![]() The layout was a bit different this year, too, but the two main stages up front, the Loudmouth Stage and the Space Zebra Stage, were still the main attractions. The headliners each night were the only ones with no overlap. You’ve heard the adage “You can never have too much of a good thing”? Well, that was certainly put to the test this year with bands’ sets overlapping each other multiple times per day, resulting in as many as three bands playing at the same time and forcing some festivalgoers to make very difficult choices as to which bands to see and which to miss. Regardless of what complaining neighbors say, this formerly empty tract of land is located next to a major airport, two expressways, numerous hotels and retail businesses, and one big-ass expo center that has a shitload of parking, making it an absolute perfect space for a major music festival (or, hopefully, three next year, with both Bourbon & Beyond and Hometown Rising set to return.)Īnd this year, apparently in an effort to better compete with Blue Ridge Rock Fest, Riot Fest and other similar festivals within driving distance from Louisville happening around the same time, Danny Wimmer Presents decided to show them all who the festival king is by adding three additional stages and nearly doubling the number of bands playing from 68 in 2021 to a staggering 116 bands this year. Lines tend to move fast, portable toilets are plentiful, food and drink choices are numerous, and bands go on and off at their scheduled times like clockwork. These are people from all walks of life: doctors, teachers, lawyers, Walmart cashiers, “Donald Trump” wearing a sexy red bra, a big “Cupid” wearing only tighty-whities and angel wings, a crowd-surfing Santa - they’re all here! And while you can always be certain that there will be assholes at any show or festival you go to, for the most part, people here are very respectful of one another, united by the love of the music.ĭanny Wimmer Presents (DWP) has been doing this for over ten years now and currently produces nine festivals across the country, so they run a very well-oiled machine. And every year in September, the Loudmouths (that is, fans dedicated to this festival) and casual fans alike from all 50 states and many other countries, ranging in age from young kids experiencing their first concert to senior citizens reliving a part of their youth and every age in between, all descend on the Highland Festival Grounds for four days of music and controlled mayhem. Welcome to Louder Than Life, one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal festivals in North America, and it just happens to take place right here in our town. ![]() ![]() The music is loud and heavy, and I am right at home here! Hair is dyed every shade of fluorescent under the sun. Those who are wearing clothes are dressed in all black, many wearing shirts featuring unreadable band logos and shockingly violent artwork other shirts are emblazoned with some of the most vulgar sexual statements you could ever possibly imagine. In their place are heavily tattooed people in various states of undress, many pushing the boundaries of public nudity. Bourbon and Beyond is the company office party to Louder Than Life’s out-of-control raging kegger! Gone are the Hawaiian shirts and sundresses, the Crocs and the Birkenstocks, and the blues, bluegrass and lighter rock of Bourbon & Beyond. ![]()
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