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Surprise guests are no strangers to the three stages of Newport Folk Festival, particularly the biggest, the Fort Stage. So when the lineup gradually began to roll out over the last couple of months and one of the prime spots – Saturday’s headlining set – was still billed as “Unannounced,” theories began to float around […]

Summer kicks off in New York City at Governor’s Ball – the three day music festival that follows the (usually) rainy Memorial Day weekend. The kids are home from college, private high schools are over, and public school kids are in that end of the year lull. For working New Yorkers, it’s a nice time […]

With the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival only days away (April 27th – May 6th), it’s a good time to start printing out the cubes and marking off who you want to see. With twelve stages going at all times from the opening of the gates at 11:00 to the shutdown at 7:00, […]

SXSW can be overwhelming, we know. That’s why we’ve done our due diligence and did the heavy lifting for you, narrowing down a list of 10 acts you absolutely cannot miss in Austin when music week kicks off Monday. There’s a wide range of genres represented, from pop and country to folk and R&B. You’re […]

In the jam band world, Halloween is the ultimate concert holiday, equal only to New Year’s Eve and perhaps even better. Bands and fans alike partake in the fun, dressing up in costume and often playing sets that feature some sort of theme. The only thing that can truly top a Halloween concert extravaganza is […]

As the crisp fall air descends with the seasons changing and summer music festivals seem like a distant memory, the best of festival season isn’t quite over yet. October brings the 2017 Desert Daze Festival located at the Institute of Mental Physics in Joshua Tree, California Oct 12-15. Equal parts mystical and otherworldly, the festival’s […]

Austin’s festival season is probably the only thing longer than its summer. Kicking off with SXSW in March and lasting until Sound on Sound Fest (formerly Fun Fun Fun Fest) in November, almost every weekend seems to have some sort of festival or event going on celebrating stuff like hot sauce, oysters, ice cream, or […]

Sheather Fest is unlike any festival in the country. Held this coming September 9 and 10, 2017, in Knights Ferry, California, the idea for this musical gathering was born out of  love and appreciation for one dude in England, David Sheather, and his wife, Sue. Arguably one of the finest music fans in the modern […]

Metal fans from all over the world will invade Mexico October 29- November 2 to attend Metal Maya, a 4-day all-inclusive heavy metal destination festival vacation at the luxurious Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun, just south of Cancun in the paradise of Puerto Morelos on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Metal Maya is the perfect place to celebrate Halloween and Dia de los […]

Every summer one of the best festival lineups can be found on Pendarvis Farm minutes outside Portland, OR at the Pickathon Music Festival. The event has earned a reputation for thoughtful and eclectic curation presented in a gorgeous setting that includes creative stage displays, delicious local food and drinks, and a true dedication to sustainability. […]

Newport Folk Festival prides itself on offering something new and fresh every year, not to mention the countless spontaneous performances and collaborations that inevitably take place over three days of artists wandering the grounds of spectacular Fort Adams. This year will bring the addition of a live recording of Joe Pug’s phenomenal new podcast The […]

Bluegrass festivals and summertime go together like coffee and pie. There’s just something magical about setting up camp, cracking a cold one, and watching acoustically picked instruments in the sunshine or under the stars. One of the best places to soak up this experience is at Northwest String Summit in North Plains, OR. Held at the bucolic Horning’s Hideout, […]

Electric Forest has been a name to remember since the festival was conceived about a decade ago. Now it has become a doubleheader of musical allure and artistic expression with a unique charm and grace. Sporting such glaring headliners as Bassnectar, The String Cheese Incident, My Morning Jacket and Flume, along with so many more supporting […]

All festivals have their diehards who simply do not miss a year, but Northern California’s High Sierra Music Festival possesses a particularly strong sense of community, where the winding pathways of the Plumas Country Fairgrounds are transformed into distinct neighborhoods, each rich in creativity and traditions but ever-welcoming to newcomers and curious passersby. Not too […]

Festivals require choices, right?  Multiple stages, and so many food options, art installations, freebies, vendors, and other diversions.  Which group of friends do you hang with or do you wander off with a newly-made honey?  Commit to full sets or graze?  See a band you’ve already seen or discover someone new?  Plan the schedule, or […]

Yet again Disc Jam proves to possess one of the deepest festival lineups in the jam scene. With over 50 acts playing over four days on four stages, one can see how powerful the lineup is at Disc Jam this year. From its initial offering in June 2001 at Sturbridge, MA, Disc Jam has developed into […]

This Memorial Day marks a series of changes that add up to the most monumental shift in Boston Calling’s format since the inaugural event was held in May of 2013. Rather than holding a biannual event every Labor and Memorial Day, the festival is going to be appearing in May alone. Instead of staying in […]

With the start of Jazz Fest 2017 only days away in New Orleans, fans have already secured their hotel rooms, booked their flights, circled their cubes and pulled out the vacation cash fund for food, food and more food. If it’s April, it’s time for the Laissez les bons temps rouler; in other words, let […]

The multi-genre dance extravaganza Euphoria Festival is back in 2017, once again taking place at Carson Creek Ranch on April 6-9 in Austin, Texas. While other festivals in the Austin area were stricken with bad weather throughout the spring of last year, Euphoria flourished, bringing in over 50,000 attendees. While it is easy to label a […]

Ah yes, the annual week of debauchery and good times is upon us once again. No, not Mardi Gras – South By Southwest (SXSW) y’all – 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 […]