The revived Little Rock music festival RiverFest has released a lineup featuring most of its headliners this Memorial Day weekend:
• Young the Giant
• Young Thug
• Kip Moore
• Highly Suspect
• Jamey Johnson
• Margo Price
• Echosmith
• Rachel Potter & Steel Union Band
• Levelle Davison
Three more “major headliners” are expected to join the lineup in the next couple of weeks, RiverFest event director Jack Daniels said Wednesday during a news conference.
In February, Daniels said the entertainment lineup would lean “toward a country/classic rock theme” as well as “some well-known adult contemporary music.”
RiverFest's previous organizers announced the end of the long-running music festival after the 2017 event, which marked its 40th anniversary.
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But in February, Memphis-based Universal Fairs said it had bought the rights to the RiverFest brand and planned to bring the three-day festival back on Memorial Day weekend.
It is scheduled for May 25-27 along the Arkansas River. Advance multi-day passes through April 30 start at $45. Priority passes, complete with VIP viewing as well as beer and food tickets start at $165.
Little Rock native Davison, a former contestant on @NBCTheVoice, unveils this year’s RiverFest music lineup. Davison is also performing at the festival. #ArkDG #ARNews pic.twitter.com/A5u0BcOMiC
— Brandon Riddle (@BrandonCRiddle) April 4, 2018
Little Rock native Davison, a contestant on NBC’s The Voice, was part of Wednesday’s lineup unveiling.
Tickets are available on the RiverFest website.