August 2025

Red Rocks. This place has been written about for decades and has been the site for so many memorable and legendary moments in music that putting them all to paper would fill an endless number of pages. The place itself has held special meaning for those who have found themselves reaching its monument.

The daily music schedule has been announced for Bourbon & Beyond – The World’s Largest Bourbon, Food & Music Festival – returning to Louisville, Kentucky for its 7th year, September 11-14, at the newly expanded and enhanced Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center. Attendees can now create a personalized festival schedule with alerts and find all festival details via the official Bourbon & Beyond mobile app, available on both iPhone and Android.

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (OMF) returns for its 10-year reunion with a renewed spirit – and a nod to the rich legacy of music and visual artistry. To mark the occasion, OMF has partnered with British artist Nigel Waymouth, whose visionary poster designs defined the psychedelic era, to create an original artwork for the 2026 event.

Dark Star Orchestra is thrilled to announce Fall Tour 2025—a 13-date run across the Northeast this November. The tour features two-night stands at The Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ, and at the Paramount in Huntington, NY. DSO is forever grateful to their faithful fans and will give thanks in Jim Thorpe, PA, with their traditional Thanksgiving Eve show at Penn’s Peak.

As it celebrates over 130 years of music history, Gibson, the iconic global instrument brand, is proud to announce the new, limited edition Gibson Les Paul™ Standard 50s and 60s Double Trouble guitars have all the highly-coveted features from our Les Paul Standard 50s and 60s models, but with two notable differences: Their gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes are slightly faded when compared to the standard versions, and the uncovered Burstbucker™ pickups feature Double Classic White bobbins.