MidPoint Music Festival

The festival changed its format to be concentrated on 4 stages in parking lots in Over-the-Rhine. More than 75 bands are scheduled to perform. Bands included: Future Islands; Band of Horses; JJ Grey & Mofro; Tokyo Police Club; Reggie Watts; Lucero; Houndmouth; Antibalas; Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls; Carseat Headrest; Wolf Parade; Frightened Rabbit; Kamasi Washington; Bob Mould

The festival changed its format to run Friday, Saturday, Sunday. The Woodward Theatre was added as a core venue. Bands included: Betty Who; Caspian (band); Iron & Wine; K.Flay; Lydia Loveless; Matthew E. White; Patrick Watson (musician) Pure Bathing Culture; Purity Ring; Ride (band); Ryley Walker; Sarah Jaffe; Sylvan Esso; Strand of Oaks; Tune-Yards; Zola Jesus; Along The Shore

This year's festival had approximately 140 showcases. Bands included: Baskery; Blues Control; Body Language (band); Bonesetters; Bully; Caroline Glaser; Chromeo; Colony House (band); Deafheaven; Dessa; Drowners; Dylan LeBlanc; Earth; EMA or Erika M. Anderson; Empires (band); Ex Hex (band); Gardens & Villa; Holy Ghost Tent Revival; Jessica Lea Mayfield; Joseph Arthur; Kid Congo Powers ft "Dizzy" Daniel Moorehead; Left Lane Cruiser; Liturgy (band); Lost in the Trees; Low Cut Connie; Maserati (band); Milagres (band); Miniature Tigers; Mutual Benefit (band); Nikki Lane; OK Go; Panda Bear (musician); Pontiak; Real Estate (band); Rubblebucket; Saintseneca; Speedy Ortiz; St. Paul and The Broken Bones; Sun Kil Moon; The Afghan Whigs; The Raveonettes; The Ridges; The Tontons; Tycho (musician); Watter; Why? (American band); and Wussy

This year's festival had approximately 180 showcases. Bands included: Bad Veins; Baths (musician); Bear's Den (band); Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Caveman; Cody Chesnutt; Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons; Damien Jurado; Daughter (band); Deap Vally; Dent May; Ha Ha Tonka; Johnathan Rice; Kansas Bible Company; Kishi Bashi; Kurt Vile; Larry and His Flask; Low Cut Connie; METZ; Murder by Death (band); Nat Baldwin; Nerves Junior; Nicholas David; On An On; San Fermin (band); Saturday Looks Good To Me; Seabird (band); Shuggie Otis; St. Lenox; The Breeders; The Head and the Heart; The Ridges; The Thermals; Toy Soldiers (band); Twin Peaks (band); Vandaveer; Warpaint (band); Wild Cub; Wussy; and Youth Lagoon

This year's festival had approximately 180 showcases. It was the first year with Washington Park serving as the main stage.[3] The MidPoint Midway was expanded. Bands included: Andrew Bird; Bad Veins; Best Coast; Cheyenne Marie Mize; Cloud Nothings; Dinosaur Jr.; Dirty Projectors; Eternal Summers; F.Stokes; Frankie Rose; Freelance Whales; Grizzly Bear; Here We Go Magic; Holy Ghost Tent Revival; Hoots and Hellmouth; Hospitality; Hundred Waters; Imperial Teen; Julia Holter; Kansas Bible Company; Laetitia Sadier; Lord Huron; Lower Dens; Modoc; Pomegranates; Ralph Stanley; Rich Aucoin; Swear and Shake; Tennis; The Antlers; The Growlers; The Ridges; The Vespers; The Walkmen; Tim Easton; Turbo Fruits; Unknown Mortal Orchestra; Wild Belle; Willis Earl Beal; and Zeus[4]

This year's festival had approximately 200 showcases. The largest stage was at the Grammer's Tent. It was the first year for the MidPoint Midway on 12th street. Bands included: Asobi Seksu; Bear Hands; Booker T. Jones; Cheyenne Marie Mize; Cut Copy; Deerhoof; Delicate Steve; Empires (band); Gang Gang Dance; Gardens & Villa; Ivan & Alyosha; Jessica Lea Mayfield; Kaki King; Kim Taylor; Lydia Loveless; Man or Astro-Man?; Mates of State; Okkervil River; Pokey LaFarge; Santah; Starfucker; The Album Leaf; The Bright Light Social Hour; The Felice Brothers; The Joy Formidable; The Low Anthem; The Ridges; The Watson Twins; Those Darlins; Toro y Moi; U.S. Royalty; Unknown Mortal Orchestra; Vandaveer; Vanity Theft; Viva Voce (band); Washed Out; Xiu Xiu; and Youth Lagoon[5]

This year's festival had approximately 250 showcases. The largest stage was at the Grammer's Tent. There was an artist clubhouse at Neon's with acoustic sets. Instead of a Scion Streetcar service, the festival partnered with Metro to offer the MidPoint Transit Authority, free for festival goers, with acoustic performances on the bus. The downtown library also got involved,[6] with free music showcases, a photography exhibition, and a musical film documentaries. Bands included several acts that went on to become much better known, including: +/- (band); A Place To Bury Strangers; Babe the Blue Ox (band); Best Coast; Caravan of Thieves; Caribou (band); Clare & the Reasons; Cults (band); Elf Power; Fang Island; Gaby Moreno; Girls Guns and Glory; Gold Motel; Ha Ha Tonka; Holy Fuck; Jason & the Scorchers; Jessica Lea Mayfield; Kopecky (band); Male Bonding (band); Margot & the Nuclear So and So's; Oh My God (band); Parachute Musical; Phantogram (band); Pomegranates (band); Richard Buckner (musician); River City Extension; Royal Bangs; Seabird (band); Shonen Knife; stephaniesǐd; Surfer Blood; Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; Tom Tom Club; Tristen; Van Dyke Parks; Walk the Moon; and Wussy.[7]

This year's festival had approximately 280 showcases. The largest stage was at the Grammer's Tent. The Lite Brite Film Test was a film component in the Contemporary Arts Center.[8] A major amenity was the Scion Streetcar.[9] Anyone wearing a MidPoint wristband could hail down a Scion car that drove a loop near the various venues. Bands included several acts that went on to become much better known, including: Annie Rossi; Brighton, MA; Buffalo Killers; Chairlift (band); Deke Dickerson; Ed fROMOHIO or Ed Crawford; Early Day Miners; Ellery (duo); Geographer (band); God Made Me Funky; Hank & Cupcakes; Heartless Bastards; Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit; Kim Taylor; Lab Partners; Mia Carruthers; Micachu and the Shapes; Pomegranates (band); Sarah Borges; Shiny and the Spoon; The Dø; The Lighthouse and the Whaler; Scotland Yard Gospel Choir; Toy Horses; Vanity Theft; and Wussy.