Ryan Cormier

The News Journal

After taking a year off from selling single-day passes, Firefly Music Festival announced Monday morning that one-day entry is back.

The suddenly-available $129 single-day and $249 VIP single-day passes were announced via social media and immediately placed on sale alongside the $319 four-day general admission passes and four-day VIP packages that had already been for sale.

The music festival runs June 16-19 in Dover with Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Florence and the Machine and deadmau5 headlining.

Firefly's one-year experiment without single-day passes actually produced its biggest crowd, an estimated around 90,000, buoyed by having Paul McCartney of The Beatles on the roster.

On Monday, Red Frog officials said they decided to bring back a limited number of single-day passes in response to Firefly fans who wanted the à la carte option, many of whom live locally in Delaware and can easily commute to the festival.

"Our ability to release single day passes is unique to each year and is never a guarantee," Red Frog spokeswoman Lauren King added.

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After ditching single-day passes last year, Firefly director Greg Bostrom said the festival's growth eliminated the ability to offer the passes. Heavy demand for McCartney's 2015 Friday night set could have also played a role in the removal of the single-day passes. It was the only time the passes were unavailable for Firefly, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this summer.

The reversal means fans can pick and choose what days to visit if they do not want to commit to a four-day weekend.

While full schedules complete with set times have not been unveiled, the daily schedules have.

The festival's opening day, June 16, will feature Irish indie rock band Two Day Cinema Club and Friday includes sets by Ellie Goulding, Disclosure, Tame Impala, Of Monsters & Men, Ludacris and Kings of Leon, whose show was canceled due to a thunderstorm last year.

Saturday closes with house music producer deadmau5 and includes performances by Florence and the Machine, Death Cab For Cutie, M83, A$AP Rocky, Chvrches, Fetty Wap and others. Sunday is anchored by English folk/rock act Mumford & Sons and will feature everyone from Blink-182 and Major Lazer to The 1975 and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Go to fireflyfestival.com for complete daily schedules and to purchase both single- or four-day passes.

Contact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at rcormier@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier), Twitter (@ryancormier) and Instagram (@ryancormier).