One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Never too early to start talking. What are you going to, what have you been to in the past? Who has been announced? Ones I've Been To: Chicago - http://www.lollapalooza.com/ - Aug 3-5 (No Bands Announced) Biggest turnoff is that it ends at 10PM. I just chose to go to after parties last year. Unless the lineup blows me away I'll just go to a couple after parties again this year. Usually very hot as well. No camping is also lame. Tennessee - http://bonnaroo.com/ - June 7-10 (No Bands Announced) Biggest turnoff is the price. Travel, tickets, and time missed at work really hurt. Lineup is always huge. Thursday shows are a plus. Late night shows are the most fun. Would like to go every year if it wasn't such a time commitment. Middle Illinois - http://summercampfestival.com/lineup/ - May 24-27 (Moe., Umphrey's McGee, Pretty Lights, Primus) Biggest turnoff is the repetitiveness off the lineup. If you don't like Umphrey's and Moe I wouldn't suggest going. I have gone the past two years and always had a real good time. Much smaller festival so you don't feel crowded. Planning on going to just Sunday this year. Chicago - http://www.northcoastfestival.com/ - August 31-Sept 2 (No Bands Announced) Biggest turnoff is not too many bands play. Pretty limited to electronic acts. Will be in Vegas this year over labor day weekend so I can't attend. Ends at 10PM and no camping like Lolla. Same location as pitchfork. Milwaukee - http://www.summerfest.com/letsfest/ - June 27-July 8 (Neil Diamond, Lady Antebellum) Biggest turnoff is the bleachers that take up all the space in front of the stages. This is different than most festivals. There is an amphitheater that has separate tickets from the rest of the fest. Amphitheater is ~$40 (rest of fest included with amp ticket) rest of the fest is ~$12. I'll usually go to one amphitheater show and one general festival show. Very diverse lineup. Ends around 11:30 PM. No camping. Want To Go To This Year: Michigan - http://electricforestfestival.com/ June 28 - July 1 (No Acts Announced) Formerly Rothbury Festival. Supposedly they lost big the final year of rothbury, took a year off, and returned to the same place with a smaller electric forest festival. Last year it was basically a String Cheese Incident festival with a ton of electronic acts. Not sure what this year has in store. I'm saving my festival allowance for this one. Not too far, late night shows, around fourth of July. That is a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Los Angeles - http://fyffest.com/ - Sept. 1st, 2012, (No Bands Announced) It was a lot of fun last year. The only problem is that it was on an old horse field in L.A. so there was a LOT of dust. They always get some good bands to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Seattle, Rain Fest http://www.facebook.com/rainfestnw?ref=ts May 25th-27th @ Neumos $70 BACKTRACK CLARITY CODEXRED COLD WORLD DEAD END PATH EARTH CONTROL EXPIRE FOCUSEDXMINDS INCENDIARY LOSING SKIN OBLIVION ROTTING OUT SOUL SEARCH STRAIN TRAPPED UNDER ICE TWITCHING TONGUES WISDOM IN CHAINS WRECK XIBALBA More bands added Feb 15th. My big turnoff is I'm not too into the announced lineup so far. Great sounding venue though. Holds about 700 people. Right in the heart of Seattle with tons of food/bars right by the venue. Also the weather that time of year is pretty nice usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booyahachieved Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Chicago always has the pitchfork festival. It's usually mid July. If you can stand the intense heat and swarms of hipsters it's not that bad of an event at least in terms of ticket prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Chicago always has the pitchfork festival. It's usually mid July. If you can stand the intense heat and swarms of hipsters it's not that bad of an event at least in terms of ticket prices. I'm usually tempted to go to it, but with so many festivals going on I can't make it to all of them. Go to Rain Fest just for Cold World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Warped Tour is pretty much a traveling one day festival so I'll include it. Half hour sets from: Title Fight Senses Fail Polar Bear Club Man Overboard Living With Lions Every Time I Die Bayside A Loss For Words It'll be a mini pop-core fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobrando Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Washington - Sasquatch Fest http://sasquatchfestival.com/ - May 25th - May 28th (No bands announced) Biggest turnoff for this one is it's half way across the country (for me), & ticket prices are a little steep, BUT they usually have killer line-ups. I'd love to go one year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 and im already annoyed. we really dont get anything for super awesome music fests up here in the northeast. but the last 2 years, wilco has pretty much been the legs behind Solid Sound Fest at Mass MoCA. couldnt make it the first year, 2010, and last years lineup wasnt fancy enough to get excited about. well i just checked to see if there was any info for this years lineup... SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL 3 JUNE 21-23 2013 W T F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goraiders Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (no bands announced) Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA October 5, 6, & 7, 2012 Pros: Lots of awesome bands, the last couple years I've seen Lucero, Justin Townes Earle, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello etc Free Golden Gate Park is a great setting - its all grass and you can bring in drinks and just lounge around. Cons: 1,000,000,000 people edit: October is San Francisco's summer, so this counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 It's mid-April, but that's pretty close to summer! http://www.wayoutwestfestaz.