The party that is New Orleans Jazz Fest is April 28-May 7 in 2023. Here are the ticket prices, as well as the daily lineup of music and bands. Tickets: • Advance Single-Day: $85 • At The Gate: $95 • First Weekend 3 days: $240 • Second Weekend 4 days: $275 Purchase Tickets Link: Tickets - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival There are no two-day packages for … [Read more...]
Holo Holo Music Festival 2023 Coming To Las Vegas In May
Las Vegas is getting the Aloha spirt – with a bit of Jamaican spice, mon – as it is hosting the 2023 Holo Holo Music Festival. This two-day music extravaganza – an "oasis of island vibes" the event described in announcing the event – will be May 6-7 at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center. It features Kolohe Kai, Collie Buddz, Katchafire, Kapena, Anuhea, Ka'ikena Scanlan, … [Read more...]
New Orleans JazzFest 2021 Canceled Amid Rising Louisiana COVID-19 Cases
NOLA Music Festival Announces Cancelation Along With 2022 Dates This news sure isn't something that makes the good times roll. New Orleans JazzFest 2021, already postponed from its traditional April & May dates to October, has been canceled. The culprit: concern over rising COVID-19 cases in Louisiana and throughout some parts of the country. And so, for … [Read more...]
Lollapalooza Chicago Crowd Estimated At 385,000; Proof Of Vaccination Was Required
People Ready To Party At This Huge Music Festival In Grant Park Lollapalooza Chicago 2021 took place the end of July and it was estimated 385,000 people attended during the three-day music festival. With the nationwide rise in positive COVID-19 cases this has caused concern among heath officials. But organizers had a plan: They required festival-goers to show a … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Summerfest Moves To September For 2021; Features Dave Matthews Band
World's Largest Music Festival To Kick Off Labor Day Weekend The World's Largest Music Festival – also known locally as the 'Big Gig' – has moved from its traditional late June-early July dates for 2021. Milwaukee Summerfest 2021 will take place during the first two weekends of September, which means it will open on Labor Day Weekend. The dates are Sept. 2-4, … [Read more...]
Lynchburg Music Fest In Tennessee Is An Event You Can Attend In Person
Country Music Festival Features Headliner Kip Moore By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger Remember the good 'ol days when you could attend an event in person, put down a blanket or chairs, grab a beer, do some tailgating or listen to bands perform on a stage? Well you can do that again, for the the Lynchburg Music Fest in the "Jack Daniels town" in … [Read more...]
Coachella & Stagecoach 2020 Canceled; Here Are The 2021 Dates
Southern California Music Festivals Go Dark As Coronavirus Fears Linger Fears of a second wave of coronavirus have led Riverside County (CA) officials to cancel the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals for 2020. Originally scheduled for April, these massive music and arts events that take place in the desert area around Palm Springs was originally rescheduled … [Read more...]
San Diego’s Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival 2020 Postponed To 2021
Officials Planning An Alternative Fall Event It's little wonder that another San Diego event has been canceled due to COVID-19. The Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, which was about to enter just its second year in 2020, has been postponed to 2021. The inaugural three-day event, held in November, featured more than 125 artists on 10 stages from Broadway Pier … [Read more...]
SXSW Coronavirus Cancellation Puts Major Music Festivals On Alert
Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival & Other Concerts May Be Danger While Bottlerock Sells Out In Napa By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger When the city of Austin, Texas, canceled South By Southwest due to coronavirus fears, it sent chills down the spines of promoters for other major music festival events. SXSW has been an Austin institution in … [Read more...]
Single-Day Tickets For 2020 BeachLife Festival Now On Sale
2nd Annual Music Extravaganza Set For May 1-3 In Redondo Beach's Seaside Lagoon By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beach Cities Blogger Single-day tickets for the biggest and most anticipated Beach Cities musical event of the year, the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach the first weekend of May, are now on sale. The 2020 event is May 1-3 at Seaside Lagoon, The lineup … [Read more...]
