Hot Damn, This Inaugural Mile 0 Fest Lineup is Killer
You’ve never heard of the Mile 0 Festival in Key West, Florida before, but you have now. And it will be hard to forget about it once you feast your eyes on the pretty ridiculous lineup they’ve assembled for their inaugural run. It’s scheduled for February 7th – 11th 2018 at the new Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheatre in Key West, as well as bars up and down the island’s famous Duvall St.
With headliners like the Turnpike Troubadours and Cody Jinks, and an undercard consisting of folks like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jason Boland, Shinyribs, and John Moreland, this will be one of 2018’s biggest destination festivals for Texas Music / Red Dirt fans assembled all year, and right in the middle of the tropics. It’s like one of those music cruises, only with a beefier lineup, and you never have to leave land.
Key West is the southernmost point in the continental United States, and also mark Mile 0 on Hwy 1. The Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheatre is a brand new, $4 million dollar facility in the city’s expansive new municipal park overlooking the water. About the only thing missing from the Mile 0 Fest lineup at the moment is a little representation from the women of Red Dirt/Texas Music, aside from Carter Sampson, Bri Bagwell, and Elizabeth Cook who is helping to host the event. However this is just the main stage lineup. More names will be announced soon.
Mile 0 Fest is being promoted by OhWook! Productions, which states to have more than 20 years of experience in the concert & event industry. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale August 25th, with General Admission, and Gold and Platinum level VIP packages available. The fest is also planning to release all-inclusive packages that include hotel, condo, and vacation rental options on the island resort.
More info on the fest as it becomes available.
August 18, 2017 @ 9:02 am
looks like a fun time. too bad I can’t go. sure would be nice. love Boland and Moreland. Ive never heard of some of these groups?
any other commenters reccomend any of these guys?
August 18, 2017 @ 9:58 am
If you like Boland, then I’d think you’d like turnpike troubadours. I really like Cody Jinks especially im not the devil album, not flashy but solid song writing and instrumentation.
August 18, 2017 @ 10:15 am
Love Mike and the Moonpies, Cody Jinks, and Ray Wylie Hubbard, especially.
August 18, 2017 @ 10:12 am
Fuzzy, you might really dig Mike & The Moonpies and Jason Eady. Eady’s “Daylight and Dark” album is stellar, imo.
August 18, 2017 @ 7:58 pm
awesome thanks! I keep hearing a lot of these people get praise but I quit my job a few weeks ago so all my money goes into keeping my weekly game nights alive! I’ve bought a few cds but I just can’t get everything right now. so I’m kinda cherry-picking the stuff that looks the most interesting!
August 18, 2017 @ 8:10 pm
Spotify
August 20, 2017 @ 4:03 pm
nah. I prefer the album experience.
August 20, 2017 @ 6:11 pm
You quit your job, Fuzz? Did you tell them “Take this job and shove it?” But seriously, I hope you find a good job soon if you haven’t already
August 18, 2017 @ 10:15 am
Mike and the Moonpies are great & very under rated IMO
August 18, 2017 @ 1:02 pm
I agree, great band and that sometimes gets overshadowed by Turnpike and some of the older Texas/Red Dirt acts, but brings it live and has great original songs. Look for an album announcement coming from them soon.
August 19, 2017 @ 5:29 am
It’s already on their website at the top of the page, “Steak Night At The Prairie Rose coming 2018.” And yes, they bring it live. I’ve seen them twice this year and unfortunately had to miss them last night in Crystal Beach at Stingaree. But Honky Tonk Fest in Whiteright is only a month away….
August 18, 2017 @ 11:04 am
Turnpike Troubadours, Cody Jinks, & Mike and the Moonpies are all great, I really enjoy them!
August 18, 2017 @ 2:05 pm
Old 97’s are probably my favorite band in the world! More a rocknroll band than anything else though (albeit one that recorded with Waylon).
August 18, 2017 @ 10:34 pm
Rock and roll, alt-country, who the fuck cares?? The Old 97’s are the personification of the term “the shit.” I absolutely love the fuck out of them!! I hope reincarnation is real so I can come back as Rhett Miller in my next life
August 18, 2017 @ 7:54 pm
The Black Lillies have earned their stripes. Hard working bunch. Saw them out west this year everyone should check them out when can.
