Forecastle is held at Louisville?s scenic, 85-acre Waterfront Park. Since 2002, the Festival has featured over 500 bands, 100 artists, and 150 environmental and outdoor recreational organizations.
Ticket Price: $125 - $180 (GA)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Alabama Shakes
- Alasdair Roberts & Friends
- Animal Collective
- Baauer
- Big Boi
- Bob Mould
- Bombino
- Boys Noize
- Datsik
- Dawes
- El-P
- Foxygen
- Freakwater
- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Griz
- Jim James
- Killer Mike
- Kurt Vile and The Violators
- MNDR
- Matt and Kim
- Mona
- Moon Taxi
- Night Beds
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Purity Ring
- Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters
- Rubblebucket
- Ryan Hemsworth
- Salva
- Sarah Jarosz
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Shovels & Rope
- String Cheese Incident
- The Avett Brothers
- The Black Keys
- The Black Keys
- The Forecastle Incident (with special guests)
- The Joy Formidable
- The Pass
- Tift Merritt
- Toro Y Moi
- Wheeler Brothers
- Wild Belle
- Young the Giant
- inc.
Festival News and Rumors

Corona Capital 2023 Lineup Brings The Cure, Blur, and Pulp to Mexico City
Scoop Harrison June 5, 2023

Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023

Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023

Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023

The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023

Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023