70+ Live Concerts in Louisville This Summer
A Look at the Summer's Biggest Concerts and Music Festivals in 2023. *Annual event
May
*19-20 | Poorcastle Music Festival | Breslin Park
20 | Panopticon | Headliners Music Hall
20 | Spenser Crandall | Mercury Ballroom
21 | Kansas | Iroquois Amphitheater
*25-29 | Abbey Road on the River | Big Four Station Park, Jeffersonville, IN
27 | Citizen Cope: Spring 2023 – Solo Acoustic | Headliners Music Hall
28 | Obituary | Mercury Ballroom
28 | Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | Iroquois Amphitheater
*31 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Charley Crockett, Sunny War, and Bibelhauser Brothers
June
2 | Gary Allan and Tracy Lawrence | Iroquois Amphitheater
2 | Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross | Brown Theatre
2-3 | Germantown Schnitzelburg Blues Festival | Germantown
3 | John Crist - The Emotional Support Tour | Kentucky Center
8 | Doyle w/ Red Devil Vortex, Savage Master & Nothing Wrong | Headliners Music Hall
10 | Marzz and Daisha McBride w/ Special Guest Nise the Nymph | Headliners Music Hall
22 | Jackson Browne | The Louisville Palace
*16-17 | Louisville Funk Fest | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Jeezy, Juvenile, Fantaisa, Ginuwine, and Jagged Edge
16 | Tyler Hubbard | Fourth Street Live!
*17 | Kentuckiana Pride Festival | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Vincint, Brooke Eden, Slayyyter, Morgxn, and Chris Housman
18 | Fleet Foxes: Shore Tour 2023 | Paristown Hall
18 | Ben Folds | The Louisville Palace
22 | Houseplant | Mercury Ballroom
22 | An Evening With Goose | The Louisville Palace
23 | An Evening With Goose | The Louisville Palace
24 | The Louisville Philharmonia Presents: Summer Pops | Iroquois Amphitheater
27 | Stevie Nicks | KFC Yum! Center
27 | Earth, Wind & Fire | The Louisville Palace
28 | Mad Caddies with Nowhere Fast, Homeplate, and Stay Bent | Headliners Music Hall
*28 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: The Hold Steady, The Watson Twins, and Turbo Nut
29 | The Mountain Goats | Mercury Ballroom
30 | Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That…Tour 2023 | The Louisville Palace
July
1 | The Doobie Brothers | The Louisville Palace
*4 | Waterfront Park Fourth of July with the Louisville Orchestra | Waterfront Park
8 | The Dead South | Paristown Hall
12 | Tori Amos: Ocean to Ocean Tour | The Louisville Palace
13 | Little Feat | Iroquois Amphitheater
14 | Tommy Emmanuel with special guest Richard Smith | Brown Theatre
15 | Martha Redbone | Kentucky Center
15 | Souls of Mischief now featuring Breakbeat Lou and The Architect with Rmllw2llz featuring The N8VS | Headliners Music Hall
16 | Sonic Sundays with Casey Powell Band and Anthony Keenan | Copper & Kings Distillery
17 | Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour | L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
20 | Alicia Keys | KFC Yum! Center
20 | Justin Moore | Fourth Street Live!
20 | Fitz and the Tantrums | Iroquois Amphitheater
22 | Chris Botti | The Louisville Palace
25 | The Chicks | KFC Yum! Center
25 | KARD | Louisville Palace
*26 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Steven Page (formerly of Barenaked Ladies), Supreme Beings of Leisure and Jameron
27 | Clutch | Iroquois Amphitheater
28 | Death Grips | Paristown Hall
30 | Shakey Graves & Lucius | Paristown Hall
August
1 | America | Iroquois Amphitheater
2 | Candlebox | Mercury Ballroom
4-5 | Seven Sense Festival | Headliners Music Hall
5 | An Orchestral Rendition of Dr. Dre 2001 | Paristown Hall
10 | The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show: BRIT FLOYD | The Louisville Palace
*17-27 | Kentucky State Fair Concert Series | Kentucky Exposition Center
17 | Chris Janson & Alex Miller (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
18 | Morris Day and the Time & Tag Team (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
*18-19 | The Big Stomp | Jones Fields Nature Preserve
19 | Foghat & The Kentucky Headhunters (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
20 | Sonic Sundays with Dark Moon Hollow and Big Poppa Stampley | Copper & Kings Distillery
21 | Barry Manilow | KFC Yum! Center
21 | Casting Crows (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
22 | Happy Together Tour featuring The Turtles, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues, The Classics IV, The Cowsills, and Noah Thompson (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
23 | Larry Fleet & Tyler Rich (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
25 | Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry & Lonestar (KY State Fair) | Kentucky Exposition Center
26 | Pitbull | Waterfront Park
27 | Weyes Blood- In Holy Flux Tour | Paristown Hall
30 | Dominic Fike | Iroquois Amphitheater
*30 | WFPK Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: TBA, Darlingside, and Anemic Royalty
September
*1-2 | Parrotheads in Paristown Trop Rock Music | Paristown
*9 | Louisville Pride Festival | Bardstown Road | Headliners: TBD
9 | Koe Wetzel | KFC Yum! Center
11 | Eric Johnson | Mercury Ballroom
*14-17 | Bourbon & Beyond | Highland Festival Grounds at KEC | Headliners: Bruno Mars, The Killers, Brandi Carlile, Train, and the Black Keys
15 | Gino Vannelli | Brown Theatre
16 | Diana Ross | The Louisville Palace
17 | Sonic Sundays with Electric Garden and The Water Kickers | Copper & Kings Distillery
*21-24 | Louder Than Life | Kentucky Exposition Center | Headliners: Foo Fighters, Tool, Green Day, and Avenged Sevenfold
23 | St. Paul and the Broken Bones | Paristown Hall
23 | National Jug Band Jubilee | Waterfront Park
*27 | Waterfront Wednesday | Waterfront Park | Headliners: Back 2 Mac, Sheryl Rouse Band, and Sweet G & The Shine
29 | The Mars Volta Tour | Paristown Hall
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