New Orleans JazzFest 2020 Daily Music Lineup Highlights & Ticket Prices
The Who Play Week 1 Saturday While The Beach Boys Help Kick Off This Fun, Fun, Fun NOLA Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – more popularly know simply as JazzFest – has released its lineup of musicians for this year. As usual, it involves several big games, some familiar artists and local bands. PubClub.com is not running down the entire … [Read more...]
Kenny Chesney To Headline Buckeye Country Superfest 2020
Florida Georgia Line To Also Perform At Legendary Ohio Stadium Kenny Chesney won't be dotting the "i" in Ohio Stadium, but he will be putting the explanation point on a music festival in the legendary venue as he will again be headlining Buckeye Country Superfest 2020 presented by Budweiser. Chesney will be joined by Multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line, RIAA … [Read more...]
Why Jimmy Buffett Should Replace The Rolling Stones As New Orleans JazzFest Headliner
Parrotheads Would Flock To A Beach Party Concert Concept By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger Beyonce, U2, Springsteen and even Spears. They have all been mentioned as possible replacements for the Rolling Stones as headliner for the 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. A month before the 2019 event was due to open with the blockbuster … [Read more...]
Bunbury Music Festival 2019, Cincinnati’s Riverfront Music Festival Dates & Headliners
Event Features 40 Bands, & A Craft Beer Village There are music festivals all over the country – and, indeed, the world – but there are not many right on the water. This one is, and although you can't tie up your boat to it, you can get wild if not wet, at the Bunbury Music Festival. In Cincinnati, it's THE place to "bee" as they like to say, May 31-June 2 in … [Read more...]
Rolling Stones Headline Blockbuster New Orleans JazzFest 2019 Lineup
Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Tom Jones, Ziggy Marley & More On State As The Big Easy Goes Big For 50th Anniversary By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger If you can't get no satisfaction out of this lineup of bands, then you should just stay at home and never go to a music festival again. The 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival features … [Read more...]
BeachLife Festival 2019 Complete Bands & Artists Lineup Redondo Beach CA
Bob Weir, Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson Headline 3-Day LA Music Extravaganza By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger When Saint Rocke owner Allen Sanford said he would like to bring a different kind of music festival to the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities, he was not kidding. When the lineup for the inaugural BeachLife Festival was announced, it was … [Read more...]
Boots ‘N Brews Kicks Up Country Music & Beer Festival At The Madonna Inn
Iconic Romantic Hotel In Central California Hosting A Shindig Known more as a romantic getaway with themed rooms, the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo is kicking up some dust the last weekend of September with a country music festival. Boots 'n Brews is coming to the iconic hotel on Highway 101 in Central California on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 1-9 p.m. It features a … [Read more...]
Desert Daze 2018 Music Festival Lineup, Camping And Ticket Information
Three-Day Event Features 75 Bands At Moreno Beach In Lake Perris, CA It's not exactly Coachella, Stagecoach or even "Oldchella," but like those events, Desert Daze is a multi-day music concert in the Los Angeles-area Inland Empire and here's the lineup and information for 2018. Taking place Oct, 12-14 at Moreno Beach in Lake Perris, CA, it features 25 bands … [Read more...]
How To Get Sleep At Europe’s Summer Festivals
Tips On Getting Comfortable In The Campground Music festival season is definitely a time to party hard but it can also be exhausting. If you’re heading to any of the UK festivals then you should be prepared for chilly mornings, and, during the daytime, melting inside of a tent. At the other European festivals, you'll likely find continual hot weather, so be prepared for … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Top Memorial Day Events Topanga Days 2018
Annual Event Features Bands, Beer, Great Times in a Scenic Setting And a Few Hippies Topanga Days is one of those events that just makes you want to have a beer. Fortunately, that's not a problem, as stations pour it with pleasure ($5, $6, $7). And what makes it such an event? It's held on Memorial Day Weekend for starters (May 26-28 in 2018). And there's … [Read more...]
