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Rating: 4.4 out of 5 based on 274 reviews

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Shaky Knees Festival 2020

The Black Keys (Friday), The Smashing Pumpkins (Saturday) and The Strokes (Sunday) headline Shaky Knees Music Festival's eighth edition, taking place October 16-18, 2020 at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The incredible rock celebrated lineup features more than 65 bands on four stages, including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Portugal. The Man, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Of Monsters & Men, Liam Gallagher, Angels & Airwaves, Brittany Howard, Drive-By Truckers, Orville Peck, Delta Spirit and many more!

GA+ Tickets offer fans a private retreat with seating, shade, air-conditioned restrooms, complimentary water and soft drinks, as well as a full-service cash bar. VIP Tickets include prime up-close viewing areas at three stages, a viewing platform with elevated sightlines of the main stage as well as access to two VIP Lounges with shade, seating, premium restrooms, complimentary bites, full-service cash bars, along with complimentary beer, water and more.

Platinum Tickets include exclusive viewing areas at three stages, a private viewing deck with elevated sightlines of the main stage, side-stage viewing at the main stage, access to the premiere Platinum Lounge featuring a full-service open bar, complimentary bites, catered dinner, relaxed seating, premium restrooms, daily acoustic performances by a Shaky Knees artist, concierge services, access to all VIP and GA+ areas and more!

Reviews

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 based on 274 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    One of the best!

    by cochese44 on 9/7/15Central Park - Atlanta

    This is one of the best run festivals around. It is well organized and the lineups are unique.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Shaky Knees shook my knees all day and night

    by Spaceman555 on 6/5/15Central Park - Atlanta

    I had an amazing time. There was so many great bands to see it was dizzying. Tame Impala closed out the weekend. They were a perfect choice. Sunday was my favorite day. They had a bunch of psychedelic and the like bands playing. Spiritualized rocked. Ride was amazing. Steve Gunn and Matthew E. White I had never seen before live. Both of their sets did not dissapoint. This years location at Central Park was way better than last year or the year before. The park is beautiful. Plenty of trees to get some shade from that hot sun. And lots of space to get out of the crowds, but still be able to see and hear each band perfectly. Looking forward to next year.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Great event, but could have been better...

    by Parothed22 on 6/5/15Central Park - Atlanta

    Overall, it was a great music festival and I recommend going if you ever get the chance. Only three things kept it from my giving a 5 star rating to the festival though- 1.) the only food options were food trucks. I know food trucks are trendy right now, and they do serve good food at concert venue prices (i.e., expensive/high), but for the amount of people attending such an event, the turn around time of a food truck is ridiculously slow. At one point, I waited over an hour in line with the sun beating in my face to place my order, then an additional 20 minutes to actually receive a couple of ridiculously good empanadas that I had ordered. That is unacceptable. First thing in the morning when the festival opened up, I still had to wait like 10+ minutes to order and receive food. Next time, actual food stands that can turn around orders quickly would be my recommendation. 2.) the other thing that I found fault with is the scheduling of bigger acts. Since when did Avett Brothers become bigger than Wilco? Also, why were Wilco, Noel Gallagher, and ZZ Ward all scheduled to perform at the same time? Those were 3 of the reasons I decided to buy a ticket and I wound up missing two of those acts. I think in future years, the bigger acts need to be spread out better. The organizers should look to the event planners of Governor's Ball in NYC for how to accomplish better scheduling. 3.) why was a music festival scheduled for Mother's Day weekend? It just seems odd that the festival was held the same weekend as a borderline national holiday like Mother's Day. In future years, another weekend in May should be chosen. Outside of those 3 gripes, I enjoyed the festival.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Shaky Knees

    by DenRy on 5/22/15Central Park - Atlanta

    This is the second year that we have driven up to shaky knees and it was a blast again. It was much bigger this year and every band that preformed delivered. Not sure how they can keep it up but I hope they do. Looking forward to next year!

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    LOVED Ryan Adams, Best Coast & The Mowgli's

    by backallicat on 5/21/15Central Park - Atlanta

    It was hot as ha-yell, and most bands were playing during prime baking time. I was pouring sweat. Overall pretty great music. I absolutely loved Ryan Adams (my favorite of the fest), Best Coast and The Mowgli's. I had a very bad experience watching the Sunday headliner Tame Impala. Two morons were trying to crowd surf DURING their set, and both of them got thrown on top of me because I was the shortest person around. Also, lots of drugs...

