The Dave Matthews Band and Jack Johnson will headline the third annual Mile High Music Festival this summer, promoter AEG announced Monday.
The two-day music festival will feature more than 40 bands at the fields surrounding Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Aug. 14 and 15. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at or 866-461-6556.
Johnson, a previous Coachella Music Festival headliner, will lead the festival’s Saturday lineup on Aug. 14, which also includes Steve Miller Band, Slightly Stoopid, Phoenix, Nas & Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley, Keane, Cypress Hill and others.
Dave Matthews Band, one of the headliners from the first-ever Mile High Music Festival in 2008, will headline Sunday, which also includes Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Atmosphere, Train, Jimmy Cliff, Bassnectar and others.
Two-day passes start at $150, but that price will go up to $175 after supplies are depleted. After those sell out, two-day passes will sell at $200. Prices include ticketing fees and tax.
The festival will continue to book local talent. This year that’s Matt Morris, the Knew, Danielle Ate the Sandwich (all playing on Aug. 15) and more.
Other artists playing Aug. 14: Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, the Samples (with all original members), Keller Williams, Rusted Root, Donavon Frankenreiter, One eskimO, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, ALO, Amos Lee, The Constellations, The Motet, Bobby Long and MyNameIsJohn- Michael.
And on Aug. 15: Z-Trip, Drive-By Truckers, Railroad Earth, Ozomatli, Punch Brothers, Tim Reynolds & TR3, Trevor Hall, BoomBox, Oh My Stars and Joe Purdy.
More acts will be announced. Stay tuned to /reverb for more.
Ricardo Baca: 303-954-1394 or rbaca@denverpost.com; Twitter @RVRB
