Photo: Virgin Mobile.
COLUMBIA, Md. -- Virgin Mobile USA's annual DMV gratis music festival known as
FreeFest will return to Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday, October 6th.
Cee Lo Green at FreeFest 2011 (Photo: Virgin Mobile).
Sponsored this year by LG Mobile, FreeFest is the largest free concert festival of its kind in the world and is expected to draw more than 50,000 people to Columbia, Maryland for the occasion. Details concerning the artist lineup for 2012 is deliberately being kept quiet in order to help build buzz around FreeFest’s online marketing campaign.
Virgin founder and CEO Richard Branson (Photo: Virgin Mobile).
Fans who follow Virgin Mobile Live (
@virginmlive) on Twitter are invited to guess which bands have been selected to appear at this year's festival in the days ahead in exchange for VIP access. The 2011 roster included
The Black Keys,
Deadmau5,
Patti Smith,
James Murphy,
Cee Lo Green,
Big Sean and a dozen more.
Concertgoers cheer at last year’s show (Photo: Virgin Mobile).
To enter, participants will need to follow
@virginmlive on Twitter, add the official festival hashtag
#VirginMobileFreeFest, and include their guess of which band will appear on the bill (also using a
'#BandName' hashtag). Random winners will then be contacted with further instructions to announce the lineup.
