Sloss Fest Announces 2018 Lineup

BIRMINGHAM, AL - The Sloss Music and Arts Festival at the historic Sloss Furnaces has become Birmingham's premier music festival, after three successful years in the Magic City. After much anticipation from music fans throughout the city, the 2018 Sloss Fest lineup was announced Wednesday morning.

Headlining the festival, which is set for July 14-156, will be Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Arcade Fire, and Griz. Some of the other acts appearing at the festival are St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Moon Taxi, War on Drugs, Louis the Child, Vic Mensa and Margo Price. The complete lineup can be seen on the Sloss Fest website, and tickets will go on sale Friday.

The festival saw immediate success in its first year in 2015, with artists such as Primus, Sturgill Simpson, Modest Mouse, Avett Brothers and Cage the Elephant. The 2016 festival was slightly less successful than the first, but still featured acts such as Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne, Fitz and the Tantrums and Death Cab for Cutie.

Last year's version of the festival was the most successful in its run, featuring Widespread Panic, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats, Alabama Shakes, Spoon and K Flay. Roughly 25,000 people attended the first Sloss Fest, and organizers declined to release number for the 2016 festival. More than 30,000 people attended the 2017 festival.

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