Better Than Ezra singer plans Franklin music festival - The Tennessean

The TennesseanBetter Than Ezra singer plans Franklin music festivalThe TennesseanNearly a year later, Griffin and Dallas-based festival co-producer W. Brandt Wood debuted their plans for the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival to city aldermen for input, more than a year before the first musical chord is ever played at the two ...

Green Bay setting stage for new summer music fest - Green Bay Press Gazette

Music fans could soon have a new festival in Green Bay to put on their summer calendars.

Inspired by the successful Mile of Music festival in nearby Appleton, Green Bay civic leaders are making plans to launch a similar event next year.

Mayor Jim Schmitt has proposed allocating $50,000 in city funds to help create an event that he hopes will put Titletown on the summer festival map.

A new civic organization called Strike A Chord Inc. hopes to present live musical performances at multiple venues throughout the community over a weekend, tentatively scheduled for next June.

The group, which includes veterans of Green Bay's musical scene and past local festivals, wants to showcase local performers and rekindle interest in homegrown talent.

'Green Bay has had a rich musical heritage,' said Gary Anderle, president of Strike A Chord. 'All of this has kind of been forgotten.'

Fans enjoy a performance at The Bar during the Mile of Music festival this summer in Appleton. (Photo: File/Gannett Wisconsin Media )

Anderle was previously involved in Bayfest, a popular yearly festival that ceased in 2012.

If the new event becomes a money-maker, organizers would like to dedicate the proceeds to supporting local musicians and opening a new Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame in Green Bay.

To get the new event started, Schmitt is asking the City Council to include $50,000 in the city's 2015 budget. Final council action on the budget is scheduled for Nov. 12.

Schmitt said he envisions a festival that features numerous musical styles performed at venues throughout the city - some indoors, some outdoors - with mass transit available to shuttle spectators throughout the community.

Phil Davis performs with The Emperors of Wyoming during the Mile of Music festival this summer in Appleton.(Photo: File/Gannett Wisconsin Media )

The mayor said the event would start small, but he hopes it would grow into a major cultural attraction repeated annually.

'We're not going to start out with a Summerfest,' he said, referring to Milwaukee's enormous lakefront festival. 'Every event we have here started out small.'

The Strike A Chord organization also includes Green Bay Alderman Mark Steuer, as well as Tom Neuser, Cherie Burke, Ross Maxwell and Jimmy Crimmins.

The group has been meeting for several months and has calculated that it will take about $350,000 to finance the festival. The group plans to form a nonprofit corporation and seek out donations.

Mile of Music creator Dave Willems has stepped forward and offered to help.

In just its second year, Mile of Music this summer attracted 35,000 spectators over four days and featured more than 200 performers at various venues along one of Appleton's main thoroughfares.

Willems voiced confidence that Green Bay could enjoy similar success by creating an event based on Titletown's own unique personality. Saying there is no reason to worry about competition with Mile of Music, Willems said he is willing to offer assistance.

'Obviously we've learned a lot,' he said. 'We'd be happy to talk further and share some of that.'

- swilliams@pressgazettemedia.com and follow him on Twitter @pgscottwilliams.

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Brad Paisley to play at the Mountain Home County Music Festival - IdahoOnYourSide.com

By On Your Side Newsroom. CREATED 9:42 AM

The Mountain Home Country Music Festival may be in 2015, but the promoters have just announced that Brad Paisley will be playing at the event.

Brad Paisley will play his guitar to an estimated 20,000 plus concert goers alongside Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Thompson Square, Parmalee, Lonestar and others.

The festival is being held 20 miles north of Mountain Home and is being financed by Bi-Mart which helped organize the Willamette County Music Festival in Brownsville, Oregon and Cape Blanco Music Festival in Sixes, Oregon according to the Idaho Statesman.

For more information on the event you can visit their page here, and check on updates through their Facebook here.

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Big Pine Music Festival in the books - The Albany Herald

ALBANY - Now that last weekend's first ever Big Pine Music Festival is a wrap, organizers say the festival might continue in future years but likely not in Albany, due to poor attendance.

Put on by Albany's ThreeForty Creative Group, Big Pine was envisioned as a two-day festival featuring close to 40 locally and nationally known artists that would hopefully grow into an annual event in Albany and serve as a showcase for a variety of up-and-coming, as well as established, talent across a variety of genres.

In order for that to happen, however, the company needed the first year to be somewhat of a success. According to ThreeForty's Justin Andrews, the promoters were hoping for attendance numbers around 2,000, which would virtually ensure a second year.

As it turns out, Big Pine attendance fell far short of that target despite what Andrews and his partner, Evan Barber, felt were very reasonable ticket prices and a diverse lineup. Early-bird tickets, which were still available as recently as 10 days prior to the event, were only $35 for the entire weekend, and after that weekend passes were $50, a single-day ticket $30.

'We really felt like it was affordable,' said Andrews. 'Folks spend $35 to take their families to a movie, so a weekend full of music for that is a good deal.'

In addition to the affordable ticket prices, Andrews said everything about the event went as smoothly as it could have. He noted the weather was good, there were no issues with sound or lights, and there were no incidents with crowds, three things that can make or break an event.

'We had no issues, no arrests, not a single problem,' said Andrews. 'The Albany Police Department was great. They get it. The city of Albany was extremely good to us. Local businesses really got behind us, too. As far as the festival itself, it was a tremendous success, according to the people who attended. Since it ended, I have gotten lots of emails, texts and phone calls from people telling me how much fun it was and how clean and well-organized. That's what we were hoping for. But we had a terrible turnout.'

Andrews estimates roughly 800 people attended each day of the festival, and with many of the same people coming Saturday and Sunday, attendance was nowhere near what organizers had hoped for, putting the festival's future in Albany in danger.

Without giving specific numbers, Andrews said it takes around six figures to put on a festival like Big Pine, and with last weekend's attendance numbers the company suffered a loss, which has the promoters looking at alternative sites for future festivals.

Andrews said the company has already gotten phone calls from other cities wanting to hold an event like Big Pine, and he said he thinks putting it on somewhere else is the only way to grow the festival into an annual event.

'We want to keep Big Pine going, and there's a lot of people who believe in it,' said Andrews. 'But we can't keep taking a beating. Right now, it doesn't look like we'll be doing it in Albany if we do it again. We're looking to move it.'

As for why Albanians didn't turn out, Andrews is at a loss.

'We do (festivals) at places all over the Southeast, and we wanted to do something in Albany,' he said. 'I don't why it is people in Albany don't support things. We wanted it so bad, and we couldn't even get support from our own town. Maybe it's festivals, I don't know.'

Despite Big Pine's future being up in the air, Andrews said ThreeForty has not given up on Albany and will continue to move forward with plans to produce one-off events and single concerts, which have proven to be successful.

He stressed, however, that even with single concerts, attendance will be critical if Albany wants to have larger acts come to town.

'A lot of the artists at Big Pine can draw 2,000 people by themselves in most places they play,' he said. 'When we can't get that many for the whole weekend to see 30-something bands, that's tough. Here we are trying to put Albany on the map, and nobody shows up. It's embarrassing.'

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New York City Gets a Country Music Festival - New York Times

Brad Paisley, Dwight Yoakam, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will be among the main attractions at FarmBorough, a new country music festival coming to New York City over three days in June.

