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Midtown Festival of the Arts features live performances at multiple venues. The Main Stage, at Peachtree Street and 6th Street, showcases music for every ear. No chairs in Main Stage area, please. Acoustic sets will provide a more relaxed atmosphere and close out the evenings in the Terrapin Beer Garden at Peachtree Street and 7th Street. Do not miss the performances from local Midtown choirs at St. Mark United Methodist Church at Peachtree Street and 5th Street on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Main Stage Performers - Saturday, September 25th
	The Connells Saturday, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
	Saturday’s Main Stage line-up will be headlined by a rare performance from the Raleigh, North Carolina-based band The Connells. With multiple albums to their credit, including Darker Days, Boylan Heights, Fun and Games, One Simple Word, Ring, Food and Devastation, and Still Life, The Connells have garnered MTV airplay and radio hits throughout the United States as well as throughout Europe. www.theconnells.com
Zydeco T Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Zydeco T has been bringing the joie de vivre of Louisiana to Atlanta residents since 1996. Zydeco is the feelgood music and dance that has grown out of the Creole people of southwest Louisiana. Come out to hear the music that has kept feet grooving from coast to coast! www.lostintherhythm.com	Leslie Christian Saturday, 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina, Leslie grew up in a musical family listening to and singing along with country music on the radio with her grandmother. She is now in Atlanta pursuing her dream career as a country singer and songwriter. www.facebook.com/lesliechristianmusic	Envie Saturday, 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Envie combines unusual instrumentation and painstakinglycrafted pop songs to create melodic, melancholy music for the careful listener. Envie consciously approaches its music and lyrics with the purpose of being as creative and original as possible, eschewing the expected for the unusual and unpredictable. www.enviemusic.com
Swami Gone Bananas Saturday, 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Swami Gone Bananas are a Decatur-based psychedelic/jam band/classic rock group who bring people together with their vocals and vibe. www.myspace.com/theofficialswamigonebananas	Soulphonics & Ruby Velle Saturday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Soulphonics & Ruby Velle are a funk, soul, and R&B group based out of Atlanta, Georgia. They have been a slick addition to the Atlanta scene since early 2008. Lead female vocalist Ruby Velle is backed by a solid lineup, including a three piece horn section (trumpet, baritone sax, and tenor sax) and a rhythm section (B3 organ, electric guitar, bass, and drums). www.facebook.com/Soulphonics	Main Street Exiles Saturday, 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Main Street Exiles embody the rock and roll recklessness of the Rolling Stones, bringing primal energy to every show. Younger generations who grew up with generic power pop and clichéd songs will be blown away by Main Street Exiles’ old-school swagger and the Stones’ limitless catalogue of hits.
Main Stage Performers - Sunday, September 26th
	The Breakfast Club Sunday, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
	Sunday’s line-up and the Festival closing will be capped off by none other than The Breakfast Club, the best respected, best traveled, longest established 80s music tribute band in the USA… and the group that started it all. www.thebreakfastclub.com.
