Mile High Music Festival

Mile High Music Festival
Dates	August 14 and 15, 2010; July in 2008-2009
Location(s)	Commerce City, Colorado, United States
Years active	2008 – 2010
Website
www.milehighmusicfestival.com

The Mile High Music Festival was an annual two-day concert that took place for three years. It was held in Commerce City, Colorado at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, first done on July 19 and 20, 2008. The concert was originally scheduled to be held at City Park in Denver (near the Denver Zoo), but changed because of opposition from zoo officials.^[1] 2010 was the last year and promoter AEG announced that the festival would be cancelled for 2011 "due to the economy"^[2]

2010 Lineup

August 14[3] Jack Johnson Steve Miller Band Slightly Stoopid Phoenix Nas & Damien Marley Keane Cypress Hill Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band The Samples Keller Williams Rusted Root Donavon Frankenreiter Amos Lee Mayer Hawthorne & The County ALO One eskimO The Constellations The Motet Snake Rattle Rattle Snake Houses Bobby Long Chain Gang of 1974

August 15[3] Dave Matthews Band Weezer My Morning Jacket Atmosphere Train Jimmy Cliff Bassnectar Z-Trip Drive-By Truckers Railroad Earth Ozomatli Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile Tim Reynolds & TR3 Trevor Hall Matt Morris Boombox Oh My Stars Joe Purdy The Knew Danielle Ate the Sandwich The Epilogues

2009 Lineup

July 18 Tool Widespread Panic Incubus Ben Harper & Relentless7 G. Love & Special Sauce Ani DiFranco The Black Keys Galactic Paolo Nutini Gomez The Greyboy Allstars Railroad Earth India.arie Lyrics Born Rocco DeLuca & The Burden Needtobreathe The Band of Heathens Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam Set Forth Early Pearl

July 19 Widespread Panic The Fray Gov't Mule Thievery Corporation 3OH!3 Buddy Guy John Butler DeVotchKa Gogol Bordello Galactic Guster The Wailers Matisyahu Robert Randolph & The Family Band Mat Kearney Dead Confederate Jack's Mannequin Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons Erin McCarley Paper Bird honeyhoney Joe Pug Electric Touch Strange Condition

2008 Lineup

Dave Matthews Band Tom Petty John Mayer O.A.R. The Roots moe. Leftover Salmon Citizen Cope Martin Sexton Andrew Bird Josh Ritter Ingrid Michaelson Rose Hill Drive

The Photo Atlas Serena Ryder The Railbenders Pinback Born in the Flood The New Mastersounds The Black Crowes Spoon Michael Franti & Spearhead Rodrigo y Gabriela Steve Winwood Flogging Molly

Colbie Caillat OneRepublic Meese Newton Faulkner Tea Leaf Green Lupe Fiasco Brett Dennen Bob Schneider Grace Potter and the Nocturnals State Radio Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers Flobots Gavin DeGraw Jason Mraz Mofro Eric Hutchinson

References

1. "Denver Zoo's concerns nix music fest at City Park". Rocky Mountain News. December 20, 2007.
2. "Mile High Music Festival cancelled". March 1, 2011.
3. "Line Up : Mile High Music Festival". Retrieved July 12, 2010.

External links

• http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com - Main site
• http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/?entry=321 - State of Mind - Photos from Mile High Festival

Coordinates: 39°48′20″N 104°53′30″W / 39.80568°N 104.89179°W