Widespread Panic, Passion Pit, and More to Play McDowell Mountain Music Festival

Get ready, jam band fans. Your demigods, Widespread Panic, are coming in just a few short months. Concert organizers announced the lineup of the McDowell Mountain Music Festival over the weekend. On top of the bill are Widespread Panic, the jam band legends. Joining them are Passion Pit, Thievery Corporation,...

By David Accomazzo

December 15, 2014

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Get ready, jam band fans. Your demigods, Widespread Panic, are coming in just a few short months.

Concert organizers announced the lineup of the McDowell Mountain Music Festival over the weekend. On top of the bill are Widespread Panic, the jam band legends. Joining them are Passion Pit, Thievery Corporation, Phantogram, Portugal. The Man, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Beats Antique, Trampled by Turtles, StrFkr, Robert Delong, and Break Science.

The festival takes place at Margaret T. Hance Park March 27-29. All proceeds of the festival will go to Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation and UMOM New Day Center. According to organizers, the previous 11 festivals have raised more than $1 million for charity.

Tickets are on sale now. A three-day pass is $120 plus fees, and individual days are $45 plus fees.

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