June 2017

Today, Electric Forest (EF) released the daily stage schedule, app and festival map for the seventh annual music and camping festival in Rothbury, Michigan June 22–June 25 and June 29–July 2, 2017.

On May 25, 2017, I packed up my car, picked up my brother-in-law, and headed to Chillicothe, IL for the annual Summer Camp Music Festival. However, I was not going there primarily to see Moe. and Umphrey’s McGee, along with a host of others, but to work a booth as a nonprofit. It provided a very interesting and honestly, one heck of an different experience.

The upcoming Phish Baker’s Dozen run at Madison Square Garden is destined to go down as a truly monumental run, making New York City the place to be mid-summer. As the inevitable late-night show announcements pour in, you can add this one to your must-attend list.

Summer will start a little early this year with the Easy Star All-Stars kicking off their West Coast Tour 2017 at the legendary Monterey Fairgrounds, as the band’s first ever appearance at the California Roots Music and Arts Festival marks the first show on a 16-stop outing. The tour will run through late June as the band returns to reggae-friendly cities across the West Coast and Mountains. Supporting acts include The Late Ones and The Elovators.

Michael Franti & Spearhead--led by the socially and environmentally conscious singer, songwriter and guitarist--released a joyous, positive and uplifting video for "Summertime Is In Our Hands" over the Memorial Day Weekend which Franti talked aboutduring an interview on the nationally syndicated "Delilah" radio show, which has an estimated eight million listeners (listen to the full podcast episode via iTunes here

In support of their recently released new album, Coming Down The Mountain, Mipso announce additional tour dates to their current Summer 2017 Tour. Expanding to include dates on West Coast, including The Blue Note in Napa and Slim’s in San Francisco, Mipso have also added dates in the Southwest, bringing their praised live show to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, Gasa Gasa in New Orleans, Saturn in Birmingham, AL and more. All confirmed dates are listed below.
 

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