Middlewest Fest is Northern Illinois? annual celebration of the live music and arts, taking place throughout the weekend of Sept. 9th & 10th in DeKalb, IL. All Middlewest events are hosted at The Egyptian Theatre, Ottos Nightclub, The House Cafe, The Van Buer Plaza, O?Leary?s Irish Pub, Tapalaluna, Hometown Sports Bar & SMLTWN Skate Shop as well as various art spaces, halls and local business in historic downtown DeKalb, just a stones throw away from Northern Illinois University.
Ticket Price: $30 (1-Day); $50 (2-Day)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- AM Taxi
- Brian Posehn
- Company of Thieves
- Cornmeal
- Elephant Gun
- Empires
- Flatfoot 56
- Former Thieves
- Future Rock
- Gene Ween
- Geronimo!
- Gold Motel
- Inspector Owl
- La Dispute
- Loose Lips Sink Ships
- MC Chris
- MC Lars
- Maps & Atlases
- Mark Rose
- Mixtapes
- Murder By Death
- Native
- Owen
- Pianos Become The Teeth
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
- The Felix Culpa
- The Tossers
- The Wonder Years
- This Must Be The Band
- Tokyo Police Club
- Xerxes
Previous Years
Festival News and Rumors
Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
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Consequence Staff October 6, 2022
The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
Barry and Lord Taco also touch on how the festival handled its Sunday rainout.
Ben Kaye September 14, 2022
First Pantera Reunion Shows Announced for Slipknot's South American Knotfests and Mexico's Hell & Heaven Fest
Jon Hadusek August 25, 2022
2022 Zona Music Festival: Beach House, Portugal. the Man, and Bleachers Lead Lineup
Carys Anderson August 24, 2022
Police Believe They Stopped Potential Mass Shooting at Bass Canyon EDM Festival
Abby Jones August 21, 2022