Bourbon & Beyond Festival Lineup Makes Louisville Worth the Road Trip

Jack White, Alanis Morissette, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton and Pearl Jam are just a few of the big acts that will be performing.

Sep 6, 2022 at 1:49 pm
click to enlarge Jack White, shown here performing with The Raconteurs at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati in 2019, is one of the headliners for Bourbon & Beyond. - Photo: Brittany Thornton
Photo: Brittany Thornton
Jack White, shown here performing with The Raconteurs at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati in 2019, is one of the headliners for Bourbon & Beyond.


Who's up for a road trip? For the first time since 2019, Bourbon & Beyond will return to Louisville this fall.

The four-day music festival, which runs Sept. 15-Sept. 18 at the Kentucky Exposition Center, recently released its daily schedules.

Here’s the full lineup of everyone who’ll be performing, cooking, and podcasting onstage (headliners are in bold; schedules are subject to change).

THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
  • 12-12:25 p.m. — As You Were (Oak Stage)
  • 12:05-12:50 p.m. — Tyler Boone (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 12:30-1:05 p.m. — The Blue Stones (Barrel Stage)
  • 1:10-1:50 p.m. — Buffalo Nichols (Oak Stage)
  • 1:25-2:10 p.m. — Alex Leach Band (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 1:55-2:40 p.m. — Jimmie Vaughan (Barrel Stage)
  • 2:45-3:30 p.m. — Shovels & Rope (Oak Stage)
  • 2:55-3:40 p.m. — Hogslop String Band (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 3-3:45 p.m. — Finding Your Palate w/Fred Minnick (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 3:35-4:25 p.m. — Japanese Breakfast (Barrel Stage)
  • 4-4:30 p.m. — Vampires & Bourbon w/Ian Somherhalder & Paul Wesley (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 4:20-5:20 p.m. — Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 4:30-5:20 p.m. — Shakey Graves (Oak Stage)
  • 4:35-5:05 p.m. — Porter Road’s Chris Carter & James Peisker (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 5:10-5:45 p.m. — Collab + Creativity = Success w/Wes Henderson & Rob Dietrich (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 5:25-6:25 p.m. — Father John Misty (Barrel Stage)
  • 5:50-6:20 p.m. — Antonia Lofaso & Hogslop String Band (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 6:30-7:30 p.m. — The Revivalists (Oak Stage)
  • 7:35-8:55 p.m. — Alanis Morissette (Barrel Stage)
  • 9-10:30 p.m. — Jack White (Oak Stage)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
  • 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Circus No. 9 (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 11:55-12:25 p.m. — Jocelyn & Chris (Barrel Stage)
  • 12:30-1 p.m. — S. G. Goodman (Oak Stage)
  • 1:05-1:40 p.m. — Eric Gales (Barrel Stage)
  • 1:40-2:25 p.m. — Tray Wellington (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 1:40-2:25 p.m. — What Women Want (In Whisky [sic]) (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 1:45-2:20 p.m. — Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Oak Stage)
  • 2:25-3:05 p.m. — JP Saxe (Barrel Stage)
  • 2:30-2:55 p.m. — Ouita Michel & Tyler McNabb (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 3-4:30 p.m. — Louisville Cocktail Competition (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 3:10-3:55 p.m. — Houndmouth (Oak Stage)
  • 3:45-4:30 p.m. — Missy Raines & Allegheny (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 4-4:45 p.m. — Charley Crockett (Barrel Stage)
  • 4:35-5:05 p.m. — Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy w/ Damaris Phillips (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 4:50-5:40 p.m. — Courtney Barnett (Oak Stage)
  • 5:20-6:35 p.m.— Hogslop String Band (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 5:30-6 p.m. — Family Traditions w/Ed Lee & Followill Family (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 5:45-6:45 p.m. — Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (Barrel Stage)
  • 6:05-6:50 p.m. — All In The Family (a roundtable with Kentucky’s First Families of Bourbon) (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 6:50-7:50 p.m. — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Oak Stage)
  • 7:55-9:25 p.m. — Brandi Carlile (Barrel Stage)
  • 9:30-11 p.m. — Kings Of Leon (Oak Stage)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
  • 11:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. — Matilda Marigolds (Barrel Stage)
  • 12:05-12:50 p.m. — Missy Raines & Allegheny (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 12:15-12:45 p.m.— The National Parks (Oak Stage)
  • 12:50-1:20 p.m. — Robert Randolph (Barrel Stage)
  • 1:25-1:55 p.m. — Reignwolf (Oak Stage)
  • 1:25-2:10 p.m. — Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 1:30-2 p.m. — Sam Fore & Neil Finn (Kentucky Venues Stage)
  • 2-2:40 p.m. — Drive-By Truckers (Barrel Stage)
  • 2:05-2:50 p.m. — Celebrate the Art of Blending with Dan Calloway (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 2:45-3:25 p.m. — St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Oak Stage)
  • 2:55-3:25 p.m. — Tiffani Faison & The Always Sunny Podcast (Kentucky Venues Stage)
  • 2:55-3:40 p.m. — Jon Stickley Trio (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 3:30-4:10 p.m. — Leaders of the New School (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 3:30-4:20 p.m. — Elle King (Barrel Stage)
  • 4:15-4:45 p.m. — The Battle with Greta Van Fleet (Kentucky Venues Stage)
  • 4:20-5:20 p.m. — Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 4:25-5:15 p.m. — Cold War Kids (Oak Stage)
  • 5-5:45 p.m. — Smokin’ & Sippin’ (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 5:20-6:20 p.m. — Neil & Liam Finn of Crowded House (Barrel Stage)
  • 6:00-7:15 p.m. — The Always Sunny Podcast (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 6:25-7:35 p.m. — St. Vincent (Oak Stage)
  • 7:40-8:55 p.m. — Greta Van Fleet (Barrel Stage)
  • 9-11 p.m. — Pearl Jam (Oak Stage)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
  • 11:55 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. — Jon Stickley Trio (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 12-12:30 p.m. — Hannah Wicklund (Oak Stage)
  • 12:35-1:05 p.m. — Madison Cunningham (Barrel Stage)
  • 1:10-1:50 p.m.— Gin Wigmore (Oak Stage)
  • 1:20-2:05 p.m.— Bella White (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 1:55-2:35 p.m. — Jukebox the Ghost (Barrel Stage)
  • 2-2:45 p.m. — Building A Bourbon Collection with John Waddell & Guests (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 2:40-3:25 p.m.— Jake Blount (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 2:40-3:25 p.m. — Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs (Oak Stage)
  • 3-3:30 p.m. — Amanda Freitag & Gin Wigmore (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 3:30-4:15 p.m. — Yola (Barrel Stage)
  • 3:45-4:20 p.m. — Whiskey State of Mind (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 4:15-5:15 p.m. — Sierra Hull (The Bluegrass Situation Stage)
  • 4:20-5:10 p.m. — NEEDTOBREATHE (Oak Stage)
  • 4:25-4:55 p.m.— Northern Soul with Justin Sutherland (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 5:10-5:55 p.m. — It’s Bourbon Night: A Blind Fright Fight with Chad & Sara (Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage)
  • 5:15-6:05 p.m. — Marcus King (Barrel Stage)
  • 6-6:30 p.m. — Better in the Bluegrass (Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage)
  • 6:10-7:10 p.m. — Caamp (Oak Stage)
  • 7:15-8:45 p.m. — The Doobie Brothers (Barrel Stage)
  • 8:50-10:30 p.m. — Chris Stapleton (Oak Stage)

A version of this story originally was published by CityBeat sister newspaper LEO Weekly.


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