SweetWater 420 Fest
SweetWater 420 Fest | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Festival |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia |
Country | United States |
Years active | 11 |
Inaugurated | 2005[1] |
Most recent | 2023 |
Organised by | SweetWater Brewing Company & Happy Ending Productions[2] |
Website | www |
The SweetWater 420 Fest is an annual event presented by SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia held on a weekend closest to Earth Day. In 2014, the festival announced it would be celebrating its 10th anniversary at its new home in Centennial Olympic Park.[2]
Origin
The first festival began in
Activities
As an Earth Day celebration, the SweetWater 420 Festival hosts charities, non-profits and environmental workshops in its Planet 420 Non-Profit Village alongside the live music stages, food trucks, artist market, and beer stations. The festival also hosts an annual SweetWater 420 Fest 5K, in which participants run through the park and surrounding neighborhood in a
Musical acts
From local favorites to national artists, the festival features headlining musical acts each day of the weekend-long event. The number of attendees has grown since the festival's inception, and it has attracted many popular musicians.
- 2023 festival
- Performers: Shakey Graves, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Ghostland Observatory, Rome & Duddy, Neal Francis, Sunsquabi, Kitchen Dwellers, The Stews, Maggie Rose, Rieside Collective, Yam Yam, Consider the Source, Khaliko, Hotel Fction, Tall Tall treets, Happy Landing, Wolf Mask
- 2019 festival
- Performers: Widespread Panic, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, The Avett Brothers, JJ Grey & Mofro, Jason Isbell, Keller Williams
- 2018 festival
- Performers: Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Anders Osborne, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vulfpeck, The Record Company, The String Cheese Incident, The Motet, Umphrey's McGee
- 2017 festival
- Performers: Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio Band, moe., Anders Osborne, Twiddle, Slightly Stoopid, the Dirty Heads
- 2016 festival
- Performers: Kid Rock, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Bastille, Ludacris, Disco Biscuits, Cypress Hill, The Roots, North Mississippi Allstars, Maceo Parker
- 2015 festival
- Performers: moe.
- 2014 festival
- Performers: Wesley Cook, Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- 2013 festival
- Performers: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears[3]
- 2012 festival
- Performers: Maceo Parker, Perpetual Groove, Donna the Buffalo, The Mickey Hart Band feat. Dave Schools, Soulive, Anders Osborne[4]
- 2011 festival
- 30,000 guests[5]
- Performers: Galactic, Railroad Earth, Arrested Development, 7 Walkers[5]
References
- ^ "About". SweetWater Brewing Company. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ a b "SweetWater 420 Fest". SweetWater Brewing Company. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ "SweetWater 420 Festival Lineup: Dumpstaphunk, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Anders Osborne & More". Live Music Blog. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "SweetWater 420 Fest 2012". Music Festival Junkies. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ a b "RCF Tr+ Delivers Sound at Dogwood, Sweetwater Fests". Music Trades. 159 (6): 62–63. July 2011.