Arts & Entertainment
Shaky Knees Festival 2019: Everything You Need To Know
The festival will be held in downtown's Old Fourth Ward from May 3-5, 2019.
ATLANTA -- The 2019 Shaky Knees Music Festival will be held this weekend, May 3-5, at Central Park in downtown's Old Fourth Ward. Here's what you need to know:
Hours
- Friday, May 3: 11:30am-11pm
- Sunday, May 5: 11:30am-10pm
- Saturday, May 4: 11:30am-11pm
The Festival Box Office is located at the corner of North Ave NE & Central Park Place NE and will be open during the following times:
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- Wednesday 5/1 – Thursday 5/211:30am – 7pm
- Friday 5/3 – Saturday 5/410am – 10pm
- Sunday 5/510am – 9pm

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Allowed:
- Bags will be restricted to small purses and draw string bags and may not exceed 14” x 11” x 5” (35cm x 28cm x 12cm).
- Backpacks and bags with multiple pockets are prohibited.
- Camelback’s & Hydration Packs are allowed, but must be empty upon entry and will be searched.
- Baby Strollers
- Binoculars
- Blankets, Sheets, Towels
- Cameras – only nonprofessional photos and video cameras will be allowed, and must be without equipment attachments such as selfie sticks, tripods, and monopods
- Empty CamelBak water bottles and hydration packs, and plastic water bottles
- Water – you may bring two factory sealed bottles of water and refill them throughout the day at our free water filling stations (up to 1 liter each)

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Prohibited:
- Bags will be restricted to small purses and draw string bags and may not exceed 14” x 11” x 5” (35cm x 28cm x 12cm).
- Backpacks and bags with multiple pockets are prohibited.
- Camelback’s & Hydration Packs are allowed, but must be empty upon entry and will be searched.
- Aerosol containers, including sunscreen and personal beauty products
- Coolers of any kind. (Exceptions may be made for medical use)
- Framed backpacks, multiple pocketback packs and any pack that is not aligned with the allowed backpacks above.
- Any and all professional audio recording equipment
- Professional cameras and professional recording (photo, video, audio) equipment (NO large professional detachable zoom lenses, stands, monopods, tripods, attachment sticks (selfie sticks) or other commercial equipment.
- Any and all professional video equipment. No video recording will be allowed
- Drones or any other remote flying device
- Hammocks
- Glass and Metal containers of any kind
- Illegal and Illicit substances of any kind
- Outside food or beverage (including alcohol) of any kind, except 2 factory sealed bottles of water (up to 1 liter each)
- Umbrellas
- Pets (except service animals)
- Professional radios or walkie-talkies
- Selfie sticks
- Skateboards, scooters, bicycles, wagons, carts or any personal motorized vehicles
- Tents, canopies, or shade structures of any kind

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Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors are not allowed. No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, give-aways, samples, etc.
- Weapons or explosives of any kind
- Fireworks
- Large chains or spiked jewelry
- Bicycles inside festival grounds (free parking is available near festival entrance)
- Carts of any kind (including Red Wagons)
- Chairs of any kind
All Passholders are allowed to enter and exit the festival as needed up to 3 times per day. You must be scanned upon exit at the gate in order to re-enter that same day.
Children 8 and under enter for free with a ticketed adult. No more than 2 kids per adult will be allowed to come in. Children under 8 years not recommended.
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