SweetWater 420 Fest is moving to Pullman Yards in Kirkwood for 2024 with an eclectic lineup of artists, including headliners Beck and Slightly Stoopid.
With more than 25 artists set to perform, the SweetWater 420 lineup spans a wide range of genres including alternative, rock, pop, soul, indie, jam, and more. This year’s dates are April 20-21.
Headlining the two-day festival is Beck, an American musician and singer-songwriter known for hits songs like “Loser” and “E-Pro,” and Slightly Stoopid, a California-based band that is renowned for fusing several genres together — like rock, reggae, acoustic soul, hip hop and heavy metal — to create an eclectic style of music unique to their sound.
Other bands and artists set to play in the upcoming festival include Big Gigantic (hip hop), Black Pumas (psychedelic soul), Trombone Shorty (jazz fusion), Grace Potter (rock), Houndmouth (alternative/indie), Fireside Collective (bluegrass) and Hedonistas (Atlanta-based rock band), to name a few.
In addition to the live music acts, SweetWater 420 Fest will also feature local vendors, workshops, charitable and environmental activations, an artist market, food trucks and much more to experience.
Last year, Sweetwater 420 Fest downsized when it moved to the brewery property in the Armour-Ottley district. An estimated 5,000 people attended the event, which was a far cry from the 30,000+ who had attended when the event was held in Centennial Park.
Although Sweetwater never implicitly said it was leaving Centennial Park due to its inability to restrict guns on public property, local officials did and called the festival’s departure an economic loss for Downtown Atlanta.
Since Pullman Yards is private property, it has much more leeway to restrict guns and weapons at the event.
Both general admission and VIP tickets for the upcoming festival are available online for purchase at the SweetWater 420 Fest website.