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Many Rivers to Cross festival tickets on sale; T.I., Macklemore added to Atlanta-area event

T.I. has been added to the Many Rivers to Cross festival. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

T.I. has been added to the Many Rivers to Cross festival. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
By Melissa Ruggieri
July 29, 2016

Tickets are now on sale for the Many Rivers to Cross music and arts festival that will bring a parade of high-profile names to the Atlanta area in October.

The event, Oct. 1-2 at Bouckaert Farm in Chattahoochee Hills, is being produced by Sankofa.org, the social justice organization founded by Harry Belafonte.

A handful of additional acts, including T.I., Macklemore, Aloe Blacc and Dianne Reeves, have been added to the already-announced luminous lineup of John Legend, Common, Dave Matthews, Public Enemy, Carlos Santana, Estelle, Chris Rock, Jesse Williams and Danny Glover.

 Tickets are $115-$350 for a two-day pass and can be purchased at www.sankofa.org.

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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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