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Music Midtown

Music Midtown is a large music festival held in Atlanta, Georgia, annually from 1994 to 2005, after which it returned in 2011 following a six-year hiatus. The festival ran consecutively from 2011-2019 with a cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival returned briefly in 2021, before a cancellation in 2022. In May of 2023, it was announced that Music Midtown would return. The festival runs for one weekend each year, typically in September. The event drew in excess of 300,000 attendees per year during its peak years.[1]

Music Midtown
Coldplay at Music Midtown, 2011
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)
Years active1994–2005, 2011–2021, 2023–present
InauguratedMay 13, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-05-13)
Most recentSeptember 17–18, 2022
Next eventSeptember 15–17, 2023
Websitemusicmidtown.com

The festival began as a two-day event with three stages, and later grew to a three-day event with six main stages. Each of these stages were typically sponsored by a local Atlanta radio station and were used to present dozens of bands playing a wide variety of musical genres. Due to a decline in attendance and rising expenses after the 2005 festival, promoters placed the festival on hiatus in 2006.

In 2011, the festival returned as a one-day event, and expanded to a two-day format the following year. On August 1, 2022 the festival was cancelled due to Georgia gun laws preventing organizers from banning firearms at the event, which was held in a public park.[2] Upon the return of the festival in 2023, it was announced the event would now take place over 3-days and occurred from September 15-17, 2023.[3]

History edit

 
Crowdsurfer at Music Midtown 1997

Origins edit

The festival was conceived by Atlanta-based music promoters Alex Cooley, Peter Conlon and Alex Hoffman who sought to create an event similar to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The intent was to present a wide variety of music that both men had come to enjoy during their careers in the music industry.

In 1994, the festival launched on a parcel of undeveloped land at Peachtree St. and Tenth St. in the heart of Midtown's business district. After a few years at this site, the festival was forced to move to make way for the construction of the new Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The new festival site chosen was in downtown just north of Centennial Olympic Park and consisted mainly of closed-off streets and surface parking lots which made for a hot and somewhat unpleasant experience for daytime concert-goers. This site is now home to the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola museum. This led to a brief stay of two years after which the festival moved to the 42 acre (170,000 m2) location adjacent to the Atlanta Civic Center and now closed SciTrek. After finding this new home, the festival grew dramatically and attracted around 300,000 attendees during its peak years.

Changes, 2005, and decline edit

 
2005 Music Midtown logo

In 2000, the festival featured its largest show to date. They increased their stage amount to six and featured over 130 bands.[4] Although independent promoters when the festival was created, Cooley and Conlon sold their company, Concert/Southern Promotions, to Clear Channel Communications' subsidiary SFX Entertainment in 1998. In November 2004, Alex Cooley was released by Clear Channel Entertainment in part due to his unsuccessful assimilation into the corporate culture. His age and health problems (diabetes) prevented him from working full-time which also played a role.

 
Crowd at Music Midtown 2005

Traditionally on the first weekend in May, the 2005 festival was moved to June 10–12. This was supposedly done for better weather, although this ended up being counterproductive, as it put the festival into even more heat and humidity and at a greater risk for thunderstorms with dangerous lightning. Most of the 2005 festival was rained on by remnants of Tropical Storm Arlene, repeating many of the May rains it was rescheduled to avoid. Special outdoor tiles were put down in front of the stages to protect the grass and keep it from turning to mud.

The 2005 festival also doubled the talent budget and raised 3-day ticket prices from $45 to $75. Conlon cited media reports of potential traffic problems from Music Midtown and the concurrent Vibe MusicFest at the Georgia Dome as "killing" advance ticket sales in the weeks before the event. Others believe that the higher ticket prices may have exceeded the affordability of younger concert-goers. The slated 2005 dates were also concurrent with the increasingly popular Bonnaroo music and arts festival in neighboring Tennessee, which may have affected both attendance and artist booking.

Hiatus and resurrection edit

On January 5, 2006, Conlon announced that there would be no Music Midtown in 2006 due to the growing expenses of the festival in its current form and location. Although Conlon left open the possibility of a return at a different location in the future, this ultimately left Music Midtown in limbo and on hiatus through 2010.

On July 6, 2011, Mayor Kasim Reed and Conlon announced that the festival would return for 2011 as a one-day event on September 24, 2011, at Piedmont Park. Ticket prices for the event were $55, with two stages and The Black Keys and Coldplay headlining.[5] Additional acts included Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Young the Giant, The Joy Formidable and others.[6]

On September 21, 2011, Conlon said due to the success of advance ticket sales for 2011, he was already planning for a 2012 version of the festival. "Next year will definitely be two days, a little more diverse," he said. "I felt that getting something [produced] this year was important. It's gotten people focused again. But I'll start thinking about next year the week after this one. It takes a year to plan these things right."[7] Following the event, local media estimated attendance at 40,000.[8]

In 2015, a fourth stage was added to the summer festival. This year they spent almost in $18 million in production. They also donated $100,000 to the Piedmont Park Conservancy. According to the research center at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, attendee spending brings over $11 million of income to Atlanta.[9]

In 2016, the creators decided to change the format of the festival. In previous years, the shows took place on Friday and Saturday. The new format moved the shows to Saturday and Sunday due to the large amount of traffic from the neighboring Henry W. Grady High School and the rush hour time period posing a risk.[9]

 
Panoramic view of The Meadow at Piedmont Park during Music Midtown 2018.

Lineups edit

1996 lineup edit

Friday, May 3, 1996 - Sunday May 5, 1996 - One Day Pass: $17; Weekend Pass: $27.00

3 lb. Thrill, 3 Lost Souls, Aimee Mann, Adrian Legg, Anti Heros, Anders Osborne, Becky Sharp, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Big Fish Ensemble, Bill Morrissey, The Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, The Bobs, Bone Pony, The Bottlerockets, Brother Cane, Buddy Guy Big Band, Cake, Catfish Jenkins, Chambers Brothers, Chief Seattle, Clay Harper & The Rhythm Tyrants, Cornershop, Cracker, Dallas County Line, Dash Rip Rock, Dirty Dozen, Doublewide, Dry County, Edwin McCain, Evan & Jaron, Fiji Mariners, Fishbone, Fleming & John, For Squirrels, Francine Reed, Fred Schneider, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, Goose Creek Symphony, Gracie Moon, Gren, Groundscore, Gurufish, Hip Heavy Lip, Howard Jones, HoHum, Ian Moore, Jake, Jan Smith, Joan Baez, Joe Ely, Joe Satriani, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Wesley Harding, Johnny Hyde Quartet, Josh Joplin Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kool & The Gang, Larry McCray, Law of Nature, League of Decency, Leftover Salmon, Lift, Lisa Loeb, Lil Red Rocket, Lonesome Jones, Loudflower, Lounge Flounders, Luther Allison, Mary Fortune Express, Memory Dean, Moonwater, Morris Day & The Time, Norman Blake, NRBQ, Ohio Players, One Without, Poe, Ride the Wood, The Roches, Robben Ford & The Blue Line, Root 88, Ruby, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, Schtum, Shadowcaste, Shawn Colvin, Sightseers, Sister Hazel, Snapdragon, Sparklehorse, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Steel Pulse, Stir, The Stowes, Super X13, Syd Straw, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Tender Idols, This Living Hand, Toadies, Umajets, Uncle Mark Reynolds, Urban Shakedancers, Vertical Horizon, Wailing Souls, Wanderlust, Zachary Richard

KIDS STAGE: Planet Earth Inc. Lee Bryan's Premier Puppets, Juggling Dou Dan Thurman & Philip Solomon, Joanie Bartels from the Disney Channel, Mario "The Laff Master",Rick Hubbard & His All Star Kazoo Band, Plus Activity areas with arts & crafts, games and more.[10]

1997 lineup edit

May 2, 1997 - May 4, 1997 - Weekend Pass: $27.00

Number 1 Family Mover, 3 Lost Souls, 702, Acoustic Workshop, Alicia Bridges, Al Jarreau, Angie Aparo, Automatic, B Rock & The Bizz, Barenaked Ladies, BeauSoleil, Ben Folds Five, Better Than Ezra, Billy pilgrim, Boobytrap, The Boo Radleys, Cake, Cheap Trick, Christion, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Continentals, Cool For August, Cowboy Envy, Cowboy Mouth, Cravin' Melon, Dash Rip Rock, David Ryan Harris, Dayroom, Delbert McClinton, Dinosaur Jr., Edwin McCain, Kevn Kinney & Warren Haynes (together in a rare acoustic appearance), Emmet Swimming, Eric Johnson, Expanding Man, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Fernando Aragon, File´, Five-Eight, Fleming & John, The Floyds, Francine Reed, Fuel, funky Meters, Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie, George Clinton & The P Funk Allstars, Gibb Droll, Glass Candle Grenade, Gov’t Mule, Gravy, Hazel Virtue, The Hazies, Hip Heavy Lip, Hobex, Jonny Lang, Johnny Hyde Quartet, Jonatha Brooke, Jump Little Children, K's Choice, Kelly Hogan & Lee Jeffrey, Leroy Jones, Local H, Lonesome Jones, Lonnie Brooks, Los Lobos, Los Straitjackets, Madfly, Michelle Malone, Mishap, Modern English, Monica, Muse, Musique, Neilson Hubbard, The Nields, Pascal Bokar, Patty Griffin, People Who Must, Radiant City, Reuben Anderson, Rockapella, Root Doctors, Royal Crown Revue, Santana, Saw Doctors, Seek, Sevendust, Shinehead, Shock Lobo, Silverchair, Sister Hazel, Six Ways To Sunday, Skirt, Slim Fatz & Uprighteous, Sons of the San Joaquin, Soul Miners Daughter, Sounds of Blackness, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Steve Miller Band, Stir, String Cheese Incident, Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Tender Idols, treehouse, Trinket, Velmer Watkins & The Angelic Community Choir, Vigilantes Of Love, Wallflowers, War, Wild West Picture Show, Young Gary, ZZ Top[11]

