Chicago – It’s late July, you’re standing in the middle of an open field in downtown Chicago, and there are multiple bass tones and distant drumbeats battling for your attention. Chances are you’re at Lollapalooza, and festival season is in full swing. The festival – one of the famed “Big 4” (the other three being Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Austin
Chicago – While for most people July triggers images of fireworks, American flags, grilling, and BBQ, for music festival junkees, this wonderful month ushers in thoughts of relaxing with a nice Goose Island beer, on the baseball field in Chicago’s Union Park, while listening to some of the best new bands around, at one of
Somerset, UK - 2016′s Glastonbury Festival opened its gates on Wednesday followed by tales of up to 12 hour queues to get onsite, along with the combination of rain and people on already well-watered land, turning the lush pastures of Worthy Farm into a familiar quagmire. The weather was kinder to early festival goers on Thursday but less so to those
Manchester, TN - As the second half of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival’s 15th anniversary edition began on Saturday morning, neither the merciless (and gradually building) heat and humidity nor the profound, almost tangible energy emanating from the thousands of festivalgoers showed any sign of halting. Despite a dramatic increase in temperature and a severe weather threat that prompted
Manchester, TN – Well here we are again: another sunny weekend full of blistering heat and multitudes of glorious debauchery to be witnessed down at Great Stage Park in Manchester. The annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in south central Tennessee always promises eclectic lineups, visual and aural spectacle, and an altogether memorable experience. Whether you’re new to the
Chicago – Ah, yes, festival season is in full swing! And for many, the mecca of music festivals is fast approaching. That would be Bonnaroo, of course. The four-day long camping festival in Manchester, Tennessee has long been a favorite among music lovers, who travel from all over the world to get down on the farm.
Chicago – Pioneering punk festival Riot Fest has announced its 2016 Chicago and Denver lineups. Riot Fest 2016 will take place September 2-4 in Denver and September 16-18 in Chicago. Just days earlier, news broke that the original Misfits would be reuniting to perform together at both U.S. Riot Fest dates, for the first time since the 80s. Now the initial
Bristol, UK – This is the third year now that the 6 Music Festival has taken over a city – a different one each time – and got a certain type of music fan, in that city, very excited. Well, momentarily excited anyway, before then feeling crushingly depressed because they’ve failed to get tickets to a hugely popular
Photo By Jeff Kravitz San Francisco – Outside Lands, San Francisco’s great outdoor music and arts festival starts on Friday. 60,000 people show up at Golden Gate Park to see scores of bands and enjoy some of the best food and drink San Francisco has to offer. Friday’s at Outside Lands are always great and
San Francisco – We’re in the thick of festival season and this weekend brings one of the best festivals for new bands. Outside Lands offers a broad spectrum of acts from different genres over four main stages, while in addition offering a comedy venue and a DJ tent to boot. Like many festivals of this