The festival, planned for June 26 through 28 on Randalls Island, was announced on Wednesday by Live Nation Entertainment and the New York concert promoter Founders Entertainment, which are presenting it in partnership.

The country genre, led by a new generation of stars like Mr. Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and - until her recent move to pure pop - Taylor Swift, has been surging in popularity for years; on the radio, it has supplanted Top 40 as the most popular format. But even while data have repeatedly shown that New York is a big market for country, the genre's identification with Nashville and with rural life has historically made it a tough sell in the city.

'Everybody has the big myth that New York City for some reason has not been a supportive country music market,' said Brian O'Connell, Live Nation's president for country touring, 'but it's just not true.'

Mr. O'Connell pointed to recent touring successes in New York, like sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden by Mr. Shelton, Mr. Bryan and Eric Church. Tours like those have been helped by promotion on WNSH, known as Nash FM (94.7), which in early 2013 became the first country radio station in New York in 17 years, although its ratings have been modest.

Among the other performers expected for FarmBorough are Brandy Clark, Kip Moore, Randy Houser, Ashley Monroe, Maddie & Tae, Wade Bowen and the Cadillac Three. Tickets will be sold only as three-day passes costing $225, not including fees. They go on sale next Thursday.

Founders Entertainment has had a fast rise in New York as the presenter of the Governors Ball Music Festival, which started on Governors Island in 2011 as a one-day event and has grown into a major music weekend. The festival moved to Randalls Island in 2012, and in its most recent edition, in June, featured Outkast, the Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Jack White and Skrillex.

By presenting both festivals at the same space a few weeks apart - the Governors Ball will be June 5 through 7 - the promoters will be able to save money through some logistical synergies, they said.

Festivals in and around New York have had a troubled history, with most failing after just a year or two. All Points West, for example, was presented in 2008 and 2009 at Liberty State Park in Jersey City as an East Coast version of Coachella, the hugely successful annual festival in the Southern California desert, but it drew complaints from concertgoers about transportation delays and never returned.

Jordan Wolowitz, one of the partners of Founders Entertainment, said his company had worked to overcome the New York festival curse by starting small and focusing on fundamentals, like where the event takes place. Randalls Island, which has hosted entertainment as diverse as Cirque du Soleil and the Electric Zoo dance-music festival, is easily reached by public transportation, Mr. Wolowitz said, making it perfect for New Yorkers reluctant to leave the city for entertainment.

'Location, location, location is everything in New York,' he added. 'We are suckers for convenience here, and if you have a festival in New Jersey or Long Island, it might as well be in Canada.'

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New country music festival coming to Harrington - The News Journal

Alex Pires' live entertainment company chose the spot behind door number two - the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington - to inaugurate a three-day country music festival in August 2015.

The Dewey Beach businessman's company, Highway One, is set to announce details of the Aug. 14-16 festival Thursday, along with State Fair officials and Live Nation, a music promoter that handles concert promotion for acts like One Direction, Fleetwood Mac and a slew of country artists: Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and more.

A Virginia music promoter, Starr Hill Presents, also is involved in the festival, according to a media advisory Highway One issued Tuesday morning.

Pires first pitched the idea of a new, multi-day country festival to Sussex County officials, cajoling them to allow a 500-acre parcel of a Harbeson farm he negotiated with to serve as the site.

But after nearby residents raised noise and traffic complaints, and transportation planners said there wouldn't be enough time to plan for the event, Pires withdrew the land-use application.

Alex Pires (Photo: JASON MINTO/Special to The News)

All along, Pires, who owns several bars, restaurants and other businesses in Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach, along with the Jimmy's Grille restaurant in Bridgeville, said the State Fairgrounds was his second choice of venue.

'If people can come to Firefly, which is rock music, and make Delaware famous for that event, they can certainly come for a country music festival,' Pires said in July. 'I'm going to do it, one way or the other.'

There is some breathing room between Firefly, the rapidly growing music festival returning to Dover on June 18-21 next summer, and the Pires festival on Aug. 14-16. And there's a two-week interval between the end of the 2015 State Fair itself, on Aug. 1, and the start of the country festival.

Poll: Would you attend a country music festival?

In August, a Delaware State Fair board member said the fair's management board was considering a detailed proposal from Pires for a festival.

Contact James Fisher at (302) 983-6772, on Twitter @JamesFisherTNJ or jfisher@delawareonline.com.

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The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival Is The Microbrewery Of EDM Festivals - Forbes

Alex Bershaw at the 2013 Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. Photo courtesy of BEMF.

Clubbing culture was traditionally made up of local scenes but has recently become a big business. High profile mega-festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival, Tomorrowland, and Ultra Music festival bring in hundreds of thousands of people to one spot to spend days and nights partying as one gigantic throbbing mob.

It's the same story of growth-creates-consolidation that happens in other industries, from banking to movie theaters.

Take beer. In the American beer industry, the combined market share of the four largest firms rose from under 10% in 1910 to over 80% in the 1990s. The bigger firms enjoy economies of scale and can offer more value to consumers. Yet even as industries get more concentrated and players get larger, there remains a demand for smaller, specialized products.

Again, in beer, there has been a steady rise in microbreweries. Currently, there are about 2,700 craft breweries operating in the United States, compared with only 83 breweries operating in 1983.

Like microbreweries, party promoters around the country are creating local EDM scenes that build distinct local clubbing cultures. One such festival is the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. The festivals is co-produced by Katie Longmyer, who grew up going to punk shows in Orange County, and Jennifer Lyon, founder of Good Peoples, a network of artists, designers and musicians. Their smaller-scale approach to the electronic music festival provides a more intimate alternative to massive EDM festivals, with their corporate sponsorships and carnival atmosphere. It's a boutique take on the EDM festival, like a music equivalent of a local coffee shop.

A small EDM festival appeals to consumers for the same reason that they might go to a small neighborhood bank or fashion boutique. According to a paper in the American Journal of Sociology, there are three main reasons that small niche markets develop alongside larger more consolidated companies:

A taste for the progressive. Some consumers consider large mass-produced products, like events designed to appeal to huge crowds, as industrial, bland, and generic. By trying to appeal to everyone, the products can sometimes lose their edge. This is particularly troubling for electronic music fans who don't see themselves as part of the mainstream. A small festival can capture unique sub-genres (or in the case of beer, various nuanced flavors). They can offer music that is more progressive, underground, or otherwise ahead of the curve.

According to Lyon and Longmyer, The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival appeals to people who are open to discovering new music. The DJs are encouraged to create sets that are challenging to listen to, rather than mainstream. 'This idea that we don't book obvious lineups is a very Brooklyn thing,' said Lyon. 'There is a very Brooklyn vibe of people who are explorers. They will be familiar with a quarter or even half of the lineup but they buy the ticket and take the risk because they're just that excited about the music,' adds Longmyer.

Quest for higher quality. Small companies or events can mean more attention to detail, especially in matching a festival to the local community and its interests. In the case of beer, microbreweries pride themselves on using the highest quality ingredients that appeal to more discerning customers.

