LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington is wrapping up a busy weekend that brought out music fans from across the commonwealth and across the country.

What is now an empty field held tents, stations and thousands of music fans at Lexington’s annual Railbird Music Festival.

Railbird is an annual country music festival in Lexington, Ky. This year's event was headlined by country phenom Tyler Childress. (Railbird Festival)

Facundo Alverec is one of the team members who helped set up for the music festival.

Now, he’s breaking down a three-stage set at the historic horse racing and gaming facility — Red Mile. “It’s really hard work, but I think it is, it is our good job,” he said. 

He’s only been at the job for less than two months. But Alverec also has a passion for building, working on projects around Lexington’s developing areas as well.

Although the sun and hot weather couldn’t keep fans from seeing artists like Tyler Childress, Sherly Crow and Marcus Mumford over the two days, Alverec says it can get dangerous for them doing the job daily. 

“Sometimes the sun is really hot, so it burns a little bit of the skin,” Alverec said. It’s why he and dozens of other workers are layered up from head to toe. 

With major projects to come both in and outside of Kentucky, Alverec says the team’s next major step is to Las Vegas to help work on the track for the Formula One Grand Prix. 

Lexington’s tourism center, Visit Lex, says railbird sold 40,000 tickets for the weekend-long festival. It was held at Red Mile for the first time this year.