Hangout Music Festival has announced the daily performance schedule for their 2^nd annual beach, music and arts event. Headliners including Widespread Panic and My Morning Jacket open the festival on Friday, May 20^th, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, and The Avett Brothers round-out Saturday, May 21^st, and Paul Simon, The Black Keys, and Michael Franti and Spearhead close-up the festival on Sunday, May 22nd. A full schedule with more than 60 bands can be found on the Hangout Music Festival website.

Hangout has also announced that tickets for select late-night performances go on sale this Friday, April 1^st at 10 am ET for Hangout Music Festival ticketholders. Attendees to Hangout who have already purchased their 2011 festival tickets will have an advance week to secure their tickets to the exclusive Hangout late-night concerts. Late-night tickets are limited and can be purchased through the Hangout website and Front Gate Tickets. Any remaining tickets after the first week of sale will be made available to the general public on Friday, April 8^th.

The Hangout will host 2 late-night stages Friday and Saturday night of the festival. A 3,000 capacity Hangout Late-Night Tent will host sets by Bassnectar and Pretty Lights – who will both perform additional sets during the main Hangout festival event. A second Hangout Late-Night Stage is located within the Hangout Restaurant. All shows begin at midnight.

Performing Friday, May 20^th in the Hangout Late Night Tent is Bassnectar with special guest Beats Antique. Tickets are $25 for Hangout Festival ticket buyers, $30 regular price, and $35 day of show.

Performing Saturday, May 21^st in the Hangout Late Night Tent is Pretty Lights. Tickets are $25 for Hangout Festival ticket buyers, $30 regular price, and $35 day of show.

Performing Saturday, May 21^st on the Hangout Late Night Stage is Tony Clifton and The Katrina Kiss-My-Ass Orchestra. Tickets are $25 for Hangout Festival ticket buyers, $30 regular price, and $35 day of show.

Passes to the Hangout Music Festival are on sale now for $174, with a few $525 VIP passes remaining. “Big Kahuna” VIP tickets have already sold-out. Passes can be purchased on the Hangout website, through Front Gate Ticketing and at the Hangout Restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL.

Media, online, TV and radio outlets looking to cover the Hangout Music Festival should fill out the media credentials application link on the Hangout website under the Contact tab. The deadline to submit for credentials is April 15^th.

For more information on the Hangout Music Festival, to purchase passes and late-night tickets, or to request media credentials, please visit www.hangoutmusicfest.com

Marco Benevento will perform at this weekend's Winterfest On The Mountain up in Nederland, Colorado.  Other artists scheduled to appear include:  Wicked Messanger featuring Adam Aijala & Ben Kaufman of Yonder Mountain String Band, Billy Nershi, Springdale Quartet, Cornmeal, Charlie Hunter, Elephant Revival, Mountain Standard Time, White Water Ramble, Dead Winter Carpenters and numerous other acts.

You can learn more about Winterfest On The Mountain by going to their website.  Click here to purchase tickets to Winterfest On The Mountain.

The Grateful Web will be at the festival, so check back for our review/photos from the weekend.

The Heavy Pets will close out a highly successful 2010 with a tour along the northeast corridor including dates in New York, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland before heading back to FL for a final leg of New Year's shows in their home stomping grounds. The Heavy Pets have grown exponentially in a very short time and the tour marks a fitting end to an extraordinary year for the band.

Ever since their first performance in 2007, the Heavy Pets became an instant national sensation through heavy rotation on the international airwaves of Sirius Satellite radio. National success did not end there; they were immediately embraced in the jam scene for their raw talent and tenacious commitment to creating great music. And like their unmistakable sound, The Heavy Pets themselves have transcended boundaries; crossing a bridge few bands survive intact --- into the periphery of mainstream music through upbeat, danceable, homegrown, skillfully executed tunes.

