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Connect Savannah.com
April 12, 2018
Molly Tuttle, 2017 International Bluegrass Music Association Guitarist of the Year, leads the band, with former SMF Acoutic Music Seminar participant Brittany Karlson on bass, Allison de Groot of Molsky's Mountain Drifters on banjo and Lena Jonsson of Lena Jonsson & Brittany Hass on fiddle. AudiencesÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
April 12, 2018
Killeen, the founder of Amplify My Community, is also the director of the annual Amplify Decatur Music Festival, which will have its third installment on ... Amplify My Community, the umbrella organization for Amplify Decatur, produces concerts and festivals around the Southeast and has raised aboutÃâà...
The Breeze
April 12, 2018
“A lot of festivals that you see put on are by national festival companies that kind of travel around and put festivals on and it's not always a good fit because they're not members of the community,” Brady said. “But everyone involved in Rocktown has always lived in Harrisonburg and worked in HarrisonburgÃâà...
Vogue.com
April 12, 2018
... of respective vibes—from beatnik pants looks to psychedelic caftans. Something appealing for everyone, really; just like the best music festivals, actually. To see what we mean—and glean inspiration for the upcoming festival season—take a peek at the looks in the slideshow above, all paired with currentÃâà...
CBS Los Angeles
April 12, 2018
EASTVALE (CBSLA) — Music lovers around Southern California are getting ready for Coachella. They say there's nothing like seeing your favorite artists in a festival setting. “It's just being there, being around the people, the atmosphere, the energy from the music. It's fun,” said David Ramirez. But it's also aÃâà...
Noisey
April 11, 2018
Being pregnant at a music festival is not exactly a scenario I ever imagined myself in, but if I think about it, it's not really an illogical one. I'm a music editor. I got married last year. I am 30. I also enjoy festivals, I started going to them when I was 18, and as I get older, there are certain hobbies that will growÃâà...
Willamette Week
April 10, 2018
Artists that play at Coachella are allegedly bound to not play at any other festival within a 1,300 mile radius for five months surrounding the event. Solange ... Portland-based Soul'd Out Productions, organizers of the Soul'd Out Music Festival, today sued California's Coachella Music Festival and its affiliatedÃâà...
Billboard
April 1, 2018
... various programming, such as free events and live music. The PNC Foundation pledged another $375,000 to help underwrite the youth education program Toddler Rock. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports the Rock Hall also is partnering with others to bring a music festival to downtown Cleveland thisÃâà...
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
April 1, 2018
DETROIT - Iconic Motown group The Jackson 5 will be honored in Detroit on June 16 in a 75-minute show highlighting the group and Michael Jackson's legacy. From 2 to 11 p.m., five stages across the MotorCity Market will have free outdoor performances, including a performance from the survivingÃâà...
Idaho Press-Tribune
April 1, 2018
It's time to announce the winners of the Nampa Musicale's Junior Music Festival! Over 500 music students, studying under 33 teachers, competed in the festival this year. Points were accumulated during performances at Northwest Nazarene University and The College of Idaho. Now let's get to it. (Feel freeÃâà...
Spectrum News
April 1, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas -- A teenage victim of the Austin serial bombings was laid to rest Saturday. While family and friends grieved the loss of Draylen Mason, a group of young musicians remembered him a different way. Just a few weeks ago the young musicians of the band Vibing Souls were living their livesÃâà...
Irish Times
March 31, 2018
With more than 30 across Ireland between April and the end of September, there's a music festival for almost every age, county and genre, whether you're fresh out of secondary school, still living the college dream or bringing your army of babies, complete with protective headphones and a papoose, alongÃâà...
The Mercury
March 31, 2018
The country music spectacular comes to Chester County from the producer of Country Summer, Northern California's biggest country music festival celebrating its fifth annual event in June. Hosted by the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau (CVB), thousands of fans from across the nation areÃâà...
austin360
March 31, 2018
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ASU News
March 31, 2018
Over the years, the music festival has become a popular community event where people bring lawn chairs and picnic lunches while also engaging activities like juggling, hula hooping, and playing chess on a ... Their music has been featured in documentary films, recordings and festivals around the world.
JamBase
March 31, 2018
A tradition continues this Memorial Day Weekend when the Summer Camp Music Festival returns to Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois May 25 – 27. Today, organizers have confirmed the third round of artist announcements for the 18th annual event. Tycho, Cypress Hill, John Medeski's Mad Skillet,Ãâà...
San Antonio Current
March 31, 2018
VIA will run its park-and-ride service during the March Madness Music Festival at Hemisfair Park from Friday, March 30, to Sunday, April 1. Festival attendees will be able to park at the Crossroads Park & Ride (151 Crossroads Blvd.), Blossom Athletic Center (12002 Jones Maltsberger Road) or Madla ParkÃâà...