A small local EDM festival can deliver higher quality through the promoters' familiarity with the local scene. Lyon and Longmyer have strived to give the festival a uniquely Brooklyn flavor by partnering with local artists who create installation pieces and visual content. 'Art and music have become very integrated in the super-underground DIY warehouse party scene, which is really alive and well right now in Brooklyn,' said Lyon. 'We hire an art curator every year and he reaches out to the local art community. Last year we had a sculpture outside in the art ticket booth and we had a local projection mapping company come and do visuals within all of the events,' said Longmyer. 'It's really exciting.'

Consumption as self-expression. Some people go for smaller niche products as part of their rejection of mass consumer society and corporate culture. The hipster culture in particular has granted a unique status to consuming small and obscure products as a means of self-expression.

The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival is very much a part of this movement, which makes sense given its location in Williamsburg. Lyon and Longmyer explained that their goal is to create an event that advances the idea of living with intention. 'It's about experiencing the music in the way that lets it affect you,' said Lyon. In contrast to the huge festivals' emphasis on fashion, they focus on the music. 'While we would love everyone to wear furry boots and we're super down on costumes,' she adds, 'this festival experience is really more about the music, experiencing the artist and having a relationship with the artist.'

The seventh Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival will be held in Williamsburg on November 7th and 8th.

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Rock In Rio, One Of The World's Largest Music Festivals, Is Coming To America - Forbes

In its quest to create the best lineup possible for its first incursion into America, Rock In Rio has added some pretty heavy hitters to its lineup. Just yesterday, festival organizers announced pop stars Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, and the always-soulful Joss Stone to the already exciting roster.

Back in September the festival announced its first round of headliners, including Metallica, Linkin Park, Deftones, Taylor Swift, John Legend, and No Doubt. Gwen Stefani and co. were on hand to say hi and celebrate at the original lineup unveiling.

The first Rock In Rio USA event will take place over two weekends (May 8 & 9 and May 15 & 16) in Las Vegas. The festival is expecting around 80,000 people to show up per day, and preparations are already underway. Partners Cirque du Soleil and MGM Resort are helping organizers to build a brand new event space being called 'The City of Rock', meant to be large enough to hold that many people at once.

The City of Rock is located on the legendary Las Vegas Strip near Sahara Avenue and will encompass a staggering 37 acres. For the festival, there will be six stages built, including three country-themed ' Rock Streets', created to look like you're walking down a typical city street in either the US, the UK, or Brazil. Once finished, these international Rock Streets will make your average festival's merchandise and food tents pale in comparison.

The open air venue will remain in place even after the two action-packed weekends are over, providing space for other concerts and special events.

With some of the biggest names in music on the planet already signed up to play, Rock In Rio is off to a good start, but still had plenty up its sleeve. The festival is expecting up to 100 artists of all genres and nationalities, with more names coming at the top of next year. Regular tickets are also are expected to go on sale in January. A short, experimental presale last month quickly sold out.

Rock In Rio is one of, if not the, world's largest music festivals. Since being founded almost 30 years ago (2015 serves as not only the event's first time in the US but also its 30th birthday), almost 7.5 million people have attended, and over 1,200 artists have performed. Altogether, over 1 billion people have watched a Rock In Rio set, thanks to live streaming. Yahoo Screen is set to be the streaming partner for the first American edition of RIR.

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Housecore Horror Film and Music Festival co-founder Corey Mitchell has died - austin360 (blog)

By Joe Gross

According to various reports, true crime author, and Housecore Horror Film Festival co-founder Corey Mitchell, 47, suffered a heart attack and died early Monday morning outside of Emo's hours after he successful metal and movie festival, now in its second year, concluded.

Mitchell co-founded the festival with Pantera singer Philip Anselmo. Mitchell, an accomplished true crime writer who penned several best-selling books, including 'Murdered Innocents,' about the Austin Yogurt Shop killings, was working with Anselmo on the latter's autobiography, 'Mouth for War: Pantera and Beyond,' slated to be published next year by Simon and Schuster.

News of Mitchell's death flew around the Internet Monday afternoon. The following appeared on the Housecore Facebook page,' our friend and the father of this wicked brain-child, Corey Mitchell, passed away this morning. Please send your thoughts and prayers to his family. He loved the festival. He loved horror. He loved metal. You...know he loved you guys. Cheers, and thank for your respect during this sensitive time.'

Th UT graduate and was also a devout metal fan and contributor to the extreme metal website MetalSucks.com, which wrote, 'He was one of the very first outside contributors that ever wrote for MetalSucks, and is undoubtedly a huge part of why we are what we are today. We enjoyed his unique take on the music we all love, as well as his willingness to engage commenters and get involved in the community. You can read his entire body of work for MetalSucks here.'

He is survived by wife Audra and two daughters.

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Three days, four stages; Thousands expected in New Orleans for music festival - WDSU New Orleans

Thousands of artists and music fans are preparing to descend into New Orleans this weekend for one of the largest annual music events this year.

Three days, four stages and in one park in New Orleans. The 2014 Voodoo Music and Arts Experience is scheduled to kick off Friday and last through Sunday.

'In its 16-year history, Voodoo has hosted over 2,000 artists and attracted over 30,000 music fans,' the event's Facebook page said. 'Voodoo takes place every year in New Orleans' historic City Park, amid lush lagoons, bayous and one of the largest collections of mature oak trees in the world.'

City Park is situated in the northwest portion of the Crescent City. And during Voodoo this weekend, the eastern portion of the park south of Interstate 610 and north of City Park Avenue will be filled to the brim with the sound of music and fans standing from daylight into the late hours of the night.

Outkast, The Foo Fighters, Skrillex and Pretty Lights are just the tip of the artists performing on various dates and times this weekend. Each artist or band will be located at either the Ritual, le Plur, Carnival or Flambeau stage.

So what do you need to know if you're attending the festival this weekend? Here's a basic overview:

All ages are welcome to attend Voodoo with free admission for kids under 10 years old. There will be no tailgating or camping outside of Camp Voodoo which is situated on the west side of the festival just outside the main entrance on Golf and Palm drives.

There are certain things you can and cannot bring inside the festival, you know, the usual kinds of things. Bring backpacks, folding chairs, blankets, but leave your fireworks, coolers, video cameras and pets at home.

What about food? Well, there is plenty of it from pizza, seafood, hotdogs, deserts all which can be found on an extensive list on the Voodoo website.

Now we get to parking, which can often be a generally difficult experience in all of New Orleans. There are four different areas for parking, but general admission is located at the LSU School of Dentistry at 1100 Florida Avenue.

So let's wrap this up with a few questions and answers you may have about Voodoo before making your way inside. Here they are:

Free water? Yes

ATM's? Yes

Can you leave and re-enter? You can if you have 3-day general admission, Loa or Rites tickets

Do you need an ID? Yes. Beer and alcohol will only be sold to those with an ID.

Have more questions? Head over to the Info Desk in Town Square

That about wraps up just some of what we can write about Voodoo this weekend. More information on artists, maps and merchandise can be found on the Voodoo website.

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Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy, Korn Headline Pot of Gold Music Festival in Tempe - Phoenix New Times (blog)

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It seems one music festival at Tempe Beach Park in six months wasn't enough for Lucky Man Concerts -- on Saturday the promoter announced another event, the Pot of Gold Music Festival, on March 13-15 and March 17.