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Amazing festival, must go

    by IsThisYourNacho on 5/17/15Central Park - Atlanta

    I've been to quite a few festivals all along the east coast, they really did an amazing job with Shaky Knees. First, the app. It's the best I've ever seen, extremely intuitive, had much more than you could imagine on there from a map of the area, Shaky Knees radio streaming, an interactive schedule where you could favorite your artists and would get a 15 minute reminder, and so much more. Amazing! Second, the layout. They took over Atlanta's Central Park and the Civic Center - perfect amount of room for the people attending and the 5 stages. Great amount of water stations, bathrooms, and alcohol. Not too many vendors to make you puke on the sell-out-yness. Great sound and ability to see from far away as needed. Bad part, the food. They decided to go food truck probably because of their current hype, but the problem is there wasn't enough vendors. Usually vendors can setup 2-3 stations situated around the park, but when you go food truck there was a 1:1 ratio of vendor:location, and the lines were very long. IMO they should've setup a few pretzel, hot dog, hamburger, fries, pizza, etc. lower end "snacky" type stands and raked in mad money. And the lines would not have been an hour long (heard this second hand as I am not willing to wait that long and was starving at the end.) Then finally, this is more an Atlanta review, cabs and Uber were amazing. Cabs lined out right outside the venue and friendly, and Uber drivers are patient and awesome.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    All around great fun!

    by Iamkellyp on 5/15/15Central Park - Atlanta

    Can't wait until next year. Location was 1000 times better this year!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Strokes Lead Great Festival