1998 lineup edit

May 1, 1998 - May 3, 1998 - Ticket Price $30

2 Skinnee J's (5/1), A Flock of Seagulls (5/3), Agents of Good Roots (5/3), Alana Davis (5/2), Alejandro Esoveda (5/3), Al's Not Well (5/2), Andy Offutt Irwin (5/1), Anne Murray (5/3), Another Man Down (5/3), Anson Funderburgh (5/3), Athenaeum (5/3), Austin Lounge Lizards (5/2), The Backsliders (5/2), Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (5/3), Beth Wood (5/3), Big Wreck (5/3), Billionaire (5/2), Bio Ritmo (5/1), Blue Mountain (5/1), Booker T & The MG's (5/3), Charlie Mars Band (5/2), Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band (5/2), Cracker (5/2), Creedence Clearwater Revisted (5/3), David Byrne (5/2), Day By the River (5/3),Dayroom (5/2), Dee Snider's S.M.F's (5/2), Dee Dee Bridgewater (5/2), Derek Trucks Band (5/1), Destiny's Child (5/2), Dixie Hummingbirds (5/3), drivin’ n’ cryin’ (5/2), Duke Ellington Orchestra (5/2), Econoline Crush (5/3), Emm Gryner (5/1), Etta James (5/3), Evan & Jaron (5/2) Eve 6 (5/1), Fastball (5/2), Foo Fighters (5/2), Francine Reed (5/3) Freddy Jones Band (5/2) Fuel (5/2), Garrison Starr (5/1), The Gary Steer Ensemble (5/2), God Lives Underwater (5/2), Goodie Mob (5/1), Gov’t Mule (5/2), Gra’ (5/3), Gracie Moon (5/2)Haynes, McCain, Kinney (5/3), Henry Murphy & the son's & brother's band (5/3), The Iguanas (5/1), Indigo Girls (5/1), Isaac Curry (5/1), Jagged Edge (5/2), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (5/2), Jolene (5/1), Josh Joplin Band (5/2), Juggling Sons (5/1), June Victory & The Bayou Renegades (5/2), Jupiter Coyote (5/2), Keb’ Mo’ (5/3), Kenny Wayne Shepherd (5/2), King Slender (5/1), Kingsized (5/3), Koko Taylor (5/2), Kool & The Gang featuring JT Taylor(5/2), La Bottine Souriante (5/2), Letters To Cleo (5/3), Little Jack Melody & His Young Turks (5/2), Loud American Tourists (5/2), Lysette (5/1), Marvelous 3 (5/2), Mavis Staples (5/3), Memory Dean (5/1), Michelle Penn (5/2), The Mike Karp Band (5/3), Montel Jordan (5/2), Morphine (5/1), Neilson Hubbard (5/1), Overlook (5/2), Pain (5/3), Paula Cole (5/1), Paydirt (5/2), The Penetrators (5/1), The Pleasantdales (5/2), Reggae Cowboys (5/1), The Road Hawgs (5/2), Rick Hubbard & His All Kid Kazoo Band (5/2 & 5/3), Robert Cray Band (5/1), Robustos (5/1), Sam Salter (5/2), Larry Johnson & Adam (5/3), Semisonic (5/2), The Silent Kids (5/2), Sister Hazel (5/2), Sixteen Horsepower (5/1), Sixty Cycle Hum (5/2), Skwzbxx (5/3), Son Volt (5/1), Speech (5/2), Tinsley Ellis (5/3), Tito Puente (5/3), Tonic (5/3), Troutfishing In America (5/3), Tuscadero (5/3), Ugly Americans (5/2), Urban Grind (5/2), Velmer Watkins & the Angelic Choir (5/3), Violent Femmes (5/3), Vonda Shepard (5/1), Wild West Picture Show (5/3), Wil’'s Drama (5/2)[12]

1999 lineup edit

Friday 30 April 1999 – Sunday 2 May 1999 - $30.00 Three-day weekend ticket

60 Cycle Hum (5/1), 98 Degrees (5/2), Aaron Hall (5/1), Amanda Jones (4/30), Angie Aparo (5/1), B*witched (5/2), Bare Jr. (5/2), Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (5/1), Berlin (5/2), Big Atomic (5/1), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (5/2), Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (5/2), The Black Crowes (4/30), BlackPerl (5/1), Blacklight Posterboys (5/2), Bloque (5/1), Blueground Undergrass (5/2), Bobby Blue Bland (4/30), Boozoo Chavis (5/1), Branford Marsalis (5/1),Brave Combo (5/1), Buckcherry (5/2), Burlap To Cashmere (5/1), Chris Duarte Group (5/1), Count Basie Orchestra (5/2), Cubanismo (5/2), Dance Contest/Deney Terrio (5/1), Deney Terrio (5/1), Deney Terrio & Motion (5/1), Destiny's Child (5/1), Digital Underground (4/30), Double Drive (5/2), Dovetail Joint (5/1), Dr. John (5/2), The Duke Robillard Band (5/1), El Caminos (5/2), Everclear (5/1), Fairfield Four (5/2), Fiji Mariners & Col. Bruce Hampton (5/2), File’ (5/1), Film (4/30), Francine Reed (5/2), The Funky Meters (4/30), Galactic (5/2), Gary Steer (5/1), George Thorogood & the Destroyers (5/1), Gibb Droll (5/2), Goodie Mob (5/1), The Gufs (5/2), Hole (5/2), Iggy Pop (5/1), Isaac Hayes (5/2), Jessica Simpson (5/2), Jonathan Richman (4/30), Joshua Redman Band (4/30),Kid Rock (5/1), Leftover Salmon (5/1), Lizardmen (5/2), Mandorico (4/30), Marvelous 3 (5/1), Mojo Nixon (5/1), Musique (5/1), New Immortals (5/1), Norman Blake (5/2), Otis Day & The Knights (5/2), Outkast (4/30), PJ Olsson (5/1), Peter Frampton (5/1), The Pleasantdales (5/1), Poor Little Fools (4/30), The Prodigals (5/1), Push Monkey (4/30), Randall Bramlett (4/30), Reel Big Fish (5/2), Reel Tight (5/1), The Rent Boys (4/30), Rick Springfield (5/1), Robin Trower (5/1), Ruthie & the Wranglers (5/2), Salt-n-Pepa (4/30), Shock Lobo (5/1), Soul Miner's Daughter (5/1), Soup (5/1), Sponge (4/30), Stereo Popsicle (4/30), Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (4/30), The Tendor Idols (5/1), Toots & The Maytals (4/30), Train (5/1), The Trammps featuring Earl Young (5/1), Trinket (4/30), Truckadelic (5/1), Ultraphonic (5/1), Urban Grind (5/1), Vedado (5/2), Velmer Watkins & The Angelic Choir (5/2), Vinyl (5/2), Virgo's Merlot (4/30), War (5/1), Widespread Panic (5/2), Wilco (5/1), Willie Nelson (4/30), Xavier Cugat Orchestra (4/30)[13]

2000 lineup edit

Friday 5 May 2000 – Sunday 7 May 2000 - $30.00 for a three-day weekend pass

3 Doors Down (5/5), 6 Piece (5/6), Adom (5/7), Albita (5/7), The Allman Brothers Band (5/7), Angie Aparo (5/6), Another Man Down (5/7), Baby DC (5/6), Bayou Dimayo (5/7), Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (5/6), Belmont Playboys (5/6), Ben Torres (5/6), Bend (5/5), Beth Hart (5/7), Beth Wood (5/7), Big People (5/6), Billionaire (5/7), Bio Ritmo (5/7), Bjorn Again (5/6), BR5-49 (5/7), Brand New Immortals (5/6), Captains of Industry (5/7) Celia Cruz (5/7), Charlie The Magician (5/7), Chocolate Kiss (5/7), Collective Soul (5/6), Comedy Response Unit (5/6), Controlled Airspace (5/7), Cracker (5/5), Creed (5/7), Darling Machine (5/5), Dave Dault (5/7), Dave Sloan (5/5), Deacon Brody (5/7), Donell Jones (5/6), Dropsonic (5/6), The El Caminos (5/7), Fabulous Thunderbirds (5/6), Fernando Sanchez & Kim Richards (5/7), Film (5/6), Foreigner (5/5), Francine Reed (5/7), Franklin & The Magic Fiddle (5/6&7)Fred Astaire Dance Studios (5/6&7), Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie (5/6), Georgia Mass Choir (5/7), Georgia Satellites (5/5), Giwayen Mata (5/5), Gretchen Gigly (5/6), Guster (5/6), Heirs of Promise (5/7), Injected (5/6), Italian Bistro Act (5/6), Jagged Edge (5/5), Janah (5/6), Jazz Mandolin Project (5/5), The Jeff Healey Band (5/7), Jimmy Cliff (5/5), Joe Satriani (5/6), Joe Walsh (5/6), Johnny Hyde (5/6), Jungle Brothers (5/6), Kathleen Turner Overdrive (5/5), Kenny Wayne Shepherd (5/7), King Sunny Ade (5/5), Kingdom Kids (5/7), Kitty Snyder (5/6), Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine (5/6), La Bottine Souriante (5/6), Left Front Tire (5/7), Lil’ Malcolm & the House Rockers (5/6), Liquid Soul (5/6), Lisa Lisa (5/6), Little Jon & the Eastside Boyz (5/6), Lotustarr (5/6), Macha (5/6), Mary Delaney (5/5), Meshell Ndegéocello (5/5), Metrolanta Steel Pan Band (5/5), Metroscene (5/6), Modern Hero (5/7), moe. (5/6), The Music Class (5/6&7), Myssouri (5/6), NAS (5/6), Natalie MacMaster (5/5), Nickelback (5/6), Oasis (5/5), Oleander (5/6), Our Lady Peace (5/6), Owsley (5/5), Paul Rodgers (5/7) PDQ (5/6), Peter Searcy (5/7), Pimpadelic (5/6), Radford (5/5), Ratdog (5/5), Reggae Cowboys (5/5), Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca (5/7), The Road Kings (5/6), Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise (5/5), Sergent Garcia (5/7), Sevendust (5/7), Sick Speed (5/6), Slam 2000 Team (5/7), Slim Fatz & Barefoot Dave (5/7), Som Brasileiro (5/7), Southern Belles (5/6), Southern Culture on the Skids (5/6), Speech (5/5), Splender (5/6), Steep (5/6), Stir (5/7), Strangefolk (5/6), String Cheese Incident (5/6), Stroke 9 (5/7), he Supremes feat. Mary Wilson (5/7), Susan Tedeschi (5/7), Taj Mahal (5/7), Theresa Morton (5/7), Tinsley Ellis (5/7), The Tom Collins (5/5), Travis (5/5), Tyrese (5/5), Ultrababyfat (5/7), US Crush (5/6), Velmer Watkins and The Angelics (5/7), Vocal Tonic (5/6)[14]

