festivals

[Photos by: @insta_sir/Instagram, Clipart PNG, Vexels] Concertgoers have tried their hands at all sorts of tricks for sneaking liquor into music festivals—and avoiding the often high costs of on-site drinks—but one dude really takes the cake when it comes to his booze-smuggling ingenuity. Read what this pioneering, festival-going liquor lover did below. Read more: 17 […]

[Photo by: Ryan Bakerink] AP hit the road to Chicago for Riot Fest 2017 this year! Presented by Rockabilia, APTV correspondent Stevie James had the chance to post up and interview a ton of your favorite bands on-site.  On day one, we interviewed Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific and more. Today, on day two, we're livestreaming on […]

[Photo by: Ryan Bakerink] AP hit the road to Chicago for Riot Fest 2017 this year! Presented by Rockabilia, APTV correspondent Stevie James had the chance to post up and interview a ton of your favorite bands on-site. So far, we have interviews with Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific and Nothing More. We’ll continue to update […]

[Photo by: Le Vieux Canal Festival/Facebook] At least 15 people have been injured after lightning strikes a music festival in France. Two are said to be in serious condition. Read more: 22,000 fans evacuated after stage fire at Tomorrowland festival  The Le Vieux Canal festival in France was cancelled after a severe storm rolled through […]

In October 2015, Warped Tour founder/majordomo Kevin Lyman put together a one-day festival called It’s Not Dead, which, according to both young listeners and long-in-the-toof poonks, was a dramatic departure from the summer fare Lyman is known for compiling. Yet the 20,000 rockin’ faithful who piled into the (then-called) San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, […]

The popular EDM festival Tomorrowland, usually held in Belgium, took the show on the road to eight different countries this year. At Tomorrowland UNITE in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday night, the stage caught fire and caused an evacuation. Read more: Gerard Way battled Steve Aoki in Overwatch — Check out our favorite moments All 22,000 attendees […]

Whether you're gearing up for Warped Tour or any other of the many music festivals this year, APTV's Tori Kravitz is here to impart some valuable advice for the fun-packed day you're bound to have. She even has opinions from some of your favorite bands, including Pierce The Veil, Attila, Motionless In White and more. […]

Welcome to festival season! We’re currently in the midst Coachella’s second weekend and if radio pop, hip-hop and EDM aren’t really your thing, there are other places you can spend your time and money. Punk, rock and everything between flourish in some not-so-obvious festival spaces, and we’ve compiled a list of the best. Don't limit […]

Weren't able to get out to Musink Festival this year? We got you covered. APTV correspondent K Enagonio takes us through the eventful first day of the festival from start to finish. Wa start at the classic cars, featuring the Low And Slow Car Show, open to car enthusiasts, tattoo artists, musicians and fans alike. […]

[Photo credit: Bryce Hall] Festival season is upon us, and that means it’s time to rage from one side of the country to the other. Hell, let’s make that one continent to another, because heavy music has no borders. Whether you’re into metalcore, hardcore, heavy metal, deathcore, etc., these 10 festivals will have you covered. […]

[Photo credit: Shaky Knees and So What?! Instagram] Are you in need of a vacation but having a hard time deciding where to go and what to do? How about traveling to a new city to check out a music festival or your favorite band on tour? With so many places to go and so many […]

Celebrating the World's Loudest Month, the lineups for three massive Danny Wimmer Presents and AEG Live festivals have been announced: Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion and Fort Rock. Check it all out below, and be sure to tell which festival you're road-tripping to in the comments! Read more: Metallica, Korn, Papa Roach, more announced for Rock On […]

Summer is almost here, and that means music festivals are in full swing. Take this quiz to find out which festival best fits your personality (and to decide which one you should get a ticket to).  

Art by Alexis Howick There’s more to festival season than catching as many of your favorite bands as possible at one venue in one weekend. It’s an entire experience—from where you stay, to what after-show you’re attending, to what witty shirt you choose to sport. Food plays a big part in that experience and at most […]

Title Fight have announced a brief run of fall tour dates before their festival performances. Check out the full list of dates below! Read more: Title Fight show you how they made the artwork for their new album, ‘Hyperview’   Fall 2015 Tour Dates:  10/22 – Columbus, OH @ Strongwater 10/23 – Buffalo, NY @ Waiting […]

A new study conducted by DrugAbuse.com has revealed the most popular drugs at American music festivals. According to Consequence Of Sound, “the website collated over three million Instagram postings that mentioned 15 of the biggest musical festivals, and examined how many of them also mentioned drug use.” For example, 82 percent of Instagram postings about Marley […]

Yesterday, we posted an article containing GIFs that exploited the serious lack of female musicians at festivals, (via Pixable). Hands Like Houses frontman Trenton Woodley caught wind of the piece and penned a blog post regarding the issue.  “Fast forward 10 years or so and suddenly we’re all talking about feminism’s role in society, closing the gender gap […]

Sophy Ziss and Mariel Loveland have created these powerful GIFs for Pixable, wherein they remove the all-male bands out of festival lineups, revealing the serious lack of female musicians at today’s major music festivals. Check out some examples—Skate & Surf Festival, FYF Fest and Riot Fest—below, and see the full list here. Ziss and Loveland […]

Brand New have announced a handful of headlining shows festival appearances that they will be making this summer, with more coming later. You can check out all where they will be heading below. Be sure to let us know which date(s) you'll be attending! Read more: Taking Back Sunday frontman says Brand New’s Jesse Lacey is […]

The full lineup has been announced for Northern Invasion—the newest addition to the World’s Loudest Month festival series—which will take place Saturday, May 9 at Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, WI, just outside the Twin Cities. An early bird pre-sale, featuring a discounted ticket price, is available from Wednesday, December 10 at 10:00 AM CTthrough Wednesday, December 17 at 9:59 a.m. CT. […]