That's right, four days of music.

And the lineup is pretty massive, as well.

The festival orients around St. Patty's Day (Tuesday, March 17), though the bulk of the music will happen the weekend before the holiday. Flogging Molly, which Lucky Man has brought to Phoenix for a string of St. Patrick's Day shows, will not be at this year's festival.

Electronic music dominates the first night, which features Bastille, Awolnation, Girl Talk and Chromeo.

Hip-hop and reggae spell out the second night of the festival, with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Slightly Stoopid, and Dirty Heads all performing.

Sunday presents a slew of pop-punk and electronic indie, with Fall Out Boy, Rebelution, and Milky Chance all appearing on the bill. Sunday also features Echosmith, the only female-fronted act out of the 27 acts appearing at the festival.

When St. Patrick's Day finally rolls around, Korn, Godsmack, and Chevelle will all play.

All in all, it's a monstrous lineup full of radio-friendly acts. Let's hope for better weather than what happened at Lucky Man's Summer Ends Music Festival, which got rained out of Tempe Beach Park after just one day.

Here's the full lineup:

Saturday, March 14 Kendrick Lamar Slightly Stoopid Schoolboy Q Dirty Heads Kongos Expendables Tribal Seeds Grieves Air

Sunday, March 15 Fall Out Boy Rebelution Milky Chance New Politics Echosmith Big Data Knox Hamilton Katastro

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Never Miss Another Show with these Music Festival Temporary Tattoos - Paste Magazine

After attending several large music festivals in a row, Paste designer Sarah Lawrence found herself in a conundrum. Her phone kept dying despite the extra chargers, and paper schedules were always getting ruined. She still wanted to see as many bands on time as she could, and came up with her own method: Music Festival Schedule Temporary Tattoos. The idea here is that you get a packet of temporary tattoos with your ticket, or when you arrive to the festival. The tat has all the bands, times, and locations listed, just cut them apart and rearrange the pieces to create your own schedule for the day, right there on your arm (you could even have a festival map on the other arm so you'd never get lost).

At the end of the day, wipe off the tattoos with baby oil and get the next day's schedule ready-they're easy to apply in the car, in your tent, or right in line! Temporary tattoos are also pretty durable; left alone, they can last for over a week, through showers and sweating and dancing.

Lawrence put together a concept with the Bonnaroo 2014 schedule to show what the tattoos might look like. What do you think, would you wear them at the next fest? Let us know in the comments below!

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Maricopa Music Festival debuts - InMaricopa.com

The inaugural Maricopa Music Festival attracted nearly 5,000 people and 15 bands to Copper Sky Regional Park Saturday, organizer Chrystal Allen O'Jon said.

But just wait until next year.

Whether it returns to the Maricopa park or another venue near the city, O'Jon said she wants to turn the festival into a three-day event.

'I'd like to divide it by genre,' O'Jon said. 'The first day, it could be country; the second day, hip-hop. And maybe the third could be mellower, like jazz.'

The festival has a low-key vibe, O'Jon said, with families and music lovers coming and going. She said her company, Urban Royalty Entertainment, spent more than $30,000 on the show.

'It was fine for the first year,' she said. 'Wherever it is next year, in this venue or close by, we think we'll be successful.'

Vendors sold merchandise, food and beverages, including beer. O'Jon said she heard of no rowdiness associated with the seven-hour event.

'It was nice and decent,' said Dawn Craft of DC Enterprises, who was selling perfume and handbags in a vendor's tent. 'We got good traffic.'

Craft said it cost $99 for a booth and 'definitely got my money's worth.'

Maricopa resident Joie Guela was the first performer around noon. The 15-year-old pop singer liked having the opportunity to perform locally.

'I thought it was really cool,' Guela said. 'So many bands from Arizona were performing here.'

After the Maricopa High student performed, she stayed for at least two hours, listening to others.

'I like the different kinds of music from rock to pop to reggae,' she said.

Guela held a large, cold beverage while she watched. Temperatures in the mid-90-degrees earlier in the afternoon kept the crowd sparse.

'I'm out of breath. I'm not sure how you deal with the hot weather,' said Eric Seats, the music director for the event and drummer for Eric Seats and the 3 Threes.

The weather was not the only thing that was hot. The free festival was an opportunity for political candidates to campaign, nonprofits to raise money and children to enjoy face painting.

The American Legion's local post combined its annual picnic with the event.

'The music being here brings more people to Maricopa,' former state commander Judi Beischel of Fountain Hills said. 'They're doing a good job here.'

For more photos of the Maricopa Music Festival visit http://ift.tt/1oMnMzr tomorrow and see the November edition of InMaricopa News in mailboxes next week.

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From Music Festivals to College Campuses: Trans* and Women's Communities - Huffington Post

Co-authored by Elizabeth McConnell

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Some of you may have read the article ' When Women Become Men at Wellesley,' authored by Ruth Padawer, in last week's New York Times Magazine. Padawer skillfully and thoughtfully brings to light the challenges related to transgender students at Wellesley College and other women's colleges like it. This issue has also been discussed in online queer women's blog communities like Autostraddle.

' When Women Become Men at Wellesley' brings up questions like the following: What is the purpose of a women's college? Who belongs there? Should trans men, trans women, and other gender-nonconforming students be accepted into a women's college? When a person transitions during their time at a women's college, should they then be asked to leave? What are the complications between diversity and inclusion on the one hand and, on the other, the desire to have a 'safe space' for women-born, women-identified women, or cisgender women, to be where they see other women-born, women-identified women as leaders, where there is no competition from men for these positions, where women are free from the patriarchy of our society?

We related to Padawer's article because of our own work on trans inclusion. We are currently writing up results from a study that we undertook at Michfest (Michigan Womyn's Music Festival). Michfest, which began in 1976, is an annual gathering in the woods of Michigan with camping, music, and workshops. The festival states its intention is for only women-born, women-identified women to attend.

We interviewed and surveyed Michfest attendees about their attitudes toward including trans women at the festival. We were interested in the dialogue and tensions around this issue, which has been actively debated in several recent online communities -- Bitch Magazine, Autostraddle, and The Huffington Post, to name a few.

Similar to students at women's colleges, the women we interviewed identified certain parts of the culture at Michfest that were important and valuable to them. They spoke about having the freedom to be themselves as strong women and to violate traditional gender roles, experiencing healing through being in a safe climate away from patriarchy, and undergoing a process of renewal and recharging that gave them the strength to deal with the world outside the festival.

Women at the festival who did not support including trans women at the festival placed a high value on the importance of separate space for women-born, women-identified women apart from trans women. Many of them expressed the belief that trans women's experiences of womanhood are just different, especially around girlhood, and thought that trans women would benefit from having their own space to organize. Some women also worried that the presence of male anatomy (penises) at the festival would trigger trauma survivors who felt safe in a community of cisgender women. Some women also viewed the effort of trans women to be included in the festival as a form of male privilege and stressed the importance of creating boundaries so that the festival didn't end up becoming open to anyone who wanted to attend.

Women at the festival who supported trans inclusion believed that women's spaces should include trans women. Many connected this position to a belief that feminism should address all oppressions, and that trans women are directly oppressed by patriarchy. Some women also expressed a need to move beyond the gender binary and to stop seeing trans women as men. Some said Michfest needed to change with the times in order to increase attendance among younger feminists, or to extend its benefits to trans women.

