The MidPoint Music Festival returns to Over-the-Rhine (including inside the newly unveiled Washington Park, which hosts the main "Main Stage") Sept. 27-29. After weeks of speculation, we now we have the first lineup announcement for MPMF.12, which features, once again, top-line Indie artists — from new buzz groups and some current, critically-acclaimed favorites to a few true Alt music pioneers.



Longtime supporters Dewey's Pizza had the scoop on the announcement this morning. Visit them here on Facebook.



Below are the first 19 acts to be announced. About 150 to go! Stay tuned.

Grizzly Bear

The Dirty Projectors

Sleigh Bells

Dinosaur Jr.

Best Coast

Cloud Nothings

Imperial Teen

Willis Earl Beal

Frankie Rose

Tennis

Julia Holter

Laetitia Sadier

Craft Spells

Seapony

Lord Huron

The Black Belles

Zeus

The Growlers

J.C. Brooks & The Uptown Sound

Be sure to visit mpmf.com for all the latest updates and to score your tickets. VIP and “Early Bird” (read: discounted) all-access passes are available now through cincyticket.com here.

If you’d like some face time with the MPMF authorities, just head down to Fountain Square this Friday for the free MidPoint Indie Summer concert at 7 p.m. The event is a world tour of music, kicking off with local Ska/Reggae/Soul masters The Pinstripes, who join Malian artist Khaira Arby and Funk/Soul headliners The Dynamites.