Buckle Up Music Festival

The Buckle Up Music Festival was a three-day country music festival in Cincinnati, Ohio at Sawyer Point Yeatman's Cove on the bank of the Ohio River. The festival's inaugural event started from the 18th to 20 July 2014, and featured over 80 performances on six stages. The festival was founded by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing director, Bill Donabedian.

Headliners for the inaugural year included Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Emmylou Harris, and Alabama.

Local artists were provided with a platform to showcase their music and talents during the event. The music festival hosted over 80 artists performing on six different stages, in which some of the local artists included: Kentucky Struts, Straw Boss, Bobby Mackey, The Tillers, Kentucky Timbre, and Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle.

Festival Dates
Buckle Up Music Festival was a summer festival that took place in the third weekend in July.
 * July 18–20, 2014
 * August 5–6, 2016 (cancelled)

2014 line up
(Artists listed from earliest to latest set times.)

River Stage Friday: Amanda Shires, The Railers, Ashley Monroe, Jamey Johnson

Saturday: Lisa Lynn, Joe Pug, The Lone Bellow, Drive By Truckers, Old Crow Medicine Show

Sunday: Logan Brill, Blackjack Billy, Dylan Scott, Thompson Square

Bud Light Stage Friday: Joshua Scott Jones, Jamie Lynn Spears, David Fanning, Chris Janson, Marty Stuart

Saturday: Sundy Best, Natalie Stovall and the Drive, Spirit Family Reunion, A Thousand Horses, Kristain Bush of Sugarland

Sunday: Abigail Rose, Lyndsey Highlander, Dallas Smith, Corey Smith

Amphitheater Stage Friday: The Dan Varner Band, Tyler Childers and the Foodstamps, Phillip Fox Band, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55s, Pistol Holler

Saturday: Coraless and the Townees, Kentucky Timbre, Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, The 23 String Band, The Tillers

Sunday: Kentucky Struts, Straw Boss, Bobby Mackey, Noah Smith

Main Stage Friday: Old Dominion, Sturgill Simpson, Eric Paslay, Eli Young Band, Alabama

Saturday: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Houndmouth, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Willie Nelson

Sunday: Chase Bryant, JT Hodges, Sam Hunt, David Nail, The Band Perry

Acoustic Stage Friday: Andrew Hibbard, Jamison Road, Messerly and Ewing, Sara Haze

Saturday: Wild Carrot, Dean Fields, The Carolines, Caitlyn Smith

Sunday: Max Fender, Zach Dubois, Michaelis, Ruth Collins

Lawn Stage Friday: Lonesome Jared and the Heartattacks, Alexis Gomez, Sam Lewis, Ashley Martin

Saturday: Shiny and the Spoon, Al Scorch, Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, Tall Heights

Sunday: Honey and Houston, Jetset Getset, Mark Utley and Bulletville, Ty Bates

VIP Stage Tent Friday: Eric Paslay, Phillip Fox Band, Old Dominion, Jamison Road, Jeremy Pinnell and the 55s

Saturday: Arlo McKinley and the Lonesome Sound, The Tillers, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, Tall Heights

Sunday: Sam Hunt, Noah Smith, Corey Smith, Bobby Mackey