festivals
Watch a documentary about sneaking into music festivals
A while ago, we told you about Marcus Haney, a guy who has allegedly snuck into over 50 music festivals since 2010. We also saw the first trailer for his new full-length documentary, No Cameras Allowed. The film—which documents his journey breaking into festivals and getting into circles with musicians—includes stuff like a plot to sneak into Coachella via porta […]
Citizen, Crime In Stereo, Code Orange, Fury Of V, Sheer Terror, Merauder to play Oneonta Punk Fest
Oneonta Punk Fest 2014 have announced details for their inaugural event taking place in the Upstate New York college town of Oneonta, NY from October 25-26, 2014. Oneonta is roughly two hours from Syracuse, just over an hour from Albany and one hour from Binghamton and Utica. The hosting venues include the Oneonta Theatre (47 […]
A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, more announced for Louder Than Life Festival
UPDATE: We have learned that Of Mice & Men will no longer be playing the festival. The full lineup has been announced for the debut of Louder Than Life Festival, featuring whiskey, craft beers and “gourmet man food.” Such bands as A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Chiodos, Limp […]
Death Cab, City And Colour, Blood Brothers, Mineral, more announced for Fun Fun Fun Fest
Fun Fun Fun Fest have announced the lineup for their ninth year, which includes such bands as Death Cab For Cutie, Death From Above 1979, the Blood Brothers, Amon Amarth, City And Colour, Failure, Glassjaw, Hot Water Music, Mineral and more. You can check out the full lineup below. The festival takes place November 7-9 at Auditorium […]
The Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, the 1975, more announced for Boston Calling September
With the festival’s May event a month away, the Boston Calling Music Festival have announced the lineup for their September 5-7 event this year. The lineup includes such bands as the Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, Childish Gambino, the 1975, twenty one pilots and more. You can check out the full lineup below. Tickets go on […]
Deathwish Inc. are putting on a festival this summer
Massachusetts hardcore label Deathwish Inc. (home to the likes of Touché Amoré and Modern Life Is War) will be holding their first Deathwish Fest this summer. The festival will be held on July 22 and July 23 at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts (all ages). The lineup for the fest has not been announced yet, […]
Brand New, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Rise Against, more playing Summerfest 2014
Summerfest officials have announced 75 headlining acts that will be performing at the festival this year, including Brand New, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Rise Against, Neon Trees, the Hold Steady, New Politics, Switchfoot and many more. Watch the announcement video and check out the full list of headliners below. The festival, which features 11 stages, will […]
Foster The People announce 2014 festival tour dates
Foster The People have confirmed their 2014 festival appearances. The band's forthcoming album, Supermodel, is slated to be released on March 18. Pre-orders are available now. The dates are as follows: 4/12: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA 4/19: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA 4/25 – 4/27: CounterPoint […]
Festivals For The Rest Of Us: An Industry Roundtable About Festival Life, Part Two
(For part one of this story, go here!) With winter almost over, the spring and summer festival circuit is beginning to roll into action. For many music fans, spending a day (or two, or three) catching a slew of their favorite bands is an experience they anticipate each year. But how do these festivals even […]
Festivals For The Rest Of Us: An Industry Roundtable About Festival Life, Part One
With winter almost over, the spring and summer festival circuit is beginning to roll into action. For many music fans, spending a day (or two, or three) catching a slew of their favorite bands is an experience they anticipate each year. But how do these festivals even end up happening? And what exactly goes into […]
My Chemical Romance, A Day To Remember and Anberlin announced for KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
My Chemical Romance, A Day To Remember and Anberlin are set to play Los Angeles’ famed KROQ radio station’s Almost Acoustic Christmas music festival. The line up also includes the likes of Social Distortion, Bad Relgion, Jimmy Eat World and The Smashing Pumpkins. The first night of the two day festival will benefit Para Los […]
Foo Fighters announced to headline UK's Isle of Wight Festival
Foo Fighters will join the previously announced Pulp and Kings of Leon at Uk’s annual Isle of Wight Festival. The music festival will take place June 10-12 with Kings on Leon headlining Firday night and Foo Fighters taking the reins on Saturday evening. The Sunday headliner will be announced on Thursday.