KALLIDA Music & Arts Festival 2018 Is At And Inside A Wales Mansion
Bakersville Hall Hosts Unique Bands, DJs And Artists Event In this era of massive and multi-headliner music festivals, there is one that prides itself on being intimate. KALLIDA is a three-day music & arts festival taking place at and inside a mansion. In Wales. Scheduled for June 22-24 it is limited to 500 people who will see bands on the 130 acres of … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Music Festival Announces 2019 Headline Performers
The Big Gig Features More Than 800 Acts The World's Largest Music Festival continues to live up to its name as Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin begins to announce its 2019 lineup. Playing the amphitheater shows are Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Bon Iver, the Zac Brown Band, Ozzie Osborne and The Killers. This year's daily headliners include: • June 26 – Thomas … [Read more...]
Fountain Square Music Festival 2017 Indianapolis Everything You Need To Know
Downtown Neighborhood Event Features 50 Acts On Five Stages Indianapolis is, quite justifiably, known for its speedway, basketball and (currently struggling) Colts football team. But there's also music here and the second week of October it hosts a huge festival in its historic Fountain Square neighborhood on the southeast side of downtown. It's the Fountain Square … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Summerfest 2017 Dates & Information Save Event To Calendar
WHAT: The Big Gig, the world's largest music festival with 12 stages in a Midwestern carnival summer fair setting. It's right along the lake in downtown Milwaukee. It goes from late June thru mid-July; closed on July 3. HEADLINER BANDS: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Luke Brian, Paul Simon, Zac Brown Band, Pink TICKETS: GA is $20 weekends, $15 weekdays, #48 for a three-day pass, … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee 2017 May Get Weekend Rains According To Weather Forecast
Opening Night & Fourth Of July Weekend Calls For Possible Thunderstorms The Big Gig may get a few big downpours on its opening night and first weekend. The weather forecast for Summerfest in Milwaukee, billed as the "World's Largest Music Festival" and known as "The Big Gig" to locals, calls for thunderstorms is opening night and again on Friday and Saturday. The … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee 2019 A Local’s Blog Party Guide To The Big Gig Music Festival
Inside The The World's Largest Music Festival By Luau Larry, PubClub.com Summerfest Correspondent Music and Milwaukee may not seem likely to go together – after all, it's hardly the heart of rock 'n roll – but for 11 days in June and July it takes center stage. Summerfest in Milwaukee is an annual event on its lakefront. Known locally as the Big Gig, there are … [Read more...]
Montana’s 2017 Summer Music Festivals Folk Festival & Red Ants Pants Dates & Information
Big Sky Country Jams With These July Events You may not think of Montana as a mecca of music festivals, but it has two in July, one of which is one of the biggest free music festivals in the upper middle west of North America. The Montana Folk Festival (July 7-9) and the Red Ants Pants Festival (July 27-30) brings music to Montana so if you've ever considered making a … [Read more...]
The Who Playing 50th Anniversary Festival d’été de Québe 2017
Music & Artists Event Turns Quebec City, Canada Into A Summertime Party Quebec City roars to life this July with the 50th anniversary of its massive arts and music festival known as Festival d'été de Québe and it's celebrating its golden landmark with a golden and legendary band: The Who. Yes, the music's all right and it's no teenage wasteland. The Who is … [Read more...]
Tickets Now On Sale For Festival d’été de Québe 2017 Featuring The Who
50th Annual 11-Day Festival Prices Just $105 Canadian Dollars QUEBEC CITY, CANADA – In a time of mega music festivals that cost hundreds of dollars to attend, there's one that has prices below that of even a single concert. It's Festival d'été de Québe, and tickets are now on sale for the massive 2017 event featuring The Who. This year is also the 50th anniversary – in … [Read more...]
Boots & Brews Country Music Festival 2017 Everything You Need To Know
Inaugural Santa Clarita Event Features Bands, Beers (Even Margaritas) & Food Get out those cowboy hats and cowboy boots, for a country music festival is coming to Southern California. It's the inaugural Boots & Brews Country Music Festival in Santa Clarita north of Los Angeles. Put on by the organizers of the highly successful California Beer Festival, it's … [Read more...]
