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The Countdown to Bunbury is ON

The 5th annual Bunbury Music Festival is this week! The countdown is on and Cincinnati is all a buzz.

The diverse group of headliners The Killers (Friday), Deadmau5 (Saturday), and Florence + The Machine (Sunday) is reason enough to be excited. BUT each day is jammed packed with top notch artists. Wait…did you hear that N.W.A members MC Ren & DJ Yella will be joining Ice Cube on Saturday? Insane. Who knows what other surprises may happen at Bunbury!  

Make sure you download the official Bunbury Mobile App for iOS and Android to browse the schedule & create your own custom schedule!

Check out our previews on some of the artists playing Bunbury Music Festival below and stay tuned to CincyMusic.com for more in the next week!

Bunbury Music Festival 2016 Artist Previews:

The Killers
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Friday at 9:30p 

Florence + The Machine
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Sunday at 10p 

Deadmau5
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Saturday at 10p 

Mudcrutch
When/Where: Sawyer Point Stage on Friday at 8:30p 

X Ambassadors
When/Where: Sawyer Point Stage on Friday at 6:30p

Grimes
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Sunday at 6:15p 

Big Grams
When/Where: Sawyer Point Stage on Saturday at 7p 

Charles Bradley
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Friday at 5:45p 

Oddisee
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Saturday at 3p 

Whilk & Misky
When/Where: Sawyer Point Stage on Friday at 2p 

The Shelters
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Friday at 2:30p 

Dead Man String Band
When/Where: Yeatman’s Cove Stage on Saturday at 2p

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