Imagine Music Festival 2023
Imagine Music Festival - September 14-17, 2023
Editor’s note: This article is part of Creative Loafing’s archive coverage of Imagine Music Festival, which was last held in 2023. For current status updates and festival history, see our main Imagine Music Festival guide.
Last year's line-up
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Imagine Music Festival, the Southeast’s most immersive electronic festival, last year announced its 2023 edition returning to Kingston Downs, GA. One of the summer festival season’s most anticipated experiences, Imagine promises an interactive wonderland replete with electronic music’s most in-demand headliners, art installations, wellness programming, and a vibrant community at one of North America’s most picturesque camping venues.
Imagine’s foundation continues to be rooted in curating world class electronic music lineups year after year, with the 2023 edition presenting its most powerful offering to date. Over four days and nights, attendees will be treated to over 100 artists spread across four stages.
With its combination of undisturbed woodlands, sprawling grass fields, nature trails, and riverfront access, last year’s newly debuted venue location of Kingston Downs proved to be the ideal match for Imagine’s creative utopia. The family-owned and operated 5,000+ acre property is situated on the Etowah River, conveniently located a few miles outside of Rome, GA, and just 45 minutes north of metro Atlanta. It’s the perfect setting for festival goers to chart their own adventure, where opportunities to explore are boundless.
Boundless immersive entertainment and thought provoking experiences await Imagine’s dedicated community and new-comers alike. Attendees can get lost in transformative workshops focused on topics like yoga, flow arts, meditation, consciousness, mindfulness, art, and more. Fans can also check out on-site art from visionary artists, live painters and muralists, participate in outdoor games and activities like cornhole, witness the visual spectacle of cirque acts, and grab food and refreshments from some of the best local festival food and nationally touring vendors.
Tickets
GA Pass: T/B/D
VIP Pass: T/B/D
Platinum VIP Pass: T/B/D
History of Imagine Festival
What started in 2014 as a modest music festival in Historic Fourth Ward Park is now one of the nation’s most anticipated EDM gatherings. These days, Imagine calls the Atlanta Motor Speedway near rural Hampton, Georgia its home. Over the years, the festival has more than doubled in attendance and scope, while remaining independent, which founders Glenn and Madeleine Goodhand say “allows for the creative freedom to build that vision of the Aquatic Fairytale each year.”
This article documents a past edition of Imagine Music Festival and is preserved as part of Creative Loafing’s coverage of Atlanta’s music and festival history.