Organizers of Hometown Rising, Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life are ready to show off new venue
By Sara Havens | Posted on August 7, 2019With a little more than a month to go, organizers of September’s trifecta of Louisville music festivals — Hometown Rising, Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life — are preparing to welcome more than 240,000 people to their new venue space at the Kentucky...
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant, Joan Jett, Hall & Oates, Zac Brown headline Bourbon & Beyond
By Sara Havens | Posted on March 12, 2019Although last year’s Bourbon & Beyond was awash in mud and muck and eventually cancelled, this year the crew is truly outdoing itself. We weren’t sure what names to put in the headline, because all three days — Sept. 20-22 — are packed with...
Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life get a new home and a new sister
By Sara Havens | Posted on February 12, 2019For those who like music with their bourbon, go ahead and block off the entire month of September, as Danny Wimmer Presents — the producer of Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond — is adding a festival to the lineup and taking over...
Gallery: Despite mud and mess, Bourbon & Beyond still rocked on Saturday
By Staff | Posted on September 24, 2018Insider managed to get some great shots of all the Bourbon & Beyond festivities — the bourbon, the music, the people — we were able to crash.
7 Questions With … Chef Damaris Phillips, who’s sittin’ on some secrets
By Sara Havens | Posted on September 21, 2018We asked Chef Damaris Phillips what keeps her here, and her answer was simple: "Community. I love the people who call Louisville home."
Round here: Let’s focus on the bourbon of Bourbon & Beyond
By Sara Havens | Posted on September 19, 2018In preparation for this weekend's Bourbon & Beyond, we've shoved the Beyond to the back seat and turned the spotlight on the Bourbon.
Bourbon & Beyond releases schedule and new app
By Sara Havens | Posted on September 4, 2018The bourbon-centered music festival takes place Sept. 22-23 at Champions Park and features top performers like Sting, Robert Plant, Lenny Kravitz and more.
Sting, Robert Plant, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow and more headline Bourbon & Beyond 2018
By Sara Havens | Posted on April 16, 2018The lineup for the second annual Bourbon & Beyond was just announced, and headlining this year’s bourbon, food and music festival include Sting, Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, Counting Crows and David Byrne. That’s quite a lineup for the...
City and Bourbon & Beyond producer sign a pact for 10 years & beyond, will add country music festival
By Sara Havens | Posted on January 19, 2018City officials, including the mayor, met with the producers of Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life and members of the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau this morning to announce a 10-year lease agreement for the festival company to continue to lease Champions Park....
The Closing Bell: Louisville Metro in talks with Airbnb on taxes; hop on ZeroBus to St. James; Allegiant takes off to Phoenix; and more
By Staff | Posted on October 6, 2017Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Louisville in talks with Airbnb to remit local tourism taxes Officials with the Louisville Metro...