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New Festival Alert! Wavefront EDM Fest Coming to Chicago
What a year for EDM festival fans. New shows are popping up everywhere like the debut of Wavefront in Chicago from June 30-July 1, 2012. The venue is at Montrose Beach with a lineup
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New Festival Alert! VELD Music Festival This August in Canada
Another day, another shiny new festival announcement. INK Entertainment will throw “the largest music festival in Canada,” this August 4-5 in Toronto. Electronic mainstays Deadmau5, Avicii, Bassnectar, and Steve Akoi will anchor the debut
Read More »2012 Music Festival Preview: Top 10 Free Music Festivals
For the budget impaired, nothing beats the price tag of a freebie festival. And just because you didn’t shell out hard earned dollar bills doesn’t mean that this is a sub-par show. From downtown
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Basilica Block Party 2012 Lineup: Train, Cake, The Avett Brothers, OAR
The Basilica Block Party, whose motto is “your ticket to musical redemption”, is an annual bash to raise money for the restoration of The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. This year (July 6-7,
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A Good Idea: Transportable Community Bathhouse
It’s about time somebody upgraded the facilities at a music festival. The folks at Oasis Express took a 1968 Airstream Overlander and converted it into a wood-burning sauna complete with ante room, sound system,
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New Festival Alert! What The Music Festival Bringing Beats to Oregon
What The Music Festival is launching this July 27-29 at White River Canyon in Oregon. A quick 100 mile jaunt south of Portland, this outdoorsy fest highlights why Oregon is such a stellar place
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New Festival Alert! CounterPoint Music Festival in Atlanta
The newly announced CounterPoint Music Festival is set to debut this September 28-29, 2012. Produced by C3 Presents and MCP Presents, the first year festival will be held just south of Atlanta on the
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Catskill Chill 2012: Yonder Mountain, Lotus, Conspirator, Lettuce, Soulive
From September 7-9, over 40 artists will perform at the Catskill Chill Music Festival in Camp Minglewood. The usual suspects are at the top of the bill (Yonder Mountain, Lettuce, Lotus, EOTO) for this
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Hopscotch Festival 2012: The Roots, Built to Spill, Wye Oak, Yo La Tengo
The Roots, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Built To Spill will headline the 2012 Hopscotch Festival held in downtown Raleigh. The early September show (Sept. 6-8) will feature 175 bands in 15 venues
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Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam Top DeLuna Fest 2012
It’s going to be a full on nineties revival at the third annual DeLuna Festival. Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters will headline along with Guided By Voices, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ben Folds Five, and
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North Coast Music Festival 2012 Initial Lineup
North Coast Music Festival, which also calls itself the “Last Stand of Summer,” announced the first wave of artists for the Labor Day Weekend. The traditionally electronic/hip-hop/jam lineup includes Pretty Lights, Big Boi, and
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Outside Lands 2012 Lineup: Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Neil Young
Are you f’ing kdding me? The Outside Lands 2012 lineup and an MC Hammer origin story in one clip? I’m talking of course about the Outside Lands artist video hosted by Hammer and featuring one of
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