joy on Saturday, and Noah Kahan, Goo Goo Dolls and Megan Moroney on Sunday.
Now in its seventh year, Bourbon & Beyond will feature more than 120 artists performing on five stages during the four-day event, also including Cage The Elephant, TV On The Radio, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lake Street Dive, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Foreigner in one of the final announced dates of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ Farewell Tour, Third Eye Blind, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, and many more.
In addition to four full days of music at Bourbon & Beyond across five stages, the unique immersive festival experience will include daily workshops and demonstrations showcasing America’s best chefs and Louisville’s vibrant bourbon and culinary culture on the festival’s workshop stage for The Bourbon Experience and The Culinary Atelier. Hosted by bourbon expert Chris Blandford, Chef Amanda Freitag, Chef Ed Lee and Chef Chris Santos, the festival’s bourbon tastings and culinary workshops pair world-renowned master distillers and some of the country’s top chefs, with some workshops featuring celebrity guest appearances.
The current music lineup for Bourbon & Beyond is Phish, Noah Kahan, Sturgill “Johnny Blue Skies” Simpson, The Lumineers, Jack White, Benson Boone, Alabama Shakes reunion, Cage The Elephant, Khruangbin, Megan Moroney, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Rilo Kiley, Goo Goo Dolls, Vance Joy, Third Eye Blind, Lake Street Dive, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Myles Smith, Foreigner, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Joe Bonamassa, Pixies, Dylan Gossett, TV On The Radio, The Teskey Brothers, Flatland Cavalry, Waxahatchee, Dashboard Confessional, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Collective Soul, Trampled By Turtles, Muscadine Bloodline, Guster, 49 Winchester, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Colbie Caillat, Iron & Wine, Morgan Wade, Lawrence, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Julien Baker & Torres, Dawes, Gavin DeGraw, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, The Hold Steady, Switchfoot, Robert Cray Band, John Waite, Michael Marcagi, Austin Snell, Matt Maltese, Ashe, St. Lucia, The Waterboys, Blind Melon, Old 97’s, 10,000 Maniacs w/ Mary Ramsey, Josiah & The Bonnevilles, Bonny Light Horseman, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Marc Cohn, The Baseball Project, The Paper Kites, Redferrin, Kolby Cooper, Jade Bird, The Ocean Blue, The 502s, Nolan Taylor, Marshall Crenshaw, Madison Ryann Ward, Waylon Wyatt, Bayker Blankenship, iDKHOW, The Heavy Heavy, Darren Kiely, NRBQ, Marcy Playground, Hazlett, Certainly So, Jonah Kagen, Yächtley Crëw, Chance Emerson, The Band Feel, Reid Haughton, Kelsey Waldon, Miles Miller, Meg McRee, Brit Taylor, Cale Tyson, Leftover Salmon, Steep Canyon Rangers, Rhonda Vincent, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Fruition, Wonder Women Of Country, Danny Paisley & Southern Grass, Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter, Tophouse, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Wyatt Ellis, Caleb Caudle & The Sweet Critters, Jett Holden, Chatham Rabbits, Thunder & Rain, Emily Scott Robinson, Gooseberry, sullvn, Axel & Lolo and more.
Bourbon & Beyond also features an array of onsite experiences. Highlights include The Bourbon Experience, which is carefully curated and will feature panel discussions, hands-on workshops, Blind Bourbon LIVE: where renowned bourbon critic Fred Minnick will taste through the festival’s bourbons to award best in show, and product demos that will fill your cup and keep you coming back for more. The Culinary Atelier will feature culinary experiences including celebrity and Kentucky chef demos along with great eats from local restaurants, plus a few surprises along the way.
In addition, the Kroger Big Bourbon Bar is home to The Bluegrass Situation Stage, featuring the best bluegrass bands and line dancing, plus live tapings of the award-winning The Fred Minnick Show. Fans will also have the opportunity to get up close and personal with celebrities, bourbon experts and distillers to discover the heritage, explore the traditions, and raise a glass to the fine Art of Bourbon.
Four-Day General Admission, Mint VIP and Angel’s Envy Beyond VIP passes, and Single Day GA and Single Day Mint VIP passes are on sale now.
fans who want to celebrate the biggest eight days of music in the United States with back-to-back weekends in Louisville at Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life can purchase an Exacta Pass for less than $69 per festival day (Exacta Pass starts at $550 plus fees). Service fees on all pass purchases include a charity fee for the DWP Foundation, which gives back to local and national charities throughout the year.
Your 2025 Lineup is here! The World’s Largest Music, Food & Bourbon Festival returns September 11-4, serving up a genre-spanning lineup featuring Phish, Noah Kahan, Sturgill "Johnny Blue Skies" Simpson, The Lumineers, Jack White, Benson Boone, Alabama Shakes, Cage The Elephant,… pic.twitter.com/YEpTyi94kH
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