2010 A3C Hip Hop Festival Location, Dates Announced
This year’s A3C Hip Hop Festival will take place Oct. 7-9 at The Masquerade and other prominent North Avenue venues.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWorld's Largest Comedy Festival to Hit Montréal July 6
Montréal, Québec will be humor HQ for a week in July during the 28th annual Just For Laughs (or, as the locals call it, Juste Pour Rire) Festival. The event, which will run July 6-18, boasts an all-star comedy line-up from classics like Cheech & Chong to comedians du jour Aziz Ansari, to lesser-known comics-on-the-rise. Throughout the week, the likes of Pamela Anderson, Nick Cannon, Lewis Black and Kevin Smith will take to stages to entertain.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBob Dylan, Neko Case, Weezer, Decemberists to Play Bumbershoot 2010
Bumbershoot, the West Coast’s response to summer festivals with mystifying monikers, released the lineup for its 40th annual throwdown yesterday via Bumbershoot.org.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSmashing Pumpkins to Headline 2010 Forecastle Festival
When we announced the initial lineup for this year’s Forecastle Festival, it featured many notable acts, including The Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon and the Drive-By Truckers, but now that the full schedule has been released, some impressive and unexpected additions, namely the Smashing Pumpkins, are increasing the Louisville, Ky. event’s prominence. More than 100 bands are now scheduled to perform at the 9th annual fest, which will take place July 9-11 at the Louisville Waterfront Park.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPaste's Summer Festival 2010 Guide
Sasquatch! 2010 kicks off tomorrow in Wahington state’s unbelievably beautiful Gorge, an so too does the summer festival season kick off. Check out our guide to the best summer music festivals below, as well as a few, fun extras.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPaste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: Reduce, Reuse, Rock 'n' Roll
Most major festivals have found a way for people to support music and the environment at the same time. Last year, Austin City Limits gave away a Honda Insight hybrid. Pitchfork recycled a whopping 46 percent of festival-generated waste, and this year organizers want to exceed 50 percent—initiatives include biodiesel-powered generators and a recycling store where people can swap their trash for swag. “We’ve researched different companies that do good work in the carbon offset market," says fest publicist Jessica Linker, "ones that make sure people are able to see where their money is going.” Meanwhile, Lollapalooza-goers can stock up... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPaste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: Kids' Corner
Music festivals can be surprisingly kid-friendly: Most offer free admission or discounted tickets for tykes while some boast extensive games, bands and other G-rated activities for the little ones. At Bonnaroo’s Kidz Jam, children can express themselves with recycling art projects and kids instruments; meanwhile, tots at Kidzapalooza will be sufficiently rocked by bands like Lunch Money and Care Bears on Fire, while sporting new hairdooz and tattooz. For the more pragmatic parent, ACL offers Tag-a-Kid, giving children numbered wrist bands in case they lose mom and dad in a mosh pit.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPaste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: Festival Food That Doesn't Suck
Man cannot survive on Pronto Pups alone. You’re at a festival, you’ve gotta eat—but what? Everyone knows the usual options: mini-pizzas, fried meat on sticks, overpriced beer. Still, a few fests offer more than the outdoor equivalent of a mall food court. The champ here is Pitchfork (Chicago, July 16-18), which features a bevy of stands from area restaurants, including Southern-food favorites Robinson’s Ribs and Wishbone, veteran German sausage specialists Berghoff, Thai powerhouse Star of Siam, and vegan fare from Chicago Diner. In Seattle, Bumbershoot (Sept. 5-7) has a number of quality stands. Make sure to hit Bringer Farms’ Giant... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPaste's Summer Festival Guide 2010: How to Not Die at a Festival
The medical tent may not seem like the hotspot at any music festival, but it’s there for a reason: These events are all fun and games until somebody gets hurt—or worse. In eight years of Bonnaroo, there have been seven deaths; a 39-year-old man died of a heart attack last year at Lollapalooza; and in 2000, at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival, eight fans were crushed to death in a stampede. Some of these episodes were more preventable than others. (One of the Bonnaroo deaths reportedly came when a man hopped a fence, walked onto an interstate and was struck by Ricky... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWu-Tang Clan, Rakim, More to Perform Full Albums at Rock the Bells 2010
Rock the Bells is back for a seventh summer courtesy of production company Guerilla Union. Its heavy-hitting lineup has arrived as well via the freestyle wizardry of Supernatural.... read more
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