We can confirm that Party in the Park will return to Centennial Olympic Park for their third edition Saturday, May 17th. We are not sure when the announcement will come; last year the date of event was released on February 28th and the headliners dropped on March 4th. Around March April 24th the additional three artists were announced.
The inaugural PitP lineup consisted of psych rockers Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Dawes, AWOL Nation, and Ponderosa. Their follow up lineup was made up of Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, Grouplove, Yeasayer, and The Electric Sons.
Typically the Party in the Park lineup has some overlap with Gulf Shores, Alabama's Hangout Festival, including the top three billed acts both years. The fourth artist is usually a one-off show and the last band is a local up and coming group. So what does this mean for 2014? Don't look for any of the four headliners (The Black Keys, the Killers, Outkast, or Jack Johnson) as they typically have a exclusive radius for large shows especially in large markets like Atlanta. Modest Mouse will have just played Shaky Knees, Queens of the Stone Age recently played Music Midtown and are likely to highly billed, and Pretty Lights though he fits the party atmosphere I'm not sure it's the pull they're looking for added to the fact that he plays CounterPoint the month before. Our best guesses from Hangout include Capital Cities (unlikely as they play Philips opening for Katy Perry in late June), Fitz and the Tantrums, Childish Gambino, and/or Andrew WK. As far as local acts go Manchester Orchestra will be in Ohio which also rules out Bad Brooks. Now this just happens to be a pattern we've noticed. There are many things this year that could influence or change things such as the growth of Shaky Knees, CounterPoint moving to April, and Party in the Park could even be looking to grow themselves.
Other artists we could see gracing Centennial include the Lumineers, fun., Janelle Monae, Twenty One Pilots, GirlTalk, Bastille, MGMT, Sleigh Bells, Best Coast, the Mowgli's, Atlas Genius, or the Cults.
Some that fit the bill but seem unlikely or can be ruled out based on tour dates include Foster the People, HAIM, Matt & Kim, Icona Pop, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala.
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