As these examples illustrate, there are a number of complicated perspectives and positions on trans inclusion in women's spaces, and these dialogues illustrate some of the complexities of combating patriarchy.

Elizabeth McConnell is a doctoral student in the department of psychology at DePaul University and an intern at Impact: The LGBT Health and Development Program at Northwestern University.

We are in a time of broad social change -- marriage equity has become a reality in 32 states plus the District of Columbia -- and more change may be right around the corner.

Instead of excluding those who are different, we must forge bridges and new partnerships and work to make feminist institutions more trans-inclusive. In this way, we can work to address the interconnections between systems of oppression, rather than targeting them in isolation.

Trans* exclusion in women's communities will continue to divide and isolate us. Trans* inclusion has the power to unite us and create transformative change.

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Ultra Music Festival issues statement in wake of possible lawsuit - Local 10

Organizers of the Ultra Music Festival released a statement Friday regarding their security measures in wake of the ongoing criticism resulting from a security guard's trampling in March. Miami police said organizers of the festival did not use proper fencing in the area where Erica Mack was trampled. Chief Manuel Orosa said the critical injuries Mack suffered could have been avoided if the proper fencing was used.

Here is the full statement from Ultra:

' The safety of our event, fans, crew and personnel has always been our number one concern. Despite our best efforts to continue to provide a safe and enjoyable event for our patrons and staff, certain criminal acts will always be beyond our control even though we continue to assure that security is of prime importance. Indeed, we never condone any criminal activities, especially those of a few unlawful gatecrashers whose actions are both illegal and reprehensible.

Since its inception in 1999, producers of Ultra Music Festival have continually adapted security measures to assure that the event is safe. In fact, during the 2014 event, organizers worked directly and collaboratively with the Bayfront Park Management Trust, the City of Miami Police Department, the DEA, Homeland Security and CSC, one of the nation's top rated private security companies, in deploying the biggest security team in the event's history. Daily security personnel for each of the three days included: 257 police officers per day, 49 more per day than the previous year, 18 undercover officers, and 12 bike detail (totaling 36 bike detail), in addition to various other high-level security measures throughout the production. To further serve our events professional environment, earlier this year event organizers hired Ray Martinez, who recently retired as the Chief of the Miami Beach Police Department, to head security measures. We know Chief Martinez will continue to assure we provide the highest of quality in our approach to the event's experience. In fact, event organizers and Chief Martinez are presently working with officials from Bayfront Park, the City of Miami Police Department and others to assure that the 2015 event remains at the forefront of successful festivals for all patrons.

We continue to wish Ms. Mack the best for her future and hope she has made a full and complete recovery, but the complaint her lawyers have now filed as part of a lawsuit does not properly recite the facts of the unfortunate accident. Without question, event organizers believe that the incident was caused by illegal actions of unknown third parties for which it is not responsible.'

The statement comes after news that Mack was preparing to file a lawsuit against the organizers of the music festival and the city of Miami Friday. She is suing for $10 million for the injuries she sustained in the incident.

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Lee University To Present Homecoming Music Festival 2014 - The Chattanoogan

The festival choir sings at the 2013 Homecoming Music Festival.

As a part of the Lee University Homecoming activities, the School of Music will present its annual Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Conn Center.

This year's festival program will include familiar student ensembles Campus Choir, Chamber Strings, Evangelistic Singers, Jazz Band, Ladies of Lee, Lee Singers, Symphonic Band, Voices of Lee, and a group new to the Homecoming Music Festival, the Brass Choir, directed by one of the newest faculty member Dr. Nathan Warner.

'The Music Festival has been a vibrant part of the Homecoming experience over the years. This year will be no exception and will feature our talented students in a wonderful evening of music and ministry,' said Dr. William Green, Dean of Lee's School of Music. 'Come and join us as we showcase what Lee does so well.'

Tickets for the Music Festival are $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for Lee students. They can be ordered through the Alumni Relations office at 614-8316 or purchased in the Conn Center the night of the event.

For more information, contact the School of Music at 614-8240 or music@leeuniversity.edu.

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How Social Media is Ruining the Music Festival Experience - Phoenix New Times (blog)

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I had been waiting more than 20 years to see Pearl Jam live, and the time had finally come: I was going to see Seattle's finest at the final weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

It was worth the wait. Eddie Vedder drank a bottle of wine onstage and sang his heart out. Mike McCreedy played the guitar solo for 'Even Flow' behind his head. The crowd sang 'Alive' in perfect unison.

It was an amazing experience -- right up until the moment a short middle-aged woman in front of me stuck her hands up to record the band's rendition of 'Jeremy' for her Instagram account. Every 15 seconds she'd hold up her phone, not only blocking my view but ensuring that she experienced what was obviously a favorite song, one she'd presumably paid a lot of money to see live, through the screen of her phone.

See also: Four Simple Ways to Get People to Stop Using Phones at Concerts

This experience is the obnoxious side effect of the connected world that we live in and one that frequent concert-goers have become accustomed to. What makes this instance different from the thousands that have come before it is that it was motivated by the organizers of the festival.

The push began as soon as I purchased my three-day passes. I was supposed to brag to my friends on Facebook and Twitter that I had made my ticket purchase, which seemed like a rather pretentious thing to do. Did people really need to know where I was going to be that particular weekend in October? It just seems like an invitation to plan to rob my apartment. I even downloaded an app to my phone called #aclfest so I could prepare for the weekend by planning out the schedule of who I want to see.

At the festival, I was bombarded with alerts making sure I didn't forget to use my free ride from Uber or stream the fest on my cell phone (did they not know where I was?) They gave out the printed copy of the schedule as soon as we walked through the gate, but that didn't stop the plethora of attendees of all ages from keeping their heads down as they looked at their phones to see where Capitol Cities was playing. If they had looked up, they would have seen the stage right in front of them marked with the logo of the aptly named sponsor. When they finally realized where they were, they turned the phone toward themselves, snapped some selfies, and moved on.

As we anxiously waited for St. Vincent to take the stage, the video board ran through a slideshow of hashtagged photos of festival attendees, encouraging anyone with a smartphone and an Instagram account to use #aclfest on all their pictures so they could see themselves on the screen. Then, like an all-knowing voice of reason, an announcement bellowed through the loudspeaker explaining that our enjoyment would be enhanced greatly by putting away our electronic devices. This is the underlying theme of St. Vincent's latest album, and I mostly complied with her wishes. Weeks later, it's her performance I'm still raving about.

Walking the grounds, there was more evidence that the festival promoters and sponsors wanted you to use your cellphone. You could have a festival volunteer take your picture in a giant, Instagram-ready square-shaped frame in the middle of the park against the Austin skyline (I missed seeing Jenny Lewis to take part in this admittedly charming endeavor.). If you tweeted something cool about Miller Lite, they would print that picture out for you for free. Then you could go to the Samsung tent and swap out your battery so you could take more selfies and download an app to listen to the artists you missed perform because you were waiting in line to learn about AT&T's super-fast WiFi. At many points in the evening, the cell phone towers in the area became so overloaded that I couldn't make a call or send a text.

