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Note: This article originally appeared on The Horn.  It’s easy to get swept up in the hype of major names like Kanye West and Prince playing intimate shows during SXSW, but at some point it’s good to remind yourself that the festival has always been for the little guys. We all like to brag about […]

(Old Settler’s Music Festival, Photo: Arthur VanRooy) Long lines, corporate sponsors, mile long walks to the stage, and huge crowds filled with first timers who can’t handle their drugs. These are what come to mind when I think about festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits. Those of us who have been there done […]

“Out of place and out of time stress in your mind,        Sweet peace in the music let me ride,        Can’t stay behind the lines just cause of the skin that covers my bones,        Listen to the music …bear the weight of my soul” – Jen Durkin The west coast is about to […]

It is no secret that music on the high seas has become a phenomenal trend for the concert and destination travel industries. Being able to combine a cruise vacation with the music festival experience has given travelers something to look forward to year after year. No concert cruise brings as much energy year after year […]

Do you have that one festival that is so much fun that you make certain you return each and every year?  For a growing number of music aficionados that festival is the trailblazing and unique Rock N Roll Resort.  On New Year’s Eve,  Rock N Roll Resort & Turkuaz present The Ball Drop, a spectacular […]

Located just over the Florida/ Georgia border in Live Oak, FL  lies the infamous Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park which will host The String Cheese Incident’ s Suwannee Hulaween for the second straight year. Suwannee has made a name for itself by providing one of the most unique festival grounds setups and by hosting […]

Prepare yourselves, festival goers, as Art Outside Music Festival is only 1 week away (Oct. 24th-27th)! This will be the festival’s tenth year running, and the lineup they have put together is something truly special. The 2014 version headliners include The Motet, Conspirator, Emancipatior, The Polish Ambassador, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Papadosio, Quixotic […]

Alabama singer-songwriter Amy McCarley has been gaining a steady buzz since releasing her self-titled debut in 2011, even being listed as one of 12 Northern Alabama artists to watch by The Huntsville Times that very year. This June McCarley released her highly anticipated follow-up, Jet Engines, earning praise for her thoughtful lyrics, sultry voice, and one-of-a-kind […]

Dallas’ Deep Ellum district serves as the centerpiece of the city’s arts and entertainment happenings. This weekend, Sept. 26-28, the neighborhood hosts the third annual installment of the Index Festival, which will feature over 100 bands and artists spread across three outdoor stages and six surrounding indoor concert venues. Boasting an eclectic lineup, with acts […]

In what is now becoming an annual event in the Green Mountain state, the 4th annual Grand Point North Music Festival, curated and presented by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals along with Higher Ground is taking place this Saturday, September 13th and Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at Burlington, Vermont’s picturesque Waterfront Park. In addition to […]

There is a location proven to permeate a plethora of benevolent vibes – a festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut called Gathering of the Vibes. Steeped out of the Grateful Dead tradition, people with strong values and good souls will gather to share love and the enjoyment of music at the 19th annual festival located just 1.5 […]

Organizers made the announcement a few weeks back that the fourth annual Electric Forest Electronic festival set to take place at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, MI this weekend is now sold out.  The announcement comes just two days after the festival released its final round of artists for the 2014 lineup that already included  […]

The 10th annual Mountain Jam festival is just a day way when it kicks off Thursday at Hunter Mountain, New York at 2 pm on the West Stage. The eclectic 40-band lineup at the four-day music festival represents a little of everything musically, but we picked out some that will make this one worth the ride […]

The Boston Calling Festival kicks off this Memorial Day Weekend at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston. Crash Line Productions, Bowery Boston and Aaron Dessner (composer/guitarist/keyboards) of The National have put together an outstanding line-up. The festival also features two stages, with no overlapping sets, allowing music fans the ability to catch every minute of […]

Going into it’s fifth year, Hangout Music Fest can compete with the best of them. The three day festival (four if you include the Kickoff Party Thursday night) is located on the beautiful white sandy beaches of Gulf Shore, Alabama.

You know you’re getting close to Jazz Fest time when the pollen starts swirling in the breezes and a sunny morning can turn on a dime into a rainstorm from hell. Welcome to spring in Louisiana. Despite the weather idiosyncrasies, that has rarely dissuaded festival goers from attending one, if not all seven days of […]

The Firefly Music Festival, “the East Coast’s premier live music experience”, is returning to The Woodlands at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware for the third year. Red Frog Events expanded the festival to four days, increased the venue space, and most significantly, added more artists. Big name headliners, critically acclaimed artists and emerging […]

This upcoming weekend (April 4-6), the fourth annual Rock and Roll Resort  is poised to be another spectacular year filled with endless spontaneous adventures.  An all-inclusive festival, with reasonable prices, the weekend musical excursion takes place all under one comfortable roof at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkon, New York which is conveniently […]

As philosopher George Santayana once wrote, “The Earth has music for those who listen.” Her song is as beautiful as the wind rustling through the trees and as chaotic as the waves bashing a shoreline. A dove’s coo, a bee’s hum, a kitten’s purr. All are part of nature’s serenade. If you take time to […]

They call it a music experience. Coming at the tail end of the so-called festival season, Voodoo always likes to go out with a bang. And Voodoo 2013, which begins this Friday, November 01, 2013, and runs through Sunday, is pumped with music: from the big headliners Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and The Cure, […]