Virgin Mobile FreeFest returning to Merriweather Post Pavilion
Virgin Mobile's annual music festival is returning to Merriweather Post Pavilion, says Click Track.
It will be the festival's third year in a row at the venue, and its sixth overall. Before Merriweather, the festival was held at Pimlico Race Track, where festival promoter I.M.P. still organizes the annual Preakness Infield. In other important Virgin Festival news: this year, there will be burritos on sale!
Promoter IMP hasn't confirmed the venue news or if 30,000+ tickets will again be given away as they have been for the past two years.
Merriweather has hosted a couple of festivals already this year, M3 Rock, and the second Sweetlife.
A line-up for Virgin's festival will likely be announced within the next two months. Here are some of the bands readers would like to see perform. Here is a review of last year's festival.
Update: It is confirmed! I.M.P. spokeswoman Audrey Schaefer says the festival will return to Merriweather and will again be free this year. She does not know when the line-up will be released.
See pictures, reviews and more Virgin Mobile FreeFest info at The Baltimore Sun's Virgin Mobile FreeFest page.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
