LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Bourbon & Beyond is less than a week away, which means there are some road closures ahead that residents and festivalgoers need to be aware of.
Bourbon & Beyond 2025 Lineup
Louisville Metro Police provided a list of road closures and no parking zones for the four-day festival that kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
Phillips Lane will be closed Thursday through Sunday from 8:30 a.m. until 1 a.m.
There will also be nightly ramp and lane closures to allow for traffic to exit the festival.
LMPD said the same closures will be in effect the following weekend for the four-day Louder Than Life music festival.
Below is the list provided Friday by LMPD, which can also be accessed online by clicking here.
For access to the Kentucky Expo Center, LMPD suggests using Preston Highway to Gate 6, or Crittenden Drive to Gate 4. Gate 1 will be available until 9 p.m. Rideshare is required to use the entrance off Crittenden at Cracker Barrel.
Road Closures | 8:30 a.m. - 1 a.m. (each day of the festival)
- Phillips Lane from Monarch Drive to Freedom Way
Road Restrictions | All day each day of the festival
- Phillips Lane from Crittenden Drive to Freedom Way (restricted to business, hotel, residents, and Gate 1 parking traffic only)
Ramp Closures | 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (each day of the festival)
- I-264 eastbound ramp to Phillips Lane/KY Expo Center Gate 1
- I-264 westbound ramp to Phillips Lane/KY Expo Center Gate 1
- I-65 northbound ramp to Phillips Lane/KY Expo Center Gate 1
- I-65 southbound ramp to Phillips Lane/KY Expo Center Gate 1
No Parking/Stopping Areas
All Day (on both sides of these streets)
- Phillips Lane from Freedom Way to Crittenden Drive
- Crittenden Drive from Phillips Lane to I-65
- Monarch Drive from Phillips Lane to Manning Road
- Manning Road from Preston Highway to Gate 7
- KFEC Gate 6 Drive from Preston Highway to I-65 overpass
- Emberson Avenue from Phillips Lane to the end
- James Road from Phillips Lane to the end
All Day (south side of these streets only)
- Hart Avenue from Preston Highway to the end
- Union Avenue from Preston Highway to the end
- Larue Avenue from Preston Highway to the end
- Wolfe Avenue from Preston Highway to the end
- Bourbon Avenue from Preston Highway to the end
- Belmar Avenue from Preston Highway to the train trestle
- Short Street from Preston Highway to Fayette Avenue
- Short Street from Henderson Avenue to the end
- Morgan Avenue from Preston Highway to Roosevelt Avenue
- Springdale Avenue from Roosevelt Avenue to the end
- Farmdale Avenue from Curtis Avenue to the end
- Lucas Avenue from Curtis Avenue to Farmdale Avenue
- Keller Avenue from Preston Highway to Lupino Road
All Day (west side of these streets only)
- Fayette Avenue from Hart Avenue to Union Avenue
- Fayette Avenue from Union Avenue to Wolfe Avenue
- Fayette Avenue from Wolfe Avenue to Morgan Avenue
- Franklin Avenue from Larue Avenue to the end (south of Morgan Avenue)
- Henderson Avenue from Belmar Drive to Morgan Avenue
- Curtis Avenue from Farmdale Avenue to Lucas Avenue
- Roosevelt Avenue from Morgan Avenue to the end (south of Lucas Avenue)
- Alley west of Roosevelt Avenue from Springdale Avenue to Farmdale Avenue
- Lupino Road from Keller Avenue to the end
All Day (north side of the street only)
- Jefferson Court from Preston Highway to the end
Below is a map for parking during Bourbon & Beyond.
(Map courtesy of Danny Wimmer Presents)
Links to other important information:
To look at schedules for each day of the festival, click here.
Some 4-day and single-day passes are still on sale, and can be purchased by clicking here.
For parking information and transportation FAQs, click here.
For information about camping, click here.
Below is a map of the Bourbon & Beyond festival grounds.
(Map courtesy of Danny Wimmer Presents)
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