Run The Trap
March 30, 2018
Sunset Music Festival is all set to take over the lots outside Raymond James Stadium for yet another year. Along with thousands of fans ready to celebrate the start of Summer, Sunset Music Festival will be host to a huge roster of artists. Run The Trap favorites like Medasin, Ekali, K?D and NGHTMRE will beÃâà...
Williamson Source
March 30, 2018
Tickets to Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival are on sale today, March 30th at 10am. The festival returns to Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin for the fourth year, taking place Sept 22 & 23. Patrons can choose from three tiers of tickets- general admission, VIP, and newly added Grand Champion starting at $185Ãâà...
Elite Daily
March 30, 2018
For those of us who aren't able to dish out the cash, we can throw an awesome party with music festival party ideas right at home. With the right ... Pretty much, a festival party is a great idea whether you're going to one this year or not. ... Glamping is a big part of some of these overnight festivals in the desert.
SupChina
March 30, 2018
In January, we reported on China's ban on hip-hop artists with tattoos appearing on television. The ban now seems to extend to live music performances: The Strawberry Music Festival in Hangzhou, scheduled for April, reportedly asked performers to cover their tattoos with stickers, head scarves,Ãâà...
WTOP
March 30, 2018
WASHINGTON — A man was convicted and sentenced to at least three years in prison for shooting a gun at a music festival in Aldie, Virginia, last fall. Charles Crowley, 33, of West Virginia, was found guilty by a jury Wednesday of attempted malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felonyÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
March 30, 2018
In addition to music, the SweetWater 420 Fest is offering a charity auction as well. Items from artists including The String Cheese Incident, Anders Osborne, Umphrey's McGee, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Vulfpeck will be available for mobile bidding from April 17 through the festival weekend, April 20-22,Ãâà...
Austin Chronicle
March 29, 2018
Luke Vinson, 28, who moved to Austin a few weeks ago from Monterey, Calif., with girlfriend Julia Wolfson, 23, weighs in on In Bloom's worth: "There's something I noticed about Texas versus California. ... it doesn't have as many large music festivals year-round. There's always music in Austin, but noÃâà...
Taste of Country
March 25, 2018
The NCAA March Madness Music Festival just got a little more country with news that Jason Aldean and Kelsea Ballerini will perform on the opening night of the festival Friday (Mar. 30). Ballerini will kick off the AT&T Block party at Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas before Aldean takes the stage for hisÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 25, 2018
"I'm pumped up going into this," he said. Brynda, a senior, is in the LT music program, though he said he expects music and performing to be a hobby after he graduates. Other students expect to make careers in music. Brandon Jackson is in two bands, Brandon Jackson and His Caravan, and Art Explosion.
Charleston Post Courier
March 25, 2018
The Savannah Music Festival has been going strong for 29 years. It is among the most exciting music events in the United States, presenting an enormous range of players in just about any genre imaginable, from Caribbean dance music to classical recitals to Latin jazz. The pros in charge of the 17-dayÃâà...
KTRK-TV
March 25, 2018
Houston's newest music festival, In Bloom, is set to launch its inaugural year in the confines of Eleanor Tinsley Park on Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25 - only a stone's throw away from downtown Houston. The two-day event features an eclectic lineup of internationally known acts across theÃâà...
NorthJersey.com
March 25, 2018
That was Maryluz Valerio reacting to the news that her 12-year-old son, Hector Otero, had been picked as one of 36 string musicians from around the country to participate in a 10-day music festival in California this summer, an event sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. Valerio said sheÃâà...
Miami New Times
March 24, 2018
Unlike the last few editions, the dance music gods gave Ultra Music Festival a break this year and blessed the festival with clear skies and cool weather. And despite all the commotion about extra security, things seemed to go smoothly on the first day. Even if you aren't lucky enough to be part of the mass ofÃâà...
WCPO
March 24, 2018
It's not Bonnaroo, but Bellwether -- a new camping music festival dreamed up in part by Bill Donabedian, whose resume includes co-founding Cincinnati's MidPoint, Bunbury and BuckleUp music festivals. "Something that we I think have been lacking in the area is an alternative festival with camping,"Ãâà...
The Guardian
March 20, 2018
The group previously organised #TWT2016, a four-day politics, art, music and culture festival that ran parallel to the 2016 Labour party conference in Liverpool, attended by more than 5,000 people. In September 2017, they hosted The World Transformed 2017 alongside the Labour party conference inÃâà...
EDM Identity
March 20, 2018
Ultra Music Festival is intent on celebrating their 20th Anniversary in style and with the anticipation running at an all-time high for how massive this year will be, we can't wait to see what's in store. Taking place at Miami's Bayfront Park over the weekend of March 24-26, it isn't just the worldwide audience andÃâà...
Aruba
March 20, 2018
It's no wonder festival goers return year after year to indulge the electric collaboration of Soul Beach Music Festivals' mega gathering and the incomparable experience of Aruba's paradise. "We are thrilled to be back in Aruba with an impressive lineup featuring Alicia Keys, Maxwell, and Marlon Wayans,"Ãâà...
