Fourth Street Live is a wonderful district near downtown with bars, restaurants, and live music on weekends. I would equate this area to a very small version of main-street in Nashville, TN. Usual festival vendors serve hamburgers, hotdogs, Chinese, Italian, and Greek. Several food truck options changed daily, but the most impressive were tacos and seafood.
Forecastle also has their famous Bourbon Lodge that I highly recommend. Forecastle has four stages and is easy to navigate. Three stages are set along the waterfront, and the electronic stage is housed underneath the bridge with a smaller set up than the others, but surrounded by LED lights for a glowing effect even during the day. A concert-like air is lent to the stages, perhaps due to minimal light effects, etc. Sound quality is great no bleeding and large areas for viewing and dancing make it easy to maneuver.
Their intoxicating blend of jazz, funk, and house with a splash of dubstep is always a crowd pleaser. Death Cab For Cutie: I had never heard this band live, and they did not disappoint. Through this program, festival goers work two shifts, lasting six hours each, picking up and sorting through waste to help raise awareness and lower the festivals overall footprint. This was also great because the festival grounds never felt nasty or looked trashy.
Way to stay classy Forecastle! Every year Forecastle Music Festival brings a top notch lineup that offers a little bit of everything talent-wise so everyone can find something they enjoy. This year was no different, with each day bringing a new and exciting selection of music for you to choose from.
Friday kicked the festival weekend off with a solid group of artists that got the festival goers on their feet and grooving. Cold War Kids were a late addition to the lineup and were one of the favorites on Friday. The day really started to pick up speed when the funk lords Chromeo took over the Boom Stage and got the crowd singing and dancing along with them. The Man was also one of my favorite performances on Friday — putting on a killer rock show with the perfect level of weird mixed in. They even brought out Louisville native Jack Harlow for a song!
The Killers are no strangers to headlining music festivals. After a massive year, plus tour, they took over the headlining slot for Friday.
Once again The Killers put on a great set busting out their classic songs, some epic lasers, and a huge fireworks display that left everyone excited and ready to get back for day two at Waterfront Park! Despite being the hottest day Kentucky has recorded all year, Saturday was where the party was and everyone from the festival goers to the musicians threw down all day and all night long.
The day was stacked full of heavy hitters and was definitely my favorite day of music. Rising star Chelsea Cutler continued her massive festival tour and stole the show on the Ocean Stage. She had one of the best performances under the highway all weekend. The best thing about Saturday were the final three performances on the main stage. Kicking off the trifecta was a stellar uplifting performance from Moon Taxi. This band has been climbing the festival lineups over the years and showed why they were deserving of the main stage!
Maggie Rogers was next up on the main stage drawing one of the largest crowds of the weekend. During her set Maggie stopped to take the time to acknowledge how Forecastle had one of the best festival crowds she has experienced despite the extreme heat. Saturday will see the return of Forecastle staple Moon Taxi, with loud amps and cover-song aces up their sleeves, as well as the yearly appearance of the rockstar conductor of the Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams, supported a revolving door of musician cameos.
The bigger story on Saturday, however, will be the deep hip-hop influence, with Nelly bringing a slate of retro chart toppers, while Playboi Carti should deliver a more contemporary flow. For the uninitiated, think Outkast in overdrive spiraling even deeper into Outer Space. The Ocean Stage will bounce early with the New Orleans genius of Big Freedia and later with the highly technical jam-funk of Lettuce, while Andrew Bird loops together chirps, whistles and other stray sounds into songs on the Boom Stage, ahead of electro-charged indie rockers Chvrches.
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