Early bird special: Single-day passes for Firefly go on sale June 15

If you missed the chance to buy weekend passes to Firefly Music Festival, which are now sold out, you still might have a chance to attend by getting single-day passes.

Those tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, at Fireflyfestival.com.

The festival offers three types of passes: general admission ($299), VIP ($699) and Super VIP ($2,499); all three are sold out. For camping, the only tent option available is on the north side for $229. 

Featuring headliners Billie Eilish, The Killers, Tame Impala and Lizzo, Firefly will be held in the fall for the first time, from Sept. 23-26.   

Firefly is planning to reduce capacity to about 50,000 fans this fall, state officials said, a reduced capacity that would make it the smallest since the festival's 2012 debut. 

But details about other possible COVID-19 related precautions and restrictions have largely been undecided. Delaware Online/The News Journal reported in May that state health officials would begin the detailed planning process with festival organizers that same month.

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Division of Public Health's Jamie Mack said he and other health experts will be examining several factors including the state's vaccination rate, new cases and hospitalizations when determining what pandemic restrictions or precautions will be in place.

The seven-day average of new Delaware cases has decreased 25% from 177 to 45 in the past month. 

"Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen a lot of these factors moving in a positive direction, and we're optimistic they will continue that way through the summer, especially as we see more people get vaccinated," said Mack, the state's environmental health director.

On Wednesday the Delaware State Fair announced fully vaccinated people won't have to wear a mask to the 102nd fair, which begins July 22. 

Once a Firefly plan is approved, AEG will begin telling festivalgoers what to expect and how to keep themselves safe in The Woodlands, located near Dover International Speedway. (There have been no talks about using "vaccine passports" and requiring fans to be vaccinated.)

Firefly officials said they are working closely with the health department to ensure a safe event.

"Firefly and the Delaware Division of Public Health are in constant communication and the decision to limit festival capacity to 50,000 attendees per day was made when deciding to return to the Woodlands in 2021," they said in a statement last month.

While the festival's capacity will be reduced by about 50% this year, making it the smallest since Firefly's 35,000-person debut in 2012, Mack said any other changes are still unknown at this point. 

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The pandemic forced Firefly to go dark in 2020. Last year's festival was set to feature a historic lineup for Firefly with a trio of female headliners – Eilish, Halsey and Maggie Rogers – after offering only one female headliner out of 29 in previous years.

This year’s headliners include mighty women like the fan-favorite Eilish. Over the last few years, critics have knocked the festival for not having enough representation of women topping the bill.

Other major performers coming to the festival this fall include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage the Elephant, Roddy Ricch, Wiz Khalifa, Diplo, Glass Animals, Machine Gun Kelly and Portugal. The Man.

Meanwhile, Mack said, we're still playing the guessing game about what possible COVID-19 restrictions might look like at the festival. 

"It could be that by the time we get to the event, there may be incentives, special sections and other different ways for those who can document vaccination status to enjoy the event," he said, "whereas those that remain unvaccinated may be encouraged to wear masks or take further precautions."

FIREFLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 LINEUP

Almost Monday

Aluna

Anna of the North

Arlo Parks

Atlas Genius

Badflower

Band of Horses

Big Wild

Billie Eilish

Binki

Blackbear

Blossom

Cage The Elephant

Cannons

Caribou

Carolesdaughter

Cassy

Chris Lake

Claud

Clever

Clozee

Deep Sea Diver

Denzel Curry

Des Rocs

Diplo

Dominic Fike

Duckwrth

Duke Dumont

Elohim

Flo Milli

GG Magree and Mija

girl in red

Glass Animals

Gracie Abrams

Grandson

iann dior

Jordy

Judah and the Lion

JXDN

Kenny Mason

Kennyhoopla

Khruangbin

The Killers

Kim Petras

Laundry Day

Lizzo

Lost Frequencies

Lovelytheband

LP Giobbi

Machine Gun Kelly

Madds

Madeon

Marc Rebillet 

Maria Isabel

Megan Thee Stallion

Michigander

Middle Kids

Missio

Mt. joy

Nelly

Noga Erez

Oliver Tree

ONR

Orion Sun

Peach Pit

Phoebe Bridgers

Portugal. the Man

Positive Movement Drumline

redveil

Remi Wolf

REZZ

Ritt Momney

Roddy Ricch

Role Model

Royal & The Serpent

Rossy

Rozet

Serena Isioma

Slander

$NOT

Sofi Tukker

St. Panther

Still Woozy

Sub Urban

Surf Mesa

Sylvan Esso

Taking Back Sunday

Tame Impala

Tate McRae

Trevor Daniel

Turnstile

White Reaper

Wiz Khalifa 

Andre Lamar is the features/lifestyle reporter. If you have an interesting story idea, email Andre Lamar at alamar@gannett.com