Music Festival
The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM, More Set to Headline Escapade 2021
Earlier this year, the organizers of Ottawa’s renowned Escapade music festival decided that the event’s rescheduled dates in mid-June 2021 were too soon to host a safe event, thus determining a fall postponement would be the best course of action. Initially, the newly slated dates were September 3rd to 5th, offering a three-day experience. However, due to “ongoing changes and COVID restrictions,” Escapade ultimately scrapped its Friday launch and pushed it one day, truncating the fest to just September 4th and 5th. Despite the change, there is still much to celebrate for fans of Escapade thanks to its massive lineup. While the full bill is yet to be released, so far it includes The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM, Jauz, and Claude Vonstroke, among others. You...
Afrofuturism to Take Center Stage At Immersive Audiovisual Showcase, Cube Fest
If you’ve ever wanted to travel through space and time, look no further than Virginia Tech’s upcoming Cube Fest 2021. Featuring multisensory art by a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students, the three-day “Sound of Space: An Interactive Afrofuturist Experience” will bring together artists, researchers, industry professionals, and electronic music in order to encourage innovation. Open for free to the public from August 20-22, the in-person exhibit was orchestrated to stimulate the mind with interactive sonic, visual, tactile and olfactory elements. Its venue, a mind-bending installation called “The Cube,” was specially designed for immersive environments like Cube Fest. It comes outfitted with 140 high-density loudspeakers that make ...
A Sober “Detox” Music Festival Is Coming to Colorado
Within the last five years, sober-curious lifestyles and addiction prevention initiatives have steadily grown in popularity. This September, Colorado-based Ignight Entertainment will take this progress one step further with the inaugural edition of their Sundown music festival. Scheduled for September 11th, the all-ages show will be the state’s first “detox” music festival, Fox21 News Colorado reported. Organizers have also put out a call for visual artists, with applications open until August 7th. Check the form out here. Flyer for Sundown, Colorado’s first “detox” music festival. Sundown Colorado In addition to headlining performances by Autograf and Yolanda Be Cool, Sundown will host an array of mental wellness and mindfulness ini...
SnowGlobe Music Festival Cancelled Indefinitely, Enters the Great Beyond
Despite nine years of being “literally and figuratively the chillest festival ever,” South Lake Tahoe’s SnowGlobe Music Festival is now in permanent meltdown. According to SFGate, the local City Council unanimously voted this week to terminate its contract with the annual festival. The event’s 10th anniversary, originally scheduled for 2020, was set to take place December 29-31. For years locals have complained about inordinate noise, bad tipping and leftover debris. In 2018 the Center for Environmental Health even sued the ViacomCBS-owned event for pumping excessive levels of benzene into the air. Still, the festival skated by, managing to renew its city contract for another five years—but only if it moved to a new location. This stipulation turned out t...
Go Fast: Lovers & Friends Festival Tickets On Sale Now, Usher, Ms. Lauryn Hill, & TLC Among Headliners
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Lovers & Friends / Instagram Lovers & Friends was supposed to be one of the premier music festivals of 2020 but COVID-19 had other ideas for our summer that year. With a revamped lineup, the festival will make a triumphant return and just launched a pre-sale on Monday (August 2) for the show that will feature the likes of Usher, Ms. Lauryn Hill, TLC, Ludacris along with many more. TIckets for Lovers & Friends just went live at 10 AM PST/1 PM EST and offer a wide range of ticket options beginning as low as $175. Fans will be able to put $19.99 as a down payment for tickets and the ranges are what one should expect for an event of this magnitude. General Admission prices begin at $175 as previously mentioned and a General Admission plus package ...
This Music Festival Converted a Decommissioned Jumbo Jet Into a Stage
Next year, Monegros Desert Festival wants you to do it in a plane—dance the night away, that is. For the Spanish event’s 2022 edition, organizers have purchased a retired Airbus A330 and converted the fuselage into a stage and dance floor. “We will transform it into a club for 1,000 people,” they announced this month on social media. Powered by a partnership with 8.6 Beer, the “Montegros 8.6 Airlines Experience” stage will officially take flight July 30th, 2022. With more than 80 artists on the festival’s lineup, including Wu-Tang Clan, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and Amelie Lens, this is one event you might just want to hop on board for. Monegros Desert Festival’s 2022 edition will be its first in five years. Founded in 1994, i...
