Festivals
MerleFest, presented by Window World and scheduled for April 27-30, 2017, is proud to announce five more artists added to the MerleFest 2017 lineup: Leftover Salmon, Tift Merritt, Jorma Kaukonen, Donna the Buffalo, and John Driskell Hopkins Band! These artists join a list of performers already announced including Zac Brown Band, The Avett Brothers, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives and many more. This year marks MerleFest’s 30th celebration.
RIDE Festival returns to Telluride July 8-9 in its sixth consecutive year of world-class music, camping and mountain adventure that only Colorado can deliver. Featuring an all-star line up in an intimate mountain setting; event headliners include BECK, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The John Butler Trio, Rival Sons, The Temperance Movement, Kaleo, Jackie Greene, and Boulder's own Rose Hill Drive among others.
Santa Cruz Music Festival 2017’s 2nd wave line-up shook the Central-Bay Area but the 3rd and final announcement is here and you might want to sit down for this one. Along with the hard-hitting acts of the first two waves, such as Troyboi, Louis the Child, The Brothers Comatose, The Coffis Brothers, and many more, we have carefully added more toe-tapping, exhilarating acts. Among the new wave is Zion-I, Monolink, Scarub, Charlesthefirst, Ancestree, Dreaming Ghosts and many more.
The inaugural M.A.R.S. FESTIVAL (Music & Arts ReSound) will take place Friday, April 14 through Sunday, April 23, 2017 in Downtown Los Angeles at Angel City Brewery and Art Share L.A. Tickets are on sale now at festivalmars.com, with many events being available for free (details below). This new 10-day festival will expand audience's imaginations via never-before-seen pairings of music, art, fashion and dance.
The marquee Relentless Beats festival, Phoenix Lights Festival, has announced the final round of artists for the third annual event. Presented by Relentless Beats, the two-day music festival taking place in Downtown Phoenix on April 8 - 9, 2017, has added over 25 artists to an already massive roster, which includes: Above & Beyond; Alesso; Tiesto; STS9; Vince Staples; ZHU; Illenium; Keys N Krates; Oliver Heldens; Pete Tong; Thomas Jack; Coyu; Ekali; Ganja White Night; Grum; Hucci; Josh Wink; the Kno
SPRING AWAKENING MUSIC FESTIVAL (SAMF) is proud to announce the 2017 dates and location for its sixth annual installment, taking place June 9 - 11. This summer, the largest all-electronic music festival in the Midwest will return to its beautiful new location at Addams/Medill Park in Chicago, IL.
Relentless Beats has announced the schedule for their February events. The Phoenix based dance music and EDM promoter was founded in 1996 by Thomas Turner and has fast become the leading promoter in Arizona. Producing over 200 events a year and booking nearly 400 artists, February is getting fans amped up for the Spring festival season with the return of Crush Arizona. The trailer for the 8th Annual event, returning February 18th to Rawhide Western Town & Event Center, was recently released and cleared for posting.
The California Roots Music & Arts Festival (Cali Roots) is one of the leading reggae and roots festivals in the world. In 2016, the festival's seventh year, Cali Roots sold out the Monterey County Fair & Event Center, greeting eleven thousand festival goers each day. As the festival’s presence continues to grow, so does its efforts in environmental preservation, carving the path of producing an environmentally sound event.
To our global community of artists, technologists, futurists, and activists. Once again, we are stunned by discriminatory politics in our beloved home of North Carolina and across the U.S. Last March, North Carolina state legislature passed House Bill 2, which eliminated anti-discrimination protections for all lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, and barred transgender people from using bathrooms that do not match the gender they were born with.
