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 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.
Bourbon & Beyond has received widespread acclaim from national media. The 2024 event was named a must-see festival by national media outlets including: Forbes, Garden & Gun, People, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Thrillist, USA Today, US Magazine and more. In addition, Bourbon & Beyond was named 2024 Festival of the Year by leading live entertainment organization IEBA after welcoming a record-setting 210,000 fans over 4 days marking the largest music festival in Kentucky history. It has also been nominated as Pollstar “Festival of the Year” for the past two years.
Now in its 7th year, Bourbon & Beyond will feature more than 120 artists performing on five stages during the 4-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.
The current music lineup for Bourbon & Beyond is as follows: 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.
Some of the reunions and highlights at Bourbon & Beyond include:
● Phish: Exclusive 2025 festival appearance
● Jack White: 12-time Grammy-winner, lead singer of The White Stripes, and renowned as one of the greatest guitarists of all-time
● Benson Boone: 2024 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist
● Reunion shows for Alabama Shakes (after 10 years), Rilo Kiley, The Waterboys
● Khruangbin: The trio known for blending classic soul, dub, rock and psychedelia was a 2024 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist
● Megan Moroney: 2024 Academy Of Country Music’s “New Female Artist Of The Year” is selling out her headlining shows and has been called a new country music icon
● Foreigner: one of the final shows of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ Farewell Tour
● Myles Smith: Exclusive North American festival performance. His single “Stargazing” has been #1 for 9 weeks
● The Baseball Project: Supergroup comprised of Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Scott McCaughey (The Fresh Young Fellows), Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate) and Linda Pitmon (Psycher)
● Bourbon & Beyond also features Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Ringo Starr, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Peter Buck and Mike Mills
4-Day General Admission, Mint VIP and Angel’s Envy Beyond VIP passes, as well as Single Day GA and Single Day Mint VIP passes are on sale now at https://bourbonandbeyond.com/passes/.
