Bourbon & Beyond Announces 2026 Lineup

- The 2026 festival will feature over 100 artists performing across five stages at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center. Other headliners joining Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, and Dave Matthews Band include Mumford & Sons, Queens of the Stone Age, Kacey Musgraves, and Hootie & the Blowfish. - In 2025, the festival and its sister event, Louder Than Life, generated a combined local economic impact of nearly $43 million for Louisville. That same year, Bourbon & Beyond alone welcomed 210,000 attendees over the four-day event. - The festival features more than just music, billing itself as "The World's Largest Bourbon, Food, & Music Festival." It includes unique culinary and bourbon experiences, such as the Fork & Flask program curated by Kroger and the Kroger Big Bourbon Bar, which hosts bluegrass bands. - In 2024, Bourbon & Beyond was named Pollstar's "Music Festival of The Year," an award that recognizes the most artistically and commercially successful festival globally for its size. - The deep and diverse lineup for 2026 also includes notable acts such as Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Flaming Lips, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, The War on Drugs, Charley Crockett, and Gary Clark Jr. - For the eighth consecutive year, The Bluegrass Situation will curate its own stage within the Kroger Big Bourbon Bar, featuring performances from artists like Sierra Hull, the Infamous Stringdusters, and Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country.