D’Vine Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The international recording group, D’Vine, consists of two sisters and a friend: Paula, Pam, and Sheryl. These Georgia natives have captured the hearts of audiences worldwide with their richly harmonic sounds. The trio performed at the White House, at the 1996 Olympic Games, and for the 53rd Presidential Inauguration. They have been featured with several orchestras including the renowned Atlanta Symphony. As D’Vine continues to share their gift of music, audiences are mesmerized by an unforgettable divine experience.	Second Wives Sunday, 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Second Wives, a rock and roll trio comes from the depths of Southern Georgia. While their primary influences come from rock and roll rather than country, the band surely has not forgotten its deeply respected rural roots. Among the band’s three members, there is nearly 25 years of musical experience that encompasses a multitude of instruments, styles, and performances. www.myspace.com/secondwives	Blair Crimmins and the Hookers Sunday, 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Blair Crimmins and the Hookers will take you back to the first conceptions of rocking and rolling, a time when jazz-crazy people of the 30s swung into a big band room. We are talking early stuff like Count Basie, Etta James, and early Ray Charles and into later music such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Elton John. www.blaircrimminsandthehookers.com
Olde Dog Sunday, 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Olde Dog is a five-piece alt-country rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band features members of several popular Atlanta bands of the 90s and 2000s including The Bradley Cole Smith Band, Doublewide, Back Porch Revival, The Tommy Thompson Band and others. www.oldedogband.com
Beer Garden Performers - Saturday and Sunday Performances
The Barrow Boys Saturday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Barrow Boys formed in April 2007. Troy and Aaron have been in various groups since 2002 - with Troy writing original songs with lyrics and Aaron writing ridiculously complicated instrumentals. Mike Zimmerman is an accomplished jazz drummer and Todd Prusin an experienced bass player; both joined us in 2007 to form the current line-up.  http://www.reverbnation.com/barrowboys	The Avondale Playboys Saturday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Avondale Playboys play lonesome, heartbroke rock and roll. Brought together in early 2010 by a mutual love of Big Star, they favor a traditional duo set-up alternating between acoustic, telecaster, and bass. Mike and Mike write classic country and rock songs. Both songwriters have a clear and true voice in their writing. Mike M. leans more towards a stark, story-song tradition, while Mike H. supplies more of the three-chord rockers and slight power-pop flavor. www.myspace.com/avondaleplayboys	Scott Kelly Saturday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Scott Kelly wrote his first song at the age of seven and has been performing, teaching, writing, and recording music for more than 20 years. After playing drums in countless bands and studying music at University of Georgia, Scott now makes a living as a musician. His new Bulldog anthem, How Sweet It Is, is available on iTunes and CD Baby. www.myspace.com/skellytunes
Half Stitched Saturday, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. After toiling away for years in the dank, smoky bars of Georgia, Scarlet Stitch breaks onto the rock scene in 2010 with their debut album, CrankMojo. The album fuses Deb Carter’s gravelly, politically charged vocals with arena-ready melodies, soaring riffs, and unconventional rhythms to evoke a collection of rock for a new generation of fans. www.scarletstitch.net	Stovall Saturday, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Stovall was started by close friends and Atlanta music scene veterans Hannibal Heredia, Kevin Elrod, and Mims Rogers (The Flinch, The Valentines) whose desire was to present a style in the vein of country music they heard growing up. Always performing an energetic live act, the band creates a sound that has been described as “Cash on Clash”: convincing classic country filled with pop hooks played by musicians raised on punk ethics. Songs can reveal soul, bluegrass, rock and straight ahead county overtones but regardless they all resound as American music.  http://stovallband.com/	The Serenaders Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Serenaders blend an uncannily upbeat attitude with visions of Buck Owens’ and Johnny Cash’s guitars dancing in their heads to create their modern retrobilly sound. Born and raised in places as far reaching as the East Coast of North America, the Serenaders’ sense of blending the traditional and the modern comes naturally. Unlike the early Beatles, the Serenaders write all their own material. Despite being abjectly mirthful and light-hearted, the Serenaders give their all at every show, knockin’ ‘em dead every time around. www.facebook.com/TheSerenaders
Jeremy Ray Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A 27-year-old singer-songwriter, Jeremy Ray is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, and has been fronting bands for more than 10 years. From humble beginnings in punk rock, through experimental indie rock, all the way to country, blues, and folk, Jeremy Ray left South Carolina for the big city life of Atlanta. Here he formed the ever-changing and exciting Gonzo Orchestra, a project featuring a rotating cast of close friends and musicians from all over South Carolina and Georgia. Whether solo or with a full band, Jeremy Ray brings high energy, heartfelt true stories to every sweaty show. It is the blues, played like you never got that punk rock all the way out of your system. www.myspace.com/jeremybrandonray
St. Mark United Methodist Church - Saturday and Sunday Performances
	Choral Performances Saturday and Sunday
	Midtown Festival of the Arts choral presentations will be held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in the sanctuary of the beautiful 108-year-old Saint Mark United Methodist Church. Located on the corner of Peachtree Street and 5th Street and constructed of Stone Mountain granite, the church was designed by noted Atlanta architect Willis Franklin Denny. Highlights of the sanctuary include beautiful European stainedglass windows, the original 1902 pews, and an Aeolian-Skinner organ. Enjoy church or community choruses, including the Chancel Choir from Saint Mark United Methodist Church and the Redeemer Choir from Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.