125+ Concerts, Shows, and Music Festivals in Louisville This Summer
A Look at the Louisville's Summer Concerts and Music Festivals for 2025
*Annual event
May
*17 | Forest Fest | Jefferson Memorial Forest
17 | Wilco | Iroquois Amphitheater
17 | Matt Heckler | Zanzabar
20 | Shadowlands | Zanzabar
22 | Nick Shoulders | Zanzabar
*22-26 | Abbey Road on the River | Big Four Station Park, Jeffersonville, IN
23 | Brit Floyd | Louisville Palace
23 | The Serfs | Headliners Music Hall
23 | Elements of Sound, Fuzzstration, and Digitonic | Zanzabar
23 | Rotimi | Mercury Ballroom
24 | Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country | Mercury Ballroom
24 | Star Guided Vessel | Zanzabar
24 | LouGrass Sessions: Dozens of Dollars String Band | TAJ | FREE
*24-25 | Roots Revue | Paristown | Headliners: Sam Bush Band and The Seldom Scene
*28 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, Southern Avenue and Relaay | FREE
29 | LouGrass Sessions: Cane Run Bluegrass Band | Bourbons Bistro | FREE
29 | Tiny City | Zanzabar
30 | LouGrass Sessions: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys | Corner Bar | FREE
30 | Pennyroyal | Zanzabar
30 | Sailing Into Summer ft. Tony & the Tan Lines | Waterfront Park
30 | Kelsey Hart | PBR Louisville
31 | LouGrass Sessions: Kentucky Blue | TAJ | FREE
31 | Tangled Minds, Ox-Eyed Daisies, and Drew Crawley | Zanzabar
June
3 | Jackyl | Mercury Ballroom
3 | Greg Koch | Zanzabar
4 | Lil Poppa | Mercury Ballroom
4 | Mei Semones | Zanzabar
4 | Valerie June with Jess Nolan | Headliners Music Hall
5 | Panchiko | Mercury Ballroom
5 | Reece | PBR Louisville
5 | The Droptines | Zanzabar
5 | LouGrass Sessions: Louisville Bluegrass Band | Cambria Hotel | FREE
6 | Savannah Dexter and Brabo Gator | Headliners Music Hall
6 | LouGrass Sessions: Song Sparrows | TAJ | FREE
*6-7 | Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival | Germantown | FREE
7 | Justin Moore | Iroquois Amphitheater
7 | Gully Boys | Zanzabar
7 | LouGrass Sessions: Cane Run Bluegrass | Paristown | FREE
10 | Origami Angel | Mercury Ballroom
10 | Ledisi with special guest Marsha Ambrosius | Louisville Palace
11 | The Lemon Twigs with Mod Lang | Headliners Music Hall
11 | Jet with Band Of Skulls | Mercury Ballroom
12 | LouGrass Sessions: Dozens of Dollars String Band | Bourbons Bistro | FREE
13 | Shemekia Copeland with Sweet Lady | Headliners Music Hall
13 | Crop Rot & DOSS | Zanzabar
13 | LouGrass Sessions: Hollerin Crows | Porch Kitchen & Bar | FREE
*14 | Sky Soul Festival | Great Lawn | Headliners: Jagged Edge, Stokley, Doug E. Fresh, and Jon B
14 | Emily Nenni | Zanzabar
14 | LouGrass Sessions: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys | Rabbit Hole Distillery | FREE
17 | Kathleen Edwards with Matt Sucich | Headliners Music Hall
19 | Dexter and The Moonrocks | Mercury Ballroom
19 | Sarah Beth Brewer | PBR Louisville
19 | Modest Mouse | Paristown Hall
19 | LouGrass Sessions: Louisville Bluegrass Band | Corner Bar | FREE
20 | Jessie Reyez | Mercury Ballroom
20 | LouGrass Sessions: Dean Osborne Band | Paristown | FREE
20 | LouGrass Sessions: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys | Porch Kitchen & Bar | FREE
21 | Cam Clark & His Orchestra + Magnolia Boulevard | Zanzabar
*21 | Kentuckiana Pride Festival | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Natasha Bedingfield, The Scarlet Opera, and Tanner Adell
21 | LouGrass Sessions: Song Sparrows | Paristown | FREE
22 | Watchhouse | Paristown Hall
*25 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Anderson East, The Kentucky Gentlemen and Candi Jenkins | FREE
26 | Riff RAFF | Mercury Ballroom
