Music: Forecastle Festival

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This weekend one of the Midwest’s most well-respected music festivals comes to Louisville, Ky. The Forecastle Festival, now in its eighth year, will be headlined by acts such as The Avett Brothers, The Black Keys, Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes plus more than 65 other bands and DJs. Billed as “one of the top 33 festivals in the country,” by Paste Magazine, there’s something to do there for every creative mind.

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Musicians can go and meet promoters and label execs, artists can exhibit work and sit in on sustainability-inspired workshops, while environmentalists can school and schmooze with fellow go-greeners at tons of panels and movies. Whatever you do there, remember that Forecastle is all about bringing people together from across the Midwest. With Forecastle campgrounds now completely sold out, procrastinating Cincinnatians are lucky to be close enough to make the daily commute. You can even ride your bike there if you want. Forecastle Festival goes from Friday-Sunday. Tickets are $40 per day or $100 for the whole weekend.

Get details and tickets here.

07.12.2009 at 07:39 Reply

Mzade

Sunday morning, from Forecastle. I've been thinking whether a Forecastle could happen in Cincy, and I'm thinking probably not. Desdemona was a hopeful start, but City permits, funding, and the pervasive attitude that that's someone else's clique doomed that noble effort. We're still too cilo'd. Louisville has a lot over Cincy: they use flowing water a lot in their urban landscape; much more bicycle freindly, and sculpture everywhere. We leave our flowing water in the river, imprison sculpture in our museum and bicycles - leave 'em on the designated trails in Loveland. Tow more things about Forecastle: the music was great. The audience however, well behaved, but for a crowd that claims environmental awareness, and good health, they smoke constantly - mostly tobacco - and I mean constantly. I suppose being Kentukians - cash crop and all, but give it a break for a minute. Attending with my teenage son, it was little embarrasing how loopy most of the crowd became after countless joints, snort, meth and LSD, with no attempt to be discrete about any of it! Makes it tough to parent and promote involvement in modern music.