Festivals Archives
May 15, 2008
Sonic Bloom | 2008 Lineup
The lineup for the third-annual Sonic Bloom Festival was just announced, featuring a solid lineup of up-and-coming live electronica acts (basically all of them, really). For fans of getting down to live dance music in the mountains during the summer......
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Coachella 2008 | Sunday Review
From time to time, we get emails here at LMB that can serve as their own blog post if I would just get around to posting some of them. Some are so good that they just immediately grab me as......
May 9, 2008
Siren Music Festival 2008 | Initial Lineup Announced
Despite some rumors that the event might not happen again in 2008, the Village Voice has announced the initial lineup for the 8th Annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival at Coney Island. The free event will take place on......
May 8, 2008
Newport Folk Fest 2008 | Trey Added to Lineup
Hot off his recent live release, Original Boardwalk Style and a solid performance last night at Jammys, it looks like Trey Anastasio will be attempting a bit of a comeback this summer: Trey will make his debut appearance at......
Jam Cruise 7 | Lineup Announced
The seventh annual Jam Cruise will set sail January 4-9, 2009, and they've announced the 2009 lineup: Les Claypool Medeski, Martin & Wood Michael Franti feat. Jay Bowman Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe Galactic Cruise Crewe (featuring......
May 5, 2008
Vegoose Cancels Plans for 2008
In another sign (among many others) that the festival market in the US is quite oversaturated for 2008, the Vegoose Music Festival, the annual Halloween themed and timed event in Las Vegas, has announced that they will not be returning......
May 1, 2008
Heady Links | 2008 Festie Fest Fest Edition
The 10,000 Lakes Festival has added artists and slotted their late-night shows, including after-hours sets by George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Deep Banana Blackout and Lotus. The All Good Festival has added some new artists (Grace Potter & The Nocturnals,......
Apr 30, 2008
Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 | Full Lineup Announced
Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Mobile Festival just announced and finalized their lineup for the 2008 event, which is set for August 9-10 at Pimilco Race Course in Baltimore, MD. Baltimore's third annual Virgin Festival has announced the official......
Apr 29, 2008
Monolith Festival | 2008 Lineup Announced
The Monolith Festival is back for its second year at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. They've put together a pretty solid lineup for 2008; one that should be especially tantalizing to the indie hipster crowd. The......
Outside Lands Festival | Daily Lineups Announced
We've already seen that big ass lineup for the inaugural Outside Lands Festival, but they've now released the daily artists lineups. They're making a bit of a deal about the fact that no other artist has ever played Golden Gate......
Apr 25, 2008
JazzFest Preview | Le Bon Temps Roule
Anyone who's attended the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival can tell you that the fire on the bayou doesn't happen on the New Orleans Fair Grounds, it happens at the hundreds of jazz bars and clubs throughout one......
Apr 22, 2008
Heady Links | Festival Additions Edition, Take II
The festival announcements and add-ons just keep piling up here at LMB, so you know what that means....another round of festie Heady Links for that ass: Yet another new festival joins the 2008 Season? The 80/35 festival (apparently named......
Apr 15, 2008
Austin City Limits | 2008 Lineup Announced
Perhaps you've had enough festival lineups to last you for the next few years, but here's yet another one worth checking out... The annual Austin City Limits Music Festival has revealed its massive 2008 lineup, and it's really quite......
Apr 9, 2008
Coachella 2008 Lineup | Now With Prince
We've had the fleshed-out Coachella lineup for a while now, but the festival has now announced an intriguing late-hour addition: Prince! Interesting, especially since we're only weeks away from the event. You think they might have been feeling left......
Apr 7, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 | Full Lineup Announced
So Perry Ferrel must not have liked all those little Lollapalooza lineup rumors and leaks from Jim DeRo. He apparently gave the industry reporter a new label: "Pepe Le Pew." But whatever little drama happened between these two is......
Apr 4, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 | Headliners Confirmed
Looks like those previous Lolla 2008 rumors will prove to be correct. Once again, our fav Chicago Sun-Times insider -- Jim DeRogatis -- has been working his "industry sources." He's now confirming that the headliners for Lollapalooza 2008 will......
Apr 1, 2008
Heady Links | Festival Additions Edition
A few key festivals made some recent additions, so we thought we'd provide some linkage. Alright? Alright... All Good Music Festival has added Mike Gordon, The Avett Brothers, Perpetual Groove and Dark Star Orchestra to its lineup. Uber heady as......
Mar 29, 2008
Caribbean Holidaze 2008 | Disco Biscuits and Umphrey's McGee Head Back to Jamaica
As we briefly mentioned earlier this week, the Disco Biscuits and Umphrey's McGee announced that they would be heading back to Jamaica in December for a second version of their "Caribbean Holidaze" extravaganza. They've now made the announcement official, with......
Mar 26, 2008
Summer Camp 2008 Lineup | moe.'s Midwest Fest
We're going to continue our festival catch-up fest here at LMB and keep on posting some staples that we've been neglecting. What better way to continue the fun than to post about moe's annual Midwestern party, Summer Camp. The......
High Sierra Music Festival | 2008 Lineup
Yet another festival mainstay that we've neglected thus far in 2008: the High Sierra Music Festival. Don't worry HSMF, you still have a place in our hearts. This year, HSMF is slated for July 3 - 6, 2008, in......