2001 lineup edit

Friday 4 May 2001 – Sunday 6 May 2001

John Mayer, Train, Bob Dylan, Ludacris, The Offspring, Erykah Badu, Foreigner, Ben Harper, Al Green, Kansas, Kool & The Gang, Cheap Trick, Talib Kweli, Blue Öyster Cult, Live, Five For Fighting, The Black Crowes, O.A.R., The Cult, Patti Smith, Musiq Soulchild, Run DMC, The Wallflowers, Fuel, The Sugarhill Gang, Steve Earle, En Vogue, Less Than Jake, Lucinda Williams, Arrested Development, Our Lady Peace, Indigo Girls, Bilal, Loverboy, Night Ranger, Rehab, American Hi-Fi, Cracker, Gov't Mule, Little Feat, Eric Johnson, Galactic, Carl Thomas, Days of the New, Booker T. Jones, The Derek Trucks Band, Tantric, North Mississippi Allstars, The Smithereens, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Evan And Jaron, The Connells, Jerry Cantrell, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Oleander, Jackyl, Delbert McClinton, The Gabe Dixon Band, Drivin' n' Cryin', Dexter Freebish, Marcia Ball, BeauSoleil, Sonia Dada, Shemekia Copeland, David Lindley, Marvelous 3, Injected, Josh Joplin Group, Johannes Linstead, Minus, Left Front Tire, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, Aerial, Soup, Francine Reed, The Senators, Blueground Undergrass, Jennifer Nettles Band, Treephort, L'il Brian And The Zydeco Travelers, The Forty Fives, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Greg Hester, Col Bruce Hampton And The Code Talkers, Young Antiques, Miller's Tale, Victoria Williams & Mark Olson, Original P, Nillah, X-impossibles, Kenny Howes & the Yeah, The Moto-litas, Craig Ellis, Shola Lewis, Andy Browne[15]

2002 lineup edit

Friday 3 May 2002 — Sunday 5 May 2002

Earth, Wind & Fire, 30 Seconds to Mars, Acres, Adema, Alastor, Albita, Angie Aparo, Asphalt Blaster, Avant, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Better Than Ezra, Big People, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bo Diddley, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Bonnie Raitt, Brizz, Bruce Daigrepont, Bubba Sparxxx, Bush, Butch Walker, CeeLo Green, Charivari, Cindy Wilson, City High, Cornbread, Counting Crows, Course Of Nature, Darius Rucker, David Dunning, David Lee Roth, Disco Biscuits, Don McLean, Doria Roberts, Dropsonic, Earshot, Edwin McCain, Familiar 48, Flickerstick, Francine Reed, Garbage, Geno Delafose and French Rockin Boogie, The Georgia Satellites, Giwayen Mata, Greta Lee, Headstrong, Hoobastank, Hot August Knights, Incubus, Injected, Israel Vibration, Jack Johnson, Jad, Jaheim, Ja Rule, Jethro Tull, Jim Crow, Jimmy Bosch, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Joe Bonamassa, Journey, June Carter Cash, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Kid Rock, Lake Trout, L.O.A., Mark Farner, Metroscene, Michelle Malone, Mike Mills, Mother's Finest, Mystikal, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha, No Doubt, O.A.R., Ohio Players, Oliver Mtukudzi, Perpetual Groove, Pete Yorn, ph balance, Producers, Puddle of Mudd, Rana, Remy Zero, Res, Rick James, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Rosie Ledet, Royal 7, Rubyhorse, Savoy Brown, Sean Costello, Sense Field, Sharissa, Skid Row, Slim Fatz, slowEarth, Stone Temple Pilots, Supermatic, The John Butler Trio, The Rantings of EVA, The Wood, Yard, The Zydeco Boneshakers, Tinsley Ellis, Tony Rich, TrancesArc, Uncrowned, War, Zydefunk[16]

2003 lineup edit

Friday, May 2, 2003: Bob Dylan, Cracker, LL Cool J, Live, Sheryl Crow, Steve Winwood, The Les Claypool Frog Brigade, Unwritten Law, and Sound Tribe Sector 9

Saturday, May 3, 2003: Aimee Mann, Buddy Guy, Tony Bennett, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dave Mason, Evanescence, Godsmack, Joe Cocker, King's X, Marc Broussard, Matt Nathanson, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mrnorth, Revis, Saliva, Sixpence None the Richer, Spookie Daly Pride, The Isley Brothers, The Mavericks, The Time, Tonic, Trapt, and doubleDrive.G Love and Special Sauce, Tony Bennett

Sunday, May 4, 2003: Aimee Mann, Antibalas, Ashanti, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Caitlin Cary, Cowboy Mouth, Def Leppard, Drive-By Truckers, Eve, Everclear, Gipsy Kings, Gomez, Gov’t Mule, Jack Johnson, Ratdog, Seether, Skerv Susan Tedeschi, Tonic, and Zwan.[17]

2004 lineup edit

Friday, April 30, 2004: Hoobastank, Ludacris, REO Speedwagon, and Tantric.

Saturday, May 1, 2004: Big Boi, Chris Robinson & The New Earth Mud, Doors of the 21st Century, Drive-By Truckers, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, The Strokes, and Wyclef Jean Train.

Sunday, May 2, 2004: CeeLo Green, Courtney Love, Fuel, Jason Mraz, Jessica Simpson, Journey, Twista, and Ween.[18]

2005 lineup edit

Friday, June 10, 2005:

 06:15 PM – 06:45 PM Sali Hagan Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 06:15 PM – 06:45 PM Young Capone Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 06:45 PM – 07:15 PM Bill Gentry Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 06:45 PM – 07:15 PM Red Letter Agent Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 07:00 PM – 08:00 PM 4th and Dock Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 07:15 PM – 07:45 PM Bobby Valentino Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 07:15 PM – 08:15 PM Francine Reed Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 07:15 PM – 07:45 PM Linger Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 07:45 PM – 08:30 PM Cross Canadian Ragweed Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 07:45 PM – 08:30 PM Michael Tolcher Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 08:00 PM – 09:00 PM Jistoray Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 08:30 PM – 09:00 PM 23 Jinx Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 08:30 PM – 09:15 PM Ciara Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 08:45 PM – 09:45 PM Lou Reed Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 09:00 PM – 10:00 PM Interpol Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 09:00 PM – 10:00 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 09:00 PM – 10:00 PM Trace Adkins Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 10:00 PM – 10:30 PM Avenge Vegas Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM Rareform DJ Crew Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM The Game Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 10:15 PM – 11:45 PM Counting Crows Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM Keith Urban Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM The White Stripes Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 

Saturday, June 11, 2005:

 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM She Wants Revenge Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM Jabari Grover Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM Psychic Hearts Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 03:00 PM – 03:45 PM American Minor Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 03:00 PM – 03:45 PM Louis XIV Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 03:00 PM – 03:45 PM The Wrights Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM David Banner Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM Orquesta MaCuba Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 03:45 PM – 04:15 PM Modern Skirts Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 04:15 PM – 05:15 PM Bloc Party Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 04:15 PM – 05:15 PM Mofro Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 04:15 PM – 05:15 PM Tift Merritt Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 04:45 PM – 05:15 PM Trillville Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 05:15 PM – 05:45 PM Good Friday Experiment Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM GuRu Fish Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 05:45 PM – 06:45 PM Darryl Worley Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 05:45 PM – 06:45 PM The Features Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 06:00 PM – 07:15 PM Robert Randolph & the Family Band Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN 06:00 PM – 06:30 PM Slim Thug Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Dominic Gaudious Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 06:45 PM – 07:15 PM Honestly Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 07:15 PM – 07:45 PM Boyz N Da Hood Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 07:15 PM – 08:15 PM Chris Cagle Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 07:15 PM – 08:15 PM Keane Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 07:30 PM – 08:30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 08:00 PM – 09:15 PM John Fogerty Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 08:15 PM – 08:45 PM a fir-ju well Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 08:30 PM – 09:30 PM Common Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 08:30 PM – 09:30 PM Slick & Rose Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 08:45 PM – 09:45 PM Clay Walker Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 08:45 PM – 10:00 PM The Killers Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 09:30 PM – 10:30 PM Groove Stain Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 10:00 PM – 10:30 PM Five Eight Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 10:15 PM – 11:45 PM Alan Jackson Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 10:15 PM – 11:30 PM Black Eyed Peas Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM Kids with codenames Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 10:30 PM - The Pixies Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 

Sunday, June 12, 2005:

 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM Big Tako Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 02:30 PM – 02:50 PM Choc Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM Matt Turk Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM Angela Wolff Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 03:00 PM – 03:45 PM Tegan and Sara Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM Whodini Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 03:15 PM – 04:00 PM Luna Halo Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM Nation Beat Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 03:40 PM – 04:10 PM Biz Markie Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 03:45 PM – 04:15 PM Tim Brantley Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 04:00 PM – 04:45 PM Cowboy Crush Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 04:15 PM – 05:00 PM Coheed and Cambria Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 04:20 PM – 05:00 PM MC Lyte Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM 10 degrees Off Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 05:00 PM – 05:30 PM Collective Efforts Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 05:10 PM – 06:40 PM Doug E. Fresh Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 05:10 PM – 06:40 PM Slick Rick Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 05:15 PM – 06:15 PM Jo Dee Messina Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 05:45 PM – 06:45 PM The Lemonheads Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM Def Leppard Ford/Best Buy/96 Rock/UPN Atlanta Stage 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Enobi Comcast/WABE Cultural Stage 06:45 PM – 08:15 PM Montgomery Gentry Hooters/Kicks 101.5 Stage 06:45 PM – 07:15 PM Trances Arc Best Buy/ 99X Locals Only Stage 07:15 PM – 08:45 PM DEVO Miller Lite/99X/Comcast Stage 07:15 PM – 08:30 PM Public Enemy Coca-Cola/Verizon Wireless/Hot 107.9/ Fox 5 Stage 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM Kid Rock 

[19]

2011 lineup edit

Saturday, 24 September 2011: Band of Skulls, Cage the Elephant, Coldplay, Manchester Orchestra, The Black Keys, The Constellations, The Joy Formidable, The Postelles, Walk the Moon, and Young the Giant.[20]

2012 lineup edit

Friday, 21 September 2012: Foo Fighters, The Avett Brothers, T.I., Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, and Van Hunt.

