Posts Tagged ‘ festivals ’

Secret Stages 2012

One week from today, Secret Stages kicks off its second year in downtown Birmingham, AL, just a couple of hours away from Atlanta via I-20.  Just like last year, the lineup pulls together carefully curated bands from all over the Southeast, with a few wild cards thrown into the mix, too.  This year’s big name [ READ MORE ]

Hopscotch Festival has an insane lineup

Raleigh, NC’s Hopscotch Music Festival just announced its lineup, and this is definitely worth a road trip.  The festival takes place September 8-10, and the lineup is great mix of long-running experimental acts, rising indie bands, and old school indie rock royalty.  It’s a walking festival with a bunch of participating venues, but there are [ READ MORE ]

Secret Stages is a regional music festival worth your $25

One of my favorite things about music festivals is the thrill of discovery.  It’s somewhere between unlikely and impossible that the average festival-goer is familiar with every single act on any given lineup, so encountering new music is almost inevitable.  Even if you plan your schedule around tried and true favorites, you’ll probably end up [ READ MORE ]

Hangout Festival 2011 Lineup

I went to the inaugural Hangout Festival last year after winning tickets, and it was pretty much the perfect festival setting.  I’m fairly sure there’s not another major festival where the two main stages are actually on the beach.  Gulf Shores hasn’t gotten oppressively hot yet in May, either, and the hotels and rental properties [ READ MORE ]

Forward to the Apocalypse Fest is this weekend

Forward to the Apocalypse Fest happens this weekend at Eyedrum in Atlanta, featuring 23 heavy bands from all across the country over 3 nights.  There’s also a carnival all 3 nights courtesy of Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Blackhearts.  I can’t say I’m familiar with that many of the bands in the lineup, but I can [ READ MORE ]

Next Big Nashville 2010 lineup

Next Big Nashville is in its fifth year, and the organizers have furthered their goal of becoming a smaller, regional version of SXSW or the CMJ Music Marathon by netting a solid group of nationally known indie acts to headline.  It’s an interesting lineup – obvious choices like Yeasayer and Wavves are joined by the [ READ MORE ]

Live review: The Goat Farm festival

Saturday’s festival at The Goat Farm was a great time and a nice representation of the Atlanta music scene I’ve come to know and love in the 13 months since I moved to this city.  The festival itself was also one of the most well run DIY events I’ve ever been to.  It’s hard to [ READ MORE ]

Pitchfork Festival 2010 (review and pictures)

General thoughts on the festival and more pictures below[ READ MORE ]

Off to Pitchfork

By the time this post goes up, I will be en route to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival. That might sound like a bit of hypocrisy if you didn’t make it to the end of this post. Of course, it might sound like hypocrisy even if you did. I’m excited about the lineup. If [ READ MORE ]

Hangout Festival: day by day wrap-up and pics

Below is a summary of what we saw each day accompanied by pictures.  As you read this, keep in mind that I didn’t pay for tickets.  I’m not a masochist or unrelentingly negative in general, I just like other types of music that weren’t represented here. For a more general wrap-up of the festival and [ READ MORE ]

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