Blowin' in the Wind

...are basically the main reason for life. I love them, and there are lots I want to go to, and lots I think people should know about. Maybe you're thinking of taking a roadtrip to one or something! ....I'm compiling a list now, and publishing it here so I can look back when I need to (and maybe it will also help others find them), of every music festival I would like to attend at some point in time, and a few I already have:

Bonnaroo mid-June, Manchester TN....Hoping to go this year to see PHISH!!! Always a killer lineup!
Past performers: Kanye West, Death Cab, Iron & Wine, Vampire Weekend, Pearl Jam, Widespread Panic, O.A.R., BB King, Ben Folds, Les Claypool, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Metallica, Tool, The Police, Radiohead...the list goes on!


Southside & Hurricane - simultaneous, late June, Germany...They love their 2 at once festivals apparently!
Past performers: Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon

Summer Meltdown - early August, Darrington WA
Past performers: Tea Leaf Green, Buckethead

Meltdown Festival - London England....Directed by a different musician/celebrity each year, so has really varying lineups year-to-year
Past performers: Jeff Buckley, Cornershop, Cat Power, Iggy & the Stooges, Nancy Sinatra, Polyphonic Spree, Dandy Warhols, Elvis Costello, Smog

Popped! - late June, Philadelphia PA
Past performers: Vampire Weekend, The Ting Tings, Gogol Bordello, Mates of State, Crystal Castles

North by Northeast - mid/late June, Toronto Canada.... Canada's SXSW!
Past performers: People in Planes, My Morning Jacket, Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Hercules & Love Affair

Isle of Wight - mid-June, Isle of Wight England
Past performers: The Police, The Kooks, Sex Pistols, Kaiser Chiefs, Prodigy, Coldplay, The Who, David Bowie, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix

Coachella Mid-April, Indio CA

Lollapalooza - First weekend in August (Perfect birthday present to self! Chicago, IL

Wakarusa - Ozark, AR

Joshua Tree Roots Fest


Strawberry Music Festival (summer) - Memorial Weekend

Rothbury Festival - 1st weekend of July

CMJ Music Marathon - I could party with all of the promoters I used to talk to! :)

Mile High Music Festival - Mid-July, CO

Pemberton Festival - Woo Canada!...July

Harvest of Hope Festival - 1st weekend of March, St. Augustine FL

Summerfest - 8 days long!, Super cheap, end of June/early July, Milwaukee WI


High Sierra Music Festival - 1st July weekend, Quincy CA

Beale St. Music Festival - 1st weekend in May, wide variety of artists, Memphis TN (Going there this year!)

Midpoint Music Festival - Cincinnati, late march/Early April

Musikfest - Bethlehem PA, 10 days, late July/early August

Monolith Festival - wanted to go to that this past year, but was another thing that got screwed up by the townhome. Band of Horses was there, and we all know how much I heart them. Anyway, also at Red Rocks, which is just amazing. September, Morrison CO

South by Southwest - Austin, TX, mid-March. Never went because it was during Pat's. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Awesome & huge. Another place to party with promoters! AND Devo will be there this year which makes me badly wish I could go.


10KLF (10,000 Lakes Festival) - July, Detroit Lakes MN

Green Apple - 4/20 (I know right!) at several venues, FREE, I want to go to them all (But DC has the best bands) - Washington DC, New York, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Fun Fun Fun Fest - November, Austin TX; fucking great indie music

Outside Lands - end of August, SF CA - pretty much BA

Musicfest NW - 1st weekend of September, Portland OR

Summer Camp - Memorial Weekend, Chillicothe IL... Have heard Ben & Pat talk about it so much but somehow still never made it there! But I shall.
Past performers: moe., Keller Williams, Umphrey's McGee, Flaming Lips, P-Funk, the Roots

Sasquatch Music Festival - Memorial Weekend, The Gorge in George WA... GREAT lineups!!
Past performers: REM, Flaming Lips, The Cure, Modest Mouse, POTUSA, Michael Franti & Spearhead, MIA, Fleet Foxes, Built to Spill, Matt Costa, Flight of the Conchords (ALL IN ONE YEAR, PLUS A TON OF OTHER AWESOME ACTS! MUST GO!)

