Bourbon & Beyond announces culinary lineup for September festival in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Celebrity chefs are cooking up something new for this year's Bourbon & Beyond.

Organizers released the culinary and bourbon lineup for this year's festival on Monday. It will be led by Louisville Chef Edward Lee, along with Amanda Freitag, Chris Santos and bourbon expert Chris Blandford.

Santos and Lee will lead The Culinary Atelier demonstrations, joined by acclaimed chefs including Tiffani Faison, Marc Murphy, Kelsey Barnard Clark and local chef Noam Bilitzer of MeeshMeesh.

Blandford and Freitag will host The Bourbon Experience, where there will be daily tapings of the Firkin Podcast, Fred Minnick and famous bourbon brands.

Other guests include The Bacon Brothers — Kevin and Michael Bacon, Mat Kearney, Melissa Etheridge, Jim Gaffigan, Charles Wesley Godwin, Derek Trucks, Molly Tuttle, Young The Giant and more.

The lineup includes others that will be creating unique food and beverage pairings at the four-day event:

The Culinary Atelier: Celebrity Chefs and Artist Pairings, hosted by Chris Santos and Edward Lee:

Amanda Freitag
Allen Stone (music artist)
Charles Wesley Godwin (music artist)
Chris Santos
Claudette Zepeda
Danny Lee
Edward Lee
Eric Greenspan
Jamie Bissonnette
Kelsey Barnard Clark
Kevin & Michael Bacon (music artist)
Marc Murphy
Mat Kearney (music artist)
Melissa Etheridge (music artist)
Ciro Matteo Pirozzi of Monk’s Road
Murph (music artist)
Noam Bilitzer
Patty Smyth (music artist)
Tiffani Faison
Tom Jackson of Kamado Joe
Young the Giant (music artist)

The Bourbon Experience: Bourbon Experts and Celebrity Guests, hosted by Amanda Freitag and Chris Blandford:

Adam Edwards (Heaven’s Door)
Amanda Freitag (Freitag Cocktails)
Andy Frasco (music artist)
Brandon O’Daniel (Copper and Kings)
Brian Probus (Firkin Podcast)
Bruce Russell (Wild Turkey)
Carrie Greener (Pappy & Co)
Chris Blandford (Kroger Wine & Spirits)
Chris Fletcher (Jack Daniels)
Christian Huber (Starlight Distillery)
Dan Callaway (Bardstown Bourbon Company)
Derek Trucks (music artist)
Eddie Russell (Wild Turkey)
Elizabeth McCall (Woodford Reserve)
Eron Plevan (mixologist)
Fred Minnick (bourbon expert)
Fred Noe (James B. Beam)
Freddie Noe (James B. Beam)
Ian Sulkowski (Brown-Forman)
Jim Gaffigan (Fathertime Bourbon)
JT Carkuff (Heaven’s Door)
Ken Pierce (Heaven’s Door)
Kenny Coleman (Pursuit Spirits)
Lili Lambert (mixologist)
Mark Nutsch (Horse Soldier Bourbon)
Molly Tuttle (music artist)
Owen Martin (Angel’s Envy)
Preston Van Winkle (Old Rip Van Winkle)
Rob Dietrich (Blackened Whiskey)
Russ Smith (Mr. and Mrs. Bourbon Company)
SC Baker (mixologist)
Scott Neil (Horse Soldier Bourbon)
SiSi Bright (mixologist)
Tommy Prine (music artist)
Trey Zoeller (Jefferson’s Bourbon)
Tyler Zoller (Louisville Bourbon Buzz)
Will Summers (Horse Soldier Bourbon)

Bourbon & Beyond is scheduled for Sept. 19-22 this year.

The annual festival regularly brings tens of thousands of people to the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Expo Center. There will be more than 100 music artists performing at the four-day festival.

Zach Bryan, Dave Matthews Band, Tyler Childers, Sting, Beck, Matchbox Twenty, The National, My Morning Jacket and The War on Drugs are some of the festival headliners.

Other bands and artists include Whiskey Myers, Cody Jinks, Tedeschi, Trucks Band, Black Pumas, The Beach Boys, Mt. Joy, Fleet Foxes, Young the Giant, Maren Morris, The Head and the Heart, Teddy Swims and Melissa Etheridge.

To learn more, visit Bourbon & Beyond's website.

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