Lexington's Railbird Festival Announces Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Maren Morris and More for 2020

The music, food and bourbon fest returns to Keeneland Race Course Aug. 22-23 and will also feature The Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, Cat Power, Tanya Tucker and The Decemberists

By CityBeat Staff on Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:25 am

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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Lexington, Kentucky's Railbird Festival has announced its 2020 music lineup. The music, food and bourbon fest returns to Keeneland Race Course Aug. 22-23.

The fest will be headlined by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and Maren Morris and will also feature The Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, The Decemberists, Tanya Tucker, Trampled by Turtles, Colter Wall, Whiskey Myers, Shovels & Rope, City and Colour, The Dead South and Cat Power. See the full lineup below.

Weekend passes go on sale this Friday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. via railbirdfest.com. A limited number of two-day general admission tickets will be available for $135.

The event will also feature cooking demonstrations and discussions featuring chefs — aka "culinary headliners" — Ouita Michel, Cole Arimes, Travis Milton, Jeremy Ashby, Samantha Fore and Kristin M. Smith. There will also be a range of bourbon on hand, "chosen in collaboration" with Justins' House of Bourbon co-owners Justin Sloan and Justin Thompson.