Benga

Last night during the second set of Umphrey’s McGee on Couch Tour, we got an announcement from keyboardist Joel Cummins regarding a festival that the band was going to be a part of in Chicago on Labor Day weekend. The festival is called the North Coast Music Festival and it’s going to be some serious heat for live music that weekend in the city. To get a lineup like this in Chicago starts to provides options to people besides the behemoth that is Lollapalooza, and the smaller and more eclectic and banging mix for your buck seriously puts this in good contention to be a standout festival of the year. Let’s hope for some bomb collaborations.

Check out their Twitter page here and follow along for the official lineup announcement. We have it on good authority that this is the lineup we’ll be seeing when it gets dropped.

North Coast Music Festival 2010

Lineup:
Chemical Brothers (Live)
Nas & Damian Marley
Umphrey’s McGee
Disco Biscuits
Moby (DJ Set)
Pretty Lights
Benny Benassi
Paul Van Dyk
Cold War Kids
De La Soul
Mayer Hawthorne & the County
Jay Electronica
Boys Noize
Flying Lotus
Benga
Jakob Dylan & Three Legs
Laidback Luke
Future Rock
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Green Velvet (Live)
Phantogram
Van Ghost
Two Fresh
Paul Kalkbrenner
Orchard Lounge
The Uglysuit
Loyal Divide

Seriously tight. Who’s already planning their weekend there?

Update:

The daily schedule has been announced…

Day 1 – Friday, September 3, 2010 – $35
The Chemical Brothers (Live), Paul Van Dyk, Pretty Lights, Paul Kalkbrenner, Orchard Lounge

Day 2 – Saturday, September 4, 2010 – $35
Umphrey’s McGee, Moby (DJ Set), De La Soul, Cold War Kids, Jay Electronica, Boys Noize, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Benga, Future Rock, Jakob Dylan & Three Legs, Van Ghost, Two Fresh

Day 3 – Sunday, September 5, 2010 – $35
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, The Disco Biscuits, Benny Benassi, Flying Lotus, Mayer Hawthorne & The County Green Velvet (Live), Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Phantogram, Loyal Divide