The promoters for this year’s Langerado Music Festival announced today that the event has been cancelled. Anyone that purchased tickets can get in touch with the festival customer support line for their money back; get in touch at 888-512-SHOW or email support@fgtcustomerservice.com for a full refund. Bummer.
It’s a shame to see that the partnership with C3 wasn’t enough to give this festival it’s much-needed return to glory; there were some good years when it was being operated before it’s 2009 cancellation and now I’m sure its future is up in the air.
As we mentioned previously, the Langerado Music Festival is making its return in 2011, after a two-year hiatus. They’ve just announced their initial 2011 lineup, with Death Cab For Cutie, Trey Anastasio Band, Ben Harper, Ween, and Thievery Corporation on top of the bill, and a slew of buzzy indie bands and electronic acts rounding out the weekend festivities. The event is slated for October 8 and 9 and will be back at Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida, just outside of Ft. Lauderdale. Check it…
Langerado Music Festival 2011 Lineup:
Death Cab For Cutie
Trey Anastasio Band
Ben Harper
Ween
Thievery Corporation
Arctic Monkeys
G. Love & Special Sauce
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Wolfgang Gartner
The Glitch Mob
Ghostland Observatory
Das Racist
Etienne De Crecy – Live Show
Portugal. The Man
Friendly Fires
Childish Gambino
Super Mash Bros.
Conspirator
SAVOY
Mates of State
Smith Western
The Whigs
Yuck
Metropolis (Live)
Keys N Krates
Two Fresh
RAC DJs
Lance Herbstrong
HOTTUB
Bobby Lee Rodgers
The Kingston Springs
more TBA
It’s interesting to see the decidedly Indie Rock tilt of this lineup, including buzzy bands like Mates of State, Portugal. The Man, Smith Westerns, Yuck, along with the return of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (who hasn’t toured for years).
For ticket and other deets, you can hit up Langerado.com.
It’s nice to see this one make a comeback in 2011: Langerado Music Festival.
I like that they’re back to the original location at Markham Park (outside of Ft. Lauderdale). Here’s hoping the 2011 hurricane season is over by October.
Given that this rumor was published on Twitter, it’s fair for me to open this blog post with something rather apropos given the medium and message.
A little birdie just told us that Phish is going to be returning to Big Cypress in Florida to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their millennium concert celebration. If this rumor gets confirmed, we’ll definitely be planning for a trip to Florida right around that time, which would also allow me (theoretically) to finally catch my first year of Jam Cruise.
I’d see the odds of this happening as rather good, especially given that the local economy already lost their beloved Langerado festival. What do you think? True? Not true?
Update: new rumors are calling for NYE in Miami, not Big Cypress.
Whenever I think of Langerado I think of the start of the music festival season, and next year’s festival and unofficial start to the ’09 season will be held March 6-8 the week before South by Southwest which means there’s a slight chance I could try to hit both of these festivals. I mean, I should try to be realistic and understand that I’m going to putting a lot of energy into SXSW this next year (more on that soon, hopefully!). But still, Langerado seems to be upping their game by moving back to a fan-friendly locale in Miami and promising a ton of fresh faces as part of the lineup.
The 2009 edition of Florida’s annual Langerado Music Festival will be held at Bicentennial Park in Miami, marking the event’s fifth venue change since launching seven years ago, according to festival co-producer Ethan Schwartz.
Next year’s Langerado Festival, to be held March 6-8, will feature approximately 60 artists on four stages. A full lineup will be announced in early November. [Billboard]
