Lykke Li has announced a festival featuring females and female-identifying acts in conjunction with her YOLA mezcal brand. YOLA Fest will be held at Los Angeles’ Historic Park June 6th and feature Courtney Love, Charlie XCX, Cat Power, Cupcakke, Megan Thee Stallion and Ambar Lucid. A portion of the proceeds…
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Celebration of Life: The Seventies Rock Fest That Became a ‘Festival of Death’
Drugs were rampant, food and water were scarce, and several people lost their lives at this 1971 Louisiana gathering. How did what was supposed to be a hippie utopia get so out of hand?
KAABOO 2018: Del Mar California Music Festival
Five Acts to See at Brooklyn’s 2018 AfroPunk Festival
From Brazilian metalheads to British urban punks, here are the can’t-miss non-headliners at the two-day festival this weekend
Queens, New York’s The Meadows Festival Cancels 2018 Fest Due to Permit Issues
Organizers aim to return in 2019 after “we were not able to obtain a workable multi-day permit for a 2018 festival in [Flushing Meadows Corona Park].”
Is Bonnaroo Cursed This Year? Carbon Monoxide, Deaths & Gunshot Noises Abound
This year, Bonnaroo has been cursed with a series of unfortunate events including deaths, carbon monoxide poisoning and random gunshot noises. While music festivals are supposed to be a fun and safe place for music lovers, there’s always a risk somethi…
Earthcore Festival Death Watch: Major Artists Bail Over Failed Payments
More than 10 artists may pull out of the Earthcore festival days before the event will begin. 2017 hasn’t been a great year for music festivals. Ja Rule’s much-hyped Fyre Festival, aimed at rich, young millennials, went down in flames. Festivalgoers e…
Scientists Challenge Everything We Thought About Music and Hearing Loss
A causal relationship between blaring music and hearing damage may not exist. According to endless scientific research, prolonged exposure to loud noises leads to serious hearing damage. Studies performed on rodents suggested that loud noises could “p…
Are You a Music Festival Fan? Meet the Super Fans and Hardcore Festie
While global concert and music event ticket sales are on the decline, in a post on Eventbrite’s blog, one of the world’s biggest self-service ticketing platforms, there’s a specific kind of fan that’s actually helping drive up festival revenue. In the United Kingdom, they’re known as the “super fans” and in the U.S., they’re the […]
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Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany Bans All Backpacks
Music festivals, especially those in Europe, face a security crisis. In the wake of deadly terrorist attacks that have left Europeans in a state of distress and governments struggling to reinforce security measures for the protection of their citizens, organizers of the popular Wacken Open Air rock festival, the largest heavy metal festival in the […]
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