LOCKN' has announced that Dead & Company will be making a rare festival appearance by headlining the 2018 event.
More artists will be announced one at a time daily via the festival's social media beginning tomorrow, February 2 until February 8, when the full lineup will be disclosed in its entirety.
LOCKN' is set to take place in Arrington, VA, August 23 – 26, at Infinity Downs, LOCKN's 387-acre property located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Dead & Company — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer and Bob Weir, with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti — will perform four sets of music over two nights, drawing from the Dead's historic catalog of songs. Though most of its members have appeared multiple times at the festival in various unique iterations, this marks the first time Dead & Company has performed at LOCKN' in its six year history.
Tier 1 tickets for LOCKN' 2018 go on sale Friday February 9 at 12pm ET exclusively via locknfestival.com. This year the festival will be offering a Three-Day Weekend Pass in addition to its traditional Four-Day Festival Pass. This new Three-Day Weekend Pass will allow those with tighter schedules to still see all the bands performing at Lockn' for a lower price.
The Festival will be running a VIP Pass contest on Facebook from February 5 – 7, that will give fans the chance to win a pair of Four-Day VIP Festival Passes.
The VIP Pass offers access to VIP campgrounds, comfort stations with running water, showers, the air-conditioned VIP lounge, the Welcome BBQ, the Sunday Brunch, a private bar, complimentary late-night snacks, free water and soft drinks, a limited edition signed screen-printed festival poster, a limited edition water bottle, and access to VIP viewing platform and front of house viewing area. For more information on the VIP Pass, please visit: www.cidentertainment.com/events/lockn-2018.
