Festivals

Emmylou Harris, a 2018 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, will headline the 14th annual Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival with her band. Celebrated guitarist Cory Wong, a rising star on the international music scene, will also top the band lineup.

Local organizers behind Sol Blume, one of the largest R&B music festivals in the country, are proud to announce that the outdoor weekend celebration will officially return to Sacramento next spring to celebrate its fifth anniversary while expanding to three days for the first time ever.

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The Gasparilla Music Festival has a new home for 2024 at Tampa’s sprawling Julian B Lane Park. The festival takes place February 16-18 and will feature 5 stages in its new venue.  Discounted early bird tickets go on sale Tuesday December 5 at 10am, and the non-profit festival will be releasing its 2024 lineup in the coming weeks.

Dark Star Orchestra announced today six additional performers to complete the lineup for its 11th annual Dark Star Jubilee music festival. New acts on the bill include Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel featuring John Kadlecik, Doom Flamingo, Sam Grisman Project and more.

Award-winning global promoter Disco Donnie Presents (DDP) and experiential event company Probably Nothing are thrilled to reveal its ‘Third Contact' announcement for Texas Eclipse, adding even more depth to their roster of previously announced participants from the First Contact and Second Contact.

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“The spirit and community of Summer Camp will remain, but we are excited to again push boundaries, as we did when we started Summer Camp, and expand the festival's mission by bringing the Solshine to the forefront. Soulshine had been the house of our Make a Difference program and sustainability efforts, so elevating that intentionality to the overall festival was a big part of the plan. Summer Camp had evolved into much more than a music festival, it was a community centered around music and art.

Today, Goldenvoice announced the return of the Cruel World Festival, taking place on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Brookside at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The event will feature a headline performance by Duran Duran, who recently released their sixteenth studio album, 'Danse Macabre'—a haunting collection of original songs, covers, and reimagined classics. The festival's lineup on Saturday also includes Interpol, Blondie, Simple Minds, Placebo, Soft Cell, Adam Ant, Ministry, Gary Numan, DREAMCAR, and many more!

Electric Forest has announced the initial music lineup for its 2024 edition, taking place June 20-23 in Rothbury, Michigan. Electric Forest remains one of the world’s most unique festivals, an interactive wonderland cultivated by the collective energy of its participants and producers. The experience is defined by a feeling of total immersion, guiding attendees through a multi-faceted journey defined by the pillars of community, creation, and inclusion.

After roaring back into Columbus, Ohio in 2023, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival turns the volume up to 11 in 2024 with its biggest event ever, May 16-19 at Historic Crew Stadium. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is adding a 4th stage and 40 more bands, plus art activations, for nonstop entertainment over four full days at The Pinnacle of Rock Festivals in America.

Spirits were flying high at the Miami Beach Bandshell this past weekend for the third year of the beloved North Beach Music Festival. With some of the funkiest names in live and jam music gracing the stage to their adoring fans, this winter gathering has quickly solidified its place as one of the year's can't-miss fests. A perfect blend of intimate and tropical, we already can't wait to see what they have in store for us next year.