Ellicott City Moves Main Street Music Fest to Columbia for 2016

The fifth annual Main Street Music Fest has switched venues this year as downtown Ellicott City recovers from this summer's devastating flood. In neighborly fashion, the folks at Merriweather Post Pavilion offered to host the daylong event and will donate all proceeds to the Ellicott City flood relief efforts.

Slated for this Saturday, the 2016 Main Street Music Fest will be headlined by Toad The Wet Sprocket.
Festival-goers will be treated to more than 60 bands on six stages: Kelly Bell Band, CJ Ramone, Nighthawks, All Mighty Senators and Jah Works are among the other performers on the lineup.

Accompanying the music at the fifth annual Main Street Music Fest will be food provided by Ellicott City restaurants, a beer garden, Star Wars Village and the Main Street Market Place.

Main Street Music Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway.

Tickets cost $12 to the Main Street Fest. Children 11 and younger are free.

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For festival-goers who want to give extra to Ellicott City, there are opportunities with ticket purchase to donate to relief efforts.

In addition, there are two special packages that come with individual perks:

• The VIP Experience is $60 and includes VIP area access, official MSMF poster, VIP parking, VIP entrance, commemorative VIP laminate, and special VIP seating in the pavilion.
• The Main Street VIP Experience is $250 and comes with all of the VIP experience perks as well as picture and meet and greet with Toad the Wet Sprocket, signed commemorative VIP laminate and "Homegrown" single signed by Kelly Bell.