Neon Desert Music Festival is excited to unveil today the full music lineup for the ninth annual multi-genre festival event, which will return this Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26, in the heart of downtown El Paso, Texas. GA, VIP, and Platinum VIP tickets are on sale now at www.neondesert.com.
Neon Desert prides itself on being one of the first and most successful major multicultural music festivals in the country through a continued emphasis on booking mainstream American acts alongside acclaimed international and Latin performers. This year’s lineup continues the beloved tradition with an eclectic mix of headliners like Pittsburgh-born, chart-topping emcee Wiz Khalifa, who continues to perform in support of his sixth studio album, Rolling Papers 2, released last summer to acclaim from critics and fans alike; Canadian-born DJ/producer Rezz, whose album Certain Kind of Magic released last fall as a follow-up to her 2017 debut album, Mass Manipulation, which won the highly-coveted “Best Electronic Album” at the 2018 Juno Awards; R&B singer/songwriter Miguel, who will perform in support of his latest album, War & Leisure, which was nominated for “Best Urban Contemporary Album” at the 2019 Grammy Awards and features the certified platinum hit “Sky Walker”; Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug, who recently won “Song of the Year” at the 2019 Annual Grammy Awards for his songwriting contributions to "This Is America" by Childish Gambino; Los Angeles-based DJ/producer Steve Aoki, who is gearing up to release his sixth studio album later this year, Neon Future IV; and rapper/singer/producer Tory Lanez, who was recently nominated for the Fan Choice Award and Best Rap Recording at the 2019 Juno Awards for his third album, LoVE mE Now, which reached the number one spot on the Billboard Rap Chart, and whose Spanish language project, El Agua, as well as his mixtapes, Chixtape V and New Toronto 3, are expected to be released later this year.
Neon Desert will also bring to West Texas some of the biggest artists in Latin music today, which include Latin Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Kali Uchis, whose debut studio album, Isolation, was released last year to widespread acclaim; Puerto Rican reggaetón artist Don Omar, who is oft-labeled as the “King of Kings of Reggaetón Music”; LA-based psychedelic, soul, funk, tropicalia band Chicano Batman; and Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Ximena Sariñana, who previously performed at Neon Desert in 2015.
Additional performers include Tyga, whose 2018 single "Taste" was arguably the most popular viral song of the year; Gunna, who is signed to Young Thug’s YSL imprint and released his full-length debut album, Drip or Drown 2, just last month to rave reviews; indie-rock group Dashboard Confessional, currently touring in support of their seventh studio album, Crooked Shadows, released last year; DJ/producer Deorro, who released his long-awaited debut album, Good Evening, in late 2017; LA-based rap collective Shoreline Mafia; rock and electro-pop band A R I Z O N A, who dropped their newest single, “Find Someone,” in February 2019; Lovelytheband, best known for their 2018 smash single, "Broken," the longest-running song on the Billboard alternative chart in its three-decade history, spending its 66th week on the list as of March 2; and Houston-based Grammy Award-nominated rapper Paul Wall.
In total, 40 music performers from El Paso and across the globe will take the stage at Neon Desert Music Festival 2019, with the full lineup listed below:
SATURDAY, MAY 25
REZZ • MIGUEL • STEVE AOKI • TORY LANEZ
DON OMAR • TYGA • DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
SHORELINE MAFIA • A R I Z O N A • XIMENA SARIÑANA
PAUL WALL • QUIN NFN • CID • RIBO RUCKUS • PET PEOPLE
MIIJAS • VERSE • ROMAN ROUGE • THE ANHEDONIANS • DIZZ BREW
SUNDAY, MAY 26
WIZ KHALIFA • YOUNG THUG • KALI UCHIS
GUNNA • DEORRO • TCHAMI • CHICANO BATMAN
LOVELYTHEBAND • SALES • BANE'S WORLD • INNER WAVE
DIAMANTE ELÉCTRICO • HOLY WAVE • MIDNIGHT GENERATION • THE MURDER POLICE
ADRIAN STRESOW • LAVELL JONES • LUNAS • JUICE AND THE SUDS • JORDAN TAYLOR • HOMERUN DERBY
Weekend passes are now on sale at www.neondesert.com. Single-day GA tickets are $89, while GA two-day tickets are priced at just $119. J&K VIP tickets are $250 and J&K Platinum VIP tickets cost $499. Payment plans are also available as a means of purchasing tickets. For less than $29, GA tickets can be secured with two additional payments required leading up to the festival. VIP payment plans are available as well. J&K VIP ticket holders will receive a variety of perks, including all-day happy hour food and drink specials, access to an outdoor VIP lounge with dedicated bar and food trucks, free barber, free massages, free beauty bar, dedicated VIP-only entrance, private merch tent, and much more. J&K Platinum VIP passes, which sold out in the elevated ticket package’s debut last year, offer the highest experience available to ticket buyers. These lucky Platinum VIP attendees will receive all of the regular VIP perks in addition to exclusive access to an elevated main stage viewing area, complimentary drinks, and complimentary dinner each night provided by Crave. Interested patrons are encouraged to act fast as these tickets are in short supply and will increase in price as the event date approaches. Additionally, discounted tickets for military members are available for purchase at Fort Bliss for $99.
Now in its ninth year, Neon Desert has cumulatively hosted over 200,000 attendees, with over 30,000 music fans partaking in last year’s two-day celebration. Since its inception in 2011, the event has offered attendees an eclectic mix of mainstream American performers and acclaimed international acts, with past festival performers including 2018 acts like Martin Garrix, At The Drive In, Gucci Mane, Dillon Francis, Café Tacvba, Farruko, Bomba Estéreo, Lil Wayne, and Playboi Carti; as well as Hardwell, Foster the People, J Balvin, Alesso, Migos, Tiësto, Future, J. Cole, Kaskade, Daddy Yankee, Logic, Passion Pit, Zoé, Mala Rodríquez, G-Eazy, Zedd, Wiz Khalifa, MGMT, and Moby.
Neon Desert thanks their 2019 partners who help make the event possible, including presenting sponsor Southwest University and additional partners Dos Equis, Red Bull, Teachers Federal Credit Union (TFCU), El Paso Electric, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and J&K Present.
Additionally, a portion of proceeds from Neon Desert Music Festival 2019 go on to support El Paso Sun City Pride, an organization that aims to advance LGBT rights by raising awareness to equality and social injustices by producing all-inclusive events that empower the community to celebrate diversity without fear of judgement. Visit www.suncitypride.org to learn more.
For more information on the festival, please visit to www.neondesert.com. Follow Neon Desert Music Festival at facebook.com/neondesert, on Instagram at @ndmf, and on Twitter at @neondesert for updates and special promotions. The official hashtag of Neon Desert 2019 is #NDMF2019.
