Well, record breaking crowds turned up for the world's largest bourbon and music festival over the weekend in Louisville.

Our Christy Dutton takes us to Bourbon and Beyond.

Whether you like your music festivals, neat or on the rocks, the organizers of Bourbon and Beyond say this music festival is proof that good food and good bourbon can share the spotlight with the festival's 100 music artists.

This is the world's biggest bourbon culinary and food festival.

Suburban is everywhere.

We have the largest menu of rare bourbons that you will find anywhere else.

We have over a dozen activations in bars rooted just in the bourbon industry.

The festival's Bourbon Experience host says there's a strong connection between music and bourbon.

It's about being an artist.

There's no difference of being in the artist, of crafting the perfect song, building all of those like musicians and, you know, putting it all together and blending the right thing.

It's no different than whiskey.

It's about blending.

It's about years of practice and like going in and out of the wood just to make the perfect whiskey.

So, I mean, they go hand in hand and there's nothing better than drinking a little bit of bourbon.

Listen, a great song on.

Barrels and bourbon and beyond.

You also get a little bourbon education.

Like the right way to drink bourbon and the right glass to drink it in.

So my professional bourbon expert opinion.

Absolutely should be doing it like a glencairn.

And what it does is it builds those aromas and pushes them through the top of the glass.

But if you just want to go through and enjoy whiskey, whatever vessel you can get it to your mouth, Right?

That's the best way.

Glasses, solo cups, whatever you can.

It's all about enjoying the whiskey.

Doesn't matter what kind of life that comes on.

Bourbon experiences are distilled into the four day festival with bourbon infused dishes, bourbon pairings and tastings.

It's like educate ment.

So we're trying to do a little bit educational for entertaining the audience at the same time.

So the whole goal is like, you know, when you're tasting a little bit of whiskey and we do a little bit of chef or culinary, it's about how all of those flavors blend together to actually create something totally different.

Let's cheers to you guys.

Drawing a crowd that's no small batch.

I know people who travel from all over just to come because they know that they're going to get to taste and experience things that they never get to do anywhere else.

So, you know, we sell passes in all 50 states and over 27 countries.

So we're the truly is a destination for the world right now as.

Bourbon and beyond ages to perfection.

Organizers hope the fans will always savor the spirit of Louisville's rich culture.

We want to continue to see it grow.

We want to continue to bring people from all over the world to experience Louisville.

We want to make sure we keep that charm and we keep what's special about it right now.

That's right.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Christy Batton.

Well, the music has stopped for now, but at the Highland Festival, grounds is set for an encore.

Already preparations are underway for Louder than life for day rock and heavy metal music festival that begins right there on Thursday.