Returning this summer led by Outkast, Jack White, Beck and The Replacements, The Forecastle Festival will offer single day tickets beginning Friday, April 4, 2014 at Noon EDT.A limited number of single-day general admission tickets will be available for $74.50, and will increase to $84.50 once the initial allotment is gone. General admission weekend passes are currently available for $184.50, moving to $199.50 in the next and final tier.Single day VIP passes will also be available for $199.50.

Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival just announced the availability of advance single-day tickets for the two-day music and marine conservation event.  Additionally, the daily concert schedule was revealed for the 2nd annual event, with three music stages set up on the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Florida on April 12th and 13th.Headlining Day One, Saturday April 12th, on the Main Stage will be multiple award-winning recording and performing artist Eric Church.  Joining him that day will also be San Francisco multi-platinum act Train, country l

BIG GIGANTIC has set their sights even bigger this year for their massive hometown show dubbed “ROWDYTOWN.” Taking over the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, the third annual event is expanding to two days in 2014: Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27.

I have been going to shows regularly for over 15 years. Somewhere along the line, I came to understand that live music is my adopted religion and venues of great renown are, collectively, my house of worship. Being a Deadhead, in particular, is a sect onto itself. Until recently, I only understood this spiritual manifestation in the abstract.