    by TheOnlyLeone on 5/15/15Central Park - Atlanta

    During 'Festival Revealing Week' back in January, one weekend immediately identified as a 'can't miss' experience was Shaky Knees Music Fest. The Atlanta festival put out the strongest lineup of their three year existence. This included worthy headliners The Strokes and Avett Brothers, as well as personal favorites Frank Turner and the legendary Noel Gallagher. So after tickets and a reasonable hotel were purchased, it was just a quick 7 hour drive up to Atlanta for a very worthwhile lineup. Here's who I ended up seeing on the weekend (and in order): Jukebox the Ghost, the Kooks, TV on the Radio, the Strokes, Portugal the Man, Flogging Molly, Neutral Milk Hotel, Milky Chance, Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds, Avett Brothers, Frank Turner, The Mowgli's, Best Coast, Dr. Dog, Old Crow Medicine Show and Tame Impala. And here were the top 9 sets: 9. Dr. Dog These guys have received much praise from The Only Music Blog in 2015, earning the winning position in the Winter Concert Season standings. Their placement on this list is not at all suggesting they gave a poor performance, it's just a testament to the strength of the Shaky Knees lineup. The Philly rockers played a solid hour in the hot Sunday sun, highlighted by opener 'Old Black Hole' and favorites 'Lonesome' and 'Heart it Races' to finish. 8. Portugal. the Man, Live in Heaven As good as Friday was at the festival, it somehow wasn't enough to satisfy. Following the Strokes, we headed over to the Masquerade for a late show performance on their 'Heaven Stage.' Portugal wasn't even on the bill for the festival, but they had no trouble selling out this intimate venue. The Lords of Portland took full advantage of the indoor stage, utilizing some mesmerizing lasers and smoke machines. The band members remained cloaked in hooded jackets for most of the evening, and played a different setlist from past Portugal experiences. It was a fun show but somewhat difficult to appreciate after an epic Friday headliner. 7. The Kooks An argument can be made that British bands dominated this festival, and the Kooks are just the first of three on this list. Their Friday afternoon slot was the first major set of the weekend. It featured catchy new tunes like 'Around Town and Bad Habit,' as well as the classics in 'Naive' and 'She Moves in Her Own Way.' These guys should definitely be more popular. 6. Flogging Molly No matter what time slot Flogging Molly is given, they seem to act like a headliner. The Irish band turned Saturday afternoon into a rocking dance party, complete with moshpits and circles of running festival attendees. Lead singer Dave King threw cans of Guiness into the crowd, and played all you would expect from the ever touring Flogging Molly experience. He also announced plans for the group to head back to the studio following their performance and put together some new music. 5. Old Crow Medicine Show The showmanship and talent of Old Crow Medicine Show are difficult to top. They feature 7 members who all sing and rotate instruments. They also have the current Folk Record of the year in Remedy, as well as the most well known song of any bands discography on the weekend with 'Wagon Wheel.' All these things added up to a very comfortable and enjoyable Sunday evening slot. 4. Frank Turner, Live from Hell Frank Turner is one of the hardest working guys in music. He's accounted for over 1,600 shows since 2007 so of course he had to play 2 Atlanta shows on the weekend. His first was a sold out gig on the Hell Stage of the Masquerade. Following both Noel Gallagher and the Avetts on Saturday night, it made for one of the greatest single days of live music in a long time. Frank showed his usual passion for a 90 minute set that invoked plenty of singing, jumping and moshpits. Frank even displayed some impressive stage diving and crowd surfing skills. The setlist included Frank favorites like the storied 'I knew Prufrock Before he Got Famous,' and about 3 new songs. His lead single 'Get Better' is a sure sign that his new album Positive Songs for Negative People is not a record to be missed. 3. Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds While most of the Saturday evening crowd elected to see fellow sub headliner Wilco, I was perfectly content in seeing an absolute legend in Noel Gallagher. Noel is obviously best known for his work in Oasis, and he satisfied the Oasis faithful with playing 5 of their songs. He also mixed in work from both of his solo albums, which are both very solid. In total, he played 75 minutes in which he was very much just 'classic Noel.' He called out some fans, made jokes, played his tunes, and thankfully ended with a brilliant rendition of 'Don't Look Back in Anger.' It's tough to beat that. 2. Avett Brothers The Only Music Blog and The Avetts have been far from strangers this year. I caught their back to back gigs in Orlando last month, and both received high reviews. The Avetts seemed like the perfect headliner for this Shaky Knees crowd, and festival organizers rewarded them with a full two hours, good for the longest set of the weekend. The mighty Avetts took full advantage, cramming 24 songs into this time slot. They played all their biggest hits as well as crowd favorites. It was definitely the biggest and best sing a long of the weekend, and perhaps the year for that matter. 1. The Strokes While Avetts had the best sing a long crowd, the best overall fans to be in attendance with belonged to the Friday headliner. The Strokes came out with Reptilia and the crowd was certainly ready for it, jumping and screaming from the start. This was just the beginning of a fantastic set list put together by Julian Casablancas and company. I've seen the Strokes once before (GovBall last summer), but this performance blew that show away. The energy from the crowd was incredible, and the band fueled off this. Set highlight was a rousing encore that included 'Is This It?' and 'New York City Cops.'

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great festival!

    by iuasdlkhfalblkjb on 5/15/15Central Park - Atlanta

    Very well planned festival, certainly one of the best I have been to. Great location, great layout, and plenty of services. Never had to wait for a bathroom or a drink. Food lines were long later into the evening, but that is to be expected. The lineup may have been the best part in that they had several top name acts with good views from every stage. I also really enjoyed discovering some of the up and coming acts. And another point, the bands all started on time...what?! That hardly ever happens! Absolutely great time and can't wait to go next year when it starts on my birthday, perfect!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Shaky Knees

    by LOiseauRouge on 5/14/15Central Park - Atlanta

    Honestly, I had an amazing time. I greatly appreciated the hand washing stands outside of the restrooms. I also like how the event was laid out with vendors, food trucks, restrooms and stages. The fact that there were water refill areas was amazing and so necessary for all the heat stroke it prevented. I would suggest: Offering your non-stagnant vendors some sort of shade/umbrella system to their beer carts. It was so cruel to let all those people stand directly in the sun for hours. Reconsidering the beer markup. The prices were indescribably unreasonable, and I left the venue to seek libations. Also A BIG ALSO Please work on scheduling your headliners. Pinning The Pixies against Brand New Pinning Interpol against Neutral Milk Hotel You guys pissed off a lot of people. Other than that, I can't wait to come back next year.