Festivals

Returning to Mill Spring, NC this Labor Day Weekend (September 1-3), Earl Scruggs Music Festival looks forward to welcoming Emmylou Harris, Greensky Bluegrass, Del McCoury Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, and dozens more to the hallowed grounds of Tryon International Equestrian Center. Today, the festival is proud to reveal its full 2023 schedule, which includes a newly-minted lineup of exclusive workshops featuring members of Della Mae, The Earls of Leicester, and others. See above for a day-by-day breakdown.

ARC Music Festival, Chicago’s flagship house and techno festival, has announced the ARC After Dark afterparty lineups for its 2023 edition taking place September 1-3. ARC heads into its third year firmly rooted as a fan-favorite in the global festival circuit, continuing to bring internationally renowned talent to the birthplace of house music.

Pickathon has released the full lineup of bands for the 2023 Festival, coming August 3-6 to Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon (16 miles outside of Portland, OR). Music fans will recognize indie roots powerhouses Watchhouse, or old-school soul icon Lee Fields, and folks in the know will be happy about alt-glam band Dehd, indie-folk superstar Madison Cunningham, and Zambian psych rockers W.I.T.C.H.

Today, the 14th annual Montclair Jazz Festival produced by the acclaimed Jazz House Kids, announced the lineup for their 2023 Downtown Jamboree on September 9th. This year, headliners include Regina Carter, Antibalas, Steve Turre, Melanie Charles, Person to Person with Eric Person and Houston Person, Edmar Castaneda, Vince Ector, Michael Mwenso and the Shakes, Jazz House Collective and Christian McBride, the festival’s music director and curator.

This exciting waterfront music festival overlooking the Napa River with gorgeous views of Mt Diablo is growing up fast. Now in its third year, the festival has expanded to 2 days and features some of the biggest names in funk on Sep 9th and super soulful west coast bands on Sep 10th. San Francisco attendees have the option to take the SF Bay Ferry to and from the festival this year.

FRAZIER TRAGER PRESENTS DOCK OF BAY FESTIVAL

Saturday, Sept 9 - Old School Funk Fest

Come jam with us for the inauguration of Cascade Equinox, a brand-new three-day event coming to Central Oregon on September 22 - 24, 2023, held at Deschutes County Fairgrounds.

This enticing first-time festival announcement brings a unique opportunity for the music festival subculture to converge at the nexus of diverse genres, fostering a vibrant celebration within our tight-knit community amidst the beauty of nature.

Relentless Beats has announced phase 02 of its Goldrush: Sonoran Skies lineup, taking place October 7 - 8, 2023, at Phoenix Raceway- a venue that has seen the Southwest's most prolific independent promoter’s biggest shows to date. The phase 02 lineup joins previously announced headliners Tiësto, Zeds Dead, ZHU, and 20+ artists from the initial announcement.

The concluding day of Bonnaroo 2023, Sunday, June 17th, kept the 85,000-strong crowd of festival-goers spellbound with a grand curtain call performance by The Foo Fighters. The simmering tension of a potential thunderstorm only heightened the anticipation, adding a dramatic edge to an otherwise electrifying day. But in an instance of atmospheric serendipity, the celestial downpour held off, allowing the final chords to echo across Centeroo before the heavens unleashed their symphony.

Winter Park Jazz Festival celebrated forty years of bringing live music to the Rocky Mountains this past weekend in an extraordinary fashion. The two-day event featured amazing artists performing many genres of music. Grateful Web was in attendance for the Sunday festivities and boy the day was packed with fun and great music by all of the bands. The sunshine and blue skies were abundant as the guests arrived and picked their spots on the lawn for the day.

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