Shaky Knees Music Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival was founded in 2013 by Tim Sweetwood in order to bring a proper indie music festival to the city of Atlanta, which already hosts festivals such as Sweetwater 420 Fest and Music Midtown.
Shaky Knees began as a two-day festival and his since expanded to include a third day. The festival features both artists from around the globe and smaller regional acts, primarily in the indie rock, indie folk, country music, and alternative rock genres.
Ticket Price: $185.00 (GA); $525.00 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Anderson East
- Arkells
- Bishop Briggs
- Bleachers
- Cage the Elephant
- Car Seat Headrest
- Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Cloud Nothings
- Con Brio
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
- Dr. Dog
- FIDLAR
- Fantastic Negrito
- Foreign Air
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- Fruit Bats
- Hamilton Leithauser
- Highly Suspect
- Hoops
- J. Roddy Walston & The Business
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lewis Del Mar
- Margaret Glapsy
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Modern Baseball
- Moon Taxi
- Nick Murphy
- PUP
- Phoenix
- Pinegrove
- Pixies
- Pond
- Portugal. the Man
- Preoccupations
- Public Access TV
- Run River North
- Ryan Adams
- Saint Motel
- Shovels and Rope
- Slyvan Esso
- Temples
- The Growlers
- The London Souls
- The Record Company
- The Revivalists
- The Shins
- The xx
- Third Eye Blind
- Twin Peaks
- Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
- Warpaint
- Whitney
- Wolf Parade
- X Ambassadors
- Zipper Club
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