Wide Open Country
March 20, 2018
Camping season is right around the corner and with that also comes camping at music festival season. One of the best parts of country music festivals is combining it with the camping experience, once you get organized! This can seem like a daunting task but it doesn't have to be thanks to the DECKEDÃâà...
Miami New Times
March 20, 2018
Saturday nights on Radio 1, however, are for dance music. The station broadcasts the two-hour show Essential Mix. His “1994 Goa Mix” and “1999 Live from Joni's, Havana, Cuba” Essential Mix sets are rave hall-of-fame stuff. Also legendary is his 2001 Ultra Music Festival debut. His 90-minute vinyl set atÃâà...
NBC Chicago
March 20, 2018
The highly anticipated 2018 Lollapalooza music festival returns to Chicago this summer and tickets go on sale Tuesday. Chicago's annual music festival announced its 4-Day General Admission ticket will go on sale for $335 (not including taxes and extra fees) Tuesday, starting at 10 a.m. CT. According toÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 20, 2018
Deer Valley Music Festival's 2018 lineup headlined by Kristin Chenoweth, Amos Lee, Ricky Skaggs, Rick Springfield ... and Summit County at existing events, galleries and in collaboration with other local festivals as a way of extending thanks to the community for hosting the orchestra in its summer home.”.
Wicked Local
March 20, 2018
I've been playing clarinet since fourth grade band, and the saxophone since my third summer at South Shore Conservatory's (SSC) Summer Music Festival or SMF. I dabbled on a few other instruments when I was younger, including piano and violin, but I've always felt more at home on wind instruments.
EDM Identity
March 19, 2018
While most festivals get wrapped up in the lights and pyrotechnics, Sets at Sunset Music Festival has set out on a unique mission. Their goal is simple… to deliver dance music back to its roots, allowing the music to speak for itself among a beautiful natural backdrop, perfect for kicking back and having aÃâà...
New York Times
March 19, 2018
AUSTIN, Tex. — Even past its peak, the annual South by Southwest Music Festival was a prodigious thing, with some 2,000 acts performing in Austin's clubs, theaters, hotels and parking lots from March 12 through Sunday. This year's festival, the 32nd, didn't have any arena-circuit headliner or overbearingÃâà...
One EDM
March 17, 2018
City festivals are always a little different than a camping festival or a venue festival. There's a little more walking and little more bouncing around from stage to stage. It can be more confusing to get around but, that's half the fun! There's something special about the city festival experience. Also, being able toÃâà...
The Tennessean
March 16, 2018
Gallatin wants to create a music festival like none of its kind in Sumner County. And it wants the water at Lock 4 Park to be the backdrop. "Showcasing one of the most beautiful parks in the country is definitely part of our goal," City of Gallatin spokesman Jeff Hentschel said. "Sumner County has never seenÃâà...
Corvallis Gazette Times
March 16, 2018
JEFFERSON — Public comments are still being solicited on a conditional use permit that would allow the Bi-Mart Willamette Country Music Festival to move to ... Organizers of the four-day country music festival applied to Marion County for a conditional use, mass gathering permit and noise variance inÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 16, 2018
The annual ROCKN' to LOCKN' competition is going down Friday at the Jefferson Theatre. ROCKN' to LOCKN' is a battle between local Virginia bands in which they go through rounds of performances and are voted on by the fans to play at LOCKN' music festival, being held Aug. 23-26 in Arrington, Va.
WLNS
March 16, 2018
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 16, 2018--As the state of Florida continues to lead the nation in new rates of HIV diagnosis, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world?s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, with a strong presence in South Florida, will once again host the Florida AIDSÃâà...
The Daily News Online
March 16, 2018
ALEXANDER — Those looking forward to the All-County Music Festival by the Genesee-Wyoming Music Educators Association will have a choice of concerts the next couple of Saturdays. Shows will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at Alexander Central School and at 2 p.m. March 24 at Attica Central School.
KWTX
March 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (KWTX) Waco native Wade Bowen announced the lineup for his annual music festival Thursday and accepted a ceremonial key to the city. The 20th anniversary edition of the Bowen MusicFest on June 3 at Baylor's McLane Stadium will feature REO Speedwagon, Midland, Joe Nichols, JoshÃâà...
seattlepi.com (blog)
March 16, 2018
I've never been more confused at South by Southwest more than I was on Tuesday in Austin. One of my biggest complaints about the official SXSW Go app is it doesn't display non-showcase day events, so it's up to you to keep track of them. I use a personal spreadsheet that mostly replaces the SXSW GoÃâà...
coastalbreezenews.com
March 16, 2018
The all-ages fun, artistic creations, live tunes and the plethora of taste bud and thirst-pleasing options that are the Marco Island Food and Music Festival are right around the corner. Veterans Community Park will again be the site for the always popular event, set for March 23 through March 25, which attractsÃâà...
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