NOLA Jazz Festival | 2008 Lineup and Schedule
Man, we've gotten buried with a such a barrage of non-stop festival announcements that we've neglected some our favorite festival mainstays. Case in point, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This festival -- which has pretty much set the......
Mar 25, 2008
Green Apple Music Festival | Free Shows Announced
The free shows that accompany the annual Green Apple Music Festival were just announced, and there's some serious mix in the lineups between the eight cities taking part in this year's Earth Day / Green Apple celebration. New York has......
Camp Bisco VII | Disco Biscuits Get Snoop, DJ Shadow
After finishing up their first European tour and showing up as headliners in some recent festival announcements, the Disco Biscuits continue to flesh out an impressive 2008 tour schedule. We recently came across some rather defensive Bisco fanatics, but......
Mar 24, 2008
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival | Lineup Announced
The lineup just got announced for the inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco, CA. The festival will be August 22-24 at Golden Gate Park; tickets go on sale this Saturday. Beck and Wilco now round out......
Mar 20, 2008
2008 Telluride Bluegrass| Lineup Announced
I'm in the midst of clearing through the LMB inbox, and we've gotten tons of music festival news over the past couple weeks. No big surprise there at all, really. I'll try to get some of the info posted......
Mar 19, 2008
SXSW 2008 | Day One Recap and Photos
By the time the music portion of the South by Southwest conference began, I was really excited for what I knew the week ahead of me would include. I had already started to plot out the ultimate schedule in......
Philly's Jam on the River 2008 | Flaming Lips, Disco Biscuits Headline
Philadelphia's annual 'Jam on the River' has announced its 2008 lineup. Once again, local electronic rockers, the Disco Biscuits, will return for their 6th year to headline the two-day mini-festival. This year, they'll be balanced out by the Flaming......
Mar 18, 2008
Mile High Music Festival | All New Colorado Fest
Yet another new festival enters the arena. The first ever Mile High Festival will take place July 19th and 20th at the Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado (9 miles outside of downtown Denver). Headliners......
Starscape Festival 2008 | Initial Artist Announcement
The Baltimore-based Starscape Festival has announced its preliminary list of artists for the annual all-night dance party, set for June 7th. As they did last year, the Disco Biscuits will be headlining the festival. After last year's throwdown, I......
Mar 17, 2008
Langerado 2008 | Day II Photo Round-up
Although he was unfortunately unable to stay for the entirety of the Langerado festival, our man Drew Gerlach gave us a nice rundown of the first night's festivities. He also caught some solid sets during his second night of......
Mountain Jam '08 Lineup Updated (Again)
A couple of additions to the Mountain Jam lineup were announced last week: Ray Lamontagne and Ingrid Michaelson. They join previously announced acts including Gov't Mule, Levon Helm, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Umphrey's McGee and Drive-by Truckers. We posted on......
Mar 11, 2008
Bonnaroo 2008 | Late-Night Sets and Artist Additions
With the initial Bonnaroo line-up announcement just about a month off the presses, they've now announced the late-night sets and made some artists additions. Check it out, if you haven't already: Late night sets: My Morning Jacket Phil Lesh &......
Pitchfork Music Festival | 2008 Initial Lineup
Pitchfork Media announced the first round of artists for its Chicago-based music festival that takes place July 18th - 20th. Dubbed as an "annual right of indie passage," the Pitchfork Music Festival always brings some very solid independent music......
Mar 10, 2008
Gathering of the Vibes 2008 | Lineup and On-sale
The Gathering of the Vibes -- that deadheadiest of festivals -- has released its initial lineup. Taking place July 31st through August 3rd, the Vibes will once again be returning to Bridgeport, Connecticut's Seaside Park. Tickets go on sale Tuesday,......
Langerado 2008 | Day One Review, Photos So Far
As we posted before, Drew Gerlach was our man on the scene at Langerado 2008. It turns out that he couldn't stay for the entire thing, but he's filed this report so far and sent a huge amount of......
Mar 7, 2008
Langerado 2008 Begins!
Our intrepid man-on-the-scene down at Langerado this year is Drew Gerlach, a new friend of the site that agreed to chronicle his festival experience when the original lineup was announced and he made his decision to attend this festival (I......
SXSW 2008 | If I were going...
Though all of us are not attending (myself included) said "indie-rocker wet dream of a music festival" some, all, or most of us here at LMB are going to let you know about some bands that are must sees, showcases......
Mar 6, 2008
A Look Back at Langerado 2007 | Day 3
And now we come to day three. The final day of a festival is always a bit of a bummer for me. You know you're coming to the end, definitely in the need of a little more sleep, and yet......
A Look Back at Langerado 2007 | Day 2
This year’s Langerado festival begins today, so there's just enough time now to post some photos from last year to wet your whistle for the 2008 recaps. For the play-by-play, check out WHITperson’s day two recap. For a look at......
Mar 5, 2008
A Look Back at Langerado 2007 | Day One
Langerado 2008 is approaching quickly, folks. As this year's gathering expands to four-days, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look back at the musical feast that was last years event. Today's focus is Friday, with......
Mar 4, 2008
SXSW 2008: Let the Prep Begin
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