Festival Hub: Forecastle Festival
The Scene: An annual gathering that's equal parts music, arts, and activism, Forecastle takes place at Louisville’s Waterfront Park, attracting over 75,000 attendees annually. Featuring alumni like Outkast, Jack White, The Black Keys, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, and The Flaming Lips makes this a stellar summer event. And because it's Kentucky, there's definitely a taste of the state's famous liquor in the Bourbon Lodge.
- 100 gecs
- 6LACK
- Alison Wonderland
- Black Pumas
- Blossom
- Charlotte Sands
- Chelsea Cutler
- Clairo
- COIN
- DJ Mel
- Dr. Fresch
- Duckwrth
- Earl Sweatshirt
- EVAN GIIA
- Flamingosis
- FLETCHER
- Follow Forecast
- glaive
- Indigo de Souza
- Jack Harlow
- Jai Wolf
- Joel Corry
- JPEGMAFIA
- KennyHoopla
- KIRBY
- Lane 8
- LÉON
- Lucille Croft
- Maddy O’Neal
- Maxo Kream
- Mob Rich
- Noizu b2b Dombresky
- Oliver Tree
- Paris Texas
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Porter Robinson
- Princess Nokia
- Quinn XCII
- Rüfüs Du Sol
- San Holo
- Still Woozy
- Tai Verdes
- Tame Impala
- The Homies
- TroyBoi
- TSHA
- Tyler, the Creator
- Wale
- Wax Motif
- ANDERSON .PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS
- ANDERSON EAST
- ANDREW BIRD
- BIG WILD
- CHVRCHES
- CAAMP
- CALPURNIA
- CHELSEA CUTLER
- Chromeo
- Dawes
- DENZEL CURRY
- ERIN RAE
- First Aid Kit
- HIGHLY SUSPECT
- HOP ALONG
- ISRAEL NASH
- JUDAH & THE LION
- JULIA JACKLIN
- JUNGLE
- LAUV
- LEIKELI47
- Lettuce
- LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE
- LUCIUS
- MAGGIE ROGERS
- MIDLAND
- MOON TAXI
- MT. JOY
- NELLY
- NONAME
- PJ MORTON
- PENNY & SPARROW
- PLAYBOI CARTI
- Portugal. the Man
- SNAKEHIPS
- SUNFLOWER BEAN
- The Avett Brothers
- The Killers
- THE RUEN BROTHERS
- TYLER CHILDERS
- WHETHAN
- YUNGBLUD
- Chris Stapleton
- Arcade Fire
- Modest Mouse
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
- Houndmouth
- The War on Drugs
- Father John Misty
- Vance Joy
- Courtney Barnett
- NF
- Jimmy Eat World
- Kurt Vile & The Violators
- Louis the Child
- T-Pain
- Jenny Lewis
- Margo Price
- Vic Mensa
- Oh Wonder
- Punch Brothers
- Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- Lucero
- White Reaper
- Hippie Sabotage
- Teddy Abrams and friends
- PVRIS
- Quinn XCII
- AJR
- I’m With Her
- Jai Wolf
- Hiss Golden Messenger
- Khruangbin
- Westside Gunn + Conway
- Tyminski
- Colony House
- SAINt JHN
- Berhana
- Brent Cobb
- Ron Gallo
- Morgan Saint
- Spencer Lee Band
- Matt Maeson
- Devon Gilfillian
- Arlie
- Biyo
- Flagship
- Aaron Lee Tasjan
- Adia Victoria
- Ages and Ages
- Beach Slang
- Big Thief
- Brent Cobb
- Cage the Elephant
- Cashmere Cat
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
- COIN
- Conor Oberst
- Ekali
- Farro
- Foxygen
- Giraffage
- Griz
- Jack Harlow
- JD McPherson
- John Moreland
- Judah and the Lion
- Kaiydo
- LANY
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lucy Dacus
- Mandolin Orange
- Modern Baseball
- Mondo Cozmo
- Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
- NEEDTOBREATHE
- Odesza
- Pell
- PJ Harvey
- Quiet Hollers
- Rayland Baxter
- Run The Jewels
- STRFKR
- Teddy Abrams & Friends
- The Shelters
- Twin Limb
- Vince Staples
- Waka Flocka Flame
- Weezer
- X Ambassadors
- Sturgill Simpson
- Phantogram
- Spoon
- Capital Cities
- Tycho
- Real Estate
- K.Flay
- What So Not
- Whitney
- CLASSIXX
- 1200
- ALABAMA SHAKES
- ALEX G
- ALL THEM WITCHES
- Alunageorge
- ANDERSON EAST
- ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS
- Baauer
- Banners
- BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS
- BIG GIGANTIC
- Black Pistol Fire
- BLACKBERRY SMOKE
- BRANDI CARLILE
- BULLY
- CAVEMAN
- DANNY BROWN
- DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
- DR. DOG
- FEMI KUTI & POSITIVE FORCE
- Future Thieves
- GARY CLARK JR.
- GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY
- GLASS ANIMALS
- GROUPLOVE
- Heartless Bastards
- Hudson Mohawke
- JAZZ CARTIER
- Joan Shelley
- LIZ VICE
- LOS COLOGNES
- Madison Ward & The Mama Bear
- MOON TAXI
- Myzica
- NOTHING
- Patrick Watson
- PHOSPHORESCENT
- Pokey Lafarge
- River Tiber
- RYAN ADAMS
- SAINTSENECA
- Sarah Jarosz
- Seratones
- SHAKEY GRAVES
- SPEEDY ORTIZ
- STEVE GUNN
- SYLVAN ESSO
- Teddy Abrams & Friends
- The Arcs
- THE AVETT BROTHERS
- THE SUFFERS
- Tourist
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- WALK THE MOON
- WASHED OUT
- WHITE DENIM
- WILD CHILD
- ALVVAYS
- BIG K.R.I.T.
