Festivals

Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music, Art & Dance has unveiled this year’s line up! The GrassRoots Festival will be returning to Historic Virginia Key Beach Park in Miami, Florida, February 20th – 23rd, 2014.For our 3rd anniversary, they're featuring a multi-cultural collective of bands from South Florida, Africa, Colombia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, California and more.

React Presents is thrilled to announce the dates for the third annual SPRING AWAKENING MUSIC FESTIVAL (SAMF), happening Friday, June 13th, Saturday, June 14th, and Sunday, June 15th at Chicago's own Soldier Field across four stages with the top DJs from around the world.  At Noon CST today, a special Holiday Early Bird was announced, and three day passes for Spring Awakening Music Festival sold out record time.

The highly popular 2014 Wanee Music Festival, held April 10th to 12th at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL, is putting Early Bird Tickets on sale Thursday, December 5th at 10AM.  3-Day General Admission Tickets, which include primitive camping, are just $175.00 (plus applicable fees) and will be available through waneefestival.com and Music Today.  They are on sale through Thursday, December 12th at 6PM, however the supply is limited, so get them quick because they will most likely sell out before the December 12th cut

Bunbury Music Festival is getting into the holiday spirit. Purchase 2014 festival tickets of $100 value or more for your music lover, and receive a $10 iTunes gift card. Don’t forget, Bunbury Music Festival will once again offer ticket buyers the one-day, any-day ticket option, and even more purchasing flexibility for 2014 with the new layaway program.

For more information please visit www.bunburyfestival.com/tickets

Dark Star Orchestra, the world’s preeminent Grateful Dead band, announce today the date and location for its third annual Dark Star Jubilee Music Festival & Campout. Held May 23 – 26, 2014 at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio, the site of five legendary Grateful Dead shows in the 80s & 90s, DSO returns to headline three nights of their signature event.

The 19th annual Gathering of the Vibes will take place  July 31-August 3, 2014. Tickets go on sale Black Tie Dye Friday, November 29, 2013. Purchase early bird tickets for $185,  that is almost $100 dollar savings from purchasing at the gate.Check out some great new 2013 highlights on the Vibes YouTube channel.

Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival (CBB) is ready to celebrate its 5th birthday! The wintertime roots fest returns with 17 shows format spanning three weeks in January and February!CBB V is anchored in eight shows over three weeks at the newly-minted Concord Music Hall, the West Loop’s City Winery, and Evanston’s SPACE.

The first annual Suwannee Hulaween at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida united several very different kinds of people and art in unexpected ways. Detachable hoodies with chain ties, logo pins, college kids, thumping Apple controlled bass tangoed with tie dye hippies, weed, classic rock, bluegrass and, yes, real wooden instruments all twirled together drenched in bold color and sound in a mystical forest setting.

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