Buckle Up Music Festival

{{Short description|Music festival}}

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{{Infobox music festival

| music_festival_name =

| location = BLUE ASH SUMMIT PARK

4335 Glendale-Milford Road

Cincinnati, OH 45242

| years_active = 2014-2016

| founders = Bill Donabedian

| dates = Third Weekend of July

| name = Buckle Up Music Festival

| genre = Country music

| website = [http://www.buckleupfestival.com buckleupfestival.com]

}}

The Buckle Up Music Festival was a three-day country music festival in Cincinnati, Ohio at Sawyer Point Park and Yeatman's Cove on the bank of the Ohio River. The festival's inaugural event started from the 18th to the 20th of July 2014, and featured over 80 performances on six stages.[http://www.cincygroove.com/?p=34608], Buckle Up Music Festival in Cincinnati Announces Lineup & Daily Schedules; 03/11/2014. This music outlet was founded by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing director, Bill Donabedian.http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/07/21/thats-a-wrap-yall----best-of-buckle-up-fest/12926087/, That's a wrap, y'all: The best of Buckle Up Festival; 07/21/2014.

Headliners for the inaugural year included Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Emmylou Harris, and Alabama.{{Cite web |title=Buckle Up Fest: Full lineup & schedules announced |url=https://www.fox19.com/story/24942838/buckle-up-festival-full-lineup-schedules-announced |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.fox19.com |language=en}}

Festival Dates

  • July 18–20, 2014{{Cite web|url=https://cincymusic.com/blog/2014/03/full-buckle-up-festival-lineup-schedule-announced|title = Full Buckle up Festival Lineup + Schedule Announced!}}
  • August 5–6, 2016 (cancelled){{Cite web|url=https://cincymusic.com/blog/2016/06/buckle-up-country-music-festival-releases-daily-schedule|title = Buckle up Country Music Festival Releases Daily Lineup}}{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2016-07-25 |title=Cincinnati’s Buckle Up Country Festival Canceled Due to ‘Unforeseen Circumstances’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/cincinnati-buckle-up-country-festival-canceled-7446754/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}

2014 line up

(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

River Stage

Friday: Amanda Shires, The Railers, Ashley Monroe, Jamey Johnson

Saturday: Lisa Lynn, Joe Pug, The Lone Bellow, Drive-By Truckers, Old Crow Medicine Show

Sunday: Logan Brill, Blackjack Billy, Dylan Scott, Thompson Square

Bud Light Stage

Friday: Joshua Scott Jones, Jamie Lynn Spears, David Fanning, Chris Janson, Marty Stuart

Saturday: Sundy Best, Natalie Stovall and the Drive, Spirit Family Reunion, A Thousand Horses, Kristain Bush of Sugarland

Sunday: Abigail Rose, Lyndsey Highlander, Dallas Smith, Corey Smith

Amphitheater Stage

Friday: The Dan Varner Band, Tyler Childers and the Foodstamps, Phillip Fox Band, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55s, Pistol Holler

Saturday: Coraless and the Townees, Kentucky Timbre, Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, The 23 String Band, The Tillers

Sunday: Kentucky Struts, Straw Boss, Bobby Mackey, Noah Smith

Main Stage

Friday: Old Dominion, Sturgill Simpson, Eric Paslay, Eli Young Band, Alabama

Saturday: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Houndmouth, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Willie Nelson

Sunday: Chase Bryant, JT Hodges, Sam Hunt, David Nail, The Band Perry

Acoustic Stage

Friday: Andrew Hibbard, Jamison Road, Messerly and Ewing, Sara Haze

Saturday: Wild Carrot, Dean Fields, The Carolines, Caitlyn Smith

Sunday: Max Fender, Zach Dubois, Michaelis, Ruth Collins

Lawn Stage

Friday: Lonesome Jared and the Heartattacks, Alexis Gomez, Sam Lewis, Ashley Martin

Saturday: Shiny and the Spoon, Al Scorch, Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, Tall Heights

Sunday: Honey and Houston, Jetset Getset, Mark Utley and Bulletville, Ty Bates

VIP Stage Tent

Friday: Eric Paslay, Phillip Fox Band, Old Dominion, Jamison Road, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55s

Saturday: Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, The Tillers, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, Tall Heights

Sunday: Sam Hunt, Noah Smith, Corey Smith, Bobby Mackey{{Cite magazine |date=2014-07-21 |title=See Willie Nelson, Alabama, the Band Perry + More at Buckle Up Fest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/buckle-up-music-festivals-best-stage-shots-13803/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

See also

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