Buckle Up Music Festival


The Buckle Up Music Festival was a three-day country music festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, at Sawyer Point Yeatman's Cove on the banks of the Ohio River. The festival's inaugural event took place July 18–20, 2014. It featured over 80 performances on six stages. The festival was founded by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing director Bill Donabedian.
Headliners for the inaugural year included Willie Nelson, Allison Krauss and Union Station, Emmylou Harris and Alabama band.
Buckle Up coordinators also gave local artists an opportunity to showcase their music during the event. Some of the local artists at the 2014 festival included: Kentucky Struts, Straw Boss, Bobby Mackey, The Tillers, Kentucky Timbre, & Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle.

Festival Dates

Buckle Up Music Festival was a summer festival that took place the third weekend in July.
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 Foodstamsp, 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, Allison 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