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Over a decade since its first edition, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is still going strong. Now in its 12th iteration, San Francisco’s major weekend event returns to Golden Gate Park this August 9-12. Aside from the extensive, locally-focused food and drink options that put traditional festival fare to shame, Outside Lands has booked […]

It’s easy to look at the lineups for festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, and Austin City Limits only to be disappointed by the sameness, not to mention the corporate presence. Going into its 21st year, Pickathon has long been considered the crème de la crème of indie music festivals. Between a deliberately eclectic lineup and an […]

The 18th annual Northwest String Summit kicks off on July 18th. Hosted by Yonder Mountain String Band, this year’s String Summit features both long-time participants (Infamous Stringdusters, Danny Barnes, Fruition, Benny “Burle” Galloway) and some exciting newcomers (Dark Star Orchestra, Ghost Light, Trampled By Turtles). With the gates opening in just a few short days, […]

You may not be aware of it, but this weekend (July 12-14) the best little music festival on the East coast will be rocking on and you should be there. The Green River Music Festival takes place on the beautiful campus of Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, MA. It features three main stages, local food […]

This summer acclaimed record company Vinyl Me, Please will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock with a 10-LP box set. The records are tie-dyed (only color variant available), foil-stamped and numbered (limited to 1,000). Today Vinyl Me, Please is giving away one (1) limited-edition, exclusive Woodstock 50th Anniversary LP Collection box set (enter below). This […]

Though Solid Sound—a music festival curated by Wilco at which they headline (in different capacities) each of the three nights—may seem a strange concept to some folks, it has actually become one of the most interesting festival offerings in the Northeast. Every other year, Jeff Tweedy and co. are charged with creating a totally unique, […]

After founder Kevin Lyman declared the “final, full cross-country run of the Vans Warped Tour” last year, the storied festival returns in a much more limited fashion for 2019. The festivities, centered around the event’s 25th anniversary, kicked off in Cleveland earlier in the month with a single-day event at the Rock & Roll Hall […]

Clearwater Festival – The Great Hudson River Revival – is the place to be this coming weekend. Whether you’re looking for a chill festival with great musical acts, a gorgeous place to hang on Father’s Day, or the opportunity to honor the legacy of Pete Seeger (and celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday), […]

There’s truly no better place to be on a sunny weekend in June than at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, joining in the festive celebration of the annual Playboy Jazz Festival. Marking its 41st year in 2019, this festival has lit up the Bowl for two full days and nights of the best jazz, […]

It’s summer in New York City and time to kick off the Music Festival Season this coming weekend (May 31-June 2) with one of the finest – The Governors Ball Music Festival – on that lush “island” oasis in the middle of The City called Randall’s Island. GovBallNYC on May 31st – June 2nd is […]

The Boston Lyric Opera takes on another original operatic adaptation, embracing Margaret Atwood’s dark, dystopian vision, “The Handmaid’s Tale” and bringing it to the Boston-area stage with a major, mind-blowing production. On record now as the largest single BLO production, under a 72 hour deadline-based marathon, Production Director Bradley Vernatter and Assistant Producer Julia Noulin-Merat […]

Trombone Shorty (aka Troy Andrews) is determined to keep the music of New Orleans going for future generations. His Trombone Shorty Foundation and its Trombone Shorty Academy provide musically gifted high-school kids with a chance to study the rich music of that famed Louisiana city, which is the place where jazz (and funk and soul) […]

Turning 50 is always something to celebrate, whether it’s our physical body hitting the top of the proverbial hill, an anniversary with a beloved mate or a place or event that you love to go to, 50 is golden. And you want to throw one heck of a party for it. The New Orleans Jazz […]

Rock on the Range has been a mecca for hard rock fans, growing from a single day event in 2007 into a three-day music and comedy festival by 2013. There was some dissent in the hard rock community this past September when its founder, Danny Wimmers, announced it would be replaced by the Sonic Temple […]

Ah yes, the annual week of debauchery and good times is upon us once again. No, not Mardi Gras – South By Southwest (SXSW) – that annual time of year when the music community convenes to give itself a collective and drunken pat on the back and also where we all look towards the next […]

The 2018 Desert Daze Festival takes place October 12-14 at the lush Moreno Beach in  Lake Perris. CA- a different, yet fitting location for what is sure to be one of the year’s strongest and rock oriented fests. Tame Impala and My Bloody Valentine will be headlining with classic acts like Mercury Rev performing their […]

KAABOO Del Mar is a three-day “mix-perience” providing the perfect weekend escape in sunny Southern California. This fully immersive festival experience, now in their fourth year, works hard to separate itself from the typical inconveniences of a traditional outdoor event. KAABOO Del Mar combines a diverse mix of top-tier music, high-quality culinary offerings, top shelf […]

When the inaugural Waterloo Music Festival was announced this year at Carson Creek Ranch next weekend (September 7-9), we scratched our heads a bit trying to figure out where this enterprise was coming from. The event organizers advertised three nights of String Cheese Incident performing with other bands. The puzzled look on our face was […]

Before Coachella, Lollapalooza, Afropunk Festival, and even before Woodstock, the Newport Jazz festival was stirring things up back in the 1950s. For some, the notion of jazz as radical, revolutionary, cutting-edge, and entirely relevant musical genre may seem like a stretch. Yet since its inception in 1954 Newport Jazz Festival has been a participant and […]

It’s easy to look at the lineups for festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella and Austin City Limits and be disappointed by the sameness, not to mention the corporate presence. And while the cancellation of Sasquatch and other large-scale festivals may make it feel like we’ve hit peak festival, there are plenty of smaller independent runs still […]