Shaky Knees Music Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival was founded in 2013 by Tim Sweetwood in order to bring a proper indie music festival to the city of Atlanta, which already hosts festivals such as Sweetwater 420 Fest and Music Midtown.
Shaky Knees began as a two-day festival and his since expanded to include a third day. The festival features both artists from around the globe and smaller regional acts, primarily in the indie rock, indie folk, country music, and alternative rock genres.
Ticket Price: $185.00 (GA); $525.00 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Anderson East
- Arkells
- Bishop Briggs
- Bleachers
- Cage the Elephant
- Car Seat Headrest
- Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Cloud Nothings
- Con Brio
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
- Dr. Dog
- FIDLAR
- Fantastic Negrito
- Foreign Air
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- Fruit Bats
- Hamilton Leithauser
- Highly Suspect
- Hoops
- J. Roddy Walston & The Business
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lewis Del Mar
- Margaret Glapsy
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Modern Baseball
- Moon Taxi
- Nick Murphy
- PUP
- Phoenix
- Pinegrove
- Pixies
- Pond
- Portugal. the Man
- Preoccupations
- Public Access TV
- Run River North
- Ryan Adams
- Saint Motel
- Shovels and Rope
- Slyvan Esso
- Temples
- The Growlers
- The London Souls
- The Record Company
- The Revivalists
- The Shins
- The xx
- Third Eye Blind
- Twin Peaks
- Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
- Warpaint
- Whitney
- Wolf Parade
- X Ambassadors
- Zipper Club
Festival News and Rumors
Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
You can also watch sets by Marcus Mumford, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Flume, and Goose.
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