About the speaker
JK McKnight is an entrepreneur, producer, consultant and community builder.
He is best known as the founder of The Forecastle Festival, one of the nation's premier outdoor festivals that draws 75,000 fans for a weekend celebration of music, art and activism® . He is also the founder of The Forecastle Foundation and the experiential agency, Art of Impact.
He graduated from St. Xavier High School and attended the College of Charleston, Bellarmine University, and the University of Louisville.
In 2017, JK was named “Southern of the Year” by Southern Living.
The Forecastle Festival was created in 2002 as a small community gathering in Louisville, KY, and has grown into a major, international attraction, with over 70,000 attendees from 2,192 cities, 49 states and 6 countries. Outside Magazine hailed it as one of the “Top 10 Festivals in the Country” while Rolling Stone deemed it one of the “Coolest Festivals in America”. Additional accolades have followed from The New York Times, LA Weekly, SPIN, Garden & Gun, Outside Magazine, Southern Living and more. It annual
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