Saturday, 22 September 2012: Pearl Jam, Girl Talk, Florence & The Machine, Neon Trees, Ludacris, Adam Ant, Garbage, LP, Civil Twilight, and O'Brother.[21]

2013 lineup edit

Dates: September 20, 2013 – September 21, 2013

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Electric Ballroom Stage

Friday: Drivin N Cryin, Phoenix, Journey
Saturday: The Neighbourhood, Weezer, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Great Southeast Music Hall Stage

Friday: 2 Chainz, Jane's Addiction
Saturday: Reignwolf, The Black Lips, Imagine Dragons, Queens of the Stone Age

Roxy Stage

Friday: North Mississippi Allstars, The Mowgli's, Cake
Saturday: Mona, Capital Cities, ZZ Ward, Tegan and Sara, Kendrick Lamar[22]

2014 lineup edit

Dates: September 19, 2014 – September 20, 2014

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times)

Electric Ballroom Stage

Friday: Mayer Hawthorne, Run DMC, John Mayer
Saturday: Magic Man, Vic Mensa, B.o.B, Lana Del Rey, Eminem

Honda Stage

Friday: Banks (singer), Lorde
Saturday: The Strypes, Twenty One Pilots, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bastille (band)

Roxy Stage

Friday: Ron Pope, Bear Hands, Iggy Azalea, Jack White
Saturday: Sleeper Agent (band), AER, Third Eye Blind, NEEDTOBREATHE, Gregg Allman, Zac Brown Band[23]

2015 lineup edit

Dates: September 18, 2015 – September 19, 2015

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Electric Ballroom Stage

Friday: Kodaline, Hozier, Drake (rapper)
Saturday: Colony House, Andrew McMahon And The Wilderness, Hall & Oates, Run The Jewels, Sam Smith

Honda Stage

Friday: August Alsina, Alice in Chains
Saturday: X Ambassadors, The Airborne Toxic Event, Icona Pop, Lenny Kravitz

Belk Stage

Friday: Vinyl Theatre, Tove Lo, Jenny Lewis, Elton John
Saturday: New Politics, Elle King, Billy Idol, Panic! at the Disco, Van Halen

Cotton Club Stage

Friday: Jamie N Commons, Elliot Moss, Metric
Saturday: Alessia Cara, Rozzi Crane, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Vance Joy[24]

2016 lineup edit

Dates: September 17, 2016 – September 18, 2016

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Electric Ballroom Stage

Saturday: Zella Day, DNCE, Leon Bridges, G-Eazy, Twenty One Pilots
Sunday: Joseph (band), St. Lucia (musician), James Bay (singer), The Lumineers, The Killers

Honda Stage

Saturday: Balkan Beat Box, NF, Logic, Big Boi, ColleGrove
Sunday: Peter Bjorn and John, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats , Alabama Shakes

Roxy Stage

Saturday: City and Colour/Dallas Green, Chvrches, Band of Horses, Beck
Sunday: Daya (singer), Melanie Martinez (singer), Grouplove, Kesha, deadmau5

Cotton Club Stage

Saturday: Johnnyswim, The Coathangers, Lucius (band), Mayer Hawthorne
Sunday: The Shadowboxers, Pete Yorn, Raury, DJ Mustard[25]

2017 lineup edit

Dates: September 16, 2017 – September 17, 2017

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Salesforce Stage

Saturday: Dua Lipa, Vintage Trouble, Tove Lo, Big Sean, Bruno Mars
Sunday: Circa Waves, Coin, Collective Soul, Haim, Mumford & Sons

Honda Stage

Saturday: Bibi Bourelly, Oh Wonder, The Strumbellas, Wiz Khalifa
Sunday: Hiss Golden Messenger, Judah & the Lion, Two Door Cinema Club, Bastille (band)

Roxy Stage

Saturday: Daye Jack, PVRIS, Milky Chance, Weezer, Blink-182
Sunday: Midnight Larks, Missio (duo), Zara Larsson, Young The Giant, Future

Cotton Club Stage

Saturday: Sunflower Bean, AJR, Broods, The Naked and Famous
Sunday: Trippie Redd, Joywave, Lizzo, Russ[26]

One 2-Day Regular General Admission Ticket cost $178.72, including $33.72 of service charges.[27]

2018 lineup edit

Dates: September 15, 2018 – September 16, 2018

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Salesforce Stage

Saturday:The Aces, Twin Shadow, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Post Malone
Sunday:Sir, Two Feet, Janelle Monáe, Gucci Mane, Kendrick Lamar

Great Southeast Music Hall Stage

Saturday:Arthur Buck, Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves Portugal. The Man
Sunday:Black Pistol Fire, Arizona, Bazzi, Khalid

Roxy Stage

Saturday:Mattiel, Lovelytheband, Børns, The Revivalists, Fall Out Boy
Sunday:Berklee College of Music, K.Flay, Butch Walker, Foster The People, Imagine Dragons

Cotton Club Stage

Saturday:Yuno, Saint Jhn, Chromeo, Awolnation
Sunday:Robert Delong, Maggie Rogers, First Aid Kit, Sylvan Esso[28]

One 2-Day Regular General Admission Ticket cost $191.08 or $183.90, including $46.08 or $38.90 of service charges, respectively. The more expensive option includes a 3D Collectible Credential.[29]

2019 lineup edit

Dates: September 14, 2019 – September 15, 2019

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Venue: Peidmont Park

Roxy Stage

Saturday: Faye Webster, Madison Beer, BANKS, LIZZO, Cardi B

Sunday: GOLDSPACE + Good Company, Bad Suns, Local Natives, Leon Bridges, VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Cotton Club Stage

Saturday: Band of Skulls, Sigrid, Quinn XCII, KALI UCHIS

Sunday: 99 Neighbors, Taylor Bennett, JADEN SMITH, Cold War Kids

Great Southeast Music Hall Stage

Saturday: YOLA, REIGNWOLF, Tash Sultana, Lil Yachty

Sunday: Hero the Band, Dominic Fike, MǾ, 6LACK

Salesforce Stage

Saturday: Kevin Garrett, Hembree, Lord Huron, Charlie Puth, Panic! At The Disco

Sunday: The Coathangers, SHAED, WALK THE MOON, Billie Eilish, Travis Scott[30]

One 2-Day General Admission Ticket cost $155, including $49.90 of service charges.[31]

2021 lineup edit

Dates: September 18, 2021 - September 19, 2021

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Venue: Piedmont Park

Roxy Stage

Saturday: Mom Rock, 070 Shake, Eric Nam, AJR, Jonas Brothers

Sunday: Masked Wolf, 24kGoldn, Megan thee Stallion, Marshmello

Cotton Club Stage

Saturday: Teddy Swims, Ashnikko, Oliver Tree, Tierra Whack

Sunday: Tate McRae, Latto, Jack Harlow

Great Southeast Music Stage

Saturday: Morgan Vinson, Unusual Demont, Mariah the Scientist, Lauv, Machine Gun Kelly

Sunday: Sophia Messa, Gus Dapperton, Surfaces, Black Pumas

Verizon Stage

Saturday: Saleka, Girl in Red, Dashboard Confessional, 21 Savage, Maroon 5

Sunday: Ant Clemons, Remi Wolf, Bleachers, Yungblud, Miley Cyrus

2021 General Admission 2 Day Tickets were $145.00, 2 Day Student General Admission Tickets were $135.00, 2 Day General Admission Plus Tickets were $305.00, 2 Day VIP Tickets were $650.00, 2 Day Super VIP Tickets were $1,300.00.[32]

2023 lineup edit

Dates: September 15, 2023 - September 17, 2023

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

Venue: Piedmont Park

IHG Hotels & Resort Stage

Friday: Skaiwater, J.I.D., Flume

Saturday: Ed Rox, Sueco, Yung Gravy, Niall Horan, The 1975

Sunday: The National Parks, Joy Oladokun, Masego, GloRilla, Lil Baby

Gala Music Cotton Club

Saturday: Grace Gardner · Tess Clare · Maria Alexa, Calder Allen, Upsahl, Destroy Lonely

Sunday: Magic City Hippies, JP Saxe, Tove Lo, Young Nudy

Gopuff Great Southeast Music Stage

Saturday: Sarah Kinsley, The Midnight, The Rose, Louis the Child

Sunday: BigXthaPlug, PJ Morton, Big Wild, The Garden

Venmo Stage

Friday: Leah Kate, Pitbull, Pink

Saturday: The Moss, Maude Latour, Lizzy McAlpine, Fletcher, Billie Eilish

Sunday: Swavay, Inhaler, First Aid Kit, Incubus, Guns N' Roses

Thirty Seconds to Mars was scheduled to perform but dropped out a few weeks prior to the festival due to unknown circumstances.

