Midpoint Music Festival Announces Set Times

Article Contributed by Bohlsen Group | Published on Thursday, September 7, 2017

The 17th-annual Midpoint Music Festival (MPMF) has announced stage assignments and performance times for all participating performing acts. MPMF is a two-day festival event happening Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24, 2017 in downtown Cincinnati at the Taft Theatre, Cincinnati Masonic Center, and on an outdoor stage on 5th Street.

MPMF will feature more than 50 local, regional, national and internationally recognized acts including a diverse mix of up-and-coming artists and bands in addition to some of the biggest names in festival history. Taking place at a new location this year, fans can enjoy music across four stages at the Taft Theatre, the Ballroom at the Taft Theatre, the Masonic Cathedral, and an outdoor stage on 5th Street at Broadway.

The stage assignments and performance times for Saturday, September 23 are as follows:                                    

  • Skyline Chili Stage (outdoor stage at 5th and Broadway Streets)
    • The New Pornographers – 9:15 PM
    • Filthy Friends – 8:00 PM
    • Preoccupations – 7:00 PM
    • Welles – 6:00 PM
    • Swarming Branch – 5:00 PM
    • Lemon Sky – 4:00 PM
    • The Speedbumps – 3:00 PM
  • Central Parkway YMCA Stage (Taft Theatre)
    • Broken Social Scene – 9:45 PM
    • Frightened Rabbit – 8:15 PM
    • Bedouine – 7:15 PM
    • Adam Torres – 6:15 PM
    • Dyan – 5:15PM
    • Saturn Batteries – 4:15 PM
    • Blossom Hall – 3:15 PM
  • Masonic Cathedral
    • Valerie June – 10:00 PM
    • The Cactus Blossoms – 8:30 PM
    • William Elliot Whitmore – 7:15 PM
    • David Luning – 6:00 PM
    • Virginia Man – 5:00 PM
    • Youth Yamada – 4:00 PM
    • Rachel Mousie – 3:00 PM
  • Superior Kia Stage (Taft Ballroom)
    • Citizen – 11:15 PM
    • Pile – 9:00 PM
    • AMPLINE – 7:45 PM
    • Mad Anthony – 6:45 PM
    • Brat Curse – 5:45 PM
    • Kid Stardust – 4:45 PM
    • Even Tiles – 3:45 PM
    • Lo, The Loyal Conscripts – 2:45 PM 

The stage assignments and performance times for Sunday, September 24th are as follows:

  • Skyline Chili Stage (outdoor stage at 5th and Broadway Streets)
    • WALK THE MOON – 9:15 PM
    • Dan Deacon – 8:00 PM
    • Harbour – 7:00 PM
    • Automagik – 6:00 PM
    • Daniel In Stereo – 5:00 PM
    • Sphynx – 4:00 PM
    • Moonbeau – 3:00 PM
  • Central Parkway YMCA Stage (Taft Theatre)
    • BADBADNOTGOOD – 9:45 PM
    • Noname – 8:15 PM
    • Flint Eastwood – 7:15 PM
    • LEDGES – 6:15 PM
    • B. Miles – 5:15 PM
    • A Delicate Motor – 4:15 PM
    • Current Events – 3:15 PM
  • Masonic Cathedral
    • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – 10:00 PM
    • Urban Renewal Project – 8:30 PM
    • Charly Bliss – 7:15 PM
    • Amy O. – 6:00 PM
    • Varsity – 5:00 PM
    • Bicentennial Bear – 4:00 PM
    • Coastal Club – 3:00 PM
  • Superior Kia Stage (Taft Ballroom)
    • Aaron Lee Tasjan – 9:00 PM
    • Mandolin Orange – 7:45 PM
    • The Ghost of Paul Revere – 6:45 PM
    • Jeremy Pinnell – 5:45 PM
    • Young Heirlooms – 4:45 PM
    • Edward + Jane – 3:45 PM
    • The Long Lost – 2:45 PM