ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition

The popular ReSurfaced initiative, which transformed a vacant lot at 615-621 West Main Street in downtown Louisville into an art/performance/beer garden that attracted thousands of people, will reopen in June with a bourbon and local food theme.

ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition will launch Thursday, June 4 and coincide with The Kentucky Bourbon Affair™ fantasy camp, sponsored by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. The KDA is also a lead sponsor of ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition. ReSurfaced will remain open each Thursday, Friday and Saturday during June (except Saturday June 20, when a private event is planned for the venue).

The space will feature live music, art, and local food. “ReSurfaced quickly became a beloved venue and, soon after it closed last year, people began asking when it would reopen,” Mayor Greg Fischer said. “Partnering with the distillers during The Kentucky Bourbon Affair made an ideal pairing, like a fine bourbon and branch water.”

Fischer said the event will also provide a taste of what's coming in June 2016 -- a major new bourbon and local food festival for the city. “There are many food and wine festivals throughout the world,” he said. “We are turning that concept into a new, unique experience.”

The new Bourbon Edition of the Resurfaced initiative is being curated by the effort’s founder, City Collaborative. City Collaborative is a non-profit, community-based team that has provided high impact, fast-tracked projects such as the Louisville Love App and the Resurfaced initiative. The dynamic team provides concepts and execution that are intended to have large scale impact that can be seen, heard and felt throughout the community.