- BRONCHO
- CAGE THE ELEPHANT
- CATHEDRALS
- CHERUB
- CHRIS STAPLETON
- COLD WAR KIDS
- DESAPARECIDOS
- DIARRHEA PLANET
- DR DUNDIFF AND FRIENDS
- EARL BURROWS
- EMPIRES
- FAT TONY
- FIELD REPORT
- FIRST AID KIT
- FLY GOLDEN EAGLE
- GABRIEL GARZON-MONTANO
- GASLIGHT ANTHEM
- HOUNDMOUTH
- ILOVEMAKONNEN
- JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
- JEFFREY JAMES
- KIESZA
- KING TUFF
- KNOX HAMILTON
- LIZZO
- LOWER DENS
- MARIACHI EL BRONX
- MILO GREENE
- MODEST MOUSE
- MY MORNING JACKET
- NOAH GUNDERSEN
- OVER THE RHINE
- PARKER MILLSAP
- PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
- PORTUGAL. THE MAN
- RL GRIME
- ROBERT DELONG
- SAM SMITH
- SAN FERMIN
- SHOVELS & ROPE
- SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS
- SON LUX
- SPEEDY ORTIZ
- ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
- STURGILL SIMPSON
- THE BARR BROTHERS
- THE LONE BELLOW
- THE REVIVALISTS
- THE STEELDRIVERS
- THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH
- THE WAR ON DRUGS
- THE WORD (JOHN MEDESKI, ROBERT RANDOLPH, LUTHER DICKINSON, CODY DICKINSON, CHRIS CHEW)
- TWEEDY
- TWIN LIMB
- TWIN PEAKS
- WHITE REAPER
- WIDESPREAD PANIC
- ZZ WARD
- Action Bronson
- Against Me!
- Anwar Sadat
- Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks
- Band of Horses
- Beck
- Benjamin Booker
- Blue Sky Black Death
- Boy & Bear
- Brett Dennen
- Chancellor Warhol
- Chrome Sparks
- Claude VonStroke
- Curtis Harding
- Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
- Dwight Yoakam
- Flume
- Foy Vance
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Goodbye June
- Hayes Carll
- Hurray for the Riff Raff
- Jack White
- JaLin Roze
- Jason Isbell
- Jenny Lewis
- Jill Andrews
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Johnnyswim
- Kygo
- Leagues
- Local Natives
- Lord Huron
- Lucius
- Matrimony
- Mim0sa
- Moon Taxi
- Mount Moriah
- Nickel Creek
- Nightmares On Wax (live)
- Old Baby
- Outkast
- Public
- Ray LaMontagne
- Reignwolf
- Seluah
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
- Sharon Van Etten
- Slint
- Spanish Gold
- Spoon
- St. Lucia
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- Sun Kil Moon
- The 23 String Band
- The Black Lips
- The Districts
- THE REPLACEMENTS
- The Soul Rebels
- The Wans
- The Weeks
- Thee Open Sex
- Trampled by Turtles
- Tune-Yards
- Twenty One Pilots
- Willie Watson
- Young & Sick
- The Black Keys
- The String Cheese Incident
- The Avett Brothers
- The Flaming Lips
- Alabama Shakes
- Jim James
- Animal Collective
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- The Forecastle Incident (with special guests)
- Young the Giant
- Big Boi
- Matt & Kim
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Purity Ring
- The Joy Formidable
- Datsik
- Dawes
- Griz
- Kurt Vile & The Violators
- Toro y Moi
- Bob Mould Band
- El-P & Killer Mike
- Baauer
- Bombino
- Moon Taxi
- Freakwater
- Foxygen
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Wild Belle
- Tift Merritt
- TOKiMONSTA
- Shovels & Rope
- Salva
- Night Beds
- MNDR
- Churchill
- Ryan Hemsworth
- Rubblebucket
- Alasdair Roberts & Friends
- Mona
- The 23 String Band
- Wheeler Brothers
- A Lion Named Roar
- The Pass
- Abigail Washburn
- Andrew Bird
- Atlas Sound
- Atmosphere
- A-Trak
- Bassnectar
- Beach House
- Beats Antique
- Ben Sollee
- Cabin
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
- Cherub
- Cherub
- Cheyenne Marie Mize
- Cloud Nothings
- Cloud Nothings
- Clutch
- Daedelus
- Daniel Martin Moore
- Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500
- Deer Tick
- Dr. Dog
- Everest
- Floating Action
- Flying Lotus
- Fruit Bats
- Futurebirds
- Galactic
- Girl Talk
- Gramatix
- Houndmouth
- James Vincent McMorrow
- JEFF the Brotherhood
- Julia Nunes
- Justin Townes Earle
- Kelly Hogan
- Kelly Hogan
- Keys N Krates
- Keys N Krates
- King’s Daughters & Sons
- Lower Dens
- Lower Dens
- Lucero
- Lydia Burrell
- Mike Doughty
- Minnesota
- Moon Taxi
- Mux Mool
- My Morning Jacket
- Neko Case
- Nerves Junior
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Rachel Grimes
- Real Estate
- Rebelution
- Rebelution
- Scarlet Smile
- Sleeper Agent
- Sleigh Bells
- Stax! Soul Revue
- Tanlines
- The Features
- The Head and the Heart
- The Ravenna Colt
- Trixie Whitley
- Trixie Whitley
- Walk The Moon
- Washed Out
- Wax Fang
- Wick-It The Instigator
- Wilco
- Wye Oak
- Zion I