Bunbury Music Festival
The Bunbury Music Festival is a 3-day music festival in Cincinnati, Ohio at Sawyer Point 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.[1] The festival was founded by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing director Bill Donabedian.[1] 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.
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:
- July 13=15, 2012
- July 12-14, 2013
- July 11-13, 2014
- June 5-7, 2015
2012 Lineup
Dates: July 13, 2012 - July 15, 2012
(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)
Globili Stage
Friday: Scars on 45, Capital Cities, Kids These Days, Crash Kings, O.A.R., Airborne Toxic Event, Jane's Addiction
Saturday: The 4 on the Floor, Alberta Cross, Jukebox the Ghost, A Silent Film, Manchester Orchestra, The Gaslight Anthem, Weezer
Sunday: YAWN, Maps & Atlases, Lights, City and Colour, Neon Trees, Death Cab For Cutie
Landor Stage
Friday: Find Vienna, She Does Is Magic, All Get Out, Ponderosa, Chappo, Foxy Shazam
Saturday: Wheels on Fire, Hotfox, Secret Music, Graffiti6, The Bright Light Social Hour, Grouplove
Sunday: Archer's Paradox, Nikki Lane, Wussy, The Deep Dark Woods, Good Old War, Guided By Voices
Red Bull Stage
Friday: Ice Cold Tony, CJ the DJ, Alex Peace, DJ AMF, Mixin Marc, Alchemist
Saturday: Davey C, DJ Etrayn, Big Once, DJ Ivy, DJ Spider, DJ Irie
Sunday: DJ Prism, DJ K-Dogg, DJ D-Lo, Mr. Best, Mick Boogie
Bud Light Stage
Friday: Bo & the Locomotive, Tristen, The Henry Clay People, L.P., Ra Ra Riot, Minus the Bear
Saturday: Sphynx, 1,2,3, Messerly & Ewing, Imagine Dragons, Dan Deacon, RJD2
Sunday: Child Bite, Belle Histoire, Now, Now, Seedy Seeds, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Passion Pit*
- Passion Pit cancelled due to band illness
CMC Stage
Friday: Humble Home, Brent Kirby, Lauren Mann, Madi Diaz, Matt Pryor
Saturday: Doop and the Inside Outlaws, The Shaw Brothers, Tracy Walker, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55's, Kevin Devine
Sunday: Rachel Ann Figley, Jake Kolesar, Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, The Tillers, Will Hoge
Alive One Stage
Friday: Pet Clinic, Emily & the Complexes, G Miles and the Hitmen, The Minor Leagues, Quiet Corral, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Saturday: Old Lights, Black Taxi, The Sundresses, Lions Rampant, 500 Miles to Memphis, The Silent Comedy
Sunday: 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 (2:45 p.m.); Delta Rae (4:15 p.m.); Tegan and Sara (5:45 p.m.); Walk the Moon (7:45 p.m.); fun. (10 p.m.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: Beat Club (2 p.m.); The Dunwells (3:30 p.m.); Red Wanting Blue (5 p.m.); Youngblood Hawke (6:45 p.m.); Devotchka (9 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Billy Wallace (2:45 p.m.); Pete Dressman (4:15 p.m.); Josh Eagle (5:45 p.m.); Jay Nash (7:45 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Public (2 p.m.); American Authors (3:30 p.m.); Everest (5 p.m.); Sky Ferreira (6:30 p.m.); Tokyo Police Club (8:30 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: Alone At 3am (2:45 p.m.); Old Baby (4:15 p.m.); We Are Snapdragon (5:45 p.m.); Seabird (7:15 p.m.)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: The Mitchells (2 p.m.); Ohio Knife (3:30 p.m.); State Song (5 p.m.); Buffalo Killers (6:30 p.m.); Those Darlins (8 p.m.)
SATURDAY, JULY 13
MAIN STAGE: Empires (2:45 p.m.); Robert Delong (4:15 p.m.); Twenty One Pilots (5:45 p.m.); Cake (7:45 p.m.); MGMT (10 p.m.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: X Ambassadors (2:00 p.m.); Civil Twilight (3:30 p.m.); Chairlift (5 p.m.); We Are Scientists (6:45 p.m.); Divine Fits (9 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Margaret Darling (2:45 p.m.); Taylor Alexander (4:15 p.m.); Tim Carr (5:45 p.m.); Christopher Paul Stelling (7:45 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Culture Queer (2 p.m.); Vacationer (3:30 p.m.); The Mowgli's (5 p.m.); Oberhofer (6:30 p.m.); Atlas Genius (8:30 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: The Ready Stance (2:45 p.m.); The Bears Of Blue River (4:15 p.m.); Black Owls (5:45 p.m.); You, You're Awesome (7:15 p.m.)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: New Vega (2 p.m.); Messerly And Ewing (3:30 p.m.); Ben Walz Band (5 p.m.); The Pinstripes (6:30 p.m.); Bear Hands (8 p.m.)
SUNDAY, JULY 14
MAIN STAGE: Joe Purdy (2 p.m.); Gregory Alan Isakov (3:30 p.m.); Camera Obscura (5 p.m.); Belle & Sebastian (7 p.m.); The National (9 p.m.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: The Knocks (2:45 p.m.); A Silent Film (4:15 p.m.); Night Terrors of 1927 (6 p.m.); Yo La Tengo (8 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Ben Knight (2 p.m.); Jake Kolesar (3:30 p.m.); Mark Utley (5 p.m.); Channing & Quinn (7 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Gringo Star (2:45 p.m.); High Highs (4:15 p.m.); Savoir Adore (5:45 p.m.); Black Joe Lewis (7:45 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: Mia Carruthers (2 p.m.); Bethesda (3:30 p.m.); The Harlequins (5 p.m.); DAAP Girls (6:30 p.m.); Jane Decker (7:15 p.m)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: The Upset Victory (2:45 p.m.); Green Light Morning (4:15 p.m.); The Hiders (5:45 p.m.); Daniel Martin Moore (7:15 p.m.)
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.[3] Most notable, Algernon uses Bunbury as his excuse to avoid family events.[3]