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Music Midtown
Atlanta residents are gearing up to welcome the music crowds this summer as the ninth annual Music Midtown Festival takes over the city May 3-5. With the artist lineup at its biggest and ticket prices set at a reasonable $40 for a three-day pass, this year’s Music Midtown looks set to rival the crowds of 300,000 seen in prior years.
Eleven stages, more than 120 bands and countless booths offering arts and crafts from around the world help the Music Midtown Festival offer something for everyone.
Some of the many artists playing during the three-day-long event are Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Better Than Ezra, Bonnie Raitt, Bush, Counting Crows, Darius Rucker, David Lee Roth, Disco Biscuits, Earth, Wind & Fire, Hoobastank, Incubus, Ja Rule, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Kid Rock, No Doubt, Pete Yorn, and Stone Temple Pilots.
In its nine years, the Music Midtown Festival has been held on three different spots. This year’s event will be held on a 35-acre location near the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, Renaissance Parkway and the Old Fourth Ward – the same location as the previous two years.
Since its beginning in 1994, Music Midtown has been one of the most successful annual music festival events in the country. It was nominated for POLLSTAR’s music festival of the year award in 2000.