Liverpool Sound City - late May, Liverpool England
Past performers: Lightspeed Champion, Santogold, Laura Marling, The Wombats

Villette Sonique - early June, Paris France
Past performers: Sunset Rubdown, Deerhunter, Devo, The Go! Team, Mission of Burma

Rock Am Ring & Rock im Park - early June, Germany...2 simultaneous badass rock festivals in Germany
Past performers: Metallica, Bedouin Soundclash, CSS, Hot Chip, Justice, HIM, Motorhead, Nightwish, Bad Religion, Incubus, Rage Against the Machine

Primavera Sound - late May/early June, Barcelona Spain
Past performers: Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes, Animal Collective, Cat Power, Built to Spill, Wilco, Of Montreal

Do-Division Street Fest - late May/early June, Chicago IL...a sidewalk sale/free concert. Loving this.
Past performers: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The 1900s, Frightened Rabbit

Rock in Rio - May, Lisbon Portugal...long-running, biggest rock festival in the world
Past performers: Metallica, Amy Winehouse, Muse, Neil Young, RHCP, Ben Harper, Paul McCartney, Queen, Yes

Badd Bonn Kilbi - Dudingen Switzerland
Past performers: Cat Power, The Notwist, Beach House, Blonde Redhead

Jam on the River - Memorial Weekend, Philadelphia PA
Past performers: Flaming Lips, Disco Biscuits, Avett Brothers

Memorial Weekend Festival - actually 3 separate concerts, but all super good & relatively cheap. Memorial Weekend (duh), Bend OR
Past performers: Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The National

Taos Solar Music Festival - late June, Taos NM

Bumbershoot - early September, Seattle WA

Norman Music Festival - FREE!, late April, Norman OK

All Good Music Festival - early-mid July, Masontown WV

Siren Music Festival - Excellent indie bands, on Coney Island, FREE! I know, you're thinking "That sounds too good to be true!"....It does, I'm skeptical too.

Virgin Festival Calgary - late June, Calgary Alberta
Past performers: Flaming Lips, Stone Temple Pilots, Fratellis, New Pornographers, Tragically Hip

Hove Festival - late June, Arendal Norway
Past performers: 1990s, Amy Winehouse, Bright Eyes, CSS, Hatebreed, Interpol, Klaxons, Nellie McKay, Slayer, Stephen Marley, The Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Band of Horses, Beck, In Flames, Jay Z, Vampire Weekend


Glastonbury Festival - late June, Glastonbury England
Past performers: Holy cow, more than I can mention!... We Are Scientists, Editors, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, MGMT, Pete Doherty, Jimmy Cliff, Estell, Ozomatli, The Rascals, Kings of Leon, Massive Attack, Simian Mobile Disco, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekened, Buddy Guy, Hot Chip, Los Campesinos, Amy Winehouse, Jay Z, The Verve, Brian Jonestown massacre, Leonard Cohen, Goldfrapp, Manu Chao, Joan Baez, My Morning Jacket, The National.....That's all in the same year!!!!! Plus like a million more!!

80/35 - first weekend of July, Des Moines IA...Pretty close to home & pretty awesome!
Past performers: Flaming Lips, Roots, Yonder Mtn String Band, Andrew Bird


Rock Werchter - late June/early July, Werchter Belgium
Past performers: The Ramones, Pixies, Ben Harper, DMB, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Bjork, The Cure, Muse, Metallica, REM, Foo Fighters

Roskilde Festival - first weekend of July, Roskilde Denmark...Going strong since 1971, with a brief hiccup when 9 people were killed during a Pearl Jam performance
Past performers: The Kinks, Canned Heat, Bob Marley, U2, Metallica, Eric Clapton, REM, Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, The Who, Korn, Iggy Pop, Morrissey


Comerica Cityfest - 4th of July weekend, Detroit MI
Past performers: The Zombies, Broken Social Scene, Calexico, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Clinton & P-Funk

Pitchfork Music Festival - mid-July, Chicago

Virgin Mobile Festival - I know the name makes me throw up a little too...The music, however, makes up for it! early August, Baltimore MD

Austin City Limits - October, Austin TX...Pretty much always has the most bands I want to see. SO GOOD!

Treasure Island Music Festival - mid September, San Francisco CA

I am completely bummed that Langerado was cancelled this year, and SO hope that it's back next year. Damn economy.

Also I have mixed feelings about the Wakarusa move. I'm really hoping that it ends up back in Lawrence after this year but don't see that happening....

Lastly, I would like to spend a summer in one of those cities that has free outdoor concerts every weekend with bands that don't suck.

This entry will officially remain under construction for...ever. I hear every day about another amazing lineup that I MUST see, so...yeah.