Festivals

Pickathon has announced the full lineup for the upcoming 2022 festival, running August 4-7 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, just outside Portland. As a deep curation festival, Pickathon’s lineup reflects new movements in music, including cutting-edge jazz from British artists Sons of Kemet, Nubya Garcia and American jazz icon Nate Smith; fast rising indie artists like Goth Babe, Faye Webster, Sampa the Great and Quantic; and popular podcasts like Chapo Trap House and The Archive Project.

Beer, Bluegrass, Mountains: The WinterWonderGrass-Tahoe festival’s first venture in three years – thanks, COVID — succeeded with flying colors, April 1 to 3. The fest location, adjacent to Olympic Village, which was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, was the first festival of the year for many, and brought a distinctive assemblage of mountaintop adventure-seekers for a sweet conglomeration of jam-happy roots and bluegrass music, pleasing craft brews, and mountain views.

Huichica Music Festival, presented in partnership between Jeff Bundschu and (((FolkYEAH!))), announces the festival’s daily lineup with single-day general admission tickets on sale now. The two-day music, wine, and culinary festival will take place at California’s oldest family-owned winery, Gundlach Bundschu (2000 Denmark Street, Sonoma, CA) June 10-11, 2022. Two-day general admission ($295) and daily tickets for Friday ($85) and Saturday ($225) are on sale now at huichica.com.

Tickets are on sale now for the second annual Fort Desolation Fest at the beautiful Cougar Ridge Resort in Torrey, UT at the gateway to Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park. Created for both music lovers and adventure travelers, this boutique festival offers three nights of live music and three days to explore some of the most awe-inspiring landscapes on earth this August 12-14, 2022.

Today, Do LaB, originators and creators of multi-faceted boutique festival Lightning in a Bottle, announced its Yoga & Movement, Art & Interactivity and ArtClave & Painting lineups ahead of its 2022 edition. This Memorial Day weekend, attendees will have the opportunity to relax and unwind their minds and souls through a vast array of interactive yoga, dance, movement, art, and healing classes alongside the recently announced Compass Learning & Culture programming and diverse musical lineup.

Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett, the bass player, singer, and maestro of NOFX, brought his punk-rock circus and beer festival mashup to the Ventura County Fairgrounds on March 27th. The festival was conceived by Burkett and his friend Cameron Collins as sort of a Vans Warped Tour for adults. Collins, already a successful promoter of beer festivals, may not like that characterization as his vision was more of an intimate event with no more than one band playing at any given time.

Holla Yella Music Festival returns for the 2nd consecutive year and will be held in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the historic town of Ellijay. This year’s event will take place over the weekend of June 10-12, 2022. The festival will be a multi-day event and will host a diverse line-up of national and regional music acts in the genres of Bluegrass, Rock, Americana, Indie, Blues, Jam Band and Roots.

Today, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival proudly announced a hefty lineup addition to their 32nd annual festival taking place over the weekend of August 12-14 in beautiful Lyons, Colorado. Yola, Sarah Jarosz, Robert Earl Keen, and Rodney Crowell are among the long list of artists joining the three-decade-running celebration of songwriting at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch along the St. Vrain River.

Sunset Events & Disco Donnie Presents have announced the daily lineup for their first event 3-day edition of Sunset Music Festival! Two day tickets are now on sale, starting as low as $25 down, for the 10th anniversary of Sunset Music Festival at Raymond James Stadium Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29. Sunset Music Festival 2022 features a powerhouse lineup including ILLENIUM, Skrillex, Alesso, Gryffin (DJ set), Zeds Dead, John Summit, Liquid Stranger, LP Giobbi, and Moore Kismet to name just a few.

Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th anniversary in 2022, a major milestone for the world’s longest continuously-running jazz festival. Over its long and distinguished history, Monterey Jazz Festival has earned a reputation for paying homage to jazz greats, but also for its focus and passion for new and diverse sounds; 2022 is a reaffirmation of both principles.

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