South Star Festival is a new music festival coming to Huntsville, Alabama on September 28 & 29 in John Hunt Park. The headliners are blink-182 and Gwen Stefani (not No Doubt who just reunited at Coachella and toured with blink-182 in 2004), and the lineup also includes Jimmy Eat World, Jane’s Addiction, Beck, Sublime, Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms, TLC, Juvenile, Ludacris, Big Boi, Vanessa Carlton, and more. That’s a serious amount of millennial/younger Gen X nostalgia, and the couple newer bands they picked (Bully, Winona Fighter) fit the bill well.
Tickets go on presale Thursday (4/25) at 10 AM ET, and you can sign up to receive a presale passcode now.
Matt Mandrella (Music Officer, City of Huntsville) says:
The fact that C3 Presents is jumping headfirst into the development of our music ecosystem and the investment they’re making into Huntsville speaks volumes about our current reputation and trajectory towards being a world class music city. Year one of the South Star Festival boasts a mind-blowing array of superstar talent that is sure to
appeal to a broad audience and inject millions of dollars into our local economy. The epic scale and quality of product C3 produces will elevate our entire music landscape. Artists talk to each other about their experiences, and it’s obvious these artists have all heard good things about Huntsville. It’s an exciting time for music in Huntsville, and we look forward to welcoming music fans and visitors alike to John Hunt Park in September!
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Top photo: blink-182 at MSG in 2023. More by Amanda Hatfield here.