Zedd, Illenium to headline first Breakaway Music Festival in Atlanta

“We believe in taking our festivals to amazing markets where we know our consumers live, work and play every day,” Jarrod Fucci, Breakaway’s president, said in a statement. “There is a clear void in Atlanta for a show like ours, and we hope our powerhouse of a lineup reflects our belief and our excitement for Breakaway Atlanta.”

Over the two nights, 21 touring acts and three DJs will hit the stage. Other performers at the festival include ALLEYCVT, Blanke, Cyclops, Dennett, Disco Lines. Georgia acts Gazza, Gia Nobody and Not Available are also slated to perform. A variety of activations and immersive fan experiences are also being planned

Organizers project roughly 18,000 festival attendees for its Atlanta debut.

Tickets for Breakaway Atlanta go on sale on Friday via breakawayfestival.com. The festival will accept cryptocurrency as payment.

Since launching in 2013, the festival has grown into popular attraction for house, techno and dance music fans — while also sprinkling in acts from other genres (rapper Wiz Khalifa previously headlined the Grand Rapids, Michigan, event in 2019). Breakaway bills itself as the “largest national touring festival.”

Breakaway’s arrival in Atlanta comes amid a shaky landscape for music festivals here.

Last year, Music Midtown announced a hiatus. EDM-based Imagine Music Festival at Kingston Downs in Rome also took a break, after attracting about 20,000 attendees last year. One MusicFest, weeks before its 15th anniversary last October, scaled back from Piedmont Park to the smaller Central Park venue.

But festivals such as Shaky Knees, known for its indie and rock lineup, seem to be on the rise. Last year, the festival announced a move up from Central Park to Piedmont Park.