I always believed the festival experience was unique because you and a few thousand people were collectively sharing an experience. At other festivals, I've met cool people as we waited in anticipation for a headliner to take the stage or shared our feelings about a mind-blowing performance while sitting on a bench eating expensive festival food. Something was different this time around. Everyone was urged to share the experience instantly with the world and, more specifically, their friends who weren't there, at the expense of sharing the actual experience with the actual people around them. It's as if people spent hundreds of dollars to brag about where they were instead of getting swept up in the moment. This meant they were missing out on St. Vincent climbing the rafters, dancing to tUnE-yArDs in the mud on a rainy Texas afternoon, and Beck performing 'Debra' on the last show of his tour.

It wasn't until we boarded the plane on the way home that the experience finally seemed complete. It was obvious we had all been at the same place. A woman from Seattle and I compared our notes for Outkast and Beck and suddenly everyone joined in, talking about who they loved and who could have been better. This is what I wanted to take part in, what I wanted to share, not what I wanted to brag about to #everybody. And -- surprise, surprise -- it happened when everyone's cell phone had no service.

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Treasure Island Music Festival Recap - Daily Californian

MusicTreasure Island Music Festival Recap CHET FAKER

This past weekend, Treasure Island Music Festival brought a relaxed experience filled with musicians ranging from electronica to hip-hop and indie rock alike. With a stunning view of the city and captivating performances, the festival was its own little party in the middle of the Bay.

Electronica musician Chet Faker walked onto the Tunnel Stage with a classic man bun (which at some point transitions into a full beard) and gray sweater, looking very much like the festival's attendees themselves. His captivating stage presence and contagious dance moves, though, could easily distinguish him from the hoards of bearded men in the crowd.

- Tiffany Kim BANKS

Using a simple setup of just a soundboard, a couple of mics and a keyboard, the artist got the entire crowd to sway to his thumping bass - a segue into his first song, 'I'm Into You.' As the set progressed, the artist warmly communicated with his audience, asking them to 'help him out with the lyrics' in the chorus of 'No Diggity' and 'Talk is Cheap,' all the while maintaining a coolness true to his jazzy, downtempo sound.

The singer-songwriter, who doubles as an electronic music producer, projected an independent authenticity that - although it wasn't doused in high energy - stood as a refreshing mid-day standout in Sunday's lineup. Standing in for stage lights, the sun even began to spotlight the artist on stage, silhouetting him against the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline.

Upon entering the stage, Jillian Banks, wearing lace and all black, looked like a modern-day Morticia Addams. The 26-year-old glided to and from the microphone throughout her set, viciously making eye contact with the radius of her extensive crowd. Her icy, warrior-like persona on stage paralleled the confidence pervading her album, Goddess. Banks only broke from character to state her love for San Francisco and to thank the festival for being the 'perfect ending' to her tour.

- Tiffany Kim MØ

Among Banks' pitch-perfect humming, cooing and belting, the artist radiated honesty in her performance, drawing extra attention to the emotional depth in her lyrics. Between the dominant beats and bass in 'Brain' and 'Drowning,' Banks even revealed to her audience 'how all of her songs started - with a voice and a keyboard' - through a stripped-down version of her song 'Fall Over.'

Banks nicely balanced ballads with anthems in her set list and spilled her emotion onto the stage through her brooding low register. Her performance is further evidence that her debut album, Goddess, is very much aptly named.

- Josh Gu ST. LUCIA

Danish singer-songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted, often recognized by her stage name, MØ, is known for her effortless combination of angelic vocals and haunting electro-pop sounds, but not many people have the opportunity to see her unbridled charisma and unapologetic eccentricity in person. With her trademark braid, an eye patch that unintentionally matched the pirate theme of Treasure Island and the confidence to break out some of the dorkiest pelvic thrusts, MØ undoubtedly gave one of the most memorable performances of Treasure Island's first day.

MØ's set was highlighted by her utilization of the stage backdrop, displaying a montage of video clips which supplemented her act. This created a unique experience for the crowd that ultimately elevated her performance above those of her peers. The content of the clips ranged from footage of MØ singing background vocals to vintage film clips of people snapping in synchrony with animal heartbeats, adding to the peculiar appeal of her unconventional art-punk aesthetic.

Armed to the teeth with synth-driven pop sounds, St. Lucia electrified the evening air of Treasure Island's Saturday set with a flurry of uptempo tracks with infectious beats and catchy lyrics that made terrible dancing and ever-embarrassing scream-singing a wonderful inevitability. The Brooklyn-based indietronica group showcased their undeniable stage presence and crowd chemistry with chorus chants incited by lead singer and frontman Jean-Philip Grobler.

Standouts from their performance included hit songs from their new album, When the Night, including 'Elevate,' 'Closer Than This' and 'All Eyes on You.' Their mesmerizing instrumentation - coupled with bright lights dancing to the rhythm of the songs with almost as much enthusiasm as Grobler - created a euphoric atmosphere and kept the audience animated and excited throughout the set.

Amid the annoying teenage fangirls and the aggressively drunk 40-somethings, it started to become hard to appreciate the music festival, but with St. Lucia, it was different. The energy they brought to their performance gave the audience a special freedom to indulge and enjoy the music.

- Josh Gu

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10/24-25: Apache Lake Music Festival turns 5 - azcentral.com

The Apache Lake Music Festival has rounded up some of the Valley's most popular local bands for a two-day blowout this weekend at Apache Lake Resort and Marina, off the Apache Trail in Tonto National Forest.

The event was launched in 2010 by Brannon Kleinlein, whose Tempe club, the Last Exit, had closed in 2009, and Tempe scenester Paul 'PC' Cardone, who had established his own music festival, Jeromeatherapy, in - as you may have guessed - Jerome.

Apache Lake provides a scenic backdrop for the annual Apache Lake Music Festival.(Photo: Tom Tingle/The Republic)

As Matty Steinkamp, who handles the marketing for the Apache Lake festival, explains, 'They took Jeromeatherapy and brought it to Apache Lake. And from there, it's morphed into this two-day camping adventure with music. There's so much more music culture that happens in the campground than the first year. The staging itself went from this very small stage to a full, big production with lights and lasers and huge sound that you can pretty much hear down to the lake now.'

There's now an indoor stage as well, which Steinkamp compares to the feel of Tempe's Yucca Tap Room or Kleinlein's Phoenix club, Last Exit Live. They've also worked with Apache Lake Resort and Marina to make improvements to the dirt road leading to the festival site and added charging stations.

The fifth-anniversary lineup includes Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Banana Gun, Dry River Yacht Club, the Haymarket Squares, the Sugar Thieves, Japhy's Descent, Sara Robinson & the Midnight Special, Playboy Manbaby, the MSU X Deathwish 45, Sister Lip, Captain Squeegee and more.

Steinkamp says he's especially looking forward to Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Captain Squeegee, Japhy's Descent and Haymarket Squares, who blew the power last year on the indoor stage and thrilled the crowd by finishing their set acoustically outdoors.

This is Captain Squeegee's first time. And front man Danny Torgersen has no idea why.

'We've wanted to play for years,' he says. 'I heard it was all the rage and that the audience may finally be intoxicated enough to dig us.'