August 19, 2017 @ 9:02 am
William Clark Green is a badass
August 18, 2017 @ 9:06 am
Carter Sampson is a female singer/songwriter from Oklahoma.
August 18, 2017 @ 9:09 am
Oh shoot I missed her. Still, ratio is pretty out of whack here. I know it’s hard for these promoters to find women performers, but it’s important to make sure everything doesn’t just turn into a sausage fest. My guess is future announcements will show some more female representation.
August 18, 2017 @ 11:27 pm
“My guess is future announcements will show some more female representation. ”
Yes hopefully, Courtney Marie Andrews for example…
And she been to Sweden twice this year I’m happy to say…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CEyFP-g00U
August 18, 2017 @ 9:10 am
At Tumbleweed how long were the sets?
August 18, 2017 @ 9:25 am
They were longer sets that what you normally see at festivals, about an hour or so. Some might have been shorter, and the headliners were a little longer.
August 18, 2017 @ 9:12 am
Only a 500-seat facility?
August 18, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
See below. I guess it only has 500 reserved seats, but a capacity of 3,000.
The problem with this festival is where people are going to stay. Key West is very very expensive, especially at this time of year. It’s a tiny island with limited room capacity. Luckily there’s some time to figure it out.
August 18, 2017 @ 1:58 pm
You ain’t lyin’ about the $$$. As FLA residents, we hit the Keys a couple times a year, and we avoid peak season down there for just this reason. As far as capacity, the Buffett Parrothead clubs’ “Meeting of the Minds” annual convention is in KW every November, and their attendance is around 3,500, so using capacity of the amphitheater as a guide, I think they’ll be able to handle it. Prices will be ugly, though, crowds could be bad. If any of y’all do decide to go (and I may), may I recommend visiting Schooner Wharf for all of your adult beverage needs. Best damn bar on the island, and my personal all-time favorite bar in the whole world, hands down.
August 19, 2017 @ 7:08 am
And it doesn’t appear to have even opened I can’t find any information but government bids on the place
August 18, 2017 @ 9:18 am
Whoa
August 18, 2017 @ 9:21 am
Agree that this is an insanely great lineup, but sorely lacking in female talent, as you have noted. I admit to being (pleasantly) shocked at seeing Carter Sampson listed–good for her! I hope future announcements include Jamie Lin Wilson, Courtney Patton, Sunny Sweeney, etc.
August 18, 2017 @ 9:55 am
Amazing lineup. I have to say though. I saw Wade Bowen last night and thought he was really meh. I” sure I’m in the minority but I didn’t see what the fuss was about. It felt like I was watching a cover band on Sixth Street.
But the rest of the line-up, killer. And how I love Key West.
August 18, 2017 @ 9:55 am
Kaitlin Butts would be a great addition. She’s so bad ass I’m afraid she might go mainstream.
August 18, 2017 @ 11:21 am
I really like many of these acts especially Turnpike, Cody Jinks, and Jason Eady. That being said, William Clark Green absolutely stole the show at Tumbleweed so this event may also be in his wheelhouse.
August 18, 2017 @ 11:28 am
The amphitheater seats 3,500 – not 500
August 18, 2017 @ 12:53 pm
Everything I’m seeing says it is a 500-seat amphitheater.
But I did find this, which might account for the discrepancy:
“The 500-seat amphitheater, which will have a 2,400-square-foot bandshell, would be large enough to hold 3,000 people.”
So yes, 500 seats, but a greater capacity with GA seating I guess.
August 20, 2017 @ 8:40 am
Like most amphitheater/sheds, there’s reserved seating and then GA lawn. Sometimes GA pit right up against the stage in front of the reserved seats.
August 18, 2017 @ 12:08 pm
I mean… I could use a vacation..
August 18, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
I’d like to see more women on that list.
August 18, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
Holyfuckingshit, that’s a list right there.
August 18, 2017 @ 8:48 pm
In the wake of the Fyre Fest debacle, what do we know about the organizers?
August 19, 2017 @ 1:52 am
I have reached out. Hopefully I can get more info for the future.
