Downtown Dayton Revival

Music Festival – Rock, Roll & Dayton Soul

Press Release

Apr - 17 - 2012

The Downtown Dayton Revival announces 2012 lineup featuring Train, John Legend,
Guided BY Voices, Guster, Rusted Root, Tony Lucca, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and
many more.

Dayton, OH – The Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival announces the lineup for its
inaugural year, including performances by Train, John Legend, Guided by Voices, Guster, Rusted Root, Tony Lucca, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, and many more! This two-day street festival is scheduled for Sept. 8-9, when three stages will be set up in downtown Dayton. A confirmed lineup is listed below with more bands to be announced in the coming weeks.

“We are very excited to fill the streets of downtown Dayton with exceptional music from a wide variety of artists. From Grammy winners to local talent, and everything in between this will be a weekend to remember,” said Matt Luongo, President, Downtown Revival, LLC.

“The Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival is a perfect fit for our center city, which is the
region’s premier destination for arts and entertainment,” said Sandy Gudorf, president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership. “We are so pleased the festival organizers chose downtown Dayton as the site for this event. We look forward to welcoming the festival’s guests to downtown and showing off its many attractions.”

Festival organizers hope the event brings Dayton into the national music scene. In addition to more than 30 bands, organizers are planning family-friendly events, as well as other activities to be announced. Festival attendance will be limited to 40,000 for the weekend.

All tickets are two day passes and will be available at www.downtownrevival.com beginning
April 24 at 10:00a.m. Early bird ticket prices are $55 and will include entry into a contest for a VIP package upgrade including reserved seating, VIP hospitality tent, invitations to a Friday
night preview party, artist meet and greet, and other exciting upgrades. Early bird tickets are limited in quantity and will be on sale until May 31st or until sold out.

WHEN: Sept. 8th & 9th, 2012, noon – 11:00p.m. both days
WHERE: Downtown Dayton (festival map to be released soon on website)
PRICES: Weekend passes $55 – $75
WEB SITE: www.downtownrevival.com

CONFIRMED ARTISTS:
John Legend, Train, Guided By Voices, Guster, Ivan Neville’s
Dumpstaphunk, Rusted Root, Heartless Bastards, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammar, Kristy Lee, Tony Lucca, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Motel Beds, and Bronze Radio Return. Many additional artists will be announced soon.

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for live updates or visit our site regularly to see what and who has been added. Anyone interested in sponsorship opportunities please contact sponsors@downtownrevival.com For those interested in becoming a vendor,
please contact vendors@downtownrevival.com.