Southern California Is Being Overwhelmed By Beer & Music Festivals
Craft Beers, Bands & Big Crowds Are Everywhere In Los Angeles, Orange County & San Diego By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger This is getting ridiculous. Or is it? Southern California is being overwhelmed these days by beer and music festivals. In fact, they are as prevalent as the sunshine. In a two-week period in mid-May, for example, … [Read more...]
Is Paying For A VIP Ticket Worth The Extra Cost At Music Festivals?
Pros & Cons Of The Benefits Vs. Buying A General Admission Ticket By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the questions that almost always comes up when people are discussing getting tickets to a music festival is this one: "shall we go for the VIP?" There are, of course, pros and cons to either side and I examine both in this post. For music … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2017 To Be Broadcast Live On Red Bull TV
How To Watch Live Streaming Of EDC's Electronic Music Festival If you can’t be there then you can pretend that you are, as the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC)'s electronic music showcase in Las Vegas will be live streamed broadcast for the first time, by Red Bull TV. Streaming globally for three days, across two channels and hosted by DJ and producer Hannah Rad, the … [Read more...]
How The Fyre Festival Failure Could Benefit Fans At Other Big Music Festivals
Other Promoters Watching The Fallout From This Big Bahamas Bust By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger The wheels started coming off the Fyre Festival before the first plane landed in the Bahamas. Like any disaster, it was not one thing that led to it but a series of missteps, chief among them was that it had rookie promoters, with one admitting to the New York … [Read more...]
Ubahan Fest 2017 Cincinnati’s Underground Music Festival
'Meet Us In The Tunnel' Lineup & Ticket Information Cincinnati's underground music festival, Ubahan Fest, returns for 2017 and is to be held Sept. 8-9 in downtown's Riverfront Transit Center. But it calling it at music festival hardly describes it at all, so says its founder. Put on by AGAR and Nederlander Entertainment, it has live artwork installations, skateboard … [Read more...]
Burnbury Festival 2017 Music Lineup, Dates & Tickets In Cincinnati
Bands & A Craft Beer Village On The Banks Of The Ohio River The 2017 Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, has a full lineup of bands for its three-day event June 2-4. Taking place along the banks of the Ohio River at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove, it provides the perfect transformation from springtime into summertime. And beyond the bands, there's … [Read more...]
First Fridays @LA’s Natural History Museum, Science Talks, Musical Performances, DJ Lounge, Full Bars, Food Trucks
WHAT: Party 'Night at the Museum'. Science Talks, Live Musical Performances, DJ Lounge, 2 Full Bars, Food Trucks WHEN: First Fridays, Monthly Feb - Jun 2017 WHERE: Next to the LA Coliseum & USC main campus. SCENE: A culturally diverse crowd dances, drinks and parties amoungst animal taxidermy, African (DJ Lounge) & North American (live musical performance); … [Read more...]
French Quarter Festival 2017 Dates New Orleans Quarterfest
WHAT: A free music, drink & food festival exclusively in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which serves as kid of a a Jazzfest warm-up for locals. WHERE: 23 stages set up all over the French Quarter from the river to Bourbon Street SINGLES SCENE: Mostly New Orleans locals and a lot of them – more than 700,000 people attend. So the odds are in your favor, especially … [Read more...]
Fyre Festival May Be The World’s Most Exclusive Music Festival
Bahamas Event Features Blink 182, Yachts And A $50,000 Ticket Package In order to draw a diverse level of fans, music festivals have created VIP areas that feature front-section seating, private bars overlooking the stage, premium food and cocktails, even spruced-up temporary toilets. But there's nothing like what's being delivered at the Fyre Festival, an event so VIP … [Read more...]
Yes, There’s A Huge Music Festival In Pemberton, Canada!
A Top Summertime Event In BC Near Whistler By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I remember a few years ago, a Canadian friend put me in his car and drove me from where he lived in Whistler to what seemed to be the end of the earth. For all I knew at the time, as I looked around and saw nothing but a vast and empty land, this was the end of the earth. He had taken … [Read more...]
