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2024 Nelsonville Music Festival lineup features Killer Mike, Amyl and the Sniffers, Courtney Barnett
< < Back toNELSONVILLE, Ohio – Stuart’s Opera House presents the 18th Nelsonville Music Festival on July 26-28 at Snow Fork Event Center (5685 Happy Hollow Road).
The 2024 lineup includes: Killer Mike, Courtney Barnett, Thee Sacred Souls, Indigo De Souza, Amyl and The Sniffers, Michael Hurley, Bonnie Prince Billy, John Vincent lll, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, The Nude Party, The Felice Brothers, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, The Heavy Heavy, Bob Mould, The Deslondes, LA LOM, Sheer Mag, Eilen Jewell, Kara Jackson, Joanna Sternberg, Beings, Snõõper, Jeffrey Martin, Yasmin Williams, Viv & Riley, SUSS, The Local Honeys, The Wonderfool, The Sensational Barnes Brothers, Florry, Spoon Benders, Sluice, Friendship, Laurel Premo, Fust, Caitlin Kraus, PAL, Golomb, The Peel, Kojun Hayes, Weedghost, DJ Barticus and DJ Johnny Feelgood, Candy Rain, Heatwave, and Stuart’s Opera House Afterschool Music Program bands.
The festival features over 40 national, regional, and local acts across four stages all weekend long with camping, kids’ activities, vendors selling artisanal goods and food and beverages, and more.
Billboard has called Nelsonville Music Festival “one of the best-kept secrets of the U.S. music festival circuit.” Past performers have included Big Thief, Alex G, Japanese Breakfast, Yo La Tango, Death Cab For Cutie, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson, Ween, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Loretta Lynn, Gillian Welch, John Prine, The Avett Brothers, They Might Be Giants, Randy Newman, Merle Haggard, and many more.
The Nelsonville Music Festival is a production of and fundraiser for Stuart’s Opera House, a non-profit historic theater and performing arts center in Nelsonville which features over 75 events a year including live music, theater, educational programming, and more. All proceeds raised at the festival support year-round programming at Stuart’s Opera House, including its tuition-free Arts Education programs.
Weekend passes are on sale now for $180, and the price will increase as the festival weekend gets closer. Weekend passes for teens (ages 13-17) are currently $90 and kids 12 and under are always free.
Weekend passes are free for Nelsonville and Buchtel, Ohio residents with proof of residency, which must be shown in person at the Stuart’s Opera House box office Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.