2023 General Admission 3 Day Tickets were $280, 3 Day Student General Admission Plus Tickets were $415, 3 Day VIP Tickets were $805, 3 Day Super VIP were $1,525, 3 Day General Admission Student Tickets were $199, 2 Day General Admission Tickets were $225, 1 Day General Admission Tickets were $155, 1 Day General Admission Plus Tickets were $199, 1 Day VIP Tickets were $445, and 1 Day Super VIP tickets were $750. [33]

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External links edit

  • Official website

music, midtown, large, music, festival, held, atlanta, georgia, annually, from, 1994, 2005, after, which, returned, 2011, following, year, hiatus, festival, consecutively, from, 2011, 2019, with, cancellation, 2020, covid, pandemic, festival, returned, briefly. Music Midtown is a large music festival held in Atlanta Georgia annually from 1994 to 2005 after which it returned in 2011 following a six year hiatus The festival ran consecutively from 2011 2019 with a cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic The festival returned briefly in 2021 before a cancellation in 2022 In May of 2023 it was announced that Music Midtown would return The festival runs for one weekend each year typically in September The event drew in excess of 300 000 attendees per year during its peak years 1 Music MidtownColdplay at Music Midtown 2011FrequencyAnnualLocation s Undeveloped Land in Midtown at 10th and Peachtree Atlanta 1994 1998 Area Around Centennial Olympic Park Atlanta 1999 Central Park Atlanta 2000 2005 Piedmont Park Atlanta 2011 2022 Years active1994 2005 2011 2021 2023 presentInauguratedMay 13 1994 29 years ago 1994 05 13 Most recentSeptember 17 18 2022Next eventSeptember 15 17 2023Websitemusicmidtown wbr comThe festival began as a two day event with three stages and later grew to a three day event with six main stages Each of these stages were typically sponsored by a local Atlanta radio station and were used to present dozens of bands playing a wide variety of musical genres Due to a decline in attendance and rising expenses after the 2005 festival promoters placed the festival on hiatus in 2006 In 2011 the festival returned as a one day event and expanded to a two day format the following year On August 1 2022 the festival was cancelled due to Georgia gun laws preventing organizers from banning firearms at the event which was held in a public park 2 Upon the return of the festival in 2023 it was announced the event would now take place over 3 days and occurred from September 15 17 2023 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins 1 2 Changes 2005 and decline 1 3 Hiatus and resurrection 2 Lineups 2 1 1996 lineup 2 2 1997 lineup 2 3 1998 lineup 2 4 1999 lineup 2 5 2000 lineup 2 6 2001 lineup 2 7 2002 lineup 2 8 2003 lineup 2 9 2004 lineup 2 10 2005 lineup 2 11 2011 lineup 2 12 2012 lineup 2 13 2013 lineup 2 14 2014 lineup 2 15 2015 lineup 2 16 2016 lineup 2 17 2017 lineup 2 18 2018 lineup 2 19 2019 lineup 2 20 2021 lineup 2 21 2023 lineup 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp Crowdsurfer at Music Midtown 1997Origins edit The festival was conceived by Atlanta based music promoters Alex Cooley Peter Conlon and Alex Hoffman who sought to create an event similar to the New Orleans Jazz amp Heritage Festival The intent was to present a wide variety of music that both men had come to enjoy during their careers in the music industry In 1994 the festival launched on a parcel of undeveloped land at Peachtree St and Tenth St in the heart of Midtown s business district After a few years at this site the festival was forced to move to make way for the construction of the new Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The new festival site chosen was in downtown just north of Centennial Olympic Park and consisted mainly of closed off streets and surface parking lots which made for a hot and somewhat unpleasant experience for daytime concert goers This site is now home to the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca Cola museum This led to a brief stay of two years after which the festival moved to the 42 acre 170 000 m2 location adjacent to the Atlanta Civic Center and now closed SciTrek After finding this new home the festival grew dramatically and attracted around 300 000 attendees during its peak years Changes 2005 and decline edit nbsp 2005 Music Midtown logoIn 2000 the festival featured its largest show to date They increased their stage amount to six and featured over 130 bands 4 Although independent promoters when the festival was created Cooley and Conlon sold their company Concert Southern Promotions to Clear Channel Communications subsidiary SFX Entertainment in 1998 In November 2004 Alex Cooley was released by Clear Channel Entertainment in part due to his unsuccessful assimilation into the corporate culture His age and health problems diabetes prevented him from working full time which also played a role nbsp Crowd at Music Midtown 2005Traditionally on the first weekend in May the 2005 festival was moved to June 10 12 This was supposedly done for better weather although this ended up being counterproductive as it put the festival into even more heat and humidity and at a greater risk for thunderstorms with dangerous lightning Most of the 2005 festival was rained on by remnants of Tropical Storm Arlene repeating many of the May rains it was rescheduled to avoid Special outdoor tiles were put down in front of the stages to protect the grass and keep it from turning to mud The 2005 festival also doubled the talent budget and raised 3 day ticket prices from 45 to 75 Conlon cited media reports of potential traffic problems from Music Midtown and the concurrent Vibe MusicFest at the Georgia Dome as killing advance ticket sales in the weeks before the event Others believe that the higher ticket prices may have exceeded the affordability of younger concert goers The slated 2005 dates were also concurrent with the increasingly popular Bonnaroo music and arts festival in neighboring Tennessee which may have affected both attendance and artist booking Hiatus and resurrection edit On January 5 2006 Conlon announced that there would be no Music Midtown in 2006 due to the growing expenses of the festival in its current form and location Although Conlon left open the possibility of a return at a different location in the future this ultimately left Music Midtown in limbo and on hiatus through 2010 On July 6 2011 Mayor Kasim Reed and Conlon announced that the festival would return for 2011 as a one day event on September 24 2011 at Piedmont Park Ticket prices for the event were 55 with two stages and The Black Keys and Coldplay headlining 5 Additional acts included Cage the Elephant Manchester Orchestra Young the Giant The Joy Formidable and others 6 On September 21 2011 Conlon said due to the success of advance ticket sales for 2011 he was already planning for a 2012 version of the festival Next year will definitely be two days a little more diverse he said I felt that getting something produced this year was important It s gotten people focused again But I ll start thinking about next year the week after this one It takes a year to plan these things right 7 Following the event local media estimated attendance at 40 000 8 In 2015 a fourth stage was added to the summer festival This year they spent almost in 18 million in production They also donated 100 000 to the Piedmont Park Conservancy According to the research center at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce attendee spending brings over 11 million of income to Atlanta 9 In 2016 the creators decided to change the format of the festival In previous years the shows took place on Friday and Saturday The new format moved the shows to Saturday and Sunday due to the large amount of traffic from the neighboring Henry W Grady High School and the rush hour time period posing a risk 9 nbsp Panoramic view of The Meadow at Piedmont Park during Music Midtown 2018 Lineups edit1996 lineup edit Friday May 3 1996 Sunday May 5 1996 One Day Pass 17 Weekend Pass 27 003 lb Thrill 3 Lost Souls Aimee Mann Adrian Legg Anti Heros Anders Osborne Becky Sharp Bela Fleck amp the Flecktones Big Fish Ensemble Bill Morrissey The Black Crowes Bob Dylan The Bobs Bone Pony The Bottlerockets Brother Cane Buddy Guy Big Band Cake Catfish Jenkins Chambers Brothers Chief Seattle Clay Harper amp The Rhythm Tyrants Cornershop Cracker Dallas County Line Dash Rip Rock Dirty Dozen Doublewide Dry County Edwin McCain Evan amp Jaron Fiji Mariners Fishbone Fleming amp John For Squirrels Francine Reed Fred Schneider Geno Delafose amp French Rockin Boogie Goose Creek Symphony Gracie Moon Gren Groundscore Gurufish Hip Heavy Lip Howard Jones HoHum Ian Moore Jake Jan Smith Joan Baez Joe Ely Joe Satriani John Mayall amp the Bluesbreakers John Wesley Harding Johnny Hyde Quartet Josh Joplin Band Kenny Wayne Shepherd Kool amp The Gang Larry McCray Law of Nature League of Decency Leftover Salmon Lift Lisa Loeb Lil Red Rocket Lonesome Jones Loudflower Lounge Flounders Luther Allison Mary Fortune Express Memory Dean Moonwater Morris Day amp The Time Norman Blake NRBQ Ohio Players One Without Poe Ride the Wood The Roches Robben Ford amp The Blue Line Root 88 Ruby Saffire The Uppity Blues Women Schtum Shadowcaste Shawn Colvin Sightseers Sister Hazel Snapdragon