Bourbon & Beyond 2026 Lineup Announced

By: Philip Sayblack

​More than 100 acts will take part in this year’s Bourbon & Beyond Festival.
According to information in a news release distributed Wednesday, the lineup for this year’s festival, which will take place Sept. 24-27 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, will be the largest to date for the event. Foo Fighters, Hootie & The Blowfish, Dave Matthews Band, and Chris Stapleton are among the notable headliners scheduled to take part in the festival, now in its eighth year.
The massive lineup for this year’s festival is noted below:
Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Kacey Musgraves, The Red Clay Strays, Hootie & the Blowfish, Counting Crows, Foster The People, Goose, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jesse Welles, Jessie Murph, Of Monsters and Men, The Flaming Lips, The War on Drugs, Charley Crockett, 4 Non Blondes, Portugal. The Man, Gary Clark Jr., Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Father John Misty, Max McNown, The Fray, Squeeze, Cheap Trick, Marcus King Band, Angus and Julia Stone, Cameron Whitcomb, Adam Ant, Amos Lee, Fitz and the Tantrums, Violent Femmes, Maddox Batson, Maoli, Lindsey Stirling, Noah Cyrus, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The Devil Makes Three, Better Than Ezra, Durand Jones & The Indications, Jet, Plain White T’s, Buffalo Traffic Jam, The Return of Jackie and Judy, Our Lady Peace, Sons of Legion, Avery Anna, Matt Hansen, The Church, Gabriella Rose, Lisa Loeb, Uncle Lucius, Yächtley Crëw, Stella Lefty, Joan Osborne, Paula Cole, Vertical Horizon, Kaitlin Butts, Langhorne Slim, The Creekers, Henrik, The Infamous Stringdusters, Amigo The Devil, Howie Day, Tonic, Cracker, Sierra Hull, Kitchen Dwellers, Nine Days, The Verve Pipe, Congress The Band, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Noah Rinker, The Stews, Couch, hey, nothing, Bryan Martin, Penelope Road, S.G. Goodman, Magoo, Atlus, Sawyer Hill, Rattlesnake Milk, Jason Scott & The High Heat, Levi Turner, Ben Chapman, Clover County, Nathan Bess, Palmyra, Kevian Kraemer, Ryman, Shelby Means, Caleb & Reeb, The Steel Wheels, Rainbow Girls, Fireside Collective, Woodbox Heroes, The Fretliners, Meels, Mason Via and Vickie Vaughn Band.
The festival will be a homecoming for Stapleton, a Kentucky native. For Hootie & The Blowfish, the performance will be its first in Kentucky in more than 20 years. In regard to Foo Fighters, the band’s performance will be in support of its new forthcoming album, Your Favorite Toy, which is scheduled for release Apr. 24.
Stapleton will not be the only Kentucky native to take part in this year’s festival. Other Kentuckians Joan Osborne, SG Goodman, Vickie Vaughan Band, and The Creekers are also on the bill.
Festival passes are available here, with a layaway plan. Festival pass options are noted below:
●      4-Day and Single Day GA
●      4-Day and Single Day Mint VIP
●      4-Day and Single Day Angel’s Envy Beyond VIP
More information on the Bourbon & Beyond Festival is available at:


Website: https://bourbonandbeyond.com


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