The 2025 Railbird Music Festival, held on May 31 and June 1 at Lexington’s historic Red Mile, delivered a weekend rich in Americana, Southern rock, and country grit. While the headliners—Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll—put on big shows and sets as expected, the undercard acts stole the show, reaffirming Railbird’s role as a haven for roots music lovers.
The Railbird Music Festival returns to Lexington this weekend to kick-off the summer festival season with great music, local culture, and Kentucky charm. Set at The Infield at Red Mile, this two-day event offers an array of artists with a mix of country, rock, bluegrass, Americana and more accompanied by bourbon tastings, regional cuisine, and more.
Railbird Festival returned with a bang June 3rd and 4th and set Lexington on fire with some of the biggest names in music, as well as some up-and-coming acts. Setting the tone with a new venue at The Red Mile, the food was plentiful and tasty, the drinks were cold and quenching and there were no issues with lines for anything.
The long-awaited return for the Railbird Music Festival is finally over and this weekend will mark the return of two-days of music, food and fun for the first time since 2021. Considering that the event sold out in less than three hours, we would have to say that the fantastic line-up combined with a venue change was a great decision.
After bolting out of the gate and shattering expectations in its inaugural year in 2019, this year’s return of Railbird Festival stumbled out early with understaffed concessions resulting in multiple hour waits for food, water, cocktails and beer. Add to that the fact that themperatures were that of fa blistering hot summer afternoon in Kewntucly, and you can guess that the result will be less than met expectations from the get go. Fast forward to the Sunday, where we saw many improvement in these concessions area, Railbird employess handing out water by the case and a cclosing acts of Jason Isballe & The 400 Unit and Dave Matthews Band that quickly left the cdirected the crowds interest back to what they came for, the music, which wwthat deleivered everything as advertised and did’t help that thready to roll in what looks to be a great weekend for outdoor music on the historic grounds of Keenland Racecourse. This year’s festival will host a blockbuster lineup of artists for its second festival — set for August 28-29 at the Grounds at Keeneland.
The world-class music festival produced by AC Entertainment and Lexington entrepreneur David Helmers announced today a top-tier headline for the weekend’s bill, including Grammy-winning jam band Dave Matthews Band and beloved Kentucky-based heroes, My Morning Jacket. Additional acts include Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Leon Bridges, Billy Strings, Black Pumas, Khruangbin, Midland, The Revivalists, Band of Horses, Margo Price and more. Tickets are on sale now at RailbirdFest.com