Looking back on festival highlights through the years, Steinkamp points to Banana Gun bringing inflatable bananas for the crowd to toss around and Mergence throwing a glow-in-the-dark beach-ball party.

Last year also featured Kongos on the verge of blowing up much bigger than Banana Gun's inflatables.

'They had just gotten back from a tour,' Steinkamp says. 'And they did us a huge favor coming out. The festival grounds were almost full for their set. That was great to see a band that played the first two years of the festival, going from that to coming back last year right before they went Number 1 on the Billboard charts just two months after that.'

Last year also featured Corey Gloden of Dry River Yacht Club and Strange Young Things leading a local music supergroup of sorts with as many as 15 musicians from assorted Valley bands.

'They basically mashed up a bunch of songs,' Steinkamp says. 'It was very entertaining and very exciting. The crowd definitely loves that kind of impromptu thing.'

Camping at Apache Lake is on a first-come, first-served basis. There are plenty of spots, but early arrival is recommended for lakeside locations. A $5-per-car camping pass is required and good for the entire weekend. There are indoor bathrooms and showers. Bring trash bags and use the on-site garbage cans and dumpsters to keep the area clean.

'The great thing about the festival now is there's so much more community,' Steinkamp says. 'There are groups that come out and have their own campsite with 20 to 30 people.'

And that back-to-nature atmosphere is part of the appeal. As Apache Lake veteran Henri Bernard of Dry River Yacht Club says, 'One of my favorite memories from Apache Lake Music Festival are the Sunday pontoon rides we always take after the festivities are over. Just being out there on the lake with your friends, enjoying the views and all the nature Apache has to offer, it's all just so magical. I even got to ride a Jet Ski for the first time at Apache Lake Music Festival. Talk about a treat.'

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Noon Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25. Apache Lake Marina & Resort, 32 miles east of Apache Junction on State Route 88 (the Apache Trail). The paved road ends about 21 miles east of Apache Junction. The rest is graded dirt, suitable for carefully driven cars. $40 for the weekend. apachelakemusicfestival.com.

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Apache Lake Music Festival Offers Phoenix Music Fans a Wilderness Retreat - Phoenix New Times (blog)

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What could be better than a beautiful lake, some great music, and the opportunity to spend a few days jamming out, fishing, and camping? For many, there isn't anything much better, and the Apache Lake Music Festival offers the opportunity to combine several different pleasure about 60 miles from Phoenix at the Apache Lake Marina and Resort on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25.

The five-year-old festival is the brainchild of Brannon Kleinlein, who also owns and operates Last Exit Live in downtown Phoenix.

'This is our fifth year of putting on the festival, so we are excited about reaching that little milestone. Attendees can expect a nice diversity of music from some of Arizona's top local bands performing in a truly majestic outdoor setting,' Kleinlein says. 'The attendees get to enjoy lakeside camping but still have some normal everyday amenities such as indoor restrooms, full restaurant and bar, and a small convenience store to buy any needed supplies. With our outdoor Main Stage, Indoor Stage, and Acoustic Cantina, we offer three areas of live music, so there is never a shortage of live entertainment for concertgoers.'

This year, the festival features local talent like Dry River Yacht Club, Playboy Manbaby, and the Haymarket Squares, among many others. David Cosme, who plays trumpet in Playboy Manbaby and also in Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra (both bands are appearing on Friday night), has played the festival on multiple occasions.

'I love this event because most musicians in the scene are busy on weekends and find it hard to see other bands perform. Apache Lake showcases so much great talent in two days, so everyone has an opportunity to see and hear others. I was honored to perform in 2012, and knowing that I was part of an amazing music scene with so much talent and variety,' Cosme says.

Playboy Manbaby's manic amalgamation of ska, punk, and performance art brings a unique twist to the festival, which also features many of the Valley's most talented jam, Americana, and roots rock bands.

In addition to Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, local prog-rockers Captain Squeegee and Gilbert's CooBee Coo also are playing the festival for the first time this year. Recently signed to Fervor Records, CooBee Coo's polished sound and catchy riffs should be a great treat for those looking for the 'safety in numbers' alt-rock that is so popular among youngsters and oldsters alike these days. Should be hearing them on the newly revamped KDKB any time now.

For those wondering about traveling to Apache Lake, the lake itself is east of the Valley and just a short ride east on the Superstition Highway (U.S. 60). Kleinlein warns, though, 'The last 10 miles or so is all dirt road and fairly narrow, so people should use caution when driving and take their time.'

With 29 bands for the $40 ticket price ( no single-day tickets are available), the festival seems a pretty good bang for the buck, especially when you consider the beautiful surroundings and relatively cheap eats and drinks offered by the hosts, the Schuster family, who run the Resort and Lake.

You could find worse reasons to take off from work than a festival featuring some of the best local bands in a wilderness area. Just saying.

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The Bots perform on the Doritos #BoldStage at the South by Southwest Music Festival on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Darren Abate/Invision for Doritos/AP Images)

AUSTIN (KXAN) - While the return of SXSW isn't until next year, the initial lineup for South by Southwest 2015 was announced Wednesday morning.

The South by Southwest music festival will feature Bishop Nehru, Mai Dhai, Songhoy Blues, Courtney Barnett, El Mato a Una Policia Motorizado, and [su:m]. You can check out the full list of artists on the SXSW website.

Badges to attend the conference are already on sale and can be purchased from the official SXSW website.

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Music festivals used to be for fanatics. Blues fans, bebop fans, rockabilly fans, reggae fans, metal fans, mambo fans and, of course, Deadheads-no matter the genre, like-minded folk would meet and revel in their favorite music once a year. Today, there are hundreds of annual festivals, all seemingly geared more toward delivering a demographic to a sponsor than music to an audience. To draw the maximum number of eyeballs and wallets, organizers need the widest range of the biggest names they can get-which is why you have no interest in 50 percent of the bands and actively despise at least another 10 percent. So there you are, penned in for hours in a place where there's nowhere to sit and a Budweiser costs 10 bucks. Which, of course, doesn't bother most of today's festivalgoers: They're here for the scene, not the sounds. Here to show off their Vice-approved festival ensembles, to tweet and Instagram and Facebook and hold a big ol' iPhone 6 in front of your face to record videos they will never watch ... of the one band you actually came here to see.

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Portland council gives go-ahead to summer music festival - Press Herald

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The organizer, Townsquare Media, projects a crowd of 6,000 to 8,000 on the Eastern Prom in August.

Portland city councilors gave the green light Monday for a major music festival on the Eastern Promenade next summer as city officials try to improve upon the success of a 2012 concert by the band Mumford & Sons.

Councilors voted unanimously to allow the acting city manager to continue working with Townsquare Media Portland LLC to plan a music festival on the Eastern Prom on a yet-to-be-determined weekend in August.

Townsquare Media, which owns radio stations in Maine and across the country, has also yet to say who might perform during the festival, but councilors - tiptoeing around a potentially sensitive issue - urged city staff to make sure any acts have a history of drawing well-behaved crowds.

'Not only is The Hill a scenic spot, it is a residential neighborhood,' Councilor Ed Suslovic said, referring to the Munjoy Hill neighborhood. 'And I want to make sure that we have the right to say, 'No, get someone else.' '

The festival would tentatively be scheduled for a Saturday from 1 to 10 p.m. on a stage set up in the Cutter Street middle parking lot, according to the proposal. The rain date would be the next day.

