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Hot 107.9 ‘Birthday Bash ATL 25,’ block party announced

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By Melissa Ruggieri
March 4, 2020

The annual WHAT Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash will take place on June 20 at State Farm Arena.

This year, the station is celebrating 25 years as the first to play hip-hop and rap 24/7 in the Atlanta market and its birthday show will commemorate the milestone.

While the lineup will be announced in the next few weeks, “Birthday Bash ATL 25” will honor artists from the past two-plus decades as well as spotlight today’s performers.

The concert will take place at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.79-$100 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. March 13 (a pre-sale for listeners in the station’s text club begins March 11).

Also on June 20, a free, family-friendly block party will kick off at noon at Centennial Olympic Park with live performances throughout the day.

For more information, visit www.birthdaybashatl.com.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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