2. Southgate House Revival

3. Arnold’s Bar and Grill

2. Southgate House Revival

3. Madison Theater

2. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade

3. Arnold’s Bar and Grill

2. Molly Wellmann (Japp’s)

3. Nonta Perkins (MOTR Pub)

2. Justin Simmons (Sundry and Vice)

3. Bennett Cooper (16-Bit Bar+Arcade)

2. The Comet

3. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade

2. 16-Bit Bar+Arcade

3. Arnold’s Bar and Grill

Just a few weeks before it was to occur, the Buckle Up Festival — a sister festival to the Alt-music-oriented Bunbury Music Festival that was also acquired in the purchase of Bunbury by Columbus, Ohio’s PromoWest — was canceled. The event had been put on hold for one year and slated to return to a new venue in Blue Ash in early August last year. PromoWest said the cancelation was due to “circumstances beyond our control.” The biggest headliner of the festival did Cincinnati fans a solid — instead of taking a night off, Brad Paisley played a free show at Riverbend (tickets for which “sold out” instantly). Thankfully, Bunbury has stood tall as one of the region’s biggest music festivals. 

2. Arnold’s Bar and Grill

3. Sundry and Vice

2. Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar

3. Wiseguy Lounge

2. Wiseguy Lounge

3. The Littlefield

2. Cork ’N Bottle

3. DEP’s Fine Wine & Spirits

2. Western Bowl Strike & Spare

3. Stone Lanes

2. Hollywood Casino

3. Belterra Park Gaming

2. Nicholson’s

3. The Pub at Rookwood Mews

2. DJ ETrayn

3. DJ Chinn Chilla

2. Japp’s

3. Wiseguy Lounge

2. Murphy’s Pub

3. Uncle Woody’s Pub

2. Funny Bone (Liberty Township)

3. MOTR Pub

2. The Killers at Bunbury

3. Dixie Chicks