Diane Davison, executive director of the Friends of the Eastern Promenade, said the organization unanimously endorsed the proposed festival.

In talking with Townsquare Media, city officials are trying to replicate but on a smaller and better-organized scale an August 2012 festival headlined by Mumford & Sons, a British group that at the time was one of the hottest bands in the country. An estimated 15,000 fans flocked to the Eastern Prom that day.

Townsquare Media projects a crowd of 6,000 to 8,000 at next year's festival.

While the 2012 concert was widely considered a success - and a surprisingly smooth one, at that - there were some issues that came up during Monday night's City Council meeting.

Councilor Kevin Donoghue noted that he heard from some Munjoy Hill families who were denied access to their neighborhood for a half-hour or longer. Others complained about the placement of portable toilets next to their residences while festival-goers lamented the limited options and long lines for food during the daylong concert.

Andrew Downs, Portland's director of public assembly facilities, said the city staff is working on a system that will allow Munjoy Hill residents to get past the barricades to access their homes. The city is also looking at the proper placement of toilets and plans to work with Townsquare Media to make sure there are enough food vendors - including some local businesses - for the crowd.

'We have taken notes on the last time,' Downs said.

And then there was the issue of who will perform on the Eastern Prom - and more important, the common appeal of the music they will play and the behavior of the crowds they will draw.

Councilor Nicholas Mavodones said that the type of music played by Mumford & Sons - a folk-rock band - probably appealed to more residents than would loud 'metallic' acts.

'I'm a little concerned because I am not sure it is that easy to replicate what went well with Mumford & Sons,' Councilor Jon Hinck said. The problem isn't necessarily that bands behave inappropriately, Hinck said, 'the problem is the crowd they draw.'

But councilors also were sensitive to the fact that even discussing which acts were appropriate or inappropriate could be tricky. Ultimately, however, the city 'reserves the right to approve all performing artists prior to executing an official agreement,' according to a memo from Downs to the acting city manager, Sheila Hill-Christian.

In other news, a proposed comprehensive plan for the India Street neighborhood is moving through the council process.

In the works for well over a year, the India Street Sustainable Neighborhood Plan proposes several major changes to guide future development in a historic part of the city.

The proposal calls for:

* Creation of a historic district that would require more extensive review of new development as well as renovations to existing historic buildings.

* Establishment of a 'form-based code' that focuses less on what uses are allowed in the zone and more on the form, scale and mass of development. The aim of form-based codes is to create an environment that allows mixed-use development while maintaining a neighborhood feel.

* The use of 'inclusionary zoning' that would require housing developers to allocate some units for affordable housing or pay into a city fund.

There was broad agreement among members of the India Street Neighborhood Advisory Committee on some issues, but the group splintered on other questions, including whether to recommend specific height restrictions on new development and the boundaries of a proposed historic district.

Shipyard Brewing objected to the designation of two buildings that the brewery owns as 'potentially contributing' to the historic district zone. Shipyard's general counsel, Brandon Mazer, said Shipyard bought those two buildings years ago with the expectation that they could be demolished to accommodate future expansion. But Mazer said such a designation could preclude those plans.

'We don't want to be boxed into a corner and we are concerned that we would be,' said Mazer, a member of the working group who voted against the version now headed to City Council committees for review.

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Forbes Under 30 music festival free fun for VIPs and everybody else - Philly.com

Last updated: Monday, October 20, 2014, 1:08 AM Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2014, 11:27 PM

A white sign fluttered from a fourth-floor balcony at the Piazza at Schmidts where six young men and women sipped from bottles and red plastic cups, music blaring below.

'Yo Wiz,' the sign read, calling out to rapper Wiz Khalifa, 'After Party Over Here.'

The best party in the city on Sunday did, indeed, seem to be at the Under 30 music festival, where Khalifa and others played as part of the Forbes Under 30 Summit. The four-day event, which kicked off with the free concert, is bringing billionaires, venture capitalists, business tycoons, and young entrepreneurs together in Philadelphia through Wednesday.

In Northern Liberties, summit attendees had access to an area not far from the stage restricted to those with special passes.

For everyone else, the day was simply about music. Hundreds of 20-somethings were bundled up in scarves, puffy coats, and beanies, still guzzling beer as temperatures tumbled.

One of the performers in the first act, Philadelphia hip-hoppers OCD: Moosh & Twist, moved swiftly across the stage though one had an arm in a sling. The duo blasted their tunes into the microphone and briefly covered songs such as Snoop Dogg's 'Drop It Like It's Hot.'

The crowd swayed, waved hands, and sang along. Whiffs of marijuana occasionally filled the air. On a balcony from which many Piazza residents watched, a man in a zombie mask rocked his head and raised his fists in a pumped-up frenzy.

Forbes selected Philadelphia for the event because of the city's booming millennial population, represented by, among others, Karly Grindstaff, 26, who moved to Philadelphia from Asheville, N.C., to enroll in graduate programs at Temple and Drexel Universities.

'There's so many under-30s here,' she said, staying warm next to her friend near the stage. Her request for the Forbes event, modeled after the annual South by Southwest music festival in Texas: 'Keep it coming.'

Faran Malik, 23, wearing a red, white, and blue bandana around his head, said he was most excited to see Dutch DJ Afrojack.

'These are big names,' he said.

Daniel Creswell, 35, of Philadelphia, said having the event was good for the city.

'We need stuff like this, especially for young people,' he said. Though not everyone was young - a few feet from Creswell, a sixtyish man in a striped blue suit jacket moved to the music.

Creswell smiled. 'Everybody's enjoying themselves out here,' he said.

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All-day music festival could come to Portland's Eastern Prom next summer - Press Herald

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City councilors will be asked to approve the event for sometime in August.

A Mumford & Sons-like all-day music festival might be headed for Portland's Eastern Promenade next summer, but it's not known what the main acts will be.

Townsquare Media Portland will ask the Portland City Council on Monday to approve a music festival for the Eastern Prom sometime in August. The proposal from the company says the artists will be selected soon after the city approves closing off part of the Eastern Prom for the event and the date will be one the city and Townsquare Media Portland agree on.

Mumford & Sons performed in front of about 15,000 people on the Eastern Prom in 2012. By all reports, the event went well and there were no arrests or major problems, but some Munjoy Hill residents weren't happy with all the closed-off streets and people walking through their neighborhood.

Townsquare Media Portland, which owns 15 radio stations in Maine, said it expects the event to draw up to 8,000 people. About two-thirds of the hillside area would be fenced and gated, less than the area that was blocked off for Mumford & Sons.

Work on setting up the festival would begin on the Thursday prior to the event, and the festival itself would be held on a Saturday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on a stage set up in the Cutter Street middle parking lot, the proposal said.

Beer and wine would be sold at the festival, according to Townsquare Media Portland's plan.

The fences, stages and other items brought in for the concert would be gone by noon on the Monday after the event.

A spokeswoman for Townsquare Media Group, the parent company based in Connecticut, declined to comment Friday, but she said more information might be released this week if the council approves the festival.

The company's website says that it stages more than 500 events a year, from classic rock and country music festivals to beer festivals and flower and garden shows.

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