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If you’re anything like me, you don’t remember Woodstock. I wasn’t alive to witness firsthand the exploration of peace, love, mud, and don’t-eat-the-brown-acid fun that took place those fateful days in 1969. But no matter, people say that if you remember it, you weren’t there. So take that, flower children, we’re even. That particular multi-day concert festival was so poorly planed that, in an effort to prevent rioting from ticket-less hippies, the promoters eventually gave up and declared the rest of the concert free. Luckily for the modern, gargantuan concert promoters, that hasn’t happened again for some time. These modern Woodstock knock-offs cost a pretty penny. Even when facing the prospect of dropping multiple hundreds of dollars on multiple days of cramped amphitheater space, an 8’ x 8’ square of grass to camp on, and $8 Coors Tallboys, it’s hard to resist some of these festivals, even if Jimi Hendrix won’t be there to wake you up with the national anthem on Sunday.

The Festival Line-up

Coachella Festival

Coachella



Who:
Jack Johnson, Roger Waters, The Verve, The Raconteurs, The Breeders, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, Dwight Yoakam, Love and Rockets, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Rilo Kiley, Rogue Wave, M.I.A., and many others.  

What:
Head to the desert for Pink Floyd revisited, mellow frat-rock and indie rock darlings.

When:
April 25th – 27th

Where:
Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA (Palm Springs area)

Tickets:
3-day, $270; Camping, $55 3-day, per person

Website:
http://www.coachella.com/

Seattle.net says:
The LA Times called Coachella “the Kentucky Derby of Rock.” That must explain why Dwight Yoakam is there


stagecoach

Stagecoach


Who: The Eagles, John Fogerty, Trisha Yearwood, Rascall Flatts, The Judds, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Dwight Yoakam, Big & Rich, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson, Trace Adkins, and others.

What:
Three days of mainstream twang.

When:
May 2nd – 4th

Where:
Empire Polo Field; Indio, CA (Palm Springs Area)

Tickets:
$95 day, $250 festival

Website:
http://www.stagecoachfestival.com/

Seattle.net says:
For three days, you won’t have to be embarrassed that like country music. And the freakin’ Eagles are going to be there!


Sasquatch

Sasquatch Festival


Who: R.E.M., The Cure, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, The Mars Volta, Flight of the Conchords, M.I.A., Blue Scholars, Built to Spill, and many others.

What:
Three days of indie rock superstars (oxy-moron, right?) and one hip-hop group.

When:
May 24th – 26th

Tickets:
$66.50 per day; Camping $40 per vehicle, per night

Where:
The Gorge in George, WA

Website:
http://sasquatchfestival.com/

Seattle.net says:
Basically every good band in the world is playing Sasquatch. And they’re even buying carbon offsets to tug our environmental heartstrings. How cute.


Sub Pop 20th Anniversary

SP20-Sub Pop 20 Festival

 


Who:
Beachwood Sparks / Comets on Fire / Fleet Foxes / Flight of the Conchords / The Fluid / Foals / Grand Archives / Green River / The Helio Sequence / Iron & Wine / Kinski / Low / Mudhoney / No Age / Pissed Jeans / Red Red Meat / The Ruby Suns / Seaweed / Wolf Parade, and more to be announced
   
What:
Sub Pop Records 20th Anniversary Party

When:
July 12th – 13th

Where:
Marymoor Park in Redmond Wa

Tickets:


Seattle.net says:
Twenty years of great music, Twenty years of one up and coming artists after another. This guaranteed good time.



Capitol Hill Block Party

The Capitol Hill Block Party

 



Who:
Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, Girl Talk, U.S.E, The Dodo's, Jay Reatard, Akimbo, PWRFL Power, Past Lives, Black Eyes And Neckties, Champagne Champagne, The Hold Steady, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson, Darker My Love, The Builders & The Butchers, The Hands, Vellela Vellela, The Physics, Man Plus, Little Party And Bad Business, Plus many more.
 
What:
Seattle's own block party in the center of it all, Capitol Hill.

