It’s a big Alex Cooley year,” said Conlon, referencing his late friend and renowned Atlanta-based concert promoter who staged the 1969 International Pop Festival in Hampton and, years later, became Conlon’s business partner. “It’s 25 years for this and 50 years since the International Pop Festival. (The festival went on hiatus from 2006-2010 and returned in 2011 as a one-night event featuring Coldplay, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and a handful of other bands.)

There is, however, a celebratory aspect to the 2019 edition of the event – it's been 25 years since Music Midtown debuted in the area now inhabited by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. While a few “look and feel” tweaks will be implemented for this year’s Music Midtown – including an emphasis on craft beer – not much else will change. “We don’t have any competing headliners, and it’s a lot of time we’re wasting,” he said. the typical unveiling time for Music Midtown. Peter Conlon, president of Live Nation Atlanta, which produces Music Midtown, said he didn’t want to wait until after the mid-June Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn. This year’s lineup announcement arrived more than a month earlier than usual.

May 17 at General Admission Plus, VIP and Super VIP tickets are also available for $305, $600 and $1,250, respectively. Tickets for the festival start at $155 for two-day general admission and will go on sale at 10 a.m. 14-15 at the park it has called home since 2011. The two-day roster is filled out with Banks, Local Natives, MØ, Jaden Smith, Sigrid, Dominic Fike, Taylor Bennett, Madison Beer, Bad Suns, Noah Cyrus, Reignwolf, Band of Skulls, Yola, Kevin Garrett and 99 Neighbors.

Panic at the disco music midtown