MidPoint Music Festival (MPMF) launched in 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as an independent music festival and industry conference. The annual three-day event occurs each September in the city’s downtown and historic Over-the-Rhine entertainment district. Founded by Cincinnati musicians Bill Donabedian, of Crosley, and Sean Rhiney, of Clabbergirl, the festival was acquired in 2008 by CityBeat, a weekly Cincinnati alternative newspaper.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Place To Bury Strangers
- A Shoreline Dream
- Adrien and the Fine Print
- Ambassadors
- Annie and the Beekeepers
- Barnaby Bright
- Best Coast
- Birds of Avalon
- Black Owls
- Boutros
- Brighton MA
- Buffalo Killers
- Candy Claws
- Caravan of Thieves
- Caribou
- Clare and the Reasons
- Clovers
- Colour Revolt
- Cults
- Dead Beats
- Death on Two Wheels
- Drink Up Buttercup
- Early Day Miners
- Elf Power
- Fairmount Girls
- Fang Island
- Forest City Lovers
- Gaby Moreno
- Gentleman Jesse and His Men
- Gringo Star
- Ha Ha Tonka
- High Heels
- Holy Fuck
- Honeycombs
- House of Heros
- J. Glenn
- Jessica Lea Mayfield
- Justin Townes Earle
- Ketch Harbour Wolves
- Koala Fires
- Light Pollution
- Lower Dens
- Loyal Divide
- Magnolia Mountain
- Male Bonding
- Margot and The Nuclear So and So's
- Milktooth
- Natural Child
- O'Brother
- Oh Dorian
- Oh My God
- Orgone
- Overnight
- Phantogram
- Pomegranates
- Richard Buckner
- River City Extension
- Royal Bangs
- Run With Bulls
- Sam Lamont
- Say It With A Smile
- Sea Wolf
- Seabird
- Shiny and the Spoon
- Shonen Knife
- Soapland
- Star & Micey
- Surfer Blood
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
- The Bastard Suns
- The Chain Gang of 1974
- The Coppertone
- The Delta Saints
- The Hounds Below
- The Lions Rampant
- The Prohibitionists
- The Ready Stance
- The Right Now
- The Seedy Seeds
- The Strange Boys
- The Sundresses
- The Tillers
- The Tony Castles
- The Young Republic
- Tom Tom Club
- Unicycle Loves You
- Unwed Sailor
- Van Dyke Parks
- Via Tania
- Villagers
- Wussy
Festival News and Rumors
Dethklok and Run the Jewels Top the Bill for 2022 Adult Swim Festival Block Party
The three-day fest will be staged across multiple venues August 5th-7th in Philadelphia.
Spencer Kaufman May 18, 2022
Music Midtown 2022: Jack White, MCR, Fall Out Boy, and More to Play Atlanta Fest
Alex Young May 17, 2022
Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Flume, Jamie xx to Play Inaugural Portola Music Festival in San Francisco
Alex Young May 16, 2022
Reunited Sunny Day Real Estate Added to Furnace Fest Lineup
The emo pioneers are making their first live appearances since 2010.
Jon Hadusek May 12, 2022
Riot Fest 2022 Lineup: MCR, Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Sunny Day Real Estate & More
Carys Anderson May 11, 2022
