I think Joan Jett got pulled off the lineup! Same with The Church!?! Boooo.
If you want to go and read the deeper commentary about any of the artists (well, not the recent additions, they can suck it) then you can go here for all of the posts tagged for the Fest.
Anyway, I had Claude help me make this look way better than any of the schedule matrices I have ever done for ACL, so hopefully it will be easier to read and understand. To say that I am excited about this lineup in a massive understatement.
Bourbon & Beyond 2026 · Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
Thursday, September 24
Oak Stage
Barrel Stage
100 Proof Stage
Revival Stage
Bluegrass Situation Stage
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
12:30 pm
Langhorne Slim
notes: A great folky Americana laced with classic soul rock. Very good.
1:45 pm
The Return Of Jackie & Judy
notes: Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney playing Ramones covers. Yes, really.
3:15 pm
Gary Clark Jr.
notes: Current guitar God, Austin High Maroon, and savior of Austin music
4:55 pm
Live
notes: Late add to the poster, but spot on with the rest of these has-beens. "I Alone" or "Pain Lies on the Riverside" or "Lightning Crashes"
6:50 pm
The War on Drugs
notes: Top notch indie rock band with a heavy touch of melancholy and classic rock flourishes. "Red Eyes" is great.
8:55 pm
Foo Fighters
notes
12:00 pm
Congress The Band
notes: Lo-fi college rock band (our daughters are into it for some reason)
1:10 pm
The Stews
notes: Fraternity bros ripping out some rock and roll. Like raw Kings of Leon.
2:25 pm
Cheap Trick
notes: "I WANT YOU, TO WANT MEEEEE!" Also, "Dream Police" and "The Flame" and "Surrender" - major pop rock hits.
4:05 pm
4 Non Blondes
notes: That damn "I said HEY! what's GOING ONNNNN!" song
5:50 pm
Goose
notes: Jam band goofy goodness. I love 'em.
7:50 pm
Queens of the Stone Age
notes: One of my favorite heavy bands of all time
1:25 pm
Stanley Simmons
notes: Late add to poster. One song sounds like dime store Hozier, but not bad overall
2:35 pm
Kevian Kraemer
notes: Catchy pop dance music (don't like)
3:45 pm
Howie Day
notes: Boring one hit wonder from 2003 ("Collide")
4:55 pm
Nine Days
notes: Generic pop rock the 00's with one big hit. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
6:15 pm
Plain White T's
notes: Hey There Delilah! You Don't Know Me But I Think About You All The TIME
8:00 pm
The Fray
notes: The How to Save a Life guys (why are they this high on the poster?)
2:00 pm
Penelope Road
notes: Soft pop indie made for cuddlin'
3:10 pm
S.G. Goodman
notes: Americana leaning into lite rock and roll with great lyrics. Great cover of "Pepper".
4:20 pm
hey, nothing
notes: Truly great emo-indie by two younguns who harmonize with feeling
5:30 pm
Couch
notes: Softly jazzy pop for people who live in lofts
7:05 pm
Lindsey Stirling
notes: Someone eventually would try to mix classical with EDM and here we are
12:15 pm
Caitlynne Curtis
notes: top track on Spotify is a terrible rap, I guess she sings the hook. Otherwise generic country.
1:15 pm
As You Were
notes: late add to poster. The kind of rock band you see play to a crowd of 11 at a brewery
2:15 pm
Wood Box Heroes
notes: A voltron of bluegrass pickers making fun stuff with their combined powers
3:15 pm
Mason Via
notes: An Old Crow Medicine Show vet making solo bluegrass
4:15 pm
Magoo
notes: Bluegrass and Jam Band combined for the powers of good
5:15 pm
Sierra Hull
notes: Bluegrass wunderkind all grown up now
Bourbon & Beyond 2026 · Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
Friday, September 25
Oak Stage
Barrel Stage
100 Proof Stage
Revival Stage
Bluegrass Situation Stage
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
12:35 pm
Noah Rinker
notes: Low key singer songwriter country. In the vein of the Zach Bryan acolytes. Solid sound.
2:05 pm
The Devil Makes Three
notes: Wild mixture of rag-time, bluegrass, and Americana that works (why are both bands with "devil" in their name on Friday?)
3:35 pm
Angus and Julia Stone
notes: Siblings doing good harmonies with some poppy folk
5:10 pm
Father John Misty
notes: Excellent lyricist making droll observations as he saunters about
7:00 pm
Foster The People
notes: The Pumped Up Kicks guys, still making pop rock goodness
9:20 pm
Mumford & Sons
notes
12:00 pm
Nathan Bess
notes: Another Zach Bryan-ish bro
1:20 pm
Gabriella Rose
notes: Tough to listen to country slop
2:50 pm
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
notes: Soul re-dux powerhouse. Great live show.