Three Huge Music Festivals You Need To Know About In 2017
Tortuga Music Festival, Bonnaroo & Pemberton Festival Dates Lineups & Details By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Festivals Blogger One of the hottest trends in the music industry now is not necessarily concerts – and with ticket prices for big acts topping $100 for mid-tier seats it's easy to see why – but music festivals. There are so many of them all … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2017 Tickets Prices & Packages
21st Annual Music Festival Is June 16-18 Tickets to the 2017 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas are now on sale, and prices are the same as they were in 2016. Limited 3-day Early Owl General Admission passes start at $335 plus taxes and fees and Later Owl 3-Day General Admission passes are $355 plus taxes and fees. Three-day VIP passes are available for $699 for those … [Read more...]
Festival d’été de Québec 2016 Tickets On Sale – For Only $80!
49th Event Features Sting & Peter Gabriel As Headliners Huge music festivals are one of the biggest trends in nightlife now, but they always come with huge price tags for tickets – $300 and up to nearly $1,000 for "Oldchella" this fall in Southern California. But not so at Festival d'été de Québec, Canada's largest outdoor music festival. This 11-day festival … [Read more...]
Switzerland Music Festival Is Called The Blue Balls Festival
Despite It's Odd Name, Annual Event On Lake Lucerne Attracts 100,000 People By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Travel Blogger It definitely loses something in the translation. Lucerne, Switzerland has a music festival featuring jazz, soul and rock, a total of 100 performances during an entire week in the middle of summer (July 20-28 in 2018). It's takes place along the … [Read more...]
Sunstock Solar Festival Brings Music To Griffith Park
An L.A. Solar-Powered Event With Bands If solar energy is music to your ears, then you will love the Sunstock Solar Festival, a solar-powered music event taking place Saturday, June 18 outside the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. Sunstock Solar Festival will run all evening powered entirely by solar energy. The festival, which is produced in … [Read more...]
Music Festivals & Events The Biggest Trend In Nightlife
Fans Pour In To See Bands At Mega Shows, Particularly In California Forget craft cocktails, swanky lounges, craft beer bars and even nightclubs with traveling DJs. The biggest trend in the nightlife industry right now is music festivals and events. It now seems as if there's a mega event or festival every single week, with new ones piling up like empty beer cups in … [Read more...]
Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival 2016 Tickets & LIneup
Mumford & Sons Among Performers In Downtown Las Vegas Mumford & Sons highlights the fourth annual Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival taking place on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas Sept. 23 – 25. In all, more than 80 bands are playing the three-day festival on four stages in and around Fremont Street. Kind of a Coachella of Vegas, it involves music, … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival 2016 GA Tickets Sold Out For Vegas
VIP Still Available For Insomniac Events Festival The Electric Daisy Carnival has sold out of General Admission tickets for its wildly popular EDM event taking place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 17-19. However, VIP tickets remain for the 20th annual event. The three-day price is $600. Shuttle passes from the Las Vegas Strip are also still available for $90. VIP … [Read more...]
Northside Music Festival 2016 Brooklyn’s Big Party Bash
Bands, Bars, Art & Innovation Outside Of NYC More than 400 artists play in some 30 bars and venues throughout the area, with the music highlighted by concerts at McCarren Park, at part of the 2016 Northside Festival, a multi-day party in Brooklyn, N.Y. Among those performing this year are Brian Wilson – talk about "Fun, Fun Fun!" although he's doing the entire Pet … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Playing KAABOO Del Mar Music Festival
Fins Up Concert For San Diego & Southern California Parrotheads Margaritaville is coming to KAABOO Del Mar, as Jimmy Buffett is one of the acts playing the massive music festival in September. KAABOO, which is Sept. 16-18 on the Del Mar Fairgrounds – making it kind of a New Orleans Jazzfest of the West Coast – has more than 50 musicians, plus comedians in a Feeding … [Read more...]
