Atlanta’s Music Midtown Festival will not return in 2024

Atlanta, Georgia Midtown Music The festival announced that it would not return in 2024. The festival last took place in September 2023 at the theater in the Georgian capital. Central Park.

In a message published on social networks and on the festival website, the organizers C3 presents And Living Nation noted: “THANK YOU, ATLANTA. …After producing legendary festivals over the past 3 decades that have attracted music fans from around the world, we would like to announce that Music Midtown is on hiatus this year. We encourage you to continue supporting live music in Atlanta and stay tuned here for future updates. »

After performing annually from 1994 to 2005 at various Atlanta venues, Music Midtown returned from a six-year hiatus in 2011 to a new home, Piedmont Park, where it operated for the better part of a decade. While the 2020 edition of the festival was canceled due to the pandemic, it returned to Piedmont Park in 2021. In 2022, however, the festival was canceled just over a month ahead of schedule.

A statement at the time from organizers cited “undisclosed circumstances beyond our control” as the catalyst for the cancellation, although various reports speculated that the decision came down to a dead end regarding Georgia’s gun laws and the festival’s legal inability to enforce a “no guns” policy. politics at Piedmont Park. Music Midtown finally returned in 2023 for a sold-out three-day event featuring P!NK, Pitbull, Billie Eilish, The 1975, Louis the Child, Guns N’ Roses, Little baby, Incubusand more.

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For more information on C3 Presents and Live Nation’s Music Midtown, visit the event website or follow the festival on social media. Read the full article on Music Midtown’s 2024 hiatus below.