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New 2011 Dates: All Good, 80/35, Austin City Limits, BamaJam
It’s almost Christmas which means the MFJ 2011 Festival Guide is almost ready. There have been a slew of announcements over the last couple months which means loads of updates. Below we have four
Read More »The Bamboozle Festival Releases Lineup
Lil Wayne, Motley Crue, Taking Back Sunday, The Gaslight Anthem, and Wiz Khalifa are leading the charge at the 2011 Bamboozle Festival. The full lineup was announced today and there’s a healthy chunk of
Read More »Dates, Tickets, and Other Helpful Facts About Sasquatch 2011
The Gorge in Washington is nothing like the other cookie cutter amphitheaters where music festivals are held. Staffers here are MFJ resoundingly agree that it’s one of the best places in these here United
Read More »Pearl Jam Throwing Their Own Music Festival
Just came across this tidbit via the excellent folks at Beatcrave. It sounds like Eddie Vedder and the Pearl Jam gang are going to host and headline their own music festival sometime in 2011.
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Band of Buds Inglorious Budsters Training For Vegas: A Montage
This has nothing to do with music festivals, but our pals in Tucson are on track to winning $100,000 from Budweiser. The Inglorious Budsters are finalists in the Band of Buds four-day, reality show-like
Read More »Noise Pop 2011 Adds Yo La Tengo, Wavves, and Best Coast
The San Francisco institution known as Noise Pop has named a bunch of new acts including The Stone Foxes, a solo show with Ted Leo, and Voxhaul Broadcast. Early “Bird” Badges are onsale now
Read More »Will the DEA Be Crashing a Music Festival Near You?
Quick survey: Raise your hand if you’ve ever indulged in an illegal substance at a music festival. Oh, you haven’t and think this story doesn’t matter to you? Guess again. “The Man” is starting
Read More »Ultra Music Festival and WMC Hash it Out
The organizers of the Ultra Music Festival and the Winter Music Conference commented about the scheduling difficulties happening this March in Miami. For those of you unfamiliar with the details — the Ultra Music
Read More »The 5 Best Halloween Music Festivals
Here are our picks for the best ways to spend Halloween. Click on any of the titles to see full lineups and ticket info. Happy Halloween. Las Tortugas Festival 2010 October 28-31, 2010 Yosemite,
Read More »First Round of Panels Announced for South By Southwest 2011
South by Southwest 2011 released the first group of the always entertaining panels for this year’s show. The first 20 confirmed sessions for the 2011 SXSW Film Conference are: • Beyond 3D: How Interactive
Read More »All Good Festival Announces 2011 Dates
According to their Facebook account, All Good will be happening July 14-17, 2011 and held once again at Marvin’s Mountaintop. There’s also a contest here to win tickets by submitting your ultimate All Good
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Pack up the Tents and Bust out the Skis — Winter is Almost Here
Yes, it’s entirely too early to be getting stoked for winter, but that’s just what we do here at the Junkie Empire. We hit up music festivals during the summer and ski areas when
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