Live music pioneers The String Cheese Incident (3 performances) and the trailblazing Dutch DJ Tiësto will top the bill at the inaugural at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 through July 3, 2011. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 5 at noon EST here.

The 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival will take place on Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17th! The three-day music festival returns to Chicago’s Union Park to celebrate cutting-edge music from around the world on three stages, giving festival-goers one of the most inviting, reasonably priced, and unexpected weekends of music under the sun.

The Pitchfork Music Festival has brought the likes of Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Girl Talk, Sleigh Bells, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Beach House, Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, St. Vincent, Best Coast, Titus Andronicus, and more, just as those bands were beginning to tickle the consciousness of the nation. The mix of many of these flourishing performers with internationally renowned and beloved acts such as Pavement, The Flaming Lips, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, The Jesus Lizard, Yoko Ono, Os Mutantes, and Built To Spill, just to name a few, make the Pitchfork Music Festival one of the most well-curated and focused festivals in the country.

An independently run, consistently sold-out event, the Pitchfork Music Festival attracts 50,000 fans of all ages from 45 states and 26 countries. In addition to presenting an outstanding musical line-up at a reasonable price, the festival also offers a vast array of other activities for attendees to enjoy. With 50 individual vendors, as well as specialty fairs, the fest not only supports local businesses and the local economy, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole.

Tickets for the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival go on sale Friday, March 4, with single-day tickets for $45 and three-day passes for $110! If last year was any indicator, three-day passes will sell out in under a week (last year they sold out in FIVE DAYS!), so be sure to get your tickets ASAP! Tickets will be available on the festival website.

Everything a live music fan could ever hope for converges this July 14-17 at the 15th Annual All Good Music Festival and Campout on Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. The initial list of artists confirmed for this year's All Good Festival include:

FURTHUR featuring PHIL LESH & BOB WEIR
Primus
Pretty Lights
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Umphrey's McGee
John Butler Trio
Yonder Mountain String Band
Keller Williams
Galactic
Toots and the Maytals
JJ Grey & Mofro
The Infamous Stringdusters
Papadosio
Toubab Krewe
Big Gigantic
Hot Buttered Rum
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Everyone Orchestra
Orgone
plus dozens more artists still to be announced

Tickets available now at www.allgoodfestival.com

With so many guaranteed unforgettable performances, attendees are spared from missing out on even a single song thanks to the All Good Festival's unique model of no overlapping sets.  Two side-by-side stages host over 40 hours of music from a wide array of genres including the best of rock, bluegrass, electronic, jam, reggae, funk, and more.

Former Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh & Bob Weir and their band Furthur continue their musical adventure with a return to the All Good Festival as they push the musical envelope with jaw-dropping improvisations and loving renditions of Dead classics.

With a record sold out crowd in 2010, patrons and media hailed the event. MTV noted the All Good Festival's "perfect combination of great music, beautiful scenery, crisp mountain air and a friendly, laid back vibe" while the Pittsburgh City Paper called it "the best one yet."

Taking place atop Marvin's Mountaintop, with over 650 acres of privately owned land, the All Good Festival offers picturesque rolling hills with a panoramic view of the surrounding Allegheny Mountains. Great camping is located throughout the mountaintop and on-site provisions include kids area, family camping, drum circles, food & craft vendors, quality microbrews, RV sections, ATMs, regularly serviced porta-johns, water stations, first aid medical unit, shower house and designated bonfire areas.

For the discerning festival-goer the All Good Festival offers the 'Even Better VIP' package. This elite festival option includes exclusive viewing and camping areas with premium site-lines, Thursday admission, private air-conditioned bathrooms, private showers, premium camping overlooking the Main Stage, Fest-taxi shuttles, exclusive All Good merchandise and much more.

A limited amount of Early Bird tickets are available now until they sell out at http://allgood.missiontix.com or charge by phone at 800-760-9008, at that time, ticket prices increase to Level 1 pricing. All Good Festival 2011 ticket prices are as follows:

Early Bird 3-Day Passes (Friday-Monday) available for $139, $60 off the gate price
Early Bird 4-Day Passes (Thursday-Monday) available for $159, $70 off the gate price
Even Better VIP Passes (Thursday-Monday) available for $420, $80 off the gate price

Once again, the All Good Festival and Conscious Alliance will be staging their annual 'Art That Feeds' Food Drive in 2011.  All food donations will benefit a local area food bank in Preston County, West Virginia. All patrons who donate 10 non-perishable food items will receive a complimentary limited-edition All Good Festival poster created by a very special artist.

SXSW is thrilled to announce Yoko Ono as a very special featured speaker for the 25th Music Conference and Festival. Ms. Ono will sit down with Jody Denberg for a SXSW Interview on Friday March 18th. From her pioneering work in the Fluxus movement of the 1960s to the recent Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, Ono's art has challenged and informed, melding the personal to the universal in simple and unique ways. Her marriage and creative collaboration with John Lennon was a love story played out on the global stage. Ono's music laid the groundwork for the sounds of punk rock and new wave. Recently, Ono has had five consecutive dance singles charting at #1 on the top of the Billboard Dance Chart. 

In 2009, she received Mojo Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award, and she assembled a new PLASTIC ONO BAND for her latest album, Between My Head And The Sky, co-produced with son Sean Lennon, on his Chimera Music label.  From gallery to stage to social media platforms, Yoko Ono brings a message of peace to the world. Ms. Ono's ongoing projects are detailed at imaginepeace.com.  Ms. Ono will also be a special guest performer at a Chimera Music night, Saturday, March 19 at The Elysium, 705 Red River St

Advance tickets to the tenth annual Northwest String Summit music festival featuring four days of music and camping will be available Friday, February 4 at all TicketsWest outlets and online at TicketsWest.

The boutique music festival, located at Hornings Hideout near Portland, Ore., will increase to a four day festival from July 21 through Sunday, July 24, 2011 in celebration of its ten year anniversary.

All ages advance 4-day passes will cost $125 from February 4 through March 11 and include four nights of music, camping, parking and free early entry to the festival on Thursday, July 24, 2011.  A limited supply of RV passes will also be available for purchase beginning on Friday, February 4 for $75.

Featured artists confirmed to date include Yonder Mountain String Band; Keller and the Keels featuring Kelly Williams, and the husband and wife combo of Larry and Jenny Keel; Todd Snider & Great American Taxi Featuring Vince Herman; the Emmitt Nershi Band; the Cascadia Project featuring Darol Anger, Scott Law, Sharon Gilchrist and Samson Grisman; Jackstraw; and Pert Near Sandstone.

Additional bands have recently confirmed to play the festival each to be announced soon.

Three-day passes for Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24, 2011 will be available at all TicketsWest outlets and online at TicketsWest on March 12, 2010 for $125.  Patrons can also upgrade to a 4-day pass after March 12 by purchasing a single day Thursday pass for an additional $20.

After May 14, 2011, 3-day passes for Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24, 2011 will be available at all TicketsWest outlets and online at TicketsWest for $145.  Patrons can still upgrade to a 4-day pass after May 14 by purchasing a single day Thursday pass for an additional $20.

For more information about the Northwest String Summit, click here.  For more information about Hornings Hideout, click here.

Considered the Pacific Northwest’s premier boutique music festival, the Northwest String Summit will provide four days of mostly acoustic music and camping in a family-fun atmosphere nestled in one of the most gorgeous festival sites on the west coast, Hornings Hideout, a beautiful forested site located just 20 minutes from Portland in North Plains, Ore. at the edge of Horning Reservoir.