by The Festival Guy

After waiting for what seemed liked years, the countdown to Coachella finally ended and the gates opened up. As festival-goers entered the fair grounds they were greeted with the Coachella they know and loved but there was an even greater sense of art than years before. The first addition that greeted the attendees was a

Full post here: The Scene: Coachella 2013 Review From The Festival Guy

by Vito Valentinetti

The MFJ crew takes on Treefort 2013!

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by Vito Valentinetti

One of the best parts of Treefort is stumbling strolling into random venues and catching acts that you've never heard of before. This is not that article.

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by Vito Valentinetti

This weekend (March 21-24, 2013), the MFJ crew is heading to Boise for the Treefort Music Festival, one of our favorite new festivals.

Full post here: Six Things We’re Looking Forward To @ Treefort Festival 2013

by The Festival Guy

The Festival Guy is back and is kicking off the 2013 music festival season in style. Check out his review below about the SnowBall Festival and make sure to visit his website for even more rad adventures.  After two years of battling the snobby locals and overly aggressive police in Avon, Colorado, it was time

Full post here: The Scene: Holy F**cking SnowBall Festival

by MFJ Staff

The Future Music Festival street team working one of the roughest jobs in the industry. The most adorable twins since Nelson, Tegan & Sara, interview Andy Samberg. Homemade costumes from the Sonic Bloom festival. So there’s a Russian DJ prodigy, Arty, who apparently can make girls dress like this for his shows. It’s that time

Full post here: Sexy Sunday: Future Music Festival, Sonic Bloom, No Party No Arty, Tegan & Sara, Miss Suwannee

by Chris Garbushian

How the S.S. Coachella and its partner Celebrity Cruises are going to revolutionize the music festival. Upon boarding the S.S. Coachella, aka the Celebrity Silhouette — a 1,033 foot long Solstice-Class cruise ship, I knew one thing was for sure – this was going to be an experience unlike any other. Many people on board

Full post here: The Big Ship That Could: All Aboard the S.S. Coachella

by Vito Valentinetti

Ever thought about throwing a music festival? Then check out Daniel Simpson’s book, A Rough Guide to the Dark Side. It’s a chronicle of his attempt to throw a “Summer of Love” festival in the Balkans — and what goes spectacularly wrong. The author sent us over an excerpt. Check it out: Music and Drugs Taken from

Full post here: Book Club: A Rough Gide to the Dark Side

by The Festival Guy

The Festival Guy isn't just a guy who loves music festivals, he wants to change them for the better.

Full post here: Make Music Festivals Better and #RageItForward

by The Festival Guy

The Festival Guy interviews 133 people at Burning Man and asks them to describe the fest in just a single word

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by Vito Valentinetti

Founded in 2006, the Osheaga Festival has been bringing the noise to Montreal with a mega-festival on the island of Sainte-Hélène. This year Justice, The Black Keys, and Snoop Dogg…err, excuse me, Snoop Lion, headlined three full days of rock, pop, electronic, and rap. The Music Festival Junkies put our papers in order and cruised over the

Full post here: The Scene: Saturday Photos and Reviews @ Osheaga 2012

by Vito Valentinetti

The Northside Festival, Brooklyn’s answer to South By Southwest, takes place over seven days in the trendy Williamsburg neighboorhood. Music dominates the first weekend with a slate of 350 artists performing over 20 venues. While most events required a festival badge or individual ticket, the first Saturday of Northside offered plentiful options for fans of

Full post here: Sunshine and Free Music: Saturday @ Northside Festival in Photos

by Vito Valentinetti

When: March 22-25, 2012 Where: Boise, Idaho Who:Of Montreal, Why?, Built To Spill, AU, Blitzen Trapper SEE TREEFORT FRIDAY PHOTOS HERE SEE TREEFORT SATURDAY PHOTOS HERE The Scene: It ain’t easy being Boise. For years, the biggest burg in Idaho has been overshadowed by its western counterparts, the hipster triumvirate of Portland, San Francisco, and

Full post here: The Scene: Treefort Music Festival 2012

by Vito Valentinetti

The MFJ crew roadtripped out for the first day of the inaugural Treefort Fest in Boise, Idaho. We don’t get much in the way of festival action up here in the Northern Rockies, so suffice to say we were stoked with the buffet of over seventy bands. Too much happened in one day to sum up in

Full post here: The Treefort Festival Diaries: Friday Fun-Day Roadtrip

by Vito Valentinetti

When: March 4-6, 2011 Where: Avon, Colorado Who: The Flaming Lips, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Lotus, Local Natives, Portugal. The Man, Diplo, Savoy, Big Gigantic, and more. The Scene: Despite local resident concerns about traffic, noise, and the hoopla associated with music festivals, the inaugural edition of The Snow Ball Festival appears to have been a

Full post here: The Scene: SnowBall Music Festival 2011