http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com Guides to all the big music festivals in the USA and Europe Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:23:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en April 24th Chicago Event to Stage Four “Quarters” of Music Using Innovative Technology and Interactive, Fan-Driven Cues The forward-thinking band Umphrey’s McGee will carve out new terrain in musical interactivity with their fans at the first “UMBowl,” an unprecedented 4-quarter evening-long concert on Saturday, April 24th, at Lincoln Hall in the ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/the-1st-annual-umbowl/ On December 18th, Rose Presents (one of the principle partners in the 10,000 Lakes Festival) announced that 10KLF would be on official hiatus until further notice. Unfortunately, 10KLF could not grow to financial success. This news came to a great disappointment to me. 10KLF shared an amazing seven years ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/10000-lakes-not-happening-this-summer/ On January 22, festival organizers for the Rothbury music festival announced that they will not host a 2010 event. Our festival expert Coco, who attended Rothbury last year, said it was her favorite festival of the summer. She told us, "Dreams are magical because our minds are capable of creating ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/more-sad-news-for-festivals-rothbury-is-suspended/ This European snow party was canceled last year so here's hoping they can pull it off for the new decade. The world needs more combo music/snowboarding festivals. The Festival: Snowbombing 2010 Location: Mayrhofen, Austria Dates: April 5th - 10th, 2010 Price: You're on your own...the full price list is right here. Official Site: Snowbombing.com Lineup: http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/snowbombing-2010/ The Big Snow Festival is coming up this March 14-21, 2010. Picture a kick ass music festival held at a European ski resort. Ride all day, party all night. Sounds like a plan. The festival is being held in Andorra, a super tiny country tucked into the Pyrenees on the French/Spain ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/big-snow-festival-lineup/ Here's a really basic contest to win a pair of tickets to the Voodoo Experience. First go here to get the password of the day. They'll send you over to another part of the site where you give Fuse some basic information. They're giving away a pair of tickets every day ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/fuse-tv-giving-away-tickets-to-voodoo-experience/ [caption id="attachment_2170" align="aligncenter" width="565" caption="Photo Credit: Blip Festival "][/caption] Bust out your Game Boys, the Blip Festival is back for its fourth year of low-tech music magic. It takes place in New York City December 17th-19th. The first batch of performers were released this week. This is only a partial lineup ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/first-round-of-artists-announced-for-blip-festival-2009/ Buzzsugar.com The gorgeous and warm weather on Saturday fit the bill for the lineup that had a heavier concentration of electronic music and DJs (like MGMT and Girl Talk), while on Sunday I bundled up and chilled out to The Decemberists and Grizzly Bear. All in all it was an awesome ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/review-roundup-treasure-island-music-festival-2009/ With close to a billion artists (okay, it's more like 1,200) the CMJ Music Festival in New York City is one of the largest fall festivals. If you plan on attending the five day festival which starts today, you're going to need some help picking out the can't miss shows. Lucky ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/essential-viewing-guide-for-cmj-2009/ Not entirely sure what this about, but it involves Legos, video games, and music so it must be completely awesome. Be amongst the first public in the UK to play LEGO Rock Band! Perform on stage with other SUPER-GROUPS! Make your own festival crowd! GameCity comes to a musical, plastic, sublime close with the ... http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/brickstock-peace-love-and-plastic-bricks/