The MusicNOW music festival, which takes place in conjunction with the indie rock band The National’s Homecoming show, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced its 2020 lineup featuring The National band member Aaron Dessner’s Big 37d03d Machine, Feist and Moses Sumney. This concert will host late night events on Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th respectively, following Homecoming, with a  full-day Music Marathon following the next day on Sunday, May 10th.

The final Sunday event will also host a special free event  at noon in Washington Park, although the MUSICNow night events will take place across various venues in Cincinnati. MusicNOW tickets are sold separately for each event, however there will be  a limited number of all-inclusive MusicNOW Sunday  day passes available, along with individual show passes.

“Over the last 15 years, MusicNOW has always been a celebration of our hometown of Cincinnati and a place to bring new music and collaborations to life,” says festival organizer and The National member Bryce Dessner. “We are so excited to present this year’s lineup in partnership with Homecoming, which features many of our favorite artists taking risks together and premiering new music.”

The Homecoming Festival will host numerous artists such as High Violet, Patti Smith and Her Band and Sylvan Esso alongside two special sets by the event’s founders The National.  Other prominent artists featured on the events lineup include Local Natives, Japanese Breakfast, and Hamilton Leithauser.

Bryce Dessner has recently produced a new song for the score of Netflix’s new film The Two Popes.

MusicNOW Schedule:

5/8, 11pm EST – Woodward Theatre, Cincinnati

Ben Lanz & Kid Millions debut Million Lands
37d03d presents FLUKES, an improv experiment led by Alexi Murdoch
Tickets: $20 + fee, on sale Fri, Feb 7 at 10am EST
Tickets available from Woodward Theatre

5/9, 11pm EST – Woodward Theatre, Cincinnati 
Sylvan Esso DJ set 
Tickets: $20 + fee, on sale Fri Feb 7 at 10am EST
Tickets available from Woodward Theatre

5/10, 11pm EST – Woodward Theatre, Cincinnati
Ghost Baby 
Ashley Fure & Lilleth Glimcher present Hive Rise
LNZNDRF
Aaron Dessner’s Big 37d03d Machine
Tickets: $20 + fee, on sale Fri Feb 7 at 10am EST
Tickets available from Music Hall

MusicNOW presents:5/10 – venues in and around Washington Park
All events listed below are included in the day ticket package

12:00pm – Washington Park Bandstand – FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Eve Owen
Mina Tindle
Leif Vollebekk

2:00pm – Transept 
Included in day ticket only
La Force
Alexi Murdoch

4:00pm – First Lutheran Church 
Included in day ticket only
I Will Call You Master by William Brittelle with Shahzad Ismaily & Gyda Valtysdottir
Gyda Valtysdottir with Taylor Carrasco
5:00pm – Transept 
Included in day ticket only
Helado Negro

6:30pm – Music Hall Ballroom
included in day ticket – also available as a single ticket purchase from Music Hall ($28)
Moses Sumney

8pm – Memorial Hall
Included in day ticket – also available as a single ticket purchase from Memorial Hall ($25+ fee)
Odyssey by Leslie Feist, Todd Dahlhoff, Shahzad Ismaily, Andrew Barr and the MusicNOW Chorus

10pm – Music Hall Ballroom 
Included in day ticket – also available as a single ticket purchase from Music Hall ($33)
Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Eighth Blackbird present Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians

Photo Credit: Sharon Alagna