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Fans Pour into Dover for Firefly Music Festival

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - Music fans are descending on Dover for the fifth edition of the Firefly Music Festival.

Campers began arriving Wednesday at the Woodlands festival site near Dover International Speedway, where 90,000 fans gathered last year for the four-day festival.

This year's headliners include Two Door Cinema Club on Thursday, Kings of Leon on Friday, Florence + The Machine and deadmau5 on Saturday, and Mumford and Sons on Sunday.

The lineup also includes Ellie Goulding, blink-182, Death Cab For Cutie, Tame Impala, Of Monsters And Men, and Earth Wind and Fire.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.