Sparklehorse Squirrel Nut Zippers Steel Pulse Stir The Stowes Super X13 Syd Straw Tabu Ley Rochereau Tender Idols This Living Hand Toadies Umajets Uncle Mark Reynolds Urban Shakedancers Vertical Horizon Wailing Souls Wanderlust Zachary RichardKIDS STAGE Planet Earth Inc Lee Bryan s Premier Puppets Juggling Dou Dan Thurman amp Philip Solomon Joanie Bartels from the Disney Channel Mario The Laff Master Rick Hubbard amp His All Star Kazoo Band Plus Activity areas with arts amp crafts games and more 10 1997 lineup edit May 2 1997 May 4 1997 Weekend Pass 27 00Number 1 Family Mover 3 Lost Souls 702 Acoustic Workshop Alicia Bridges Al Jarreau Angie Aparo Automatic B Rock amp The Bizz Barenaked Ladies BeauSoleil Ben Folds Five Better Than Ezra Billy pilgrim Boobytrap The Boo Radleys Cake Cheap Trick Christion Cindy Lee Berryhill Continentals Cool For August Cowboy Envy Cowboy Mouth Cravin Melon Dash Rip Rock David Ryan Harris Dayroom Delbert McClinton Dinosaur Jr Edwin McCain Kevn Kinney amp Warren Haynes together in a rare acoustic appearance Emmet Swimming Eric Johnson Expanding Man Fabulous Thunderbirds Fernando Aragon File Five Eight Fleming amp John The Floyds Francine Reed Fuel funky Meters Geno Delafose amp French Rockin Boogie George Clinton amp The P Funk Allstars Gibb Droll Glass Candle Grenade Gov t Mule Gravy Hazel Virtue The Hazies Hip Heavy Lip Hobex Jonny Lang Johnny Hyde Quartet Jonatha Brooke Jump Little Children K s Choice Kelly Hogan amp Lee Jeffrey Leroy Jones Local H Lonesome Jones Lonnie Brooks Los Lobos Los Straitjackets Madfly Michelle Malone Mishap Modern English Monica Muse Musique Neilson Hubbard The Nields Pascal Bokar Patty Griffin People Who Must Radiant City Reuben Anderson Rockapella Root Doctors Royal Crown Revue Santana Saw Doctors Seek Sevendust Shinehead Shock Lobo Silverchair Sister Hazel Six Ways To Sunday Skirt Slim Fatz amp Uprighteous Sons of the San Joaquin Soul Miners Daughter Sounds of Blackness Squirrel Nut Zippers Steve Miller Band Stir String Cheese Incident Taj Mahal amp The Phantom Blues Band Tender Idols treehouse Trinket Velmer Watkins amp The Angelic Community Choir Vigilantes Of Love Wallflowers War Wild West Picture Show Young Gary ZZ Top 11 1998 lineup edit May 1 1998 May 3 1998 Ticket Price 302 Skinnee J s 5 1 A Flock of Seagulls 5 3 Agents of Good Roots 5 3 Alana Davis 5 2 Alejandro Esoveda 5 3 Al s Not Well 5 2 Andy Offutt Irwin 5 1 Anne Murray 5 3 Another Man Down 5 3 Anson Funderburgh 5 3 Athenaeum 5 3 Austin Lounge Lizards 5 2 The Backsliders 5 2 Bela Fleck amp The Flecktones 5 3 Beth Wood 5 3 Big Wreck 5 3 Billionaire 5 2 Bio Ritmo 5 1 Blue Mountain 5 1 Booker T amp The MG s 5 3 Charlie Mars Band 5 2 Chubby Carrier amp the Bayou Swamp Band 5 2 Cracker 5 2 Creedence Clearwater Revisted 5 3 David Byrne 5 2 Day By the River 5 3 Dayroom 5 2 Dee Snider s S M F s 5 2 Dee Dee Bridgewater 5 2 Derek Trucks Band 5 1 Destiny s Child 5 2 Dixie Hummingbirds 5 3 drivin n cryin 5 2 Duke Ellington Orchestra 5 2 Econoline Crush 5 3 Emm Gryner 5 1 Etta James 5 3 Evan amp Jaron 5 2 Eve 6 5 1 Fastball 5 2 Foo Fighters 5 2 Francine Reed 5 3 Freddy Jones Band 5 2 Fuel 5 2 Garrison Starr 5 1 The Gary Steer Ensemble 5 2 God Lives Underwater 5 2 Goodie Mob 5 1 Gov t Mule 5 2 Gra 5 3 Gracie Moon 5 2 Haynes McCain Kinney 5 3 Henry Murphy amp the son s amp brother s band 5 3 The Iguanas 5 1 Indigo Girls 5 1 Isaac Curry 5 1 Jagged Edge 5 2 Jimmie Dale Gilmore 5 2 Jolene 5 1 Josh Joplin Band 5 2 Juggling Sons 5 1 June Victory amp The Bayou Renegades 5 2 Jupiter Coyote 5 2 Keb Mo 5 3 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 5 2 King Slender 5 1 Kingsized 5 3 Koko Taylor 5 2 Kool amp The Gang featuring JT Taylor 5 2 La Bottine Souriante 5 2 Letters To Cleo 5 3 Little Jack Melody amp His Young Turks 5 2 Loud American Tourists 5 2 Lysette 5 1 Marvelous 3 5 2 Mavis Staples 5 3 Memory Dean 5 1 Michelle Penn 5 2 The Mike Karp Band 5 3 Montel Jordan 5 2 Morphine 5 1 Neilson Hubbard 5 1 Overlook 5 2 Pain 5 3 Paula Cole 5 1 Paydirt 5 2 The Penetrators 5 1 The Pleasantdales 5 2 Reggae Cowboys 5 1 The Road Hawgs 5 2 Rick Hubbard amp His All Kid Kazoo Band 5 2 amp 5 3 Robert Cray Band 5 1 Robustos 5 1 Sam Salter 5 2 Larry Johnson amp Adam 5 3 Semisonic 5 2 The Silent Kids 5 2 Sister Hazel 5 2 Sixteen Horsepower 5 1 Sixty Cycle Hum 5 2 Skwzbxx 5 3 Son Volt 5 1 Speech 5 2 Tinsley Ellis 5 3 Tito Puente 5 3 Tonic 5 3 Troutfishing In America 5 3 Tuscadero 5 3 Ugly Americans 5 2 Urban Grind 5 2 Velmer Watkins amp the Angelic Choir 5 3 Violent Femmes 5 3 Vonda Shepard 5 1 Wild West Picture Show 5 3 Wil s Drama 5 2 12 1999 lineup edit Friday 30 April 1999 Sunday 2 May 1999 30 00 Three day weekend ticket60 Cycle Hum 5 1 98 Degrees 5 2 Aaron Hall 5 1 Amanda Jones 4 30 Angie Aparo 5 1 B witched 5 2 Bare Jr 5 2 Ben Harper amp The Innocent Criminals 5 1 Berlin 5 2 Big Atomic 5 1 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 5 2 Big Sandy amp His Fly Rite Boys 5 2 The Black Crowes 4 30 BlackPerl 5 1 Blacklight Posterboys 5 2 Bloque 5 1 Blueground Undergrass 5 2 Bobby Blue Bland 4 30 Boozoo Chavis 5 1 Branford Marsalis 5 1 Brave Combo 5 1 Buckcherry 5 2 Burlap To Cashmere 5 1 Chris Duarte Group 5 1 Count Basie Orchestra 5 2 Cubanismo 5 2 Dance Contest Deney Terrio 5 1 Deney Terrio 5 1 Deney Terrio amp Motion 5 1 Destiny s Child 5 1 Digital Underground 4 30 Double Drive 5 2 Dovetail Joint 5 1 Dr John 5 2 The Duke Robillard Band 5 1 El Caminos 5 2 Everclear 5 1 Fairfield Four 5 2 Fiji Mariners amp Col Bruce Hampton 5 2 File 5 1 Film 4 30 Francine Reed 5 2 The Funky Meters 4 30 Galactic 5 2 Gary Steer 5 1 George Thorogood amp the Destroyers 5 1 Gibb Droll 5 2 Goodie Mob 5 1 The Gufs 5 2 Hole 5 2 Iggy Pop 5 1 Isaac Hayes 5 2 Jessica Simpson 5 2 Jonathan Richman 4 30 Joshua Redman Band 4 30 Kid Rock 5 1 Leftover Salmon 5 1 Lizardmen 5 2 Mandorico 4 30 Marvelous 3 5 1 Mojo Nixon 5 1 Musique 5 1 New Immortals 5 1 Norman Blake 5 2 Otis Day amp The Knights 5 2 Outkast 4 30 PJ Olsson 5 1 Peter Frampton 5 1 The Pleasantdales 5 1 Poor Little Fools 4 30 The Prodigals 5 1 Push Monkey 4 30 Randall Bramlett 4 30 Reel Big Fish 5 2 Reel Tight 5 1 The Rent Boys 4 30 Rick Springfield 5 1 Robin Trower 5 1 Ruthie amp the Wranglers 5 2 Salt n Pepa 4 30 Shock Lobo 5 1 Soul Miner s Daughter 5 1 Soup 5 1 Sponge 4 30 Stereo Popsicle 4 30 Steve Riley amp The Mamou Playboys 4 30 The Tendor Idols 5 1 Toots amp The Maytals 4 30 Train 5 1 The Trammps featuring Earl Young 5 1 Trinket 4 30 Truckadelic 5 1 Ultraphonic 5 1 Urban Grind 5 1 Vedado 5 2 Velmer Watkins amp The Angelic Choir 5 2 Vinyl 5 2 Virgo s Merlot 4 30 War 5 1 Widespread Panic 5 2 Wilco 5 1 Willie Nelson 4 30 Xavier Cugat Orchestra 4 30 13 2000 lineup edit Friday 5 May 2000 Sunday 7 May 2000 30 00 for a three day weekend pass3 Doors Down 5 5 6 Piece 5 6 Adom 5 7 Albita 5 7 The Allman Brothers Band 5 7 Angie Aparo 5 6 Another Man Down 5 7 Baby DC 5 6 Bayou Dimayo 5 7 Bela Fleck amp the Flecktones 5 6 Belmont Playboys 5 6 Ben Torres 5 6 Bend 5 5 Beth Hart 5 7 Beth Wood 5 7 Big People 5 6 Billionaire 5 7 Bio Ritmo 5 7 Bjorn Again 5 6 BR5 49 5 7 Brand New Immortals 5 6 Captains of Industry 5 7 Celia Cruz 5 7 Charlie The Magician 5 7 Chocolate Kiss 5 7 Collective Soul 5 6 Comedy Response Unit 5 6 Controlled Airspace 5 7 Cracker 5 5 Creed 5 7 Darling Machine 5 5 Dave Dault 5 7 Dave Sloan 5 5 Deacon Brody 5 7 Donell Jones 5 6 Dropsonic 5 6 The El Caminos 5 7 Fabulous Thunderbirds 5 6 Fernando Sanchez amp Kim Richards 5 7 Film 5 6 Foreigner 5 5 Francine Reed 5 7 Franklin amp The Magic Fiddle 5 6 amp 7 Fred Astaire Dance Studios 5 6 amp 7 Geno Delafose amp French Rockin Boogie 5 6 Georgia Mass Choir 5 7 Georgia Satellites 5 5 Giwayen Mata 5 5 Gretchen Gigly 5 6 Guster 5 6 Heirs of Promise 5 7 Injected 5 6 Italian Bistro Act 5 6 Jagged Edge 5 5 Janah 5 6 Jazz Mandolin Project 5 5 The Jeff Healey Band 5 7 Jimmy Cliff 5 5 Joe Satriani 5 6 Joe Walsh 5 6 Johnny Hyde 5 6 Jungle Brothers 5 6 Kathleen Turner Overdrive 5 5 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 5 7 King Sunny Ade 5 5 Kingdom Kids 5 7 Kitty Snyder 5 6 Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine 5 6 La Bottine Souriante 5 6 Left Front Tire 5 7 Lil Malcolm amp the House Rockers 5 6 Liquid Soul 5 6 Lisa Lisa 5 6 Little Jon amp the Eastside Boyz 5 6 Lotustarr 5 6 Macha 5 6 Mary Delaney 5 5 Meshell Ndegeocello 5 5 Metrolanta Steel Pan Band 5 5 Metroscene 5 6 Modern Hero 5 7 moe 5 6 The Music Class 5 6 amp 7 Myssouri 5 6 NAS 5 6 Natalie MacMaster 5 5 Nickelback 5 6 Oasis 5 5 Oleander 5 6 Our Lady Peace 5 6 Owsley 5 5 Paul Rodgers 5 7 PDQ 5 6 Peter Searcy 5 7 Pimpadelic 5 6 Radford 5 5 Ratdog 5 5 Reggae Cowboys 5 5 Ricardo Lemvo amp Makina Loca 5 7 The Road Kings 5 6 Robert Bradley s Blackwater Surprise 5 5 Sergent Garcia 5 7 Sevendust 5 7 Sick Speed 5 6 Slam 2000 Team 5 7 Slim Fatz amp Barefoot Dave 5 7 Som Brasileiro 5 7 Southern Belles 5 6 Southern Culture on the Skids 5 6 Speech 5 5 Splender 5 6 Steep 5 6 Stir 5 7 Strangefolk 5 6 String Cheese Incident 5 6 Stroke 9 5 7 he Supremes feat Mary Wilson 5 7 Susan Tedeschi 5 7 Taj Mahal 5 7 Theresa Morton 5 7 Tinsley Ellis 5 7 The Tom Collins 5 5 Travis 5 5 Tyrese 5 5 Ultrababyfat 5 7 US Crush 5 6 Velmer Watkins and The Angelics 5 7 Vocal Tonic 5 6 14 2001 lineup edit Friday 4 May 2001 Sunday 6 May 2001John Mayer Train Bob Dylan Ludacris The Offspring Erykah