26 | Ben Bernhard | PBR Louisville
26 | Yellow Cellophane, Lake Drive, and Lucy the Dog | Zanzabar
26 | LouGrass Sessions: Ida Clare | Charr'd Bourbon Kitchen & Lounge | FREE
27 | LouGrass Sessions: The Crabgrass Conspiracy | Charr'd Bourbon Kitchen & Lounge | FREE
28 | The Louisville Philharmonia | Iroquois Amphitheater
28 | Vinyl Richie: Studio 54 | Zanzabar
28 | LouGrass Sessions: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys | Cambria Hotel | FREE
July
2 | Chicago | Louisville Palace
2 | Reverend Horton Heat | Mercury Ballroom
*4 | Waterfront Park Fourth of July | Waterfront Park | FREE
5 | Charm School, Stranger Club, and Atomic Doll | Zanzabar
8 | The Psychedelic Furs | Mercury Ballroom
10 | Kidd G | Headliners Music Hall
10 | Hudson Westbrook | Mercury Ballroom
10 | Misarray | PBR Louisville
11 | 311 | Iroquois Amphitheater
12 | Ace Frehley | Iroquois Amphitheater
15 | Carnifex | Mercury Ballroom
15 | Carver Commodore | Zanzabar
15 | Primus | Iroquois Amphitheater
17 | JoJo Siwa | Mercury Ballroom
18 | The Crane Wives | Mercury Ballroom
18 | Built to Spill | Iroquois Amphitheater
18 | Hayden Coffman | Zanzabar
18 | Pickin' in Paristown: Bibelhauser Brothers | Paristown | FREE
19 | The Head and the Heart | Iroquois Amphitheater
22 | Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker '25 World Tour | Louisville Palace
22 | Yelawolf | Paristown Hall
24 | Stephen Pearcy of RATT | Mercury Ballroom
24 | The Emo Night Tour | Zanzabar
25 | GHOST: Skeletour World Tour | KFC Yum! Center
25 | VEAUX + Fox Royale | Zanzabar
26 | Silverada | Mercury Ballroom
26 | Vince Gill | Kentucky Center
26 | Rose City Band | Zanzabar
*26-27 | The Big Stomp | Jones Fields Nature Preserve | Headliners: Murder By Death and The Record Company
29 | Barenaked Ladies | Iroquois Amphitheater
*30 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: TBD
31 | Braxton Keith | Mercury Ballroom
August
1 | Ty Myers | Fourth Street Live!
*1-2| Louisville Jazz Fest | Iroquois Amphitheater
4 | Macy Gray | Mercury Ballroom
8 | The Black Crowes | Louisville Palace
9 | The Deslondes | Zanzabar
*14-24 | Kentucky State Fair Concert Series | Kentucky Exposition Center | Headliners: TBA
15 | Pickin' in Paristown: Mama Said String Band | Paristown | FREE
16 | Chevelle with Special Guests Asking Alexandria and Dead Poets Society | Iroquois Amphitheater
22 | Flipturn | Iroquois Amphitheater
*27 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Sixpence None the Richer, Kashus Culpepper and Roadie | FREE
28 | Cinderella's Tom Keifer w/ L.A. Guns | Iroquois Amphitheater
29 | Penelope Road | Zanzabar
30 | Government Cheese | Headliners Music Hall
September
5 | Three Dog Night & Little River Band | Iroquois Amphitheater
*11-14 | Bourbon & Beyond | Highland Festival Grounds at KEC | Headliners: Phish, Noah Kahan, Sturgill "Johnny Blue Skies" Simpson, and The Lumineers
17 | Lucy Dacus - Forever is a Feeling Tour | Louisville Palace
*17 | Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Paula Cole, Uwade and Maggie Halfman | FREE
18 | The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Mercury Ballroom
*18-21 | Louder Than Life | Highland Festival Grounds at KEC | Headliners: Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, and Rob Zombie
19 | Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour | Louisville Palace
19 | Pecos & The Rooftops | Mercury Ballroom
19 | Pickin' in Paristown: Blind Corn Liquor Pickers | Paristown | FREE
20 | Tom Odell | Mercury Ballroom
23 | Indigo Girls & Melissa Etheridge | Iroquois Amphitheater
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