August 21, 2017 @ 5:52 am
Thanks. I cannot find much on the new entity… On sale date is 8/25. Hoping to pull the trigger on my credit card at first opportunity
August 19, 2017 @ 7:49 am
I heard about this and assumed that it was coming up really soon. Then I read that it was in Florida and thought, “there’s no way I’m going to that humid hell-on-Earth shithole in the summer months.” Now I see it’s in February. I might go.
August 19, 2017 @ 8:43 am
The is exciting.
Key West is my favorite place in the planet.
I left there last Saturday after spending a week or so there.
This will be a great venue for this event.
August 19, 2017 @ 10:36 am
Same. I just wanted everyone to leave me there permently the last time I was there. Glorious place.
August 19, 2017 @ 12:21 pm
needs more female preformers
August 19, 2017 @ 2:32 pm
Reached out via email to inquire about day passes (the wife wants to go to ME, but doesn’t want to go every day); they responded within a few hours, no day passes, only full festival.
Also read an article where the organizer is anticipating selling 1500-1600 tickets total.
August 19, 2017 @ 3:21 pm
I’m not going to complain but I’m going to complain. Where are the women?
August 20, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
Where are the women in Key West?
Why, at the La Te Da Club on Duval St., of course.
At least they look pretty much like women.
August 20, 2017 @ 5:46 pm
The band I’m really excited about is the Great Divide. Every time I’ve seen them, they give a great performance, and I haven’t had a chance to catch any of their reunion shows. With the presence of Stoney, Boland, Cody Canada, and Mike McClure (Lead Singer of the Great Divide) don’t be surprised to see songs from their sets with any combination of those guys joining in on the others sets, or possibly all of them together on a song. They all do an amazing version of The Weight together. That’s honestly one of my favorite things about the other festivals (RIP Red Dirt Roundup) that these guys play where they share acts like these with such a great relationship.
Mike McClure co-wrote The Funeral with Evan Felker, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see him join in on that. I think the influence that McClure has had on the whole scene, from TGD being an influence to his co-writing and producing is criminally underrated
Also, the last time I saw the Departed in concert, With two exceptions, the entire set was old Ragweed songs. Cody mentioned something about wanting to get back to playing more of the old stuff.
August 21, 2017 @ 7:21 am
This is a great answer for the Musicfest in the Rockies that is literally one of the most expensive things to ever go to for a week. I never could go cause they wanted you to book rooms at a hotel to even get tickets. Plus it was in steamboat which has almost has no inexpensive way to get to it. I mean MusicFest is a great Idea all the red dirt music you could ever imagine and you can ski when you run into a few bands you don’t care about but with this new festival is a great counter to that. I think this is the tropical destination that is way more affordable. You can fly into Miami and rent a car and be in Key West within 2 and 1/2 hours. Not saying Key West is more affordable area to stay but it truly is easier to get to than steamboat. Plus you get out of the cold that the rest of the US is in which is more of what people in my mind want anyway. You will have to pay prime time hotel rates but you would in steamboat as well so I believe most people would rather be warm and take a swim in the beautiful Gulf. Great Idea for a festival I just hope it is run great because organization of these festivals is what makes or break them.
August 22, 2017 @ 12:14 pm
New start-up festivals do worry me. When Thunder on the Mountain went defunct a couple weeks before it was to take place, I had to wrangle to get my money back. Lots of money, for VIP tickets and for an RV spot, and a rental RV to be delivered. Since it was driveable, at least I did not have non-refundable plane tickets, which I would have to have for Key West. It won’t be an issue because we get back from Outlaw Country Cruise on Jan 28, so I’m thinking we won’t make the turnaround for this festival a week later! 😉
August 22, 2017 @ 12:24 pm
BTW the Steamboat musicfest is not expensive at all if you can drive and you like to ski. Lodging for $600-$700 per person is for 5 nights, and INCLUDES the wristband for 50 bands. PLUS a 4-day lift ticket. Skiers know those lift tickets will run like $100 a day at nice resorts. Steamboat is expensive to fly into, though. Maybe not from other places, but from Memphis for sure. Problem is it sells out instantly. Hard to get in.
August 22, 2017 @ 12:28 pm
That sounds like a good time. I’d love to do that in the future.