The Meadows Festival: What To Know Before September's Show

QUEENS, NY — The Meadows Festival returns for a second consecutive year Friday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 17 in what will be a three-day music extravaganza featuring such artists as Gorillaz, Jay-Z, Migos, Run The Jewels, Nas and Red Hot Chili Peppers as headliners.

The festival, set in Citi Field, is produced by Founders Entertainment, the same organizers behind the annual Governors Ball Music Festival.

Tickets are available on the Meadows Festival website, ranging from $115 to $305 — plus fees — depending on the package purchased.

Here’s everything you’ll need to know:

What time does the festival open?

The festival is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. It will be held rain or shine, according to the festival website. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Where is the concert?

The festival returns to Citi Field stadium, located at 123-01 Roosevelt Ave. in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, for a second year. According to the festival website, the best ways to get to the event are by bus, subway, the LIRR and biking. Parking is also available and, as an alternative, festival-goers can also be dropped off and picked up before and after the event.

The Q48 bus goes right to Citi Field, and a number of other bus lines from Queens and Long Island also connect to the 7 train.

By subway, the festival station stop is Mets/Willets Point. Attendees can catch the 7 train via TimesSquare, Grand Central, 34th Street Hudson Yards and a few others. From the N train, ride to Queensboro Plaza or Times Square and transfer to the 7. With the E, F, M and R trains, ride to 74th Street-Broadway/Roosevelt Avenue and transfer to the 7. For the G train, ride to Court Square and transfer to the 7.

Festival-goers can take the LIRR from Penn Station two stops to Mets/Willets Point — only a 15-minute ride, according to the festival website. Trains will ride to the Mets/Willets-Point station every 30 minutes until 1 a.m.

Citi Field is accessible by bicycle, and there will be designated bike parking areas at the entrance to the festival.

What is the bag policy?

Small backpacks and bags are permitted (but emotional baggage is not, organizers joke).

What can’t I bring?

• Weapons of any kind
• Fireworks/explosives
• Illegal Substances
• Large or hard-sided coolers
• Picnic Baskets
• Pets
• Glass containers of any kind
• Alcohol (alcohol will be sold at the festival)
• Outside food (a personal sized food item is allowed with a doctor’s note only)
• Instruments
• Chains/chain wallets
• Nun chucks
• Large backpacks
• Selfie sticks
• Laser pointers
• Professional still camera equipment (no detachable lenses, no tripods, big zooms or commercial-use rigs)
• Audio/video-recording equipment
• Drones and hover cameras
• Illegal vending is permitted.
• Hover boards

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