{"id":2514886,"date":"2026-07-24T00:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2514886"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:28:51","slug":"whats-new-at-this-years-cincinnati-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/whats-new-at-this-years-cincinnati-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s new at this year’s Cincinnati Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cincinnati Music Festival is back and better than ever!<\/p>\n

The festival, which begins tonight at Paycor Stadium, will feature major names like Nelly, Mary J. Blige, Charlie Wilson, Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, SWV, Hi-Tek and more. But the musical acts aren\u2019t the only interesting part of this year\u2019s fest.<\/p>\n

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A look inside the all-new CareSource Club at Paycor Stadium. Photo by Kane Mitten | CityBeat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

For Bengals fans, stepping into the CareSource East Club might come as a shock. Gone are the concrete, brutalist structures of old; in its place is a welcoming, open-air lounge with giant windows throughout. As part of a $500 million project to renovate Paycor Stadium, the city and the team have transformed the club areas to something more befitting premium status, with 2,000 seats added and plenty of new amenities for club guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the spaces have been renovated, as you can see, and this (festival) is the first opportunity for people to come in and see those spaces,\u201d said Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus. \u201cWe\u2019ve moved stairways around. We\u2019ve made it more inviting, and that\u2019s all part of the work that the county and the Bengals are investing in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seating inside the all-new CareSource Club at Paycor Stadium. Photo by Kane Mitten | CityBeat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

With the improvements to the structure, the city hopes to show that Paycor Stadium is a top-tier venue for all sorts of events, not just Bengals games. The Cincinnati Music Festival \u2014 which Visit Cincy and meetNKY CEO Julie Kirkpatrick called \u201cthe biggest tourism weekend in Cincinnati every year\u201d \u2014 is the perfect place to show off all the new improvements.<\/p>\n