Music Midtown: Everything You Need to Know

ATLANTA, GA — Music Midtown is set for this weekend, Sept. 17-18, at Piedmont Park.

Headline acts include The Killers, Beck, Twenty One Pilots and Deadmau5. Other performers are slated to appear throughout the two-day event over Music Midtown's four stages: the Roxy, Cotton Club, Honda and Electric Ballroom stages.

You can see the schedule for the event here.

Tickets are now on sale at $125 for general admission; VIP for $600; and $1,200 for Super VIP.

Festival gates open at noon each day.

Music Midtown is a car-less event, so all patrons are encouraged to bicycle, walk, UBER or take MARTA to the festival.

There are 5 festival entrances:

• Charles Allen Gate – Located at the Corner of 10th St. & Charles Allen Dr.
• Park Drive/Bridge Gate – Located at Monroe & Park Dr.
• Lakeside Gate – Located at the Piedmont Park 14th St. Entrance by Magnolia Hall
• 10th St. Gate – Located across from Grady High School Stadium
• 12th St. Gate – Located at 12th St. and Piedmont

Here is a festival map:

How to get to the festival:

• MARTA is a convenient way to get to the festival via the Midtown and Arts Center Stations on the Red and Gold rail lines. The closest free MARTA parking lot is the Lindbergh Center Station on the Red and Gold lines. Click HERE for more info.
• Walk / Ride the Beltline Eastside Trail from Inman Park or The Old Fourth Ward straight into Piedmont Park. Click HERE for more info. Bicyclers can take advantage of our complimentary Bike Valet.
• New Uber users can receive $20 off their first ride by downloading the Uber app and signing up with the promo code MusicMidtown16.

The following items are allowed into the park:

• binoculars
• Blankets, Sheets, Towels
• Cameras – only nonprofessional cameras will be allowed, and must be withoutequipment attachments such as selfie sticks, tripods, and monopods
• Water – you may bring one factory sealed bottle of water and refill it throughout the day at our free water filling stations (up to 1 liter), or an empty re-usable water bottle
• small bags no larger than 12″ x 6″ x 12″ (subject to search)

The following items are PROHIBITED:

• Aerosol containers, including sunscreen and personal beauty products
• 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
• Coolers of any kind. (Exceptions may be made for medical use)
• Backpacks & Camelbaks
• Hammocks
• Baby Strollers
• Glass and metal containers of any kind
• Illegal and Illicit substances of any kind
• Outside food or beverage (including alcohol) of any kind, except 1 factory sealed bottles of water (up to 1 liter)
• 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
• 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
• Festival Totems and Flags

See also: Music Midtown Announces Lineup

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