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'''Music Midtown''' is a large music festival that was held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, annually from 1994 to 2005, and—after a six-year hiatus—returned in 2011. During its original run, the festival ran for one weekend each year. The event drew in excess of 300,000 attendees per year during its peak years. | '''Music Midtown''' is a large music festival that was held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, annually from 1994 to 2005, and—after a six-year hiatus—returned in 2011. During its original run, the festival ran for one weekend each year. The event drew in excess of 300,000 attendees per year during its peak years. | ||
Music Midtown started as a two-day event with three stages. It later grew to a three-day event. During the years that the festival had a three-day run, the event had six main stages. Each of these stages were typically sponsored by a local Atlanta radio station and were used to present dozens of bands playing a wide variety of musical genres. Due to a decline in attendance and rising expenses after the 2005 Music Midtown, promoters placed the festival on hiatus in 2006. The hiatus ran through 2010. The festival returned as a one-day event in 2011 and then expanded to its current two-day format in 2012. | Music Midtown started as a two-day event with three stages. It later grew to a three-day event. During the years that the festival had a three-day run, the event had six main stages. Each of these stages were typically sponsored by a local Atlanta radio station and were used to present dozens of bands playing a wide variety of musical genres. Due to a decline in attendance and rising expenses after the 2005 Music Midtown, promoters placed the festival on hiatus in 2006. The hiatus ran through 2010. The festival returned as a one-day event in 2011 and then expanded to its current two-day format in 2012. On August 1, 2022 the festival was cancelled by the organizers. Media reports said this was because of the current state gun laws which prevented the organizers from banning firearms at the event, which is held in a public park. | ||
==Music Midtown 2003== | ==Music Midtown 2003== | ||
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Music Midtown is a large music festival that was held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, annually from 1994 to 2005, and—after a six-year hiatus—returned in 2011. During its original run, the festival ran for one weekend each year. The event drew in excess of 300,000 attendees per year during its peak years.
Music Midtown started as a two-day event with three stages. It later grew to a three-day event. During the years that the festival had a three-day run, the event had six main stages. Each of these stages were typically sponsored by a local Atlanta radio station and were used to present dozens of bands playing a wide variety of musical genres. Due to a decline in attendance and rising expenses after the 2005 Music Midtown, promoters placed the festival on hiatus in 2006. The hiatus ran through 2010. The festival returned as a one-day event in 2011 and then expanded to its current two-day format in 2012. On August 1, 2022 the festival was cancelled by the organizers. Media reports said this was because of the current state gun laws which prevented the organizers from banning firearms at the event, which is held in a public park.
Music Midtown 2003
Evanescence performed at the festival for the first time on Saturday, May 3, 2003 whilst touring in support for Fallen.
Setlist
- Going Under
- Haunted
- Taking Over Me
- Everybody's Fool
- My Last Breath
- Farther Away
- Even in Death
- Bring Me to Life
- Tourniquet
- Imaginary
- Whisper
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