National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterFrom slavery to freedom: past, present and future.
720 E. Pete Rose Way
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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Through February 14: One-day $46; Three-day $93
Through June 30: One-day $55; Three-day $110
After June 30: One-day $65; Three-day $130
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Eighty live performances will take place across six stages at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove on the Ohio River. Here is the current list of performers scheduled:
| Friday, July 12 | Saturday, July 13 | Sunday, July 14 |
| fun. | MGMT | The National |
| Walk the Moon | Cake | Belle & Sebastian |
| Tegan and Sara | Twenty | One | Pilots | Yo La Tengo |
| DeVotchKa | Atlas Genius | Camera Obscura |
| Tokyo Police Club | Chairlift | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears |
| Youngblood Hawke | We Are Scientists | Night Terrors of 1927 |
| Delta Rae | Oberhofer | A Silent Film |
| Sky Ferreira | Robert DeLong | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| The Features | Civil Twilight | Joe Purdy |
| Red Wanting Blue | The Mowglis | Savoir Adore |
| The Dunwells | Empire | Daniel Martin Moore |
| Everest | Ambassadors | Benjamin Francis Leftwich |
| Those Darlins | Vacationer | Gringo Star |
| Beat Club | Bear Hands | DAAP Girls |
| American Authors | The Pinstripes | The Hiders |
| Seabird | You, You’re Awesome | Channing & Quinn |
| Buffalo Killers | Ben Walz Band | The Harlequins |
| Jay Nash | Christopher Paul Stelling | Battle for Bunbury winner (TBD) |
| Josh Eagle | Culture Queer | Bethesda |
| We Are Snapdragon | Black Owls | The Upset Victory |
| State Song | The Bears of Blue River | The Upset Victory |
| Ohio Knife | Messerly and Ewing | Mia Carruthers |
| Old Baby | New Vega | Mark Utley |
| Public | The Ready Stance | Jake Kolesar |
| Alone At 3AM | Tim Carr | Ben Knight |
| The Mitchells | Taylor Alexander | |
| Pete Dressman | Margaret Darling | |
| Billy Wallace |
One of Yahoo! Music's 2012 Essential Summer Festivals, Bunbury Music Festival is a fun and fan-friendly live music and festival experience with six stages along the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati's Sawyer Point.
Last year, Jane's Addiction, Weezer and Death Cab for Cutie headlined the inaugural fest.
The name of the event comes from Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Ernest," and means "to have a made up excuse to get out of doing something boring." Bee Free!
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