EXIT Festival Slated As the First Major International Music Festival to Take Place in 2021
In less than two weeks, the 20th anniversary of Serbia’s EXIT Festival will take place at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad. Thanks to Serbia’s significantly decreased number of new COVID-19 cases, international travelers are welcomed into the country so long as they have proof of vaccination and can provide a recent negative result of the RT-PCR test or Antigen FIA Rapid test. For four days from July 8th to the 11th, attendees can celebrateand return to the dancefloor. Considering this will be the event’s 20th edition, EXIT Festival has confirmed performances by globally renowned artists such as David Guetta, Robin Schulz, Tyga, Hot Since 82, and Solomun, among others, as well as many regional names. Check out the current list of headliners below, with...
Gryffin Set to Headline Crown Channel and Riot Games’ wwFest: Unlocked YR1 Digital Festival
In January, Crown Channel and Riot Games hosted their first digital festival, wwFest: VALORANT, tapping Madeon for a headlining performance and additional sets from WHIPPED CREAM, Moore Kismet, and more. Today they’ve announced their second festival with even more talent slated to perform. Their latest virtual festival installment is titled wwFest: Unlocked YR1 and is in celebration of the one-year anniversary of Riot Games’ wildly popular 5-on-5 tactical shooter game VALORANT. This time around, Gryffin is set to headline with Boombox Cartel, Aluna, Justin Oh, and Unknown Brain performing as well. Each set will be performed in five different locations: Los Angeles, South Korea, Dubai, Mexico, and Germany, which were picked to reflect the world of VALORANT. Festivitie...
Cumulus’ Troy Hanson Shares the Secret to Getting a Song on the Radio with The What Podcast
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Radio Public | RSS At some point or another in all of our lives, we’ve wondered how this song gets played on the radio and not that one. This week on The What Podcast, Brad and Barry talk to one of the guys who actually makes those kinds of decisions. Troy Hanson, head of rock programming at Cumulus Broadcasting, is our guest on the show that takes a deep dive festivals in particular, but music in general. The What Podcast originally launched in 2018 as a way for two Bonnaroo veterans to talk about the thing they love in life the most: Bonnaroo. Over time, the podcast has evolved to cover the rest of the North American festival landscape and touring industry as a whole. Related Video...
Texas Hip-Hop Festival JMBLYA Takes The Show Nationwide
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Greg Noire / GN JMBLYA, which bills itself as the largest Hip-Hop festival out of Texas, will be kicking off the big show season off in epic fashion after making a huge announcement. The festival, which will be headlined by none other than Future, will make a series of coast-to-coast stops over a two-month period beginning in late summer. Joining Future on the stage will be Young Thug’s YSL Records signee Gunna, The Kid LAROI doing his first big shows stateside, Lil Tecca, Flo Milli, SoFaygo, Phora. There will also be a number of special guest appearances from Spotemgottem, Trae Tha Truth, Cico P, Metro Marrs, Mike Dimes, and DJ Mr. Rogers. The tour, which officially launches on Labor Day Weekend, and the corresponding stops for JMBLYA can be seen below. ...
BUKU Music + Art Project Announces Stacked Lineup for BUKU: Planet B
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: BUKU / BUKU BUKU Music + Art Project, the innovative boutique music festival based in New Orleans, announced on Tuesday (June 8) the lineup for BUKU: Planet B, a one-time-only event coming this fall. Megan Thee Stallion, Machine Gun Kelly, and many more big names will hit the event this coming fall with tickets going on sale this week. Beginning on October 22 in the Big Easy, BUKU: Planet B will feature over 50 acts over the course of two days that embody all the genre-bending flavor that the current music scene plays host to. Source: BUKU / BUKU Among the aforementioned acts, ILLENIUM, Playboi Carti, Kaytranada, Zeds Dead, Alison Wonderland, Jamie xx, Pooh Shiesty, Chris Lake, Still Woozy, EARTHGANG, Ghostemane, Ashnikko, Subtronics, SVDDEN DEATH: VOYD, ...
The Annual Pokémon GO Fest is Turning Into a Music Festival in 2021
Pokémon GO Fest 2021 has become the annual mecca for the app’s avid fandom. For last year’s first-ever online-only event, Niantic confirmed millions of Trainers, who shattered records and caught nearly 1 billion Pokémon. While there were a staggering amount of participants at the 2020 event, the 2021 edition could be even bigger after Niantic, the game’s developer, announced that it will double as a music festival. “2021 marks both the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pokémon and the fifth anniversary of Pokémon Go,” Niantic shared in a blog post. “So trust us when we say you won’t want to miss Pokémon Go Fest 2021!” The two-day event will kick off on July 17th and will be held exclusively online. Attendees will have the choice to select one of...
