Forecastle Represents!

Forecastle has become a music festival that Louisville can be proud of. If I had any criticism of the past years' lineups it was the lack of local acts at the show. I realize they won't draw in the out-of-towners but now that the out-of-towners abound, J.K. and company have come around to my way of thinking. This year's local and regional talent will have their own stage and damned if they won't hold their own.

Local institutions Heine Brothers Coffee, LEO Weekly, and SonaBlast Records present the Bluegrass Catastrophe at the North Stage. Here is the list of artists in order beginning with the ones I'm most excited about and ending with the ones I'm not familiar with:

Wax Fang

Arnett Hollow

The Ravenna Colt

IamIs

The Fervor

Whistle Peak

Lucky Pineapple

Maiden Radio

Broken Spurs

The Pass

Dangerbird

The Commonwealth

Paul K. and the Weatherman

Frontier(s)

Parlour

Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue

The Children

Straight A's

Adventure

Yard Sale

23-String Band

Scanners (Dr. Gonzo & Nacirema)

The Deloreans

Six White Horses

Nerves Jr.

Scott Mertz