Archive for Festivals
Unfortunate news from the folks over at JamBase. They just posted an update informing fans that their inaugural festival at The Gorge Amphitheater in Washington for July 5-6 has been cancelled. No reason for the cancellation was given but we can only assume that low ticket sales and competition from the High Sierra Music Festival, which has been a west coast tradition for the past twenty-three years may have factored into the decision. Robert Plant, Rodrigo & Gabriela, STS9, Galactic, Railroad Earth and a host of others were scheduled to perform over the two day event. JamBase included a silver lining in their cancellation update with the news that they “are now working with another awesome venue (much closer to Seattle) to host many of the bands originally slated to play at The Gorge Amphitheater July 5-6. While we’re still hammering out the details, keep July 5-6 open on your calendar as we expect to have a new announcement soon. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.” We’ll have more on this story as it develops.
Coachella 2014: Dates Confirmed, Presales Soon
If you want to get a jump on making 2014 "the year" you find your inner hipster, sign up for more info for this week's Coachella 2014 pre-sale. The 2014 dates are confirmed for April 11-13 and April 18-20 and tickets for this festival now sell-out before anyone has... more
First City Festival: Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, MGMT, Beach House and more
The crew at Goldenvoice is busy today with the first announcement of a new festival set for Monterey, CA over the August 24-25 weekend. First City Festival is a new addition to the stacked summer around here in the Bay Area, with Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Neko Case,... more
Interlocken Festival 2013: Neil Young, Furthur, SCI, Black Crowes and More
Interlocken is a brand new 4-day music festival with an emphasis on world class music, locally sourced food and sustainability and the inaugural event will take place September 5 – 8 at Oak Ridge Farm at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Arrington, VA. Neil Young & Crazy... more
Passion Pit and DJ Jazzy Jeff Included In Bonnaroo 2013 Silent Disco Lineup
While Silent Discos have been a part of the European club scene for some time now, Bonnaroo was one of the first events to bring the experience stateside a few years ago when they added the Silent Disco experience for the first time several years ago. Now a Roo tradition,... more
Rooster Walk 2013: Leftover Salmon, Dumpstaphunk, Kung Fu and More
Photo via Blue Mountain FB Page The 5th annual Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival is set to go down once again in Martinsville, VA over Memorial Day weekend in the scenic rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The festival will take place at the Blue Mountain Festival Grounds and... more
FYF Fest 2013 Lineup: My Bloody Valentine, YYYs, TV On The Radio, MGMT and More
Los Angeles' FYF Fest continues its slow and steady ascent into one of the country's premiere multi-day music festivals and has just announced a fantastic lineup for this year's edition. The festival will go down once again in the LA State Historic Park (before temporarily relocating in 2014 while the... more
The ‘State of the Listen’ @ Jazz Fest 2013
Summary The 44th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival drew sizeable crowds this year, despite the rain that kept less ardent fans away. Featuring music, food, crafts, and culture, Jazz Fest falls on the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May each year. The following data reflects... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: The Meter Men with Page McConnell @ Jazz Fest 2013
Much like last year's first Meters club show in NOLA in decades, a highly-anticipated late night show with The Meter Men (George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste) with Page McConnell was one of the toughest tickets of this year's entire Jazz Fest run. Luckily for those in the... more
Summer Set Music & Camping Festival: Passion Pit, STS9, Big Boi, Big Gigantic, Girl Talk and more
Last year's festival newcomer Summer Set Music & Camping Festival was one that came and went with relatively little fanfare, even though the lineup last year was insane. This year it's back with a new lineup that easily rivals last year's solid first year to market and the Midwest heads... more
Austin City Limits 2013: The Cure, Depeche Mode, KoL, Atoms for Peace, Muse and More
On Monday night, The Austin City Limits Music Festival announced its 2013 lineup and its definitely one of the strongest major festival lineups of the year marked by LMB favorites like Atoms for Peace, Wilco, The National, Queens of the Stone Age, Tame Impala, Phosphorescent, Portugal. The Man, Toro y... more
Jazz Fest TV Schedule: DMB, Gary Clark Jr., The Meter Men (+Page), WSP & More
The second week of Jazzfest is well underway with rainy weather dominating Thursday headlines (despite some stellar performances.) Things are looking dry for the rest of the weekend but attendees should bundle up because a cold front is moving in that could bring record low temps. Those of... more
North Coast Music Festival 2013 Lineup: Wu-Tang, Bisco, Big Gigantic, Paper Diamond and more
The lineup for this year's North Coast Music Festival was dropped last night on the interwebs, and headlining this year is a solid set of hip-hop, electronic and livetronica artists that will undoubtably be something worth seeing over Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30th-Sept. 1st) in Chicago. First up of... more
Electric Daisy Carnival 2013 Lineup Announced
Insomniac has announced its full lineup for the 17th annual Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) at the Vegas Motor Speedway. The lengthy slate includes such acts as Avicii, Boyz Noise, Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, A-Trak, 12th Planet and more. Check out the list and poster below. ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL 2013 LINEUP ... more
JAM CRUISE 12: Thievery Corporation, Galactic, Les Claypool, Bootsy Collins, Lotus & More
