Nelsonville Music Festival day 1 (sponsored event)
Start Time
September 2 at 2:00pm
Event Location
Other
Nelsonville Music Festival
OHIO Live and OU Performing Arts Series are proud sponsors of the NMF.
NMF IS A PRESENTATION OF STUART鈥橲 OPERA HOUSE, A NON-PROFIT HISTORIC THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN NELSONVILLE, OHIO.
Billboard has called Nelsonville Music Festival 鈥渙ne of the best-kept secrets of the U.S. music festival circuit,鈥 and in our 16th in-person year, NMF continues to gain fans who want a music festival with a more personal experience. Set in the beautiful rolling hills of Southeast Ohio, this intimate festival offers live music from a variety of genres on multiple stages from national, regional, and local acts. Catch live music on multiple stages!
The Nelsonville Music Festival strives to have a positive impact on our community and environment, so we are a Zero Waste event, diverting over 92% of the waste created at the festival from the landfill in 2018 with recycling and composting. All kids 12 and under are free and the festival features a huge kids area with activities all weekend.
The AV Club and Ohio Magazine have named NMF as the 鈥淏est Music Festival in Ohio,鈥 and Time Out Chicago has called it 鈥渙ne of the Midwest鈥檚 best festivals.鈥 Past performers have included Death Cab for Cutie, Mavis Staples, Tyler Childers, The Breeders, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Ween, Loretta Lynn, Gillian Welch, John Prine, The Avett Brothers, They Might Be Giants, The Decemberists, Randy Newman, Merle Haggard, Iron & Wine, Yo La Tengo, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Courtney Barnett, and many more.
September 2-4, 2022
Nelsonville Ohio
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All festival proceeds benefit arts education in Southeastern Ohio, meaning every ticket purchased helps to enrich the lives of children with limited access to educational resources.