Peter Conlon recaps Music Midtown

The crowd at Saturday’s Music Midtown. Photo: Courtesy of Music Midtown Five days after Music Midtown and Peter Conlon is still exhausted. Who can blame him, considering the double-size scope of this year’s event? Overall, he said he thought the festival went “very well. There are a few things – there always are – that you learn from every event. I watched everything and will make changes next year to reflect that, but it seemed people were having a good time. I’m pleased.” Though Conlon, the president of Live Nation Atlanta, which produced the event, was reluctant to… >>
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