The 2013 Summer Music-Fest-A-Palooza-Rama-Roo
Load up the cooler, pack up the blankets, sun-block and bug spray, festival season is here. No matter what your tastes are, nothing beats a night of live music under the stars. Here are some of the best festivals and tours to catch this summer. Find out when they are, where they are, whose playing and whose going.
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Americanarama Festival of Music
The Dates: June – August 2013
The Place: Across America
The Music: Featuring performances by Bob Dylan and his Band, WILCO and My Morning Jacket, additional artists at select venues include Bob Weir (solo acoustic), Richard Thompson Electric Trio and Ryan Bingham. Beck to perform 7/27 at Jones Beach!
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Read more at bobdylan.com.
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Governors Ball Music Festival
The Dates: June 7-9, 2013
The Place: Randall’s Island NYC
The Music: Launched in 2011, the festival features an array of genres and styles of music, including rock, electronic, hip-hop, indie, americana, pop, folk, and more. Fifty + artists featuring Guns N’ Roses, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, and more.
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Read more at governorsballmusicfestival.com.
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Orion Music + More
The Dates: June 8-9 The Place: Detroit, Michigan The Music: When Metallica creates a festival, you know it’ll be heavy! Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dropkick Murphys, Fu Manchu.
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Read more at lineup.orionmusicandmore.
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Clearwater Festival – Great Hudson River Revival
The Dates: June 15-16, The Place: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
The Music: The Clearwater Festival is a music and environmental summer festival and America’s oldest and largest annual festival of its kind. This unique event has hosted over 15,000 people on a weekend in June for more than three decades! Kris Kristofferson, Sharon Jones, Mavis Staples, Acoustic Hot Tuna, clearJill Sobule, Pete Seeger, David Bromberg, Son Volt and more.
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Read more at clearwaterfestival.org
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Telluride Bluegrass Festival
The Dates: June 20-23, The Place: Telluride, CO
The Music: First held in 1973, this festival focuses on bluegrass music but often features music from a variety of genres. Mumford & Sons, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson, Peter Rowan, Sarah Watkins, Jackson Browne, Bela Flek
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Read more at bluegrass.com.
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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
The Dates: June 13-16, The Place: Manchester, TN
The Music: Bonnaroo began in 2002 with a primary focus on jam bands and folk rock. It has diversified greatly in recent years but continues to pay tribute to its roots. McCartney, Mumford, Petty, Larry Graham, Of Monsters & Men, Wu-Tang, Bob Saget, Govt Mule, David Cross and more.
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Read more at bonnaroo.com.
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Electric Daisy Carnival- Las Vegas
The Dates: June 18-24 The Place: Las Vegas, Nevada The Music:
Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) is an international annual electronic dance music festival held in the Spring, Summer, and Fall months in the United States, Puerto Rico and the UK. “The most important headliner is YOU!”
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Read more at electricdaisycarnival.com
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Summerfest
The Dates: June 26-30 & July 2-7, The Place: Milwaukee Wisconsin The Music: The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July. Violent Femmes, Rush, Tom Petty, Tim McGraw, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Dr John, Social D, Buddy Guy…
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Read more at summerfest.com.
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Mayhem Festival
The Dates: June – August, The Place: Various, The Music: Since 2008, the Mayhem Festival has become an annual event across the United States and Quebec, Canada. Mastodon, Rob Zombie, Behemoth and more.
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Read more at rockstarmayhemfest.com.
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Newport Folk Festival
The Dates: July 26-29, The Place: Newport, Rhode Island The Music: Newport Folk Festival began in 1959 as a counterpart to The Newport Jazz Festival. The festival features performances by folk, blues, country, bluegrass and rock musicians. Beck, Dawes, Justin Townes Earle, Lumineers, Beth Orton and more.
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Read more at newportfolkfest.net.
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Lollapalooza
The Dates: August 2-4, The Place: Chicago, IL The Music: Conceived and created in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. The Cure, Mumford & Sons, Nine Inch Nails, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Cat Power.
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Read more at lollapalooza.com.
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Outside Lands
The Dates: August 9-11, The Place: San Francisco, California The Music: The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is a music festival held annually in San Francisco, California at Golden Gate Park. Paul McCartney, Hall AND Oates, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gary Clark Jr, Camper Van Beethoven and more.
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Read more at sfoutsidelands.com.
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Bumbershoot
The Dates: August 31- September 2, The Place: Seattle, Washington The Music: Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington every Labor Day weekend since 1971 on the site of the 1962 World’s Fair. Allen Stone, MGMT, The Zombies, Redd Kross, Bob Mould and more.
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Read more at bumbershoot.org.
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Made In America Festival
The Dates: August 31 & September 1, The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Music: Beyoncé, Nine Inch Nails, Deadmau5 and Phoenix are set to headline the second edition of Budweiser’s Made in America Festival in Philadelphia.
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Read more at madeinamericafest.com.
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