4:20 pm
Marcus King Band
notes: Hot guitar licks from a southern soul rocker. This guy jams.
6:05 pm
Of Monsters and Men
notes: Iceland's answer to Mumford & Sons - massive hits with "Little Talks" or "Dirty Paws"
8:05 pm
Kacey Musgraves
notes: Texas-born country star who can write a damn song
1:15 pm
Ben Chapman
notes: His bio calls this Country-Fried Funky-Tonk
2:30 pm
Sawyer Hill
notes: Deep-voiced rocker from Arkansas who feels right for Austin
3:50 pm
Henrik
notes" kinda pop, kinda stomp/clap, relatively bad.
5:15 pm
Maoli
notes: Country-adjacent reggae from a Hawaiian? Sure, OK.
7:00 pm
The Flaming Lips
notes: Truly weird shit from OKC, but they have some great stuff tucked in there. "Do You Realize" is a key song
12:40 pm
Palmyra
notes: Like alt-country Dr. Dog
1:50 pm
Jason Scott & The High Heat
notes: Smoothed Americana with a hint of rock seeping in here and there
3:10 pm
Amigo The Devil
notes: Very theatrical-feeling banjo folk for murdering to
4:30 pm
Jet
notes: Aussies mixing strutting pure rock and roll with Beatles action - "Cold Hard Birth" or "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
6:05 pm
Violent Femmes
notes: Seminal, sneering folky punk with more than just Blister in the Sun
12:50 pm
Lou Ridley
notes: terrible "country" over hip hop beats. Just awful.
1:50 pm
Fireside Collective
notes: Straight bluegrass, maybe a twinge of gospel and jam in there too.
3:10 pm
Rainbow Girls
notes: Folky harmonies for days. Awesome covers.
4:05 pm
Shelby Means
notes: A little Allison Krauss flavor
5:00 pm
Kitchen Dwellers
notes: Bluegrass jam grooves
6:10 pm
Yachtley Crew
notes: Cheesy yacht rock porn
Times are approximate and subject to change — verify at bourbonandbeyond.com/schedules/. Shaded/bordered blocks are night's headliner.
Bourbon & Beyond 2026 · Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
Saturday, September 26
Oak Stage
Barrel Stage
100 Proof Stage
Revival Stage
Bluegrass Situation Stage
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
12:35 pm
Bryan Martin
notes: Generic rockin' country with trucks and guns and drankin'
1:55 pm
Buffalo Traffic Jam
notes: Stomping folky bluegrass, Kind of like CAAMP, and at least one of their songs getting some Austin airplay.
3:15 pm
Durand Jones & The Indications
notes: Retro Soul goodness with a great live sound
5:00 pm
Charley Crockett
notes: The ten dollar cowboy with a ton of soul and a heavy schtick. Pretty sure Brandi hates him.
7:00 pm
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
notes: One of my favorite songwriters today. Play "If We Were Vampires" or "Elephant" and see.
9:20 pm
Chris Stapleton
notes
12:00 pm
Atlus
notes: That terrible type of R&B country people sing/rap
1:15 pm
Avery Anna
notes: Confessional country pop with a good voice
2:35 pm
Maddox Batson
notes: If Justin Beiber was country adjacent and sucked even worse
4:05 pm
Cameron Whitcomb
notes: Supposedly country but actually crappy pop from an ex-American Idol contestant
5:55 pm
Jessie Murph
notes: Generic pop singer voice girl
8:05 pm
The Red Clay Strays
notes: Up and coming Americana and country rock from Alabama
1:20 pm
Levi Turner
notes: Zach Bryan co-sign doing similar things
2:30 pm
The Creekers
notes: Feels like legit backwoods bluegrass music
3:45 pm
Kaitlin Butts
notes: Excellent story-telling Americana. Married to a Flatland vocalist.
5:05 pm
Matt Hansen
notes: I can't put my finger on who he yells like, but he needs to chill on the chorus. Folky soft pop rock.
6:45 pm
Stella Lefty
notes: Unremarkable pop that borders into country. Your kids probably love her.
8:25 pm
Noah Cyrus
notes: Miley's little sister. When she is folky it is great.
1:55 pm
Rattlesnake Milk
notes: Laid back rockabilly grooves
3:10 pm
Haircut 100
notes: Late addition to the poster - their big hit in 1981 was "Love Plus One" Classic British new wave.
