Festival News

Gem State Jam Fest: Lineup and Tickets

Source: JamBase
March 17, 2011

A SOLAR POWERED JAM IN THE JOINT Gem State Jam Music and Arts Festival, Idaho's largest solar-powered music, art and history festival, will return once again to the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise on June 11, 2011. Check out the initial lineup below. Click here to get tickets. In collaboration with Sustainable Waves Staging, the Jam will feature two solar-powered stages for non-stop music throughout the day as well as provide information on bike rides and public transportation to help ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival April 1 - 3 in Downtown Monterey

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 16, 2011

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Celebrates 40th Anniversary

America's Top Young Jazz Musicians from 10 States Compete for Spot on Monterey Jazz Festival Stages

Monterey Jazz Festival Artist-In-Residence and Two-Time Grammy-Nominee Joshua Redman to Participate

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a nonprofit leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958 and JazzTimes Readers' Poll multi-year winner for Best Jazz Festival, is proud to announce its annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, April 1ש, 2011 in downtown Monterey. The weekend-long ...

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Chicken Raid Music Festival 2011 in Atlanta GA March 19-20

Source: 9th Floor Music
March 16, 2011

The Chicken Raid is an annual two-day music festival and benefit honoring the late Atlanta country blues legend Mr. Frank Edwards (1909-2002). The Chicken Raid offers a range of high quality local, regional, and national musical talents. Proceeds from this year's festival will be shared between the Edwards' estate and Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMRF). MMRF is a non-profit committed to helping pioneers of American music meet their daily needs. 2011 performers include Music Maker artists Beverly “Guitar" Watkins, Roy ...

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Jimmy Buffett the Face of This Year's Jazz Fest? Really?

Source: Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
March 16, 2011

I'm late to this news, but ... a young Jimmy Buffett is the face of this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival poster? Really? Really? Who's next, Bon Jovi? I'm no Jimmy Buffett hater, although I believe the guy is vastly overrated. At the start of his career, he turned in some interesting, idiosyncratic singer-songwriter work. But for several decades he's largely traded in artistic integrity for a series of by-the-numbers novelty tunes and a cottage industry built around ...

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Hangout Fest Adds Avett Bros STS9, Railroad, Grace Potter

Source: JamBase
March 16, 2011

GULF SHORES, ALABAMA GETS A FEW MORE CHOICE ACTS The Hangout Music Festival has added twelve more acts to its May 20-22, 2011 lineup: The Avett Brothers STS9 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Brandi Carlile JJ Grey and Mofro Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Big Gigantic Soja Railroad Earth Greensky Bluegrass Rival Sons Honey Island Swamp Band CONFIRMED ARTISTS ...

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Sweetlife Fest Adds Girl Talk, Lupe Fiasco, Cold War Kids

Source: JamBase
March 16, 2011

SINGLE DAY FEST IN MAY IN MARYLAND Sweetgreen, known for its network of sustainable eateries throughout the northeast, today announced the lineup for its annual Sweetlife Festival. Joining headliners The Strokes are: Girl Talk Lupe Fiasco Crystal Castles Cold War Kids Ra Ra Riot Theophilus London Walk the Moon US Royalty Modern Man The festival is scheduled for Sunday, May 1st at Merriweather Post ...

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All Good Fest Adds Dso, Donna the Buffalo, Benevento

Source: JamBase
March 16, 2011

THE WERKS, J RODDY WALSTON AND THE BUSINESS, THE REX JAM HOSTED BY MATT BUTLER AND EVERYONE ORCHESTRA ALSO ADDED Held this July 14-17 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV, the 15th Annual All Good Music Festival announces the addition of six new artists performing the event: Dark Star Orchestra Donna The Buffalo Marco Benevento The Werks J Roddy Walston and the Business The Rex Jam Hosted By Matt Butler ...

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Gathering of the Vibes 2011: Furthur, Jane's, Costello, Moe.

Source: JamBase
March 15, 2011

DEAD-Y FLAVORS AND A FEW SURPRISES OUT OF GATE The 16th Annual Gathering of the Vibes Festival, taking place July 21-24, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT, announced their initial lineup today: Furthur Jane's Addiction Elvis Costello & The Imposters moe. Levon Helm Band John Butler Trio Tedeschi Trucks Band Dr. John and the Lower 911 Taj Mahal Trio The Rhythm Devils with Keller ...

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