Colorado’s big festival aims to get bigger in year number three as the Mile High Music Festival returns to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park outside of Denver on August 14 and 15 with a lineup headed by big-time record sellers the Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Weezer and My Morning Jacket.
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In a blast from the past, the original members of The Samples will reunite for a performance on the first night, a night that will also include sets from Jack Johnson, the Steve Miller Band, Slightly Stoopid, Phoenix, Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Keane, Cypress Hill, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band,Keller Williams, Rusted Root, Donavon Frankenreiter, One eskimO, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, ALO, Amos Lee, The Constellations, The Motet, Bobby Long and MyNameIsJohnMicha.
Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Cliff is among an eclectic group of artists set to play the second night that also includes the Dave Matthews Band, Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Atmosphere, Train, Bassnectar, Z-Trip, Drive-By Truckers, Railroad Earth, Ozomatli, Punch Brothers, Tim Reynolds & TR3, Trevor Hall, Matt Morris, BoomBox, On My Stars, Joe Purdy, The Knew and Danielle Ate the Sandwich.
Tickets go onsale Saturday at 10AM [MDT] through the festival’s website.