There's another new music festival on the way this summer, and this time, the music is coming to Kentucky. Today (May 27), Nitro Fidelity has announced a partnership with Speedway Motorsports Inc. to usher in the inaugural NiFi Music Festival. For the first festival, big names like Green Day, Kings of Leon and Miranda Lambert have been tapped.
Nifi Music Festival will take place from Aug. 28 to 30 in Sparta, Kentucky. Led by the previously mentioned headliners, NiFi Music Fest will also be bringing in Weezer, Spoon, Brantley Gilbert, Bleachers, Jake Owen, Gov't Mule and more, Billboard reports.
The aspirations of NiFi are huge, as Nitro Fidelity seeks to compete with the "top tier" music festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governors Ball and Lollapalooza.
"We knew out of the gate we didn't want to be a mediocre festival, or a small one. We came from the approach that not only do we not want to be a failure, it has to be a success at a high level to penetrate the market, get notoriety, for people to come, experience, and say, 'wow, I want to go back next year,'" entrepreneur Sean Knight said in an interview.
Tickets for the inaugural NiFi Music Festival will go on sale on Thursday, May 28.
Check out the full lineup below:
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Miranda Lambert
Brantley Gilbert
Jake Owen
Weezer
Hank Williams Jr
Spoon
Flogging Molly
Gov't Mule
Bleachers
Trace Adkins
Joe Nichols
Josh Turner
The New Pornographers
Benjamin Booker
Built to Spill
The Joy Formidable
Black Lips
Jana Kramer
Moon Taxi
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bully
Cloud Nothings
The Orwells
Jon Pardi
Charlie Worsham
Nikki Lane
Drake White and the Big Fire
Rayland Baxter
Native Run
David Fanning
Brooke Eden
Dean Alexander
The Marcus King Band
Mamadear
Jacob Davis
Tucker Beathard
Firekid
Walker County
Levon
