ABOUT MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL

Midpoint Music Festival has developed a reputation as the place to discover contemporary music, find the next big thing, and meet your new favorite band. Since 2001, our endeavor has been to embrace today's emerging artist, all with the same spirit employed by Cincinnati's celebrated musical pioneers, who always reached for something new.

Each fall, the streets of Cincinnati become a music-lover’s paradise.  This year, the festival is centralized to a location with all stages within one block of each other in downtown Cincinnati. This collection of young creative talent amongst an architecturally rich urban setting makes MidPoint a one-of-a-kind experience. 

Showcase performers year after year are those buzzed about in critics’ year-end lists for ‘Best Album’ or ‘Best New Artist’ in publications like Spin, Fader, Pitchfork, NME, Filter and Rolling Stone.

Past performers include: Band of Horses, Reggie Watts, Bob Mould, Kamasi Washington, Chromeo, The Afghan Whigs, OK Go, The Head and The Heart, The Breeders, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Real Estate, Tycho, The Raveonettes, Panda Bear, Rubblebucket, Kurt Vile, Kishi Bashi, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Speedy Ortiz, Lost in the Trees, Deaf Heaven, Best Coast, The Walkmen, Dinosaur Jr., Tom Tom Club, Ralph Stanley, Andrew Bird, Cut Copy, The Joy Formidable, Okkervil River, Booker T Jones, Phantogram, Surfer Blood, Caribou, TEEN, Lord Huron, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cults, Lydia Loveless and Heartless Bastards.

Dig in to research our Bands playing. We have an Alumni page to check out who played in past years. 

Attendance has grown with the buzz of these bands, jumping from 13,500 in 2008 to around 30,000 today. Bands like to play here to reach new fans. Fans like discovering something they've not heard before. It's a win-win!

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Find a venue map here to see how close everything is. Hoofing it around Cincinnati is no longer an issue due to the consolidation of the stages to one centralized location.

If you are a member of the media and would like to contact us regarding coverage, please see our Media page.

We love Cincinnati and the music scene here! We hope you enjoy experiencing all of the showcased talent, both local or otherwise.