Dates 3 Jun – 5 Jun 2016 | ||
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Location Sawyer Point Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, Yeatmans Cove Park, Cincinnati Similar MidPoint Music Festival, Buckle Up Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festi, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Hangout Music Festival Profiles | ||
The Bunbury Music Festival is a 3-day music festival in Cincinnati, Ohio at Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman's Cove on the banks of the Ohio River. The festival's inaugural event took place July 13–15, 2012. It featured over 100 performances on 6 stages. The festival was founded by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing director Bill Donabedian. Reaching beyond music, the festival integrates eco-friendly and technology initiatives. In 2014, Bunbury was purchased by PromoWest Productions, an entertainment company operating out of Columbus, Ohio.
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Headliners for the inaugural year included Jane's Addiction, Weezer, and Death Cab for Cutie
Festival Dates
Bunbury Music Festival takes place the second weekend in July each year.
Scheduled Dates:
2012 Lineup
Dates: July 13, 2012 - July 15, 2012
FRIDAY, JULY 13
Globili Stage: Scars on 45, Capital Cities, Kids These Days, Crash Kings, O.A.R., Airborne Toxic Event, Jane's Addiction
Landor Stage: Find Vienna, She Does Is Magic, All Get Out, Ponderosa, Chappo, Foxy Shazam
Red Bull DJ Stage: Ice Cold Tony, CJ the DJ, Alex Peace, DJ AMF, Mixin Marc, Alchemist
Bud Light Stage: Bo & the Locomotive, Tristen, The Henry Clay People, L.P., Ra Ra Riot, Minus the Bear
CMC Stage: Humble Home, Brent Kirby, Lauren Mann, Madi Diaz, Matt Pryor
Alive One Stage: Pet Clinic, Emily & the Complexes, G. Miles and the Hitmen, The Minor Leagues, Quiet Corral, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
SATURDAY, JULY 14
Globili Stage: The 4 on the Floor, Alberta Cross, Jukebox the Ghost, A Silent Film, Manchester Orchestra, The Gaslight Anthem, Weezer
Landor Stage: Wheels On Fire, Hotfox, Secret Music, Graffiti6, The Bright Light Social Hour, Grouplove
Red Bull DJ Stage: Davey C, DJ Etrayn, Big Once, DJ Ivy, DJ Spider, DJ Irie
Bud Light Stage: Sphynx, 1,2,3, Messerly & Ewing, Imagine Dragons, Dan Deacon, RJD2
CMC Stage: Doop and the Inside Outlaws, The Shaw Brothers, Tracy Walker, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55's, Kevin Devine
Alive One Stage: Old Lights, Black Taxi, The Sundresses, Lions Rampant, 500 Miles to Memphis, The Silent Comedy
SUNDAY, JULY 15
Globili Stage: YAWN, Maps & Atlases, Lights, City and Colour, Neon Trees, Death Cab For Cutie
Landor Stage: Archer's Paradox, Nikki Lane, Wussy, The Deep Dark Woods, Good Old War, Guided By Voices
Red Bull DJ Stage: DJ Prism, DJ K-Dogg, DJ D-Lo, Mr. Best, Mick Boogie
Bud Light Stage: Child Bite, Belle Histoire, Now, Now, Seedy Seeds, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Passion Pit*
CMC Stage: Rachel Ann Figley, Jake Kolesar, Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, The Tillers, Will Hoge
Alive One Stage: The Black Tape, Black Owls, Pomegranates, UME, Bad Veins
2013 Lineup
Dates: July 12, 2013 - July 14, 2013
FRIDAY, JULY 12
Main Stage: The Features, Delta Rae, Tegan and Sara, Walk the Moon, fun.
Rockstar Stage: Beat Club, The Dunwells, Red Wanting Blue, Youngblood Hawke, DeVotchKa
Cincinnatus Stage: Billy Wallace, Pete Dressman, Josh Eagle, Jay Nash
Bud Light Stage: Public, American Authors, Everest, Sky Ferreira, Tokyo Police Club
Lawn Stage: Alone At 3am, Old Baby, We Are Snapdragon, Seabird
Amphitheater Stage: The Mitchells, Ohio Knife, State Song, Buffalo Killers, Those Darlins
SATURDAY, JULY 13
Main Stage: Empires, Robert DeLong, Twenty One Pilots, Cake, MGMT
Rockstar Stage: X Ambassadors, Civil Twilight, Chairlift, We Are Scientists, Divine Fits
Cincinnatus Stage: Margaret Darling, Taylor Alexander, Tim Carr, Christopher Paul Stelling
Bud Light Stage: Culture Queer, Vacationer, The Mowgli's, Oberhofer, Atlas Genius
Lawn Stage: The Ready Stance, The Bears Of Blue River, Black Owls, You, You're Awesome
Amphitheater Stage: New Vega, Messerly And Ewing, Ben Walz Band, The Pinstripes, Bear Hands
SUNDAY, JULY 14
Main Stage: Joe Purdy, Gregory Alan Isakov, Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian, The National
Rockstar Stage: The Knocks, A Silent Film, Night Terrors of 1927, Yo La Tengo
Cincinnatus Stage: Ben Knight, Jake Kolesar, Mark Utley, Channing & Quinn
Bud Light Stage: Gringo Star, High Highs, Savoir Adore, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
Lawn Stage: Mia Carruthers Bethesda, The Harlequins, DAAP Girls, Jane Decker
Amphitheater Stage: The Upset Victory, Green Light Morning, The Hiders, Daniel Martin Moore
2014 Lineup
Dates: July 11, 2014 - July 13, 2014
FRIDAY, JULY 11
Main Stage: X Ambassadors, Wild Cub, Cage the Elephant, Fitz and The Tantrums, Empire of the Sun
River Stage: Royal Teeth, Hundred Waters, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Bad Suns, Veruca Salt
Acoustic Stage Here Among the Mountains, Russell Howard, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Marc Scibilia
Warsteiner Stage: Snowmime, Panama Wedding, Mystery Skulls, Meg Myers, Dead Sara, Heartless Bastards
Lawn Stage: Goldwing, 500 Miles to Memphis, The Fanged Robot, Black Owls
Amphitheater Stage: The Upset Victory, Let It Happen, Family and Friends, Lydia Loveless, Psychodots
SATURDAY, JULY 12
Main Stage: Crass Mammoth, New Politics, Cults, Paramore, Fall Out Boy
River Stage: Lily and Madeleine, Caspian, Kishi Bashi, Morning Parade, Foxy Shazam
Acoustic Stage Yellow Paper Planes, Eva Ross, Austin Livingood, Molly Sullivan
Warsteiner Stage: Miner, Bronze Radio Return, Fly Golden Eagle, Hunter Hunted, Andrew W.K.