The Flying Dutch July 2016 Show Features Sweden’s Top DJs
The Swedish Journey To Take Place In Netherlands In July The wildly popular DJ music event known as The Flying Dutch – in which DJs fly in by helicopter to perform before a crowd of tens of thousands of screaming fans – is bringing in top DJs from Sweden for a one-day party this summer in the Netherlands. On Saturday 30 July top of Swedish DJs, who have never performed … [Read more...]
Festival d’été de Québe 2016 Features Sting & Peter Gabriel
Quebec Music Festival Gets More Rock Superstars During the past several years, the Festival d'été de Québe has had a lot of big names perform: The Rolling Stones (2015), Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, Keith Urban, Aerosmith, Skrillex, Lionel Richie, The Offspring, Metallica and Elton John. And in 2016 it's happening again, as Sting and Peter … [Read more...]
BottleRock 2016 Rocks Napa Valley With This Lineup
Stevie Wonder & Red Hot Chili Peppers Headline Music, Food, Wine & Beer Festival What kind of music goes well blended into California's premier wine country? Well on the fourth weekend of May in 2016, it's Stevie Wonder, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Ziggy Marley and Florence + The Machine, among many other sounds. These are the premier performers … [Read more...]
Coachella 2016 Party Headlined By Guns ‘n Roses
GA Tickets Sell Out In Hours For First Weekend Guns 'n Roses, Ice Cube and 160 more bands and DJs provide the background music for the party that is Coachella for 2016. The annual two-week music festival takes place in the Southern California desert near Palm Springs on April 15-17 and April 22-24. Tickets went on sale on Jan. 6 and GA for the first weekend sold out … [Read more...]
BottleRock 2016 Ticket Packages Now On Sale
Napa Valley Music, Food, Wine & Craft Beer Festival Set For May There's no need to bottle up your enthusiasm for BottleRock. The 2016 music, food, wine and craft beer festival in Napa Valley is May 27-20, and ticket packages are on sale now for the holidays. This is fourth year of BottleRock. The full lineup of artists and bands will be announced in January … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Top Party Tips For Music Fans
The Best Beer Tents, Tickets & The Weather The Big Gig, as it's known, is the World's Largest Music Festival And you just don't show up to it, you need to do some advance planning. Thankfully, PubClub.com has Summerfest veteran Luau Larry to call upon to provide these top tips. The 2016 dates are June 29- July 3 and July 5-1o. • Take the shuttles to the event ($6 … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Sets 2016 Dates
Popular Insomniac EDM Festival Is June 17-19 The Electric Daisy Carnival, or EDC, is back in Las Vegas for 2016, and promoter Insomniac is promising it to be "the most creative and immersive experience to date." And speaking of dates, it's June 17-19. “Seeing the growth of EDC over the last 20 years has been an amazing experience, one I am truly grateful for,” said … [Read more...]
Craft Beers & Bands Mix At The 2015 Long Beach Folk Revival Festival
Music, Food, Brews & Beards You can hear all kinds of music in Los Angeles, but this one is rare: folk music. It's something more associated with where I'm from, East Tennessee. Rocky Top. But there will be banjos playing, as well as craft beer being poured and food being served at the third annual Long Beach Folk Revival Festival, Saturday, Sept. 19 in Long Beach, CA. … [Read more...]
With Thunderstorms Perhaps Missing Jazzfest 2015 Isn’t So Bad
Jimmy Buffett And New Orleans Are Always Tempting It is always tempting, like having that last beer and last call, but sometimes you just can't do it. And that's the way it's been for me lately when it comes to Jazzfest in New Orleans. I've been a few times, had a blast each time and look forward to going to it several more times. Just not this year. When I saw the … [Read more...]
A Day On The Green Brisbane Music Festival: The Real Review
The Pluses And Minuses At Australia's Sirromet Winery Event Here's the scoop on A Day On The Green, a mid-sized music festival that takes place in the summer months at wineries in Australia and New Zealand. Music festivals are, of course, are all about the setting and the bands. And while the setting is good – it's on a big field that's part of the winery but it's not … [Read more...]
