| Frequency: | Annual |
| Years Active: | 1994–2005, 2011–2021, 2023–present |
| Last: | September 17–18, 2022 |
| Next: | September 15–17, 2023 |
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 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]
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]
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.
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.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.
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.
Friday, May 13, 1994 - Sunday May 15, 1994
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Buddy Guy, Eddie Money, Joan Baez, Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women, Sam Phillips, Subsonics, Al Green, Cigar Store Indians, James Brown, Jason & the Scorchers, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Murray Attaway, Ottoman Empire, The Charlatans, The Derek Trucks Band, The Knack, Uncle Green, WILD WEST Picture Show, Cowboy Mouth, Cracker, Dash Rip Rock, Five-Eight, James [10]
Friday, May 12, 1995 - Sunday May 14, 1995
Bush, Gov't Mule, Little Feat, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Our Lady Peace, Collective Soul, Edwin McCain, Chris Duarte, God Street Wine, The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, The Stone Roses, The BoDeans, Cake, Matthew Sweet, Everything, The Band, NRBQ, Buckwheat Zydeco, Adam Ant, The Bottle Rockets, Magnapop, Delbert McClinton, Josh Joplin Group, Rebirth Brass Band, Village People, Cigar Store Indians, Bone Pony, Five Chinese Brothers, Francine Reed, Gracie Moon, The Kentucky Headhunters, Matthew Kahler, Shawn Mullins, Tinsley Ellis, Sounds of Blackness, Supreme Court[11]
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.[12]
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[13]
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)[14]
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)[15]
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)[16]
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[17]
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, Train, TrancesArc, Uncrowned, War, Zydefunk[18]
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.[19]
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.[20]
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 StageSaturday, 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 StageSunday, 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[21]
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.[22]
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.[23]
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[24]
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[25]
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[26]
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[27]
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[28]
One 2-Day Regular General Admission Ticket cost $178.72, including $33.72 of service charges.[29]
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[30]
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.[31]
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[32]
One 2-Day General Admission Ticket cost $155, including $49.90 of service charges.[33]
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.[34]
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.[35]