The annual festival, celebrating its 32nd year, will once again be headquartered in downtown Manhattan with daytime events including panel sessions, exhibitors’ loft and registrant lounge, seminars and other special events. At night CMJ Music Marathon takes over more than 75 of New York City’s premier clubs and music venues, featuring performances from over 1,300 of the world’s best new artists, featuring genres including alternative, rock, dance, hip-hop, metal, country, world, jazz and much more.
Ticket Price: $149 - $549
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 12th Planet
- Absolutely Free
- American Royalty
- Angel Haze
- AraabMUZIK
- Asher Roth
- Aunt Martha
- Ava Luna
- Beach Day
- Beacon
- Bear Hands
- Big Scary
- Blondfire
- Blonds
- Bonde do Role
- Born Ruffians
- Caged Animals
- Capsula
- Casey Veggies
- Chad Valley
- Chains of Love
- Chip Tha Ripper
- Choir of Young Lovers
- Cities Aviv
- Com Truise
- Communist Daughter
- Conveyor
- DIIV
- Daughn Gibson
- Daughter
- Debo Band
- Delicate Steve
- Dent May
- Dent May
- Devin
- Dinowalrus
- Dirty Fences
- Doldrums
- Dum Dum Girls
- Duologue
- Dusted
- Early Graves
- Egyptrixx
- Eleanor Friedberger
- Electric Guest
- Everything Everything
- Exitmusic
- Fences
- Filligar
- Flatbush Zombies
- Foxygen
- Free Energy
- French Horn Rebellion
- GZA
- Gary War
- Gemini Club
- Generationals
- Geographer
- Geronimo
- Ghostface Killah
- Gold Fields
- Golden Bloom
- Hank & Cupcakes
- Hey Champ
- Hey Marseilles
- Hey Marseilles
- Hey Rosetta!
- High Highs
- Housse de Racket
- IO Echo
- Icona Pop
- Into It. Over It.
- JJAMZ
- Jennifer O'Connor
- Kap Bambino
- Ki Theory
- Killer Mike
- Kilo Kush
- Kimbra
- King Tuff
- Levek
- Lily & The Parlour Tricks
- Local H
- METZ
- MNDR
- Mac DeMarco
- Main Attrakionz
- Matthew E. White
- Mean Creek
- Merchandise
- Midnight Spin
- Millionyoung
- Miracles of Modern Science
- Mister Lies
- Morning Parade
- Mount Moriah
- Mr. Dream
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
- Murals
- Nneka
- OFF!
- OPOSSUM
- Penguin Prison
- Pig Destroyer
- Pissed Jeans
- Ponderosa
- Poolside
- Prince Rama
- Prong
- Psychic Twin
- Q-Tip
- Radical Dads
- Rafiq Bhatia
- Repitle Youth
- Res
- Robert Glasper Experiment
- Royal Canoe
- SKATERS
- Santah
- Savages
- Savoir Adore
- Sea Wolf
- Shark?
- She Keeps Bees
- Sky Ferreira
- Slam Donahue
- Slug Guts
- Solar Bears
- Solid Gold
- Soul Rebels
- Spacehog
- Spirit Animal
- Squarehead
- St. Lucia
- Stepkids
- Strange Talk
- Sundress
- Talib Kweli
- Talk Normal
- Teen Daze
- Telekinesis
- The Alchemist
- The Blakes
- The Canon Logic
- The English Beat
- The Hounds Below
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The Intelligence
- The Jezabels
- The Love Language
- The Luyas
- The Mountain Goats
- The Orwells
- The Postelles
- The Presets
- The Soul Rebels
- The Spits
- The Stepkids
- The Ugly Club
- The Walkmen
- Theophilus London
- Those Mockingbirds
- Tiny Victories
- Tokimonsta
- Travi$ Scott
- Tunabunny
- Turbo Fruits
- Twerps
- U.S. Royalty
- Vagina Panther
- Vital
- Vockah Redu
- Von Haze
- Wild Nothing
- Woodsman
- YACHT
- Young Magic
- Youngblood Hawke
- Yvette
Festival News and Rumors
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023
Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023