Music lovers rejoice!

Music Midtown will return this year.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Live Nation president Peter Conlon made the announcement Wednesday at the W Hotel in downtown Atlanta. 

The festival--which ran 12 times from 1994 to 2005--is set for Sept. 24 at Piedmont Park, (about 37 miles from downtown Cumming).

Coldplay and Black Keys will headline on Saturday, Reed said at the conference. 

"There isn't a better place for this," said Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan, who represents part of Midtown. "Piedmont Park is the crown jewel of Midtown. It's a spectacular setting for outdoor music events."

Musical performances may be added on Friday night. At the conference, Reed said they are "working on a big surprise for Friday night."

This year's performances will be held on two stages. Other performers include: Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Young the Giant, Band of Skulls, The Joy Formidable, The Constellations, The Postelies and Mona.

Tickets are $55. Wan said the number of tickets will be limited. They will go on sale July 16.

"Consider this the first year, not the 13th for Music Midtown," Conlon with Live Nation said. "It's a different business now. It's a different site."

Geoff Rogers, vice president of the Midtown Neighbors' Association, said Tuesday night that this year's festival could have "a very different feel to it." Previous festivals ran for three days. 

"There's no reason it couldn't be a very big success," Rogers said. 

Festival organizers expect around 120,000 people to attend, according to an application for an outdoor festival permit filed in June.

The permit for Music Midtown still must be approved. 

The application was on the July 5 agenda for Neighborhood Planning Unit E. But board chair Penelope Cheroff said festival organizers called her Tuesday afternoon to defer the discussion.

The permit will be on the August agenda, Cheroff said. The Midtown Neighbors' Association will review the application at the end of July, Rogers said. 

Rogers said the Piedmont Park Conservancy's Green Concert has been cancelled for this year.

"With the Green Concert gone ... it seems to me that's it's going to be the one big concert event this year," Rogers said.