Saturday, September 24th @ Piedmont Park. Hopefully they add some Urban artist.
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Music Midtown is back!
- Thread starter ShawtyBlack_ATL
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Did you see on the news that a couple has their wedding booked that day at Piedmont Park, and they just found out Music Midtown will be accompanying their wedding?
I used to work with that girl.
From the facebook page she created.
"Our wedding was originally scheduled for September 24th, 2011 at Greystone at Piedmont Park. After the deposit was paid, caterers were hired, DJ's were booked, and Save the Dates went out, we were informed that there was a "probable live music concert in Piedmont Park, which may occur on [our] wedding date." The city apparently planned this "probable" music concert without first informing the Piedmont Park Conservancy. At 12:00 on July 6th, it was announced that Music Midtown was returning to Atlanta, on September 24th, 2011, at Piedmont Park, just in time to ruin our planned nuptials. It's too late to book another location for that date at a reasonable price. How can we change the date this far in advance? This is an absolute calamity brought upon by a music festival that Atlantans thought was long gone. Thanks a lot Music Midtown. You ruined my wedding. "
From the facebook page she created.
"Our wedding was originally scheduled for September 24th, 2011 at Greystone at Piedmont Park. After the deposit was paid, caterers were hired, DJ's were booked, and Save the Dates went out, we were informed that there was a "probable live music concert in Piedmont Park, which may occur on [our] wedding date." The city apparently planned this "probable" music concert without first informing the Piedmont Park Conservancy. At 12:00 on July 6th, it was announced that Music Midtown was returning to Atlanta, on September 24th, 2011, at Piedmont Park, just in time to ruin our planned nuptials. It's too late to book another location for that date at a reasonable price. How can we change the date this far in advance? This is an absolute calamity brought upon by a music festival that Atlantans thought was long gone. Thanks a lot Music Midtown. You ruined my wedding. "
You can't book your wedding in a public place and then get upset when something else is going to take place on the same day. The park is a public place. Something tells me she might've known there was a possibility of a large music event the same day but she decided to take her chances.
Also, the line up, from what I hear is staying as is. Even if you don't like the bands I still think we, as a community, should support the event. If it's successful this year than maybe it can come back next year and the year after and grow to what it was before - multiple stages and cover many genres.
Also, the line up, from what I hear is staying as is. Even if you don't like the bands I still think we, as a community, should support the event. If it's successful this year than maybe it can come back next year and the year after and grow to what it was before - multiple stages and cover many genres.
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:Saturday, September 24th @ Piedmont Park. Hopefully they add some Urban artist.
www.musicmidtown.com
I doubt it. Something tells me that the 'powers-that-be' doesn't want an urban music audience attending this at all. They want it to be anything but that type of event...
kilamanjero said:ShawtyBlack_ATL said:Saturday, September 24th @ Piedmont Park. Hopefully they add some Urban artist.
www.musicmidtown.com
I doubt it. Something tells me that the 'powers-that-be' doesn't want an urban music audience attending this at all. They want it to be anything but that type of event...
I remember years ago V103 always had a stage and HOT 107.9 did one year.
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:kilamanjero said:ShawtyBlack_ATL said:Saturday, September 24th @ Piedmont Park. Hopefully they add some Urban artist.
www.musicmidtown.com
I doubt it. Something tells me that the 'powers-that-be' doesn't want an urban music audience attending this at all. They want it to be anything but that type of event...
I remember years ago V103 always had a stage and HOT 107.9 did one year.
Yeah, that is true about V-103 considering it is the most prominent and respected of all of the market's urban stations. However, those at V have remarked on air that any and all urban artists were left out of the revival of Music Midtown. I highly doubt there will be anything for urban music listeners available this year.
I think from a show production perspective, it's a risk but worth it.
It could be an epic failure. Would it be better to have it fail with one crowd of music fans or a wide variety of them? Not to mention that it seems to me that if they opened it up to more than one genre, then they would have to open it up to all the genres which I think would be far too much for a one day festival. If this were something the size of what Midtown used to be, that would make everyone happy. But we're talking two stages in one one day so that's just not going to happen unless they put much more planning into it. It seems maybe they didn't plan very well.
I would have tried to make this a mini-cochella or something...bring in The Roots and maybe MF Doom or Mos Def to attract the urban crowd. I have a hard time seeing an artist the likes of Nikki Minaj sharing the stage with someone like The Black Keys ...all this after a country artist and a lesser known hard rock act have taken the stage. They want people there for the entire thing...not for a portion just so they can see one or two artists that suit their music taste.
I say hope for the best...hope that it draws a big enough crowd that there will be plans to do it again next year. then they can think bigger..more stages..open it up for the local radio stations to support it..just like it was.
It's a bummer that Midtown stopped just before music festivals got big in the US. One would think that it could have drawn some great shows..not to mention boost the economy a little bit.
They got it worked out, as I understand though, I don't know the details. There was a meeting with officials from the park, the city and live nation. Seems to me that City of Atlanta dropped the ball when it came to keeping folks informed...or maybe Piedmont Park didn't think a wedding was as important or as much a loss as a huge concert event. At least they got it worked out.
It could be an epic failure. Would it be better to have it fail with one crowd of music fans or a wide variety of them? Not to mention that it seems to me that if they opened it up to more than one genre, then they would have to open it up to all the genres which I think would be far too much for a one day festival. If this were something the size of what Midtown used to be, that would make everyone happy. But we're talking two stages in one one day so that's just not going to happen unless they put much more planning into it. It seems maybe they didn't plan very well.
I would have tried to make this a mini-cochella or something...bring in The Roots and maybe MF Doom or Mos Def to attract the urban crowd. I have a hard time seeing an artist the likes of Nikki Minaj sharing the stage with someone like The Black Keys ...all this after a country artist and a lesser known hard rock act have taken the stage. They want people there for the entire thing...not for a portion just so they can see one or two artists that suit their music taste.
I say hope for the best...hope that it draws a big enough crowd that there will be plans to do it again next year. then they can think bigger..more stages..open it up for the local radio stations to support it..just like it was.
It's a bummer that Midtown stopped just before music festivals got big in the US. One would think that it could have drawn some great shows..not to mention boost the economy a little bit.
PeaceLady said:You can't book your wedding in a public place and then get upset when something else is going to take place on the same day. The park is a public place. Something tells me she might've known there was a possibility of a large music event the same day but she decided to take her chances.
They got it worked out, as I understand though, I don't know the details. There was a meeting with officials from the park, the city and live nation. Seems to me that City of Atlanta dropped the ball when it came to keeping folks informed...or maybe Piedmont Park didn't think a wedding was as important or as much a loss as a huge concert event. At least they got it worked out.
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