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Pemberton Music Festival announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – The Pemberton Music Festival, which is set to take place from July 14-17, has announced its 2016 lineup. Headlining this year’s festival will be acclaimed alt rock band Pearl Jam, who will also be appearing at Bonnaroo this summer. Other announced artists include: J. Cole, Kaskade, Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Wiz Khalifa, Ice … Continue reading

FYF Fest announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup. Taking place from August 27-28 at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, the 13th annual FYF Fest will feature headlining performances from Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, and Grace Jones along with additional performances from Anohni doing her first LA performance for Hopelessness, Blood Orange, Vince Staples, Young Thug, Charles Bradley, Grimes, Rae Sremmurd, Beach … Continue reading

WayHome adds new artist to 2016 line-up

By: Staff – The Wayhome Music Festival has added acclaimed Canadian indie rock band Metric to its 2016 line-up. “Metric have been one of the great emerging talents from Canada over the past decade and we are very pleased to have them rounding out our 2016 WayHome line up, ” said Ryan Howes, festival producer, … Continue reading

Amnesia Rockfest announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – Amnesia Rockfest has announced its 2016 lineup. The 11th edition of the festival, which is set to once again take over the small town of Montebello, QC from June 23-26, will feature performances by headliners Blink-182, Rise Against, Jane’s Addiction, Ice Cube, A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon, Korn and Limp Bizkit. … Continue reading

Bestival Toronto reveals 2016 headliners

By: Staff – Bestival Toronto has revealed the headliners for its 2016 line-up. The second edition of one of Toronto’s newest festivals will take place from June 11-12 at Woodbine Park, a change from last year’s venue of Hanlan’s Point Beach. Headlining Bestival Toronto 2016 will be The Cure, and Tame Impala. From inspiring bands like … Continue reading

NXNE 2016 to include new outdoor festival experience at the Port Lands

By: Staff – North By Northeast (NXNE), taking place June 15-19, 2016, is adding a major outdoor festival experience at the Port Lands, a new Interactive, Music and Gaming Conference at the Ted Rogers School of Management with location sponsor Ryerson University, and a new format for the NXNE Yonge-Dundas Square take-over to the 2016 Festival. … Continue reading

KOI Music Festival announces new music festival

By: Staff – The KOI Music Festival has announced the launch of a brand new music festival called KOI Fest At The Parking Lot. Headlining the festival will be acclaimed Canadian indie rock band Sam Roberts Band. Other bands include: Tokyo Police Club, The Strumbellas, Hannah Georgas, Ria Mae, Kalle Mattson, Ivory Hours, Poor Young Things, HIGHS, … Continue reading

Squamish Valley Music Festival cancels 2016 edition

By: Staff – The Squamish Valley Music Festival has cancelled its 2016 edition. “We have made the extremely difficult decision to not proceed with the 2016 festival, due to take place in August,” the festival said in a message posted on its website. “This decision was not made lightly and we sincerely apologize to all the … Continue reading

Panorama Festival announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – The Panorama Festival has revealed its 2016 line-up. New York City’s newest music festival, which is being launched by the company behind Coachella, will be headlined by Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, and the newly reunited LCD Soundsystem. Other announced artists include: Alabama Shakes, Major Lazer, The National, Sufjan Stevens, Sia, ASAP Rocky, Kurt Vile, … Continue reading

6 Must-See Bands at Chicago Open Air 2016

By: Josh Terzino – The summer festival season in Chicago is crowded, but the Chicago Open Air music festival has chosen to act as counter-programming to Pitchfork’s annual gathering this year (both take place July 15-17). What sets Chicago Open Air apart from other festivals is a focus on one particular genre-hard rock/metal. Some of these acts have … Continue reading