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mameeshkamowskwoz Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I went to the first Rothbury and my two cents is that it's far better than the other festivals that I've been to (namely bonnaroo, lolla and Woodstock 99 (lol, I know)) in that the weather is incredibly tolerable but it is relatively isolated being that it's in Michigan which is a peninsula. But it's near lake Michigan and Flip City, the best disc golf course I've ever been to, is pretty nearby. But then again the lineup was great the first year and it's pretty heavy on the electronic flavor now. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Are a lot of those acts at way out west fest local? Haven't heard of many outside the top few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 http://electricforestfestival.com/lineup.php Got my tickets and the lineup has been posted. Anyone else going? Would love to get messed up with y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericheartsu Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Houston has www.freepressummerfest.com austin has www.chaosintejas.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Houston has www.freepressummerfest.comaustin has www.chaosintejas.com Same weekend too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest errolwest Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 will be going to rainfest again this year. line up isnt GREAT, but im sure the second announcement will rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/ Radiohead, RHCP, Phish, Beach Boys, Bon Iver, Avett Brothers... Pretty fucking cool. Too much of a hassle for me to get to though. Chicago people Daft Punk is supposedly playing this new festival http://www.springawakeningfestival.com/ Lolla rumors are out too: The 2012 headliners are reported to be Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Beck, Beyonce, and Sonic Youth. Perry’s Tent will feature Skrillex in a set with Korn, Noisia, Bassnecter, M.I.A., Calvin Harris, Flux Pavilion, Wax, Mord Fustang, and Knife Party. As for the other stages, the leaked names are: The Shins, M83, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Gotye, St. Vincent, Surfer Blood, Kimbra, Real Estate, Crosses, Sleigh Bells, Bombay Bicycle Club, Antlers, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Wolf Gang, Will Kill Them All, Wale, At The Drive In, Garbage, Missy Elliot, Gaslight Anthem, Guided By Voices, AWOLNATION. (copy paste) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviex2shoes Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've never been to it but what about Middle West Fest? http://middlewestfest.com/ I realize I guess that its more the end of the summer, but still should probably be included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've wanted to go, but never have. The lineups are good and you get to see a good amount of bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinacaper Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Going to Bonnaroo this year again. Line-up hasn't disappointed so far but seeing as they still have about 50 bands to announce I'm pretty excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangerdanger3 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Krazy Fest in Louisville. It was my favorite thing about last year. I've been hearing that it will be happening again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 This is happening. They had a groupon for it and it sold out in two minuets. Skrillex and Afrojack are the headliners. Daft Punk wasn't announced (yet) so I am not interested (yet). Chicago people Daft Punk is supposedly playing this new festival http://www.springawakeningfestival.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgossen Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Radiohead at bonnaroo is serious. I wanna go only to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6heart6breaker6 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I've never been to it but what about Middle West Fest? http://middlewestfest.com/ I realize I guess that its more the end of the summer, but still should probably be included. This was incredible last year. The strip that all of the shows are down is really 'poppin' if you will. Met a bunch of awesome people and saw a bunch of great bands. Definitely my favorite fest thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Houston has www.freepressummerfest.comaustin has www.chaosintejas.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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