In the past four years alone, the band has managed to release a two-disc studio album, a live release, a three song EP and most recently, their sophomore self-titled studio release and vinyl album --- a feat few bands have accomplished in such a short time. The 2010 self-titled release has garnered critical acclaim in tight circles of virtuoso musicians and casual fans alike.

The five piece band will appear throughout the northeast for a jam-packed three week tour including their biggest performance in NYC at Highline Ballroom with progressive jam rockers, U-Melt. The band will also be playing a few venues for the first time including stops in Cafe Nine, Empire and Putnam Den as well as a homecoming performance in Syracuse NY - a town that two of the six artists call their Alma mater.

The entire tour will be mixed, recorded and cataloged by Charlie Miller of the Grateful Dead/Kimock fame and available for purchase on the Heavy Pets website through LiveDownloads.com and DigitalSoundboard.com. While the specifics of the tour are still lining up, the band will be undoubtedly making waves at every stop along the tour and are not to be missed.

For a complete tour schedule and more information about the band, check out their new website at www.theheavypets.com

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2010 TOUR DATES:
11/19 Tobacco Road - Miami, FL
11/26 Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
11/27 The Vibe Lounge - Rockville Center, NY
11/30 Cafe Nine - New Haven, CT
12/1 Empire Dine & Dance - Portland, ME
12/2 Matterhorn - Stowe, VT
12/3 Matterhorn - Stowe, VT
12/4 Nectars - Burlington, V
12/8 Westcott Theater - Syracuse, NY
12/9 Putnam Den - Saratoga Springs, NY
12/14 Jewish Mother's - Norfolk, VI
12/17 The 8 x 10 - Baltimore, MD
12/18 River Street Jazz Cafe - Plains, PA
12/31 Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Donna Jean Godchaux will join The New Riders of the Purple Sage for a night of music at New York City's Highline Ballroom on August 28, 2010.  More information about the Highline Ballroom can be found here.  This show is taking place on August 28th, so get your tickets now!

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August 28, 2010
Concert starts @ 8PM
Doors open @ 6PM
Tickets $18.00 in advance
$22.00 day of show
Tickets
General Admission Standing Room

Limited seating available first come, first serve / All Ages

NRPS website

DJG   website

Highline Ballroom

Located at 431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave
(212) 414-5994

Lubriphonic has announced it will hop aboard an April tour with The New Mastersounds for their Southeast run, culminating in a House of Blues performance during the peak of the epic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. In celebration the group has offered a download of over 90 minutes of live recordings for free via its website.

Chicago’s Lubriphonic tight and raw sound is immediately familiar, fusing the roots of soul with explosive in-your-face delivery and sensuous R&B dance music.  The New Mastersounds is an instrumental four-piece British export offering a modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock delivering gritty grooves and deep rhythms.

Lubriphonic will open for The New Mastersounds on the following dates:

April 17 – Club 828 - Asheville, NC

April 18 - Blue 5 - Roanoke, Virginia

April 20 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC

April 21 - Pisgah Brewery - Black Mountain, NC

April 22 - Barley's Tap - Knoxville, TN

April 23 - Vanderbilt University - Alumni Lawn - Rites of Spring

April 24 - 412 Market - Chattanooga, TN

April 25 - Visulite Theatre - Charlotte, NC

April 27 - Blazers Tavern - Valdosta, GA

April 28 - Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL

April 29 - Soul Kitchen - Mobile, AL

April 30 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA

The Lubriphonic sound is full of precision orchestrations made up of blazing guitar work, unison three piece horn lines, soulful songwriting, bluesy vocals and the habit to cut the funk loose. The best description of the band’s sound comes from Relix Magazine: “Superb, adventurous, diverse, simply mesmerizing instrumental work. Steeped in soul, rock, pop, and blues Lubriphonic's members play with a tenacity and precision that sets them apart from equally proficient bands.”

In addition to the live sampler offering on its website, Lubriphonic is also offering free downloads of recordings of four additional shows to registered members of the website here.