Jan
24
2012
January 24, 2012 Dear Forecastle Travelers – The Forecastle Festival is thrilled to announce that My Morning Jacket will headline and assist in curating the festival’s 10th Anniversary. The 3-day event will take place July 13-15, 2012, at Louisville’s scenic, award-winning Waterfront Park. My Morning Jacket, whose original members hail from Louisville and currently …
Feb
10
2011
Some very exciting news out of Louisville, Kentucky today. JK McKnight, founder of the Forecastle Festival, has joined Knoxville’s AC Entertainment as National Sponsorship Director. Of course AC Entertainment is the company led by Ashley Capps, co-founder of the Bonnaroo Music Festival, as well as festivals such as Moogfest, Big Ears and over 750 concerts throughout the country. …
Dec
11
2010
With the year coming to a close you’ll likely see a few more lists regarding some of the best musical-related things of the year as seen through my eyes. It should be noted that none of my choices are based on popularity, polls or anything like that. Although these lists are basically personal reminders, I would also …
Jul
12
2010
The annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky wrapped up late Sunday evening (technically it was early Monday morning), to a crowd of just over ten thousand people who fought through three days of sweltering temperatures to see any number of the one-hundred plus bands that were on the bill, including headliners and jam band road warriors Widespread Panic and alternative rock …
Jul
11
2010
Some undisclosed personal reasons have kept me from attending the first two days of the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, but fortunately I’ll be heading down there in the morning to cover the last day of the festival. I’ve never been to the Waterfront Park in Louisville, so not only am I looking forward to spending …
Jun
03
2010
In a day and age when multi-day music festivals rule the world, one festival in Louisville, Kentucky has come a very long way in just a matter of a few short years to establish itself among the elite and premier, and has become one of the go-to summertime events. I’m talking about the Forecastle Festival. …
May
11
2010
As if this year’s Forecastle Festival in Louisville couldn’t have gotten any better – what, with acts like the Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon and Bassnectar, not to mention a move just a few blocks down the Ohio River to the Waterfront Park – the festival just got a whole helluva lot better. Organizers today …
Mar
31
2010
Louisville’s always been a musically savvy kind of town, with places like the Palace and Brown Theater’s and Headliner’s, all of which bring in big names in music on pretty much a weekly basis. They’ve also got Ear-X-Tacy, one of the best record stores with the best selections in the midwest, and Slugger Field, which in …
Jul
07
2009
When the 8th Annual Forecastle Festival descends upon Louisville’s Waterfront this weekend, several bands from right here in Cincinnati will be playing alongside greats like Widespread Panic, the Black Crowes, the Black Keys and Umphrey’s McGee. If you’re into the local scene here, I’m sure you know of names like Bad Veins and the Lion’s …
Jul
06
2009
Monday, July 6 Critic’s Pick: PNC Pavilion – Counting Crows, Augustana Paper Route, Audrey Sessions and Mia Carruthers & the Retros – Southgate House – Ballroom Northside Tavern – The Quartet Tuesday, July 7 Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy) – Southgate House – Ballroom Underbelly – An evening featuring ten of the area’s best stand-up comedians …