Jam Cruise 12 will set sail from Miami on January 4th to the 9th on a brand new ship (MSC Divina, which looks amazing), with a boat-load (pun-intended) of talent. Set for 2014 is Thievery Corporation, Les Claypool's Duo de Twang, Galactic, Robert Randolph, Bootsy Collins, George Porter Jr.,... more
Seven Must-See Sets on Bonnaroo’s Newly Released Schedule
A day after announcing who would be playing late nights on The Which Stage and in This, That and The Other Tents, the festival has announced the schedule for the 12th Annual round-the-clock music, comedy and arts festival in Manchester, TN. As with any of these mega fests, fans will... more
HIGH SIERRA 2013: Late Nights Announced
The 23rd edition of the High Sierra Music Festival is just over two months away (63 days, 8 hours...) and today the organizers rolled out their always-important late night schedule to go along with the impressive headliners (Robert Plant, Thievery Corporation, Primus) slated for July 4th weekend. Late night... more
Furthur Cancels Set @ BottleRock Napa Valley
Sad news from the Furthur camp, and yet not entirely out of left field after last week's bummer with Bob Weir falling on stage: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Furthur regretfully will be unable to appear as scheduled at BottleRock Napa Valley on Thursday, May 9. Grateful Dead & Furthur Co-Founder Bob... more
Bonnaroo Announces 2013 Late Night Lineup
The late night scene at Bonnaroo is arguably unparalleled on the American festival circuit when it comes to producing legendary, one-of-a-kind performances on a yearly basis. The festival has just announced this year's lineup and the following bands will be performing their set late night on the Bonnaroo stages this... more
PHOTOS: Jazz Fest 2013 (Weekend One)
A notably wet Weekend One at Jazz Fest 2013 is in the books and Jim Brock shares his images from B.B. King, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews Band, Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, John Mayer, Midnite Disturbers and more in the gallery below. Check them out loop back for more from... more
LouFest 2013: Wilco, The Killers, The National, Alabama Shakes, Jim James & More
St. Louis' LouFest has just announced the lineup for their annual music festival held at Forest Park's Central Field on September 7th & 8th, 2013. Headlining the festival are The Killers, Wilco and The National, along with an under-card of Alabama Shakes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Jim... more
SETLIST: Dave Matthews Band @ Jazz Fest 2013
Dave Matthews Band returned to the Big Easy on Sunday afternoon to help close out weekend one of Jazz Fest 2013 with a shortened (due to inclement weather) set on the main Acura Stage on the 15th Anniversary of Before These Crowded Streets. Check out the setlist below. A big... more
HIGHLIGHTS / TWEETS: Day One at Jazz Fest 2013
There truly is nothing like Day One at Jazz Fest. Once one steps foot on the sacred Fairgrounds for the first time, all the forethought, plotting and planning that goes into crafting an idyllic and tailor-made Fest experience starts unfolding, evolving and happening. As is always the case, the magic... more
It’s Jazz Fest Time In New Orleans
The cubes are out, the late night grids are full and the time has come: It's Jazz Fest season in New Orleans! For those who can't make the trip, AXS TV (Ch. 340 on DirecTV) will broadcast the festival on television for the very first time from April 26th... more
Robert Plant Added to High Sierra Music Festival’s Lineup
Big news for fans of the intimate High Sierra Music Festival -- the voice of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant was just added to the top of the lineup! On Thursday, July 4th, Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters will kick off the four-day festival with what HSMF says... more
Dumpstaphunk To Play Special Meters Set Tonight @ Wanee Festival
Dumpstaphunk will perform an extra special Meters Tribute set tonight at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL this evening. The band headlines tonight's opening night festivities with a set from 10:45pm-1:00am. This comes nearly a year after Ivan Neville's band played a full set at Tipitina's with entire The... more
OUTSIDE LANDS 2013: Paul McCartney, NIN, RHCP, Phoenix, Gary Clark Jr. & More
Outside Lands just announced the lineup for their sixth annual Music & Arts gathering in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (August 9-11) and it's a stellar and diverse list. Paul McCartney will headline along with the newly configured Nine Inch Nails, the Chili Peppers, who just came off a... more
Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam and more to Play NOLA’s Voodoo Experience 2013
New Orleans' annual Voodoo Experience is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2013, and, as they did last year, the festival made an extra early initial announcement, this time revealing the first 15 acts to make up the festival's lineup. Notably, Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor will return to City... more
R. Kelly Makes Surprise Appearance with Phoenix at Coachella
The big news coming out of Coachella's second day was a surprise appearance by R. Kelly (not a hologram) who appeared on stage during Phoenix's headlining set and performed a mash-up of "1901" and "Ignition (Remix)." Rumors of Daft Punk sharing the stage with their fellow French musicians proved... more
WATCH: The Postal Service at Coachella 2013
The Postal Service (vocalist Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello) were one of the bright spots on Saturday's Coachella lineup in which they celebrated their only album, 2003's Give Up. Postal Service along with Jenny Lewis (who almost stole the show) performed the entire album except "Recycled Air" which... more
WATCH: How To Destroy Angels FULL SET @ Coachella 2013
Trent Reznor's newest project How To Destroy Angels has an unsurprisingly stellar visual element and the new group performed at Coachella's opening night on Friday. Check out the full performance at this link or the 8:55:31 mark below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KTWdBoru0&t=8h55m31s
