Forecastle Fest has Outkast, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, tUnE-yArDs, The Replacements, Spoon, and a shit ton of bourbon

Forecastle Fest has Outkast, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, tUnE-yArDs, The Replacements, Spoon, and a shit ton of bourbon

Is Forecastle the answer to this nation’s “Oh God, I want to see the bands at Coachella but please don’t make me go to Coachella ughhhhhghhh Paris Hilton was there I saw it in US Weekly please in the name of all that’s holy” drunken slobbering? Well, “we’re a better Coachella” MAY not be the exact message Forecastle Fest is trying to send, but with Outkast, Slint, The Replacements, Jack White, and Beck all performing, well let’s just take a moment to mutter a few words of thanks/sacrifice a goat/whatever your religious beliefs motivate you to do because now we can all go to Louisville, where the people are gracious, the ponies are a-racin’, and the natives worship the old gods, i.e. Bourbon.

Which isn’t to say that Forecastle has the same acts as Coachella just sans mind-numbing heat and loud hippie tent sex reverberating through your campsite! No! Forecastle also has Spoon, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, tUnE-yArDs, Waxahatchee, Band of Horses, Dwight Yoakam, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Local Natives, and more! Are any of those other people playing Coachella? Shit, I don’t know! I’m on my 17th mint julep! And so shall it also be for you, when you’re basking in the summery glow of downtown Louisville from July 18-20, buying a shit ton of juleps because you saved so much money (weekend passes start at $144.50 plus fees) from the Bourbon Lodge, where they’ll have bourbon education, offerings, booze-inspired food, and more! (More means t-shirts. Always in this context. XXL t-shirts.) Tickets are now on sale, and full lineup (so far) is below.

Outkast, Jack White, Beck, The Replacements, Ray Lamontagne, Band of Horses, Spoon, Nickel Creek, Dwight Yoakam, Twenty One Pilots, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Local Natives, Gary Clark Jr., Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Jenny Lewis, Trampled By Turtles, Lord Huron, tUnE-yArDs, JJ Grey & Mofro, Action Bronson, Slint, Flume, Against Me!, Sun Kil Moon, Sharon Van Etten, The Black Lips, St. Lucia, Brett Dennen, Tourist, Lucius, Nightmares on Wax (live), Charli XCX, Claude VonStroke, Spanish Gold, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, The Soul Rebels, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Reignwolf, Waxahatchee, Chrome Sparks, Hayes Carll, Willie Watson, Foy Vance, Hurray For the Riff Raff, The Districts, Benjamin Booker, Johnnyswim, Leagues, Old Baby, Blue Sky Black Death, Matrimony, Mount Moriah, Seluah, The Weeks, JaLin Roze, Young & Sick, Jill Andrews, The Wans, Goodbye June.

• Forecastle Fest: http://forecastlefest.com

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