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What are the food options at Railbird Festival? Here’s what to eat & drink

Festival-goers pose for a picture in front of Railbird signage during the 2025 Railbird music festival at The Red Mile infield on May 31, 2205, in Lexington, Ky.
Festival-goers pose for a picture in front of Railbird signage during the 2025 Railbird music festival at The Red Mile infield on May 31, 2205, in Lexington, Ky. tpoullard@herald-leader.com

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

Daddy’s Dogs

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.

Farmboy

Dietary options: gluten free

Farmboy is a family owned restaurant in Morgantown, Kentucky serving burgers, fries, barbecue and non-alcoholic beverages.

Hippie Dips

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
Festival goers lineup to enter Railbird at Red Mile in 2025.
Festival goers lineup to enter Railbird at Red Mile in 2025. Daniel Kehn

Food Court B

Dragon Bahn Mi

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.

Bussin’ Burgers

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.

Dank Dogs

Dietary options: vegan, vegetarian

Also part of Chaotic Concessions, Danks Dogs offers all-beef hot dogs, veggie dogs and a variety of fries.

Corndog Inc.

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.

Jasmine Rice

Dietary options: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian

Lexington restaurant, Jasmine Rice, will be at Railbird serving Southeast Asian food from Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

Old Kentucky Kettle Corn

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
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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."

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