Music Festivals

ON THE RISE

Verboten welcomes Maya Jane Coles

Nearly All the Big Acts Playing Lollapalooza 2013 Have Played Lollapalooza Before

Thanks to Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, Lollapalooza's headliners have been revealed, and it appears that Perry Farrell & Co. are dipping into the past few years of the Chicago-based festival's lineup history for a little inspiration. Mumford & Sons, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, and the Killers have ... More >>

The Five Biggest Sellouts at SXSW

SXSW is not a music festival so much as it is an experiment in excess. In honor of the world's most bloated city this week, we present the five biggest sellouts at SXSW. See also: Why We'll All Try to See Justin Timberlake at SXSW, and Why That's Completely Wrong

Bon Iver Fave Poliça Give You The Ghost At Webster Hall Tomorrow Night

When Poliça packed up their microphones, looping pedals, guitars, horns and drum kits and commenced with the touring efforts following Give You The Ghost's Valentine's Day release earlier this year, the Minneapolis electro-groove outfit was, arguably, getting to know their first record on the same ... More >>

Intimate Encounters at June's Jazz Fests

Let's get small

Village Voice Official Statement On 4Knots Music Festival After-Party

"The Village Voice is aware of the complaints about the aggressive nature of the security guards/bouncers at the 4Knots Music Festival After-Party and is taking them very seriously. These security guards/bouncers were not 4Knots employees, nor were they contracted through The Village Voice or 4Knot ... More >>

Tonight You're Mine

Live From Jazzfest: Family Affairs And Holding On To History In A Changing New Orleans

In the grandstand, away from the heat of the Fair Grounds—the horse-racing track that becomes a music stadium for each New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival—stood an exhibit of black-and-white photos that suggested much of the music going on outside. "Faces of Tremé," drawn from 30 years ... More >>

READY, SET, LOOP

SBTRKT brings the beats to Webster Hall

Heading to Austin for SXSW? Here's Where the Locals Say to Eat

SXSW (South by Southwest), the film, interactive, and music festival is in full swing right now in Austin, lasting through March 18. If you happen to be down at the festival at this very moment, or, perhaps, are boarding a plane on your way there, be sure to check out Our Man Sietsema's 10 Favorite ... More >>

Coming This Week: SXSW Coverage

by Chris Gray "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." —Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of ... More >>

DARK GLITTER

Don’t stay away from Charli XCX

Dissonant Notes at Jazz Festivals

Tensions between promoters and musicians underscore this year's slate

IT'S ALIVE!

This jazz festival is a monster

IN UT-DEER-O

How about ‘Smells Like Deer Spirit'?

Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer. ​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being ... More >>

Watch: Nas and Damian Marley Trek Through Jamaica in "Nah Mean"

​Not content with just being announced as part of the rather-weak Lollapalooza 2011 lineup today, Nas and Damian Marley have dropped the music video for "Nah Mean" from their album Distant Relatives. The clip, shot almost entirely in black and white, follows Nasty Nas and Jr. Gong as they take ... More >>

Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16

Barry Yanowitz/Flickr​With the beginning of spring comes the announcement of summertime music festivals, and we have one of our very own: This July 16, the Village Voice will throw the inaugural 4Knots Music Festival on the South Street Seaport. Named after the speed at which the East River, w ... More >>

MEMORIES . . .

Here's looking at you, Coney Island

Live: The Hood Internet Unleash A Torrent Of Guilty Pleasures At Bell House

Best Bar Mitzvah ever.​The Hood Internet Bell House Friday, July 2 The scene at the Bell House Friday night could've easily been mistaken for a totally rad Bar Mitzvah: A dance floor filled with boys and girls not touching, but rather dancing in circles around each other (some were even shoel ... More >>

Your Summer Live-Jazz Cheat Sheet

Options abound for fans of all inclinations and bank accounts

Live: Bernie Worrell, Matthew Shipp, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, And Graham Haynes Animate The Undead Jazzfest

Bernie Worrell and SociaLybrium doing "Super Stupid" a few days back Undead Jazzfest (Le) Poisson Rouge/Kenny's Castaways/Sullivan Hall Saturday, June 12 Just as the Vision Festival furthers its avant brand with smaller annual productions, the Winter Jazzfest braintrust expanded its reach this pa ... More >>

We Are Scientists Playing Siren Festival 2010 After-Party at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

photo by Dan Monick Continuing along with Siren Fest's tenth-anniversary theme of rehosting past performers, Brooklyn-based We Are Scientists (Siren Festival, class of 2007) have been tapped to play the Music Hall of Williamsburg after-party on Saturday, July 17. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon ... More >>

How Fucked Up's Savvy SXSW Post About Artist Exploitation Applies to Other Venues (Like, Um, the Internet) Too

​Very smart post up today written by guitarist Mike Haliechuk at the Canadian band Fucked Up's blog, talking about the economics of Austin's South By Southwest music conference. The gist of it is an attempt to answer a simple question, one that a person could easily ask about CMJ or other, sim ... More >>

Ambiguous All Points West 2009 Attendance Figures Announced

Rebecca Smeyne​The attendance numbers are in for this year's All Points West. The festival drew 71,500 people over three days, according to APW promoter Paul Tollett, down 4000 from last year. In an interview with the New York Times, Tollett chalks the inferior numbers up to the weather, which ... More >>

Pleasantly Unsettling Surprises Abound at Vision Festival

A Place To Bury Strangers, Thee Oh Sees, Tiny Masters of Today Added to This Year's Siren Festival

From last year's Siren Fest Hey! Siren Festival! Coney Island! Free concert! Thrown by this paper! All-ages! Nine hours long! Hot dogs! (Not free!) Bands! (Which are!) Beach! Sand! Skeeball! (Rain or) Shine! Naked people! Oysters! Rollercoaster! Motion sickness! Enthusiasm! Exclamation points! New ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails+Jane's Addiction

Clip Job: The Newport Jazz Festival's 'Negro Problem'

Bonnaroo Day 4: Broken Social Scene, Jakob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Bonnaroo 2008: M.I.A. Going MIA?

Bonnaroo Day 1: The Food. Plus, Body Odor Begins.

Welcome to Bonnaroo 2008: Where's the Fun in Festivals?

Human Giant on Peter, Bjorn and John, MTV, and Heroin

HOLY YES: M.I.A. ADDED TO SIREN FEST!

World Enough and Time

Far-flung, close-up, and absolutely doable fun for all

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Placing Politics Within the Pop Culture Landscape

A Level Field

1,500 up-and-coming acts take the music-biz mat in Austin

Jazz Summer 2005

Party People

New York invades the Winter Music Conference in Miami

Music

Live Dead

Concert biz endures summer; Clear Channel screws bands

Lollapalost

Where to catch your favorite bands now that the big show is canceled

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Classical Music

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Classical/Opera

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