There aren’t any heavy hitters such as The Police or Kanye West, but there is a bigger alteration to this year’s Virgin Mobile Festival – it’s free.

Changing from a multi-day fest at Pimlico racetrack outside of Baltimore to a one-day event at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., the Virgin Mobile Free Fest on Aug. 30 will include performances by Weezer, Blink-182, Franz Ferdinand, Public Enemy, Jet and The Hold Steady.

All tickets will be given away, with previous Virgin Mobile Festival ticket buyers and Virgin Mobile customers getting the first opportunity to secure tickets. Those folks will be invited via email to a private “free-sale” (a free pre-sale) at http://www.ticketmaster.com on Thursday and Friday. The rest of the public can try for tickets beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The Virgin Mobile FreeFest will also contain an area with VIP seating for those who complete 13 hours of community service at designed homeless youth shelters around the country.

A complete lineup of bands and other information can be found at http://www.virginmobilefestival.com.

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