Badu Foreigner Ben Harper Al Green Kansas Kool amp The Gang Cheap Trick Talib Kweli Blue Oyster Cult Live Five For Fighting The Black Crowes O A R The Cult Patti Smith Musiq Soulchild Run DMC The Wallflowers Fuel The Sugarhill Gang Steve Earle En Vogue Less Than Jake Lucinda Williams Arrested Development Our Lady Peace Indigo Girls Bilal Loverboy Night Ranger Rehab American Hi Fi Cracker Gov t Mule Little Feat Eric Johnson Galactic Carl Thomas Days of the New Booker T Jones The Derek Trucks Band Tantric North Mississippi Allstars The Smithereens The Blind Boys of Alabama Evan And Jaron The Connells Jerry Cantrell Dirty Dozen Brass Band Oleander Jackyl Delbert McClinton The Gabe Dixon Band Drivin n Cryin Dexter Freebish Marcia Ball BeauSoleil Sonia Dada Shemekia Copeland David Lindley Marvelous 3 Injected Josh Joplin Group Johannes Linstead Minus Left Front Tire Dan Hicks amp The Hot Licks Aerial Soup Francine Reed The Senators Blueground Undergrass Jennifer Nettles Band Treephort L il Brian And The Zydeco Travelers The Forty Fives Georgia Sea Island Singers Greg Hester Col Bruce Hampton And The Code Talkers Young Antiques Miller s Tale Victoria Williams amp Mark Olson Original P Nillah X impossibles Kenny Howes amp the Yeah The Moto litas Craig Ellis Shola Lewis Andy Browne 15 2002 lineup edit Friday 3 May 2002 Sunday 5 May 2002Earth Wind amp Fire 30 Seconds to Mars Acres Adema Alastor Albita Angie Aparo Asphalt Blaster Avant Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Better Than Ezra Big People Blood Sweat amp Tears Bo Diddley Bone Thugs n Harmony Bonnie Raitt Brizz Bruce Daigrepont Bubba Sparxxx Bush Butch Walker CeeLo Green Charivari Cindy Wilson City High Cornbread Counting Crows Course Of Nature Darius Rucker David Dunning David Lee Roth Disco Biscuits Don McLean Doria Roberts Dropsonic Earshot Edwin McCain Familiar 48 Flickerstick Francine Reed Garbage Geno Delafose and French Rockin Boogie The Georgia Satellites Giwayen Mata Greta Lee Headstrong Hoobastank Hot August Knights Incubus Injected Israel Vibration Jack Johnson Jad Jaheim Ja Rule Jethro Tull Jim Crow Jimmy Bosch Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Joe Bonamassa Journey June Carter Cash Karl Denson s Tiny Universe Kid Rock Lake Trout L O A Mark Farner Metroscene Michelle Malone Mike Mills Mother s Finest Mystikal Nathan amp The Zydeco Cha No Doubt O A R Ohio Players Oliver Mtukudzi Perpetual Groove Pete Yorn ph balance Producers Puddle of Mudd Rana Remy Zero Res Rick James Robert Randolph amp The Family Band Rosie Ledet Royal 7 Rubyhorse Savoy Brown Sean Costello Sense Field Sharissa Skid Row Slim Fatz slowEarth Stone Temple Pilots Supermatic The John Butler Trio The Rantings of EVA The Wood Yard The Zydeco Boneshakers Tinsley Ellis Tony Rich TrancesArc Uncrowned War Zydefunk 16 2003 lineup edit Friday May 2 2003 Bob Dylan Cracker LL Cool J Live Sheryl Crow Steve Winwood The Les Claypool Frog Brigade Unwritten Law and Sound Tribe Sector 9Saturday May 3 2003 Aimee Mann Buddy Guy Tony Bennett Crosby Stills amp Nash Dave Mason Evanescence Godsmack Joe Cocker King s X Marc Broussard Matt Nathanson Medeski Martin amp Wood Mrnorth Revis Saliva Sixpence None the Richer Spookie Daly Pride The Isley Brothers The Mavericks The Time Tonic Trapt and doubleDrive G Love and Special Sauce Tony BennettSunday May 4 2003 Aimee Mann Antibalas Ashanti Ben Harper amp The Innocent Criminals Caitlin Cary Cowboy Mouth Def Leppard Drive By Truckers Eve Everclear Gipsy Kings Gomez Gov t Mule Jack Johnson Ratdog Seether Skerv Susan Tedeschi Tonic and Zwan 17 2004 lineup edit Friday April 30 2004 Hoobastank Ludacris REO Speedwagon and Tantric Saturday May 1 2004 Big Boi Chris Robinson amp The New Earth Mud Doors of the 21st Century Drive By Truckers Foo Fighters The Offspring The Strokes and Wyclef Jean Train Sunday May 2 2004 CeeLo Green Courtney Love Fuel Jason Mraz Jessica Simpson Journey Twista and Ween 18 2005 lineup edit Friday June 10 2005 06 15 PM 06 45 PM Sali Hagan Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 06 15 PM 06 45 PM Young Capone Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 06 45 PM 07 15 PM Bill Gentry Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 06 45 PM 07 15 PM Red Letter Agent Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 07 00 PM 08 00 PM 4th and Dock Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 07 15 PM 07 45 PM Bobby Valentino Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 07 15 PM 08 15 PM Francine Reed Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 07 15 PM 07 45 PM Linger Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 07 45 PM 08 30 PM Cross Canadian Ragweed Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 07 45 PM 08 30 PM Michael Tolcher Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 08 00 PM 09 00 PM Jistoray Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 08 30 PM 09 00 PM 23 Jinx Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 08 30 PM 09 15 PM Ciara Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 08 45 PM 09 45 PM Lou Reed Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 09 00 PM 10 00 PM Interpol Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 09 00 PM 10 00 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 09 00 PM 10 00 PM Trace Adkins Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 10 00 PM 10 30 PM Avenge Vegas Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 10 00 PM 11 30 PM Rareform DJ Crew Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 10 00 PM 11 30 PM The Game Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 10 15 PM 11 45 PM Counting Crows Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 10 30 PM 12 00 AM Keith Urban Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 10 30 PM 12 00 AM The White Stripes Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage Saturday June 11 2005 02 00 PM 02 30 PM She Wants Revenge Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 02 30 PM 03 30 PM Jabari Grover Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 02 30 PM 03 00 PM Psychic Hearts Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 03 00 PM 03 45 PM American Minor Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 03 00 PM 03 45 PM Louis XIV Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 03 00 PM 03 45 PM The Wrights Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 03 30 PM 04 00 PM David Banner Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 03 30 PM 04 30 PM Orquesta MaCuba Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 03 45 PM 04 15 PM Modern Skirts Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 04 15 PM 05 15 PM Bloc Party Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 04 15 PM 05 15 PM Mofro Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 04 15 PM 05 15 PM Tift Merritt Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 04 30 PM 05 30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 04 45 PM 05 15 PM Trillville Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 05 15 PM 05 45 PM Good Friday Experiment Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 05 30 PM 06 30 PM GuRu Fish Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 05 45 PM 06 45 PM Darryl Worley Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 05 45 PM 06 45 PM The Features Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 06 00 PM 07 15 PM Robert Randolph amp the Family Band Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN 06 00 PM 06 30 PM Slim Thug Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 06 30 PM 07 30 PM Dominic Gaudious Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 06 45 PM 07 15 PM Honestly Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 07 15 PM 07 45 PM Boyz N Da Hood Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 07 15 PM 08 15 PM Chris Cagle Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 07 15 PM 08 15 PM Keane Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 07 30 PM 08 30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 08 00 PM 09 15 PM John Fogerty Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 08 15 PM 08 45 PM a fir ju well Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 08 30 PM 09 30 PM Common Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 08 30 PM 09 30 PM Slick amp Rose Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 08 45 PM 09 45 PM Clay Walker Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 08 45 PM 10 00 PM The Killers Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 09 30 PM 10 30 PM Groove Stain Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 10 00 PM 10 30 PM Five Eight Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 10 00 PM 12 00 AM Tom Petty amp the Heartbreakers Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 10 15 PM 11 45 PM Alan Jackson Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 10 15 PM 11 30 PM Black Eyed Peas Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 10 30 PM 11 30 PM Kids with codenames Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 10 30 PM The Pixies Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage Sunday June 12 2005 02 30 PM 03 00 PM Big Tako Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 02 30 PM 02 50 PM Choc Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 02 30 PM 03 30 PM Matt