What are the food options at Railbird Festival? Here’s what to eat & drink
Lexington’s annual Railbird festival is set to kick off at 1 p.m. this Saturday with musical artists performing until 11p.m.
Railbird has 33 food and beverage vendors accessible to all attendees during the 10-hour festival — 11 hours if you go when gates open at noon.
Two food courts are on-property at Railbird with the vendors centralized. Food Court A is located in the middle of the infield, and Food Court B is to the right of the entrance and GA+ Louge.
Gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options are available for attendees with dietary restrictions.
Food Court A
Dietary options: Vegetarian
Daddy’s Dogs is a gourmet hot dog chain in Nashville. The chain offers veggie dogs for a vegetarian alternative. Their buns contain dairy and there are no gluten-free buns, so ordering a hot dog without a bun would provide an option for those who are gluten free or vegan.
Dietary options: gluten free
Farmboy is a family owned restaurant in Morgantown, Kentucky serving burgers, fries, barbecue and non-alcoholic beverages.
Dietary options: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian
Hippie Dips brings smoothies, soups, salads and sandwiches to the festival scene. They also serve fruit-filled waffle cones called fruit-cones with toppings such as greek yogurt, granola or banana pudding.
Other vendors at Food Court A
- Cowbird: burger, fries, non-alcoholic beverages
- Hebros Gyros: Chicken, fries, sandwhiches, wraps
- Hebros Cheesesteaks: Chicken, fries, sandwhiches, wraps
- SOGO Fries and Corndogs: Chicken, fries, sausage, non-alcohol beverages
- Pizza Nova: Pizza, non-alcoholic beverages
- Mexi grill: Latin food
Food Court B
Dietary options: Vegan
A Vietnamese traveling food service, Dragon Bahn Mi serves sandwiches, appetizers such as Gyoza and Shrimp Tempura, and lemonade. Vegan options include the mushroom Bahn Mi sandwich and the spring roll appetizer.
Dietary options: vegan, vegetarian
Bussin’ Burgers serves beef smash burgers, chicken patties and vegan patties at festivals across the country. Bussin’ Burgers is a part of Chaotic Concessions, a food service with a number of trucks serving different food and drinks at festivals across the country.
Dietary options: vegan, vegetarian
Also part of Chaotic Concessions, Danks Dogs offers all-beef hot dogs, veggie dogs and a variety of fries.
Dietary options: vegan, vegetarian
A Chattanooga, Tennessee traveling food service, Corndog Inc. is bringing hand-dipped beef or veggies corndogs and poured-to-order funnel cakes to Lexington. Corndog Inc. also serves freshly squeezed lemonade, limeade and watermelon limeade.
Dietary options: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian
Lexington restaurant, Jasmine Rice, will be at Railbird serving Southeast Asian food from Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.
Dietary options: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian
Old Kentucky Kettle Corn was established in 2012 and is based in Lexington. They make the only all-natural popcorn in numerous flavors such as traditional sweet kettle corn and seasonal flavors.
Other food vendors at Food Court B
- Japanese flair: Asian
- Pizza Nova: Pizza alcoholic beverages with gluten free, vegan and vegetarian options.
- No Good Burger: burgers, chicken, fries, non-alcoholic beverages
This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM with the headline "What are the food options at Railbird Festival? Here’s what to eat & drink."