With Memorial Day Weekend signifying the official start of summer, it also marks the official kickoff to music festival season, as each weekend from now through the end of September is filled with multi-band, music fests around the country. On Saturday, June 18, New York City’s Governors Island will host one such fest with the inaugural The Governors Ball. This one-day, dance music-leaning event will be headlined by Girl Talk, Pretty Lights and Empire Of The Sun, and is set to feature two stages of music with no overlapping sets, as well as a mix of art installations and summer-y activities like ping pong, basketball, beach volleyball and beer pong.
Tickets to the Governors Ball are currently on-sale now, and will run you $95 for regular tickets and $150 for VIP ones, but as part of our ever popular and long running Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away program, we’ve got a pair of general admission tickets to the Governors Ball for one lucky HT reader. To enter, simply leave a comment below telling us what act are most excited to see at the Governors Ball. You can enter a second time by leaving the your answer to that question on our Facebook wall. You must leave your comment on this page or our Facebook page by Monday, June 13 at 11:59 AM EDT. We’ll pick the winner at random shortly after the contest ends.
Here’s a rundown of the details for this contest…
- Grand Prize: One pair of general admission tickets to the The Govenors Ball
- To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us who you’re most excited to see at the Governors Ball
- You can enter a second time by posting your answer on our official Facebook page
- Your comment/Facebook wall posting must be left by 11:59AM EDT on Monday, June 13
- All entries will tallied at the end of the contest and we’ll determine the winners by using random.org
39 Responses
I am excited to Big Boi.
Looking forward to pretty lights
I’m most excited to see Pretty Lights!!
Big Boi!
Girl talk
Ive been dieing to see pretty lights…unfortunatly hes not on the identity fest bill for the NY show so I hope I get this. Thanks HT! You da besssss
Pretty Lights
Empire of the sun. I wanna dance,
Empire Of The Sun! They’ve never played near me until now.
I’m excited to see Neon Indian! woo, hope I win.
I am excited to see Big Boi come out with Empire of the Sun for a truly strange rendition of spottiottidopalicios. Head explosions. Although seeing another Juicy and Empire State of Mind from Pretty Lights would be a PaRtYYYYY.
pretty lights!
i never got to see Outkast. Seeing Big Boi could be as close as I ever get. pumped to hear Daddy Fat Saxx spit some classic verses (his new album rocks too)!
Definitely People Under The Stairs, one of the great underground hip-hop groups from the 90s still doing it
NEON INDIAN!!!!
Pretty lights
pretty lights!
BIG BOI
girl talk!!
Empire of the Sun!!
pretty lights
Empire of the Sun!!!
Passion Pit’s dJ set
The second I saw that Miami Horror is going to be there, I knew that I had to find some way to get myself to this concert. Miami Horror is candy to my ears and has an unfathomable amount of talent.
Pretty Lights!!!
I’m most excited to see Girl Talk and Pretty Lights 🙂
I’m most excited to see Empire of the Sun!!
PASSION PIT! (DJ set)
Folks from Hidden Track and Glide Magazine attending, OF COURSE!!! also girl talk/passion pit
Empire of the Sun!!
Passion Pit!!!!!! Hope I get to see them!!!!
Perty lights!
Pretty Lights and People Under the Stairs
Passion Pit, Pretty lights, empire of the sun
mac miller!
Something magical about the thought of drinking beer and seeing Empire of the Sun in gorgeous weather! ; )
PHANTOGRAM
Cage the Elephant
of monsters and men 🙂