Turk Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 03 00 PM 03 30 PM Angela Wolff Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 03 00 PM 03 45 PM Tegan and Sara Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 03 00 PM 03 30 PM Whodini Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 03 15 PM 04 00 PM Luna Halo Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 03 30 PM 04 30 PM Nation Beat Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 03 40 PM 04 10 PM Biz Markie Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 03 45 PM 04 15 PM Tim Brantley Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 04 00 PM 04 45 PM Cowboy Crush Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 04 15 PM 05 00 PM Coheed and Cambria Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 04 20 PM 05 00 PM MC Lyte Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 04 30 PM 05 30 PM 10 degrees Off Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 04 30 PM 05 30 PM Joan Jett amp The Blackhearts Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 05 00 PM 05 30 PM Collective Efforts Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 05 10 PM 06 40 PM Doug E Fresh Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 05 10 PM 06 40 PM Slick Rick Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 05 15 PM 06 15 PM Jo Dee Messina Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 05 30 PM 06 30 PM Metalsome Monday Band Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 05 45 PM 06 45 PM The Lemonheads Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 06 00 PM 07 00 PM Def Leppard Ford Best Buy 96 Rock UPN Atlanta Stage 06 30 PM 07 30 PM Enobi Comcast WABE Cultural Stage 06 45 PM 08 15 PM Montgomery Gentry Hooters Kicks 101 5 Stage 06 45 PM 07 15 PM Trances Arc Best Buy 99X Locals Only Stage 07 15 PM 08 45 PM DEVO Miller Lite 99X Comcast Stage 07 15 PM 08 30 PM Public Enemy Coca Cola Verizon Wireless Hot 107 9 Fox 5 Stage 07 30 PM 09 00 PM Kid Rock 19 2011 lineup edit Saturday 24 September 2011 Band of Skulls Cage the Elephant Coldplay Manchester Orchestra The Black Keys The Constellations The Joy Formidable The Postelles Walk the Moon and Young the Giant 20 2012 lineup edit Friday 21 September 2012 Foo Fighters The Avett Brothers T I Joan Jett amp The Blackhearts and Van Hunt Saturday 22 September 2012 Pearl Jam Girl Talk Florence amp The Machine Neon Trees Ludacris Adam Ant Garbage LP Civil Twilight and O Brother 21 2013 lineup edit Dates September 20 2013 September 21 2013 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Electric Ballroom StageFriday Drivin N Cryin Phoenix Journey Saturday The Neighbourhood Weezer Arctic Monkeys Yeah Yeah Yeahs Red Hot Chili PeppersGreat Southeast Music Hall StageFriday 2 Chainz Jane s Addiction Saturday Reignwolf The Black Lips Imagine Dragons Queens of the Stone AgeRoxy StageFriday North Mississippi Allstars The Mowgli s Cake Saturday Mona Capital Cities ZZ Ward Tegan and Sara Kendrick Lamar 22 2014 lineup edit Dates September 19 2014 September 20 2014 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Electric Ballroom StageFriday Mayer Hawthorne Run DMC John Mayer Saturday Magic Man Vic Mensa B o B Lana Del Rey EminemHonda StageFriday Banks singer Lorde Saturday The Strypes Twenty One Pilots Fitz and the Tantrums Bastille band Roxy StageFriday Ron Pope Bear Hands Iggy Azalea Jack White Saturday Sleeper Agent band AER Third Eye Blind NEEDTOBREATHE Gregg Allman Zac Brown Band 23 2015 lineup edit Dates September 18 2015 September 19 2015 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Electric Ballroom StageFriday Kodaline Hozier Drake rapper Saturday Colony House Andrew McMahon And The Wilderness Hall amp Oates Run The Jewels Sam SmithHonda StageFriday August Alsina Alice in Chains Saturday X Ambassadors The Airborne Toxic Event Icona Pop Lenny KravitzBelk StageFriday Vinyl Theatre Tove Lo Jenny Lewis Elton John Saturday New Politics Elle King Billy Idol Panic at the Disco Van HalenCotton Club StageFriday Jamie N Commons Elliot Moss Metric Saturday Alessia Cara Rozzi Crane Catfish and the Bottlemen Vance Joy 24 2016 lineup edit Dates September 17 2016 September 18 2016 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Electric Ballroom StageSaturday Zella Day DNCE Leon Bridges G Eazy Twenty One Pilots Sunday Joseph band St Lucia musician James Bay singer The Lumineers The KillersHonda StageSaturday Balkan Beat Box NF Logic Big Boi ColleGrove Sunday Peter Bjorn and John Corinne Bailey Rae Nathaniel Rateliff amp the Night Sweats Alabama ShakesRoxy StageSaturday City and Colour Dallas Green Chvrches Band of Horses Beck Sunday Daya singer Melanie Martinez singer Grouplove Kesha deadmau5Cotton Club StageSaturday Johnnyswim The Coathangers Lucius band Mayer Hawthorne Sunday The Shadowboxers Pete Yorn Raury DJ Mustard 25 2017 lineup edit Dates September 16 2017 September 17 2017 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Salesforce StageSaturday Dua Lipa Vintage Trouble Tove Lo Big Sean Bruno Mars Sunday Circa Waves Coin Collective Soul Haim Mumford amp SonsHonda StageSaturday Bibi Bourelly Oh Wonder The Strumbellas Wiz Khalifa Sunday Hiss Golden Messenger Judah amp the Lion Two Door Cinema Club Bastille band Roxy StageSaturday Daye Jack PVRIS Milky Chance Weezer Blink 182 Sunday Midnight Larks Missio duo Zara Larsson Young The Giant FutureCotton Club StageSaturday Sunflower Bean AJR Broods The Naked and Famous Sunday Trippie Redd Joywave Lizzo Russ 26 One 2 Day Regular General Admission Ticket cost 178 72 including 33 72 of service charges 27 2018 lineup edit Dates September 15 2018 September 16 2018 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Salesforce StageSaturday The Aces Twin Shadow Rainbow Kitten Surprise Thirty Seconds To Mars Post Malone Sunday Sir Two Feet Janelle Monae Gucci Mane Kendrick LamarGreat Southeast Music Hall StageSaturday Arthur Buck Billie Eilish Kacey Musgraves Portugal The Man Sunday Black Pistol Fire Arizona Bazzi KhalidRoxy StageSaturday Mattiel Lovelytheband Borns The Revivalists Fall Out Boy Sunday Berklee College of Music K Flay Butch Walker Foster The People Imagine DragonsCotton Club StageSaturday Yuno Saint Jhn Chromeo Awolnation Sunday Robert Delong Maggie Rogers First Aid Kit Sylvan Esso 28 One 2 Day Regular General Admission Ticket cost 191 08 or 183 90 including 46 08 or 38 90 of service charges respectively The more expensive option includes a 3D Collectible Credential 29 2019 lineup edit Dates September 14 2019 September 15 2019 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Venue Peidmont ParkRoxy StageSaturday Faye Webster Madison Beer BANKS LIZZO Cardi BSunday GOLDSPACE Good Company Bad Suns Local Natives Leon Bridges VAMPIRE WEEKENDCotton Club StageSaturday Band of Skulls Sigrid Quinn XCII KALI UCHISSunday 99 Neighbors Taylor Bennett JADEN SMITH Cold War KidsGreat Southeast Music Hall StageSaturday YOLA REIGNWOLF Tash Sultana Lil YachtySunday Hero the Band Dominic Fike MǾ 6LACKSalesforce StageSaturday Kevin Garrett Hembree Lord Huron Charlie Puth Panic At The DiscoSunday The Coathangers SHAED WALK THE MOON Billie Eilish Travis Scott 30 One 2 Day General Admission Ticket cost 155 including 49 90 of service charges 31 2021 lineup edit Dates September 18 2021 September 19 2021 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Venue Piedmont ParkRoxy StageSaturday Mom Rock 070 Shake Eric Nam AJR Jonas BrothersSunday Masked Wolf 24kGoldn Megan thee Stallion MarshmelloCotton Club StageSaturday Teddy Swims Ashnikko Oliver Tree Tierra WhackSunday Tate McRae Latto Jack HarlowGreat Southeast Music StageSaturday Morgan Vinson Unusual Demont Mariah the Scientist Lauv Machine Gun KellySunday Sophia Messa Gus Dapperton Surfaces Black PumasVerizon StageSaturday Saleka Girl in Red Dashboard Confessional 21 Savage Maroon 5Sunday Ant Clemons Remi Wolf Bleachers Yungblud Miley Cyrus2021 General Admission 2 Day Tickets were 145 00 2 Day Student General Admission Tickets were 135 00 2 Day General Admission Plus Tickets were 305 00 2 Day VIP Tickets were 650 00 2 Day Super VIP Tickets were 1 300 00 32 2023 lineup edit Dates September 15 2023 September 17 2023 Artists listed from earliest to latest set times Venue Piedmont ParkIHG Hotels amp Resort StageFriday Skaiwater J I D FlumeSaturday Ed Rox Sueco Yung Gravy Niall Horan The 1975Sunday The National Parks Joy Oladokun Masego GloRilla Lil BabyGala Music Cotton ClubSaturday Grace Gardner Tess Clare Maria Alexa Calder Allen Upsahl Destroy LonelySunday Magic City Hippies JP Saxe Tove Lo Young NudyGopuff Great Southeast Music StageSaturday Sarah Kinsley The Midnight The Rose Louis the ChildSunday BigXthaPlug PJ Morton Big Wild The GardenVenmo StageFriday Leah Kate Pitbull PinkSaturday The Moss Maude Latour Lizzy McAlpine Fletcher Billie EilishSunday Swavay Inhaler First Aid Kit Incubus Guns N RosesThirty Seconds to Mars was scheduled to perform but dropped out a few weeks prior to the festival due to unknown circumstances 2023 General Admission 3 Day Tickets were 280 3 Day Student General Admission Plus Tickets were 415 3 Day VIP Tickets were 805 3 Day Super VIP were 1 525 3 Day General Admission Student Tickets were 199 2 Day General Admission Tickets were 225 1 Day General Admission Tickets were 155 1 Day 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