Lakewood Amphitheatre to host
seventh annual ONE Musicfest
seventh annual ONE Musicfest
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Published by Sareth Ney on Aug. 18, 2016 at 6:54 p.m.
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Photo credit: ONE Musicfest's Facebook page
ATLANTA – ONE Musicfest returns for the seventh year and it will take place at Lakewood Amphitheatre, on Sept. 10.
Headliner acts for ONE Musicfest will be Ice Cube and Erykah Badu. The reunions of Atlanta’s Dungeon Family and Organized Noize will take place including: Backbone, Big Boi, Big Gipp, Big Rube, CeeLo Green, Cool Breeze, Killer Mike, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Sleepy Brown, Slimm Calhoun, T-Mo and Witchdoctor. Special guests will also appear, during their sets. Also, on the lineup: Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Andra Day, A$AP Ferg, BJ The Chicago Kid, Busta Rhymes, Gary Clark, Jr. and Jazmine Sullivan.
Over the seven year existence of ONE Musicfest, over 60,000 spectators have attended from around the U.S. Alumni of the festival include: Janelle Monae, Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg and The Roots. Hip-hop, R&B, alternative and rock have been represented throughout the years. Attractions at this year’s festival will feature: 30 disc jockeys, artist village and graffiti walls. They strive to make each one better than the one of the previous year and over 20,000 are expected attend, for 2016.
J Carter, founder of ONE Musicfest, recently spoke of the event.
“We’re super proud of our lineup for 2016’s ONE Music,” he stated. “Everyone one comes out this year can expect a phenomenal show, an amazing selection of food, and unique offerings from talented designers and artists. Our seventh ONE Musicfest is going to be awesome. The best one yet.”
Billboard Magazine described 2016’s lineup ONE Musicfest as “one of the late summer’s mandatory activities for music lovers in The Peach State.”
Tickets for the ONE Musicfest went on sale, on Aug. 17. Tickets packages were made available such as: lawn seating, general seating, covered seating, pit+ premium seating, very important person (VIP) VIP box, and super VIP box. Tickets range from $35 to $345. They exclude surcharges and service fees. Assigned seating will be made available at the amphitheater stage only. Tickets can be purchased through their website at onemusicfest.com.
Sponsors of ONE Musicfest consist of: Heineken, Jack Daniel’s Gentleman Jack and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey. Vendors and food merchants willing to set up shop are encouraged to email [email protected], with their business information and they will be responded soon after.
To stay current with all news relating to ONE Musicfest, follow them on social media by clicking the following hyperlinks: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Headliner acts for ONE Musicfest will be Ice Cube and Erykah Badu. The reunions of Atlanta’s Dungeon Family and Organized Noize will take place including: Backbone, Big Boi, Big Gipp, Big Rube, CeeLo Green, Cool Breeze, Killer Mike, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Sleepy Brown, Slimm Calhoun, T-Mo and Witchdoctor. Special guests will also appear, during their sets. Also, on the lineup: Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Andra Day, A$AP Ferg, BJ The Chicago Kid, Busta Rhymes, Gary Clark, Jr. and Jazmine Sullivan.
Over the seven year existence of ONE Musicfest, over 60,000 spectators have attended from around the U.S. Alumni of the festival include: Janelle Monae, Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg and The Roots. Hip-hop, R&B, alternative and rock have been represented throughout the years. Attractions at this year’s festival will feature: 30 disc jockeys, artist village and graffiti walls. They strive to make each one better than the one of the previous year and over 20,000 are expected attend, for 2016.
J Carter, founder of ONE Musicfest, recently spoke of the event.
“We’re super proud of our lineup for 2016’s ONE Music,” he stated. “Everyone one comes out this year can expect a phenomenal show, an amazing selection of food, and unique offerings from talented designers and artists. Our seventh ONE Musicfest is going to be awesome. The best one yet.”
Billboard Magazine described 2016’s lineup ONE Musicfest as “one of the late summer’s mandatory activities for music lovers in The Peach State.”
Tickets for the ONE Musicfest went on sale, on Aug. 17. Tickets packages were made available such as: lawn seating, general seating, covered seating, pit+ premium seating, very important person (VIP) VIP box, and super VIP box. Tickets range from $35 to $345. They exclude surcharges and service fees. Assigned seating will be made available at the amphitheater stage only. Tickets can be purchased through their website at onemusicfest.com.
Sponsors of ONE Musicfest consist of: Heineken, Jack Daniel’s Gentleman Jack and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey. Vendors and food merchants willing to set up shop are encouraged to email [email protected], with their business information and they will be responded soon after.
To stay current with all news relating to ONE Musicfest, follow them on social media by clicking the following hyperlinks: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