4:25 pm
Cracker
notes: I'm sort of mad at myself for allowing Cracker to fall off of my radar. They are rad 90's alt rock fun. "Teen Angst" or "Low" - hey hey hey like being stoned!
5:50 pm
Adam Ant
notes: One Hit Wonder of butt ("Goodie Two Shoes")
7:30 pm
Squeeze
notes: "Tempted by the fruit of anotha!!" One banger and then some other pleasant new wave pop.
3:05 pm
Still Unknown
notes: Late Add to the Poster - ganjo heavy bluegrass
4:00 pm
The Fretliners
notes: Another bluegrass less-than-super-group but pretty good anyway
4:55 pm
Meels
notes: Americana and indie folk from a muppet ass with a nice voice. That sounds rude, but she is good.
5:50 pm
The Infamous Stringdusters
notes: Complex bluegrass players who love a good cover
7:00 pm
Yachtley Crew
notes: Cheesy yacht rock porn
Times are approximate and subject to change — verify at bourbonandbeyond.com/schedules/. Shaded/bordered blocks are night's headliner.
Bourbon & Beyond 2026 · Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
Sunday, September 27
Oak Stage
Barrel Stage
100 Proof Stage
Revival Stage
Bluegrass Situation Stage
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
12:20 pm
Uncle Lucius
notes: Great balance between Texas country and southern jam rock
1:30 pm
Sons of Legion
notes: Nashville duo trying hard and sounding like it. Remind me of Imagine Dragons made for NFL commercials.
3:00 pm
Amos Lee
notes: If Norah Jones was a dude
4:30 pm
Portugal. The Man
notes: Really great studio rock band with some major hits, who has disappointed me live before
6:05 pm
Counting Crows
notes: Some of the formative music of my teenage years. "Mr. Jones" and "Long December"
8:05 pm
Dave Matthews Band
notes
11:45 am
Hunter Hawkins
notes: late add to the poster - jazzy soft rock? Apparently produced by Kenny Loggins
12:55 pm
Ryman
notes: Falsetto-fied indie pop kind of like a white Khalid
2:15 pm
Fitz and the Tantrums
notes: Fun ass pop rock - hits with "Moneygrabber" and "Out of My League"
3:45 pm
Max McNown
notes: A measure of cheesy country and an equal measure of scrubbed-up folk
5:15 pm
Jesse Welles
notes: New school protest music. Try "Join ICE"
7:00 pm
Hootie & the Blowfish
notes: The least offensive pop rock band ever. "Hold My Hand" and "Let Her Cry"
11:50 am
The Verve Pipe
notes: Generic pop rock from the 90's with one big hit ("Freshmen")
1:00 pm
Tonic
notes: Another 90's one hit wonder with a few other semi-minor hits ("If you Could Only See")
2:20 pm
Vertical Horizon
notes: Personal favorite of old alt rock and "camp"-feeling tunes. "Everything You Want" was the big hit.
3:40 pm
Our Lady Peace
notes: MTV buzz bin kings for a hot minute. The big hit was "Superman's Dead"
5:20 pm
Better Than Ezra
notes: Alt rock masters who somehow just never made it out of the 90's. "Good" or "Desperately Wanting"
12:25 pm
Clover County
notes: Country that veers into a folky pop at times, but sounds great in either
1:35 pm
Paula Cole
notes: DAWSON WAS A WHINY, MANIPULATIVE BITCH THE WHOLE TIME!! (pop rock singer who scored the Dawson's Creek theme song)
3:00 pm
World Famous Pets
notes: Edie Brickell! A drummer who played with Pearl Jam and a pile of others! A bassist who played with John Legend, Sia, Bruno Mars, and Sting! A guy who plays guitar!
4:25 pm
Joan Osborne
notes: A great folky Americana laced with classic soul rock. Also "what if GAWD was one of us?"
6:10 pm
Lisa Loeb
notes: Gen X folky pop gold. "Stay" or I Do" were big hits.
3:05 pm
Vickie Vaughn Band
notes: Bluegrass bassist gets her own band (don't love)
4:05 pm
Caleb & Reeb
notes: Classic country, with a little bluegrass tossed in
5:05 pm
The Steel Wheels
notes: Long-standing bluegrass band with a folky rock feel.
6:05 pm
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
notes: Hippie combination of Americana and jam band tunes
7:20 pm
Yachtley Crew
notes: Cheesy yacht rock porn
Times are approximate and subject to change — verify at bourbonandbeyond.com/schedules/. Shaded/bordered blocks are night's headliner.
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