Festivals

Silicon Valley's premier annual music event, San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022 returns for its 32nd festival season from Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14 in and around Plaza de César Chavez Park in downtown San Jose, Calif. Renowned as one of North America's foremost music events with its dynamic multi-day programming, San Jose Jazz presents a riveting artist lineup for one of the summer's major San Francisco Bay Area outdoor music festivals.

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WinterWonderGrass California will be making its triumphant return to the North Lake Tahoe region next weekend, April 1–3, 2022, after a two-year postponement due to COVID.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Camp Euforia has announced its final acts playing this summer. Festival hosts and founders Eufórquestra featuring Kim Dawson will play along with many longtime friends including Cornmeal, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Heatbox, Aaron Kamm & The One Drops, and 20+ Midwest acts. The last blast celebration will be held July 14-16, 2022, on the beloved land of Jerry’s Farm in Lone Tree, Iowa.

Relentless Beats will once again host Deadbeats Arizona as a part of a multi-date Deadbeats tour Friday, April 22, 2022, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, AZ, just 20 minutes outside of Downtown Phoenix. Created as an extension of the Zeds Dead independent record label, Deadbeats, the tour will carry forward Zeds Dead’s new vision for the future of electronic music and will uniquely connect passionate young creatives on each date.

Earl Scruggs Music Festival has announced the full lineup for its inaugural event taking place September 2-4, 2022 at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. Joining previously announced headliners Jerry Douglas, The Earls of Leicester and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band this Labor Day Weekend will be American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck performing with his GRAMMY-nominated My Bluegrass Heart ensemble which includes Billy Contreras, Jacob Joliff, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton.

The Maple House Music + Arts Festival will make its debut in Pittsburgh, PA this spring on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Hartwood Acres Park. Headlining musical acts include Jason Isbell + The 400 Unit, Black Pumas, Lake Street Dive, Elle King, Pittsburgh's own Ghost Hounds and many more. Festival passes for the event start at $59 and go on sale at 10:00 a.m. ET this Friday, March 25 at www.maplehousefest.com.

BeachLife Festival--Southern California’s premier coastal live music, art, and culinary experience celebrating beach culture, May 13-15 on the waterfront in Redondo Beach, CA--has announced music performance times as well as the featured chefs for the event’s exclusive upscale culinary experience.

SACRED ROSE will make its revolutionary debut at Chicagoland’s SeatGeek Stadium Campus from Friday, August 26 - Sunday, August 28, 2022, combining genre-bending lineups with experiential fan transparency for a first-of-its-kind festival experience.

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Northwest String Summit is one of the most well-known festivals of the Pacific Northwest. It has deep roots in family and bluegrass that have extended, intertwined, and grown deep over the last 20 years. We had the opportunity to chat with one of the founders of the festival Skye McDonald about the festival and what the last 20 years have meant to him and the other founders.

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