When:
July 25th – 26th

Where:
All over Capitol Hill

Tickets:
$18 in advance and a 2 day pass for only $34.

Website:
http://www.thestranger.com/blockparty

Seattle.net says:
You can't go wrong with a block anytime, especially on the hill, if nothing else the people watching will be superb.



Pemberton Festival

Pemberton Music Festival

 



Who:
Coldplay, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails, Jay-Z, The Tragically Hip, The Flaming Lips, Serj Tankian, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, N.E.R.D., My Morning Jacket, Sam Roberts Band, and others. 

What:
British Columbia’s first crack at the multi-day festival platform.

When:
July 25th – 27th

Where:
The foothills of Mt. Currie in Pemberton, B.C.

Tickets:
3-day, $259.50 (Canadian)

Website:
http://www.pembertonfestival.com/

Seattle.net says:
Canada just couldn’t hold out any longer, they had to try it. The promoters would have to struggle to make the line-up more eclectic, though. Who knows what the crowd will be like, eh?



Pickathon

Pickathon


Who: Jolie Holland, Bad Livers, The Gourds, Kelly Joe Phelps, Langhorne Slim, Crooked Still, Melissa Ferrick, Wayne Hancock, The Everybodyfields, Red Stick Ramblers, The Cave Singers, and many more.

What:
Three days of pickin’, twangin’, fiddlin’, and dancin’.

When:
Aug. 1st – 3rd

Where:
Pendarvis Farm, Portland, OR

Tickets:
3-day, $110

Website:
http://www.pickathon.com/

Seattle.net says:
Roots music is all the rage right now. Isn’t that silly? Sort of like saying, drinking water is soooo hot right now—I saw Tom Cruise drink an entire glass! All to himself!


Summer Meltdown

Summer Meltdown


Who: Flowmotion, Buckethead, Tea Leaf Green, Everyone Orchestra, Steve Kimcock, That 1 Guy, Blake Lewis, Jason Webley, Panda Conspiracy, McTuff, Blue Turtle Seduction, etc.

What:
Outdoor music festival under the shadow of Whitehorse Mountain

When:
Aug. 8th-10th

Where:
Darrington, WA

Tickets:
See site details

Website:
http://www.summermeltdown.com/

Seattle.net:
Built up over the years with the leadeship of Flowmotion, the Summer Meltdown has become a Northwest staple of fun lovin dancing and fresh mountain air. 


Warped Tour

Warped Tour


Who: 3Oh!3, Rise Against, Gym Class Heroes, Story of the Year, Reel Big Fish, The Academy Is..., Relient K, Anberlin, From First to Last, Say Anything, Against Me!, Every Time I Die, Cobra Starship, Norma Jean, All That Remains, Angels and Airwaves, The Vandals…

What:
Over 50 punk (if you liberally interpret the label) and ska bands.

When:
Aug. 8th

Where:
The Gorge in George, WA

Tickets:
$29.05

Website:
http://www.warpedtour.com/

Seattle.net:
Warped Tour always gives you best bang for your buck. Ska bands always have at least six or seven members, so the musician to dollar ratio is phenomenal.


outsidelands

Outside Lands Music Arts Festival


Who: Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jack Johnson, Beck, Wilco, Manu Chao, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Widespread Panic, Primus, and many more.

What:
Widely popular bands take over Golden Gate Park for three days of fun and music.

When:
Aug. 22nd – 24th

Where:
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Tickets:
3-day $225.50

Website:
http://www.outsidelandsfest.com/

 Seattle.net says: If you can’t have fun in San Francisco with these headliners, well, is everything all right? Do we need to talk?

Bumbershoot

Bumbershoot


Who: Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Ingrid Michaelson, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Jakob Dylan, !!!, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Saul Williams, Joe Bonamassa, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Asylum St. Spankers, Dan Deacon

What:
Music, comedy, literature, movies, the arts, etc.

When:
Aug. 30th – Sept. 1st

Where:
Seattle Center

Website:
http://www.bumbershoot.org/

Seattle.net says:
This is the Northwest cornerstone. A can't miss.



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