Topanga Canyon Hosts 4th Annual Reggae Festival Pon The Mountain
LA's Largest Outdoor Reggae Music Event Is July 27 It makes sense that there would be at reggae festival in LA's Topanga Canyon. The two go together like dreadlocks and Jamaicans and guitars and guitar strings. Topanga Canyon is the lost-in-time 60's hippie hangout in the Malibu canyons, a place more laid back than even Southern California's famous beaches. This is the … [Read more...]
Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Reveals 2013 Schedule & Events
It's A Party In Sin City With Nightclubs And Pool Parties For 17th Annual Event Nightclubs, pool parties, After Hours events and even conferences. The 17th annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas is not just a party, it's several parties. Spread over an entire week, from June 18-25, the events take place at venues throughout Sin City. The main event, which is the … [Read more...]
Labor Day Music Festival WARMFest Announced In Indianapolis
Bands And DJs On Five Stages Feature National And Local Talent Music festivals and Labor Day Weekend go together like beers and a lake. And now Indianapolis is joining the party. It has announced the inaugural White River Arts & Music Festival (shortened to WARMfest) for Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at Broad Ripple Park in downtown Indy. It features local and national bands, plus … [Read more...]
Bands Respond To Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam’s Offer To Play Inaugural Event
More Than 1,500 Musicians Enter Contest For September Music Festival In Panama City Beach More than 1,500 bands responded to an opportunity to play at the inaugural Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, which is taking place this fall in Panama City, Beach, FL. The response was so overwhelming and the quality of the musicians so impressive that festival organizers have increased the … [Read more...]
June A Gloom Month For Party Events And Fun Festivals
Highlight Is The Start Of Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival In sports, the term " tweener" is used to describe an individual that is between two sets of skill levels and thus, cannot quite excel in either. The player is, say, too small to play forward in basketball but not quick enough to be a guard. He's a "tweener." And that's what I think of June. It's a … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Invites Bands To Submit Videos To Play The Big Gig
Fans Can Vote On Which Acts They Would Like To See At World's Largest Music Festival Bands and musical acts from across the USA want to play at Summerfest, known to locals at The Big Gig. And now they have a chance with the Land the Big Gig contest. To enter the contest, bands need to submit a video featuring an original song to Summerfest. The deadline is … [Read more...]
MarchFest 2013 Is A Craft Beer And Music Festival In New Zealand
Hop-Growing Area Of Nelson A Celebration Of Hops, Craft Beers And Bands You don't normally associate New Zealand with craft beer, but an event called MarchFest just might get you raising a pint and toasting the Kiwis. It features 15 local and regional craft brewers in a festival that also includes bands and grilled food. Held in Nelson, N.Z., the 2013 event is April 6 … [Read more...]
JazzFest New Orleans 2013 Lineup Better First Week Than Second
Billy Joel, Dave Matthews Band And B.B. King Top Second Week Performers Normally, the second week of New Orleans JazzFest is the best one for hearing the biggest-name bands. But not this year. The lineup on the first weekend far outpaces that of the second, at least in early March. Billy Joel, the Dave Matthews Band and B.B. King all play on Saturday or Sunday, April … [Read more...]
Albanifest in Winterthur One Of Switzerland’s Biggest Parties
Bands Play on Stages in This Music Festival Near Zurich That Attracts 100,000 Party People Anyone who says they don't party in Switzerland has never seen, heard about or been to the Zurich Street Parade, a massive moving techno event held each August (Aug. 11, in 2012). Or Albanifest, a three-day cultural musical extravaganza that features dozens of bands from several … [Read more...]
Taste of Newport Has Hot Headliners Blondie And Devo
80s Punk Bands Playing on Saturday of the 24th Annual Music, Food and Singles Festival in Orange County The past has seen Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Huey Lewis and the News, the Doobie Brothers, Styx and Pat Benatar, but now the Taste of Newport may have outdone itself. The 2012 event has Blonde AND Devo. On the same night. These iconic early punk bands of the 80s are … [Read more...]
