NICKELODEON’S INAUGURAL U.S. SLIMEFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL
TO BE HEADLINED BY ZEDD, LIAM PAYNE, FLO RIDA
AND NICK STAR JOJO SIWA
Two-Day Immersive Event for Kids and Families to be held Saturday, June 9,
and Sunday, June 10 at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, Ill.
Tickets on Sale Tuesday, March 6 at 10 a.m. (CT)
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NEW YORK–March 5, 2018– Nickelodeon, in partnership with Live Nation, announced today the pop superstar lineup for Nickelodeon SlimeFest, the first multi-day music festival for kids and families in the U.S. Featuring performances by Grammy-winning artist, DJ and producer Zedd, chart-topper Liam Payne, multi-platinum artist Flo Rida, and Lip Sync Battle Shorties and social media star JoJo Siwa, the two-day event will be held at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, Ill., on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10. General admission and VIP tickets will be available beginning Tuesday, March 6, at 10 a.m. (CT) via www.nickslimefest.com.
Nickelodeon SlimeFest will also feature: appearances by Nickelodeon stars Kel Mitchell and Benjamin Flores Jr. (Game Shakers), Riele Downs and Ella Anderson (Henry Danger), Breanna Yde (School of Rock), and Daniella Perkins and Owen Joyner (Knight Squad); immersive one-of-a-kind experiences; and plenty of the network’s signature green slime.
Nickelodeon SlimeFest has seen success around the globe as a slime-filled, multiplatform music and entertainment event since its overseas inception in 2012 in Australia. The U.S. music festival marks the sixth local adaptation of this popular event and the first time a Nickelodeon International event has been localized for Nick in the U.S. To date, over 100,000 people have attended Nickelodeon SlimeFest events around the world, including sold-out shows in South Africa, Australia, Italy, UK and Spain. This year’s Nickelodeon SlimeFest UK will take place at The Arena at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Oct. 20-22, with more international event dates to be announced later this year.
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“I can’t wait to perform for all my fans at SlimeFest,” Siwa tells Billboard. “I had a blast last year at SlimefFest in the UK and look forward to giving my US fans the same fun time.”
“Nickelodeon SlimeFest grew out of a great idea which started in some of our international markets where they successfully held concerts with slime,” Cyma Zarghami, president of Viacom Inc.'s Nickelodeon Group, told The Hollywood Reporter. "SlimeFest will offer a little something for everybody — music that kids know and parents are going to know, interspersed with some really great activities."
Also, Nickelodeon assures The Hollywood Reporter that there will be slime — lots of it.
According to the company, their research suggests that kids and parents are actively seeking more events to participate in together. SlimeFest is one of Nickelodeon's growing list of in-person properties, including SpongeBob on Broadway and the Nick Hotel, which aim to fill that void.
Zarghami puts it this way: “We have a great legacy of events for kids and families, and we know how to throw a great party — which is what SlimeFest is going to be. We’re bringing the Nickelodeon brand to lots of large audiences so we can get in front of multiple fan bases and let people connect with us in places where we are not always expected, and that’s been very successful for us.”
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