Photo: Craig Weiglein
Bourbon and beyond
After a two-year absence, American, indie and classic rock festival Bourbon & Beyond returns in 2022, and now we have a lineup.
Headliners include Jack White, Alanis Morissette, Kings of Leon, Brandi Carlile, Pearl Jam, Greta Van Fleet, Chris Stapleton and The Doobie Brothers.
Other notable acts include Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Courtney Barnett, St. Vincent, Drive By Truckers, and Houndmouth.
(See the full lineup at the bottom of this story.)
Bourbon & Beyond 2022, which has expanded to four days, will take place September 15-18, once again at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center. Tickets are currently available for purchase, and GA weekend tickets are $249.99.
Danny Wimmer, the founder of Danny Wimmer Presents – the company behind Bourbon & Beyond which organizes festivals across the country – said he thought it was one of the strongest lineups.
“We really captured lightning in a bottle (of bourbon) with this line. Honestly, it’s one of the highest-billed festivals in 2022,” says Wimmer. “Between Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life on back-to-back weekends, there’s no better place to be this fall than Kentucky. We’ll see each other there.”
Due to the pandemic, all three Danny Wimmer Presents Louisville festivals – Bourbon & Beyond, Louder Than Life and Hometown Rising – were canceled in 2020. The only one that took place in 2021 was Louder Than Life, the Hard Rock and Metal festival of the company that’s been around the longest.
Louder Than Life 2022 – which will take place the weekend following Bourbon & Beyond, September 22-25, at the same location – has also already announced its lineup, which will be headlined by Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, KISS and Knot flowing.
Danny Wimmer Presents will also be selling an “Exacta Pass,” which includes general admission to Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life for $449.
Here is the Bourbon & Beyond range as it currently stands:
Thursday, September 15: Jack White, Alanis Morissette, Father John Misty, The Revivalists, Japanese Breakfast, Shakey Graves, Jimmie Vaughan, Shovels & Rope, Buffalo Nichols, Hannah Wicklund, Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers, Hogslop String Band, Tyler Boone
Friday, September 16: Kings of Leon, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Lukas Nelson & POTR, Courtney Barnett, Charley Crockett, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Houndmouth, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Eric Gales, SG Goodman, Hogslop String Band , Jocelyn & Chris Arndt, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Plateau Wellington
Saturday September 17: Pearl Jam, Greta Van Fleet, St. Vincent, Crowded House, Cold War Kids, Elle King, Drive-By Truckers, JP Saxe, Robert Randolph Band, Reignwolf, National Parks, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Jon Stickley Trio, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Matilda Soucis
Sunday September 18: Chris Stapleton, The Doobie Brothers (50th Anniversary with Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston and John McFee), NEEDTOBREATHE, Caamp, Marcus King, Yola, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Jukebox the Ghost, Boy & Bear, Madison Cunningham, Gin
Image: Courtesy of Danny Wimmer Presents
This story was originally published by sister newspaper CityBeat LEO Weekly.
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