Cincinnati Music Festival Features 100 Bands
Weezer, Jane's Addiction and Death Cab for Cutie Headline Summer Festival July 13-15 You may not think of Cincinnati when it comes to music or music festivals, but consider this: It's where the term "Parrotheads" came from to describe Jimmy Buffett fans, and Buffett used the city in the opening line to his wildly popular song "Fins." And in July, the city is hosting a … [Read more...]
Insomniac Las Vegas Offering Nightclub-Style VIP
Bottle Service By Marquee Nightclub And A Helicopter Ride At Electric Daisy Carnival Leave it to Las Vegas to get creative when it comes to entertainment. The Electric Daisy Carnival is June 8-10 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. That's a half hour (with no traffic) from the Strip. And there will be traffic those nights. So why not arrive by helicopter? That's an option this … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Music Festival at Lulu’s in Mobile, AL
Band Bonanza Happening At The Gulf Shores Bar Of Jimmy Buffett's Sister A few days after Jimmy Buffett opened his new Margaritaville restaurant bar and casino in Biloxi, his sister is hosting another party on the Gulf Coast. Lulu's, in Gulf Shores, AL, is holding what it calls "LuLuPalooza" on Memorial Day Weekend. It's a two-day band bonanza fearing a series of New … [Read more...]
Young Dubliners and Fishbone to Rock Topanga Days 2012
Memorial Day Party in LA's Topanga Canyon Steps It Up With Popular Bands for 2012 I did a double-take when I looked at the music lineup for Topanga Days, the annual Memorial Day event in Los Angeles. It features not only the Young Dubliners but also Fishbone. On the same day! This is an incredible lineup, especially considering this isn't a massive music festival, but … [Read more...]
Credence Clearwater Revisited Headlines MN Festival
Two-Day Lakefront Music Fest Also Features Travis Tritt July 13-14 Fans of Credence Clearwater Revivial will be rolling down to the river this summer as the band's modern-day edition, called Credence Clearwater Revisited, plays the Lakefront Music Fest in Prior Lake, MN. The two-day event is July 13-14 and features Grammy winning country singer Travis Tritt on the 13th … [Read more...]
Music Festival Seeks Band to Open For Huey Lewis
Omaha's Bank Of the West Celebrates America Concert & Fireworks Show Taking Audition Tapes If you're in a band that thinks it's the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, Then This is It. The Bank of the West Celebrates America concert and fireworks show, taking place June 29 in Omaha, Nebraska, is taking audition tapes from bands that want to serve as the opening act at … [Read more...]
Brooklyn’s Northside Festival Features 350 Indie Bands
More Than 30 Bars and Venues in Williamsport And Greenpoint Host 4th Annual Music Festival June 14-21 Summer music festivals take place throughout America and there's a big one in Brooklyn happening June 9-12. It's called the Northside Festival and it features more than 350 bands playing at local music venues, bars and other locations throughout Williamsport and … [Read more...]
Music Festival 12 Step Music Fest Florida Keys Camping Event
Lower Keys Event Features Band Members From Billy Joel, Aerosmith and Joan Jett, But Leave the Beer Cooler at Home Grab the sleeping bag, dig out the tent – and don't forget the cooler of beer, with beer huggies from Jack's at Florida City, of course – and head to the Florida Keys the first weekend of November. Well, that's what I first thought when I got a press release … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock Music Festival Plays to LA’s Neighborhood Music Fans
It's no Coachella and There's No Alcohol or Beer Garden, But It Brings in 60 LA-Area Independent Bands and 100,000 Music Fans Who needs big concerts venues, going way out to the desert and paying high prices and having to put up with the likes of Ticketmaster when there are events like the Eagle Rock Music Festival? Sure, it's a neighborhood event and it's only one afternoon … [Read more...]
Electric Daisy Carnival Succeeds in Las Vegas
Massive Three-Day Electronic Rave Event Is Right at Home in Sin City What Los Angeles didn't want, Las Vegas gladly accepted. What Los Angeles (and other cities, including Dallas this year) can't handle, Las Vegas treats as just another weekend. It may be Sin City, but there were few sins committed at the Electric Daisy Carnival, held the last weekend in June at Las … [Read more...]