Top Music Festivals in 2015
ARISE Music Festival
Inception: 2013
Location: Loveland, COLORADO
ARISE Festival 2015 Dates: August 7-9
ARISE Festival 2015 Lineup:
Joe
Russo’s Almost Dead, Emancipator Ensemble, The Polish Ambassador,
Trevor Hall, Rising Appalachia, Stick Figure, Lukas Nelson & Promise
of the Real,
Larry Keel’s All-Star Tribute to Jerry Garcia & Old & In the
Way,
Turkuaz,
Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad,
Pert Near Sandstone,
Shook Twins,
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Ozomatli, The Magic Beans, The
Congress, Defunk, Mike Love, Lulacruza,
Jaden Carlson Band, Analog Son, Caribou Mountain Collective, Tnertle,
Letts, RUMTUM, Human Agency, Lil Sum’n Sum’n, Gigi Love, Intergalactic
Radio, Beth Preston, Buddha Bomb, Patrick Latella, Bridget Law
Bonnie Paine... and much more
Electric Forest
Inception: 2011
Location: Rothbury, MI
Electric Forest 2015 Dates: June 25-28
Electric Forest 2015 Lineup:
12th
Planet, Alex Metric, Aloe Blacc, Anders Osborne, Andy C, Anna Lunoe,
Art Department, Bob Moses, Bombino, Booka Shade Live, Bro Safari, Cash
Cash, Cashmere Cat, Catz n Dogz, Cherub, Chrome Sparks, Conspirator, Cut
Copy, Dantiez Saunderson, Dead Confederate, Destructo, Dirtyphonics,
Dusky, Emancipator Ensemble , EOTO, Flying Lotus, Fury + MC Dino, Golf
Clap, GTA, I Am Legion, Isaac