SweetWater 420 Fest

The SweetWater 420 Fest is an annual event presented by SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia held on a weekend closest to Earth Day. In 2014, the festival announced it would be celebrating its 10th anniversary at its new home in Centennial Olympic Park.[2]

SweetWater 420 Fest
StatusActive
GenreFestival
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia
CountryUnited States
Years active11
Inaugurated2005[1]
Most recent2016
Organised bySweetWater Brewing Company & Happy Ending Productions[2]
Websitewww.sweetwater420fest.com

Origin

The first festival began in Oakhurst, Georgia, with 3,000 attendees, as a way for the brewery to bring together all of the elements it was passionate about in one place – music, beer and the environment. Patrons drank SweetWater beer while watching headlining musical act Tea Leaf Green. Two years later, the festival would call Little Five Points' Candler Park home, where it remained until 2013. As of its 10th Anniversary in 2014, SweetWater 420 Festival now welcomes fans to their new home at Centennial Olympic Park in the heart of Atlanta. Environmental awareness continues to have a large presence at the festival, which also features musicians and local artists and vendors.

Activities

As an Earth Day celebration, the SweetWater 420 Festival hosts charities, non-profits and environmental workshops in its Planet 420 Non-Profit Village alongside the live music stages, food trucks, artist market, and beer stations. The festival also hosts an annual SweetWater 420 Fest 5K, in which participants run through the park and surrounding neighborhood in a USATF qualifying course on the Saturday morning of the weekend festival.

Musical acts

From local favorites to national artists, the festival features headlining musical acts each day of the weekend-long event. The number of attendees has grown since the festival's inception, and it has attracted many popular musicians.

2019 festival
2018 festival
2017 festival
  • Performers: Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio Band, moe., Anders Osborne, Twiddle, Slightly Stoopid, the Dirty Heads
2016 festival
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2013 festival
2012 festival
2011 festival
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References
  1. "About". SweetWater Brewing Company. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. "SweetWater 420 Fest". SweetWater Brewing Company. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  3. "SweetWater 420 Festival Lineup: Dumpstaphunk, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Anders Osborne & More". Live Music Blog. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. "SweetWater 420 Fest 2012". Music Festival Junkies. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. "RCF Tr+ Delivers Sound at Dogwood, Sweetwater Fests". Music Trades. 159 (6): 62–63. July 2011.
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