The Forecastle Festival will return to downtown Louisville this summer, with hometown heroes My Morning Jacket atop the bill. Soulful breakout star Sam Smith, jam-band heavyweights Widespread Panic and indie vets Modest Mouse are with them in this first round lineup announcement. 

A notable part of this festival is Kentucky's royalty status on the bourbon scene. Forecastle's slice of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail is "The Bourbon Lodge," which features a full lineup of bourbon offerings, bourbon education, a bourbon-inspired culinary experience and much more of that delicious brown nectar.

Tickets are on sale, Friday January 30 and the fest, now in its 13th year, will take place July 17-19, 2015.

Full 1st round lineup:

Sam Smith
My Morning Jacket
Widespread Panic
Modest Mouse
Cage the Elephant
Houndmouth
TWEEDY
Tallest Man On Earth
Portugal. The Man
RL Grime
First Aid Kit
Desaparecidos
Shovels & Rope
Big K.R.I.T.
The Word
Cold War Kids
The Gaslight Anthem
Sturgill Simpson
St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Cherub
iLoveMakonnen
San Fermin
Kiesza
Over The Rhine
The Lone Bellow
People Under The Stairs
The Barr Brothers
Alvvays
Milo Greene
The SteelDrivers
Field Report
Speedy Ortiz
Son Lux
JEFF The Brotherhood
King Tuff
Noah Gundersen
Twin Peaks
Cathedrals
Fly Golden Eagle
Diarrhea Planet
The Revivalists
Empires
Broncho
White Reaper
Twin Limb
Knox Hamilton
Parker Millsap