Lawn Stage: Big Fresh, Bonesetters, Modoc, Jane Decker
Amphitheater Stage: Brent James and the Vintage Youth, G. Miles and the Hitmen, Jesse Thomas, Pluto Revolts, The Pass
SUNDAY, JULY 13
Main Stage: Brick + Mortar, Red Wanting Blue, ZZ Ward, Young the Giant, The Flaming Lips
River Stage: The Lighthouse and The Whaler, Kopecky Family Band, Robert DeLong, Holy Ghost!
Acoustic Stage Daniel In Stereo, James Gilmore, Kelly Thomas, Dan Tedesco
Warsteiner Stage: Kim Taylor, The Black Cadillacs, Joywave, Bear Hands, The Orwells
Lawn Stage: Clairaudients, The Easthills, The Yugos, Motherfolk
Amphitheater Stage: Young Heirlooms, Lamps & Voids, The Harbour, Saintseneca
2015 Lineup
Dates: June 5, 2015 - June 7, 2015
FRIDAY, JUNE 5
Yeatman's Cove Stage: Wussy, Multimagic, Father John Misty, Bleachers, Walk the Moon, The Black Keys
River Stage: Machine Heart, Mikky Ekko, Catfish and the Bottlemen
Pavilion Stage: Indigo Wild, Go Analog, Mini Mansions, Royal Blood
Sawyer Point Stage: Markham, Kid Runner, Temples, Matt and Kim, Tame Impala
SATURDAY, JUNE 6
Yeatman's Cove Stage: Zach Longoria Project, Austin Plaine, Genevieve, Lindsey Stirling, Kacey Musgraves, The Avett Brothers
River Stage: Bummers, The Secret Sisters, Jamestown Revival
Pavilion Stage: Daniel In Stereo, Motherfolk, Graceful Closure, The Reverend Horton Heat
Sawyer Point Stage: Playing To Vapors, Old Hundred, The Devil Makes Three, The Decemberists, Old Crow Medicine Show
SUNDAY, JUNE 7
Yeatman's Cove Stage: The Front Bottoms, Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, Snoop Dogg
River Stage: 500 Miles to Memphis, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Shakey Graves
Pavilion Stage: Lonesome As Gold, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Alex Angelo DJ Set
Sawyer Point Stage: Pluto Revolts, Buggs Tha Rocka, Lil Dicky, Atmosphere, Twenty One Pilots
2016 Lineup
Dates: June 3, 2016 - June 5, 2016
Friday, June 3
Yeatman's Cover Stage: Lydia, The Shelters, The Mowgli's, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Haim, The Killers
CVG River Stage: Louis the Child, The Dear Hunter, The Wombats, J Roddy Walston and the Business
Sawyer Point Stage: Leggy, Whilk & Misky, Red Wanting Blue, PVRIS, X Ambassadors, Mudcrutch
Saturday, June 4
Yeatman's Cover Stage: Dead Man String Band, Oddisee, The Worn Flints, G. Love & Special Sauce, Umphrey's McGee, deadmau5
CVG River Stage: Dawg Yawp, Automagik, Conner Youngblood, Cal Scruby, Grizfolk, Diarrhea Planet
Sawyer Point Stage: Jeremy Pinnell, Foxing, Austin Plaine, The Neighbourhood, Big Grams, Ice Cube
Sunday, June 5
Yeatman's Cover Stage: Jared Mahone, LANY, Grimes, Of Monsters and Men, Florence and the Machine
CVG River Stage: Mad Anthony, Holy White Hounds, Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound, Coleman Hell, Here Come the Mummies
Sawyer Point Stage: Room For Zero, Flint Eastwood, Bayside, Elle King
Festival namesake
The word bunbury derives from Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. The character Algernon utilizes the fictional character named Bunbury as an excuse for getting out of situations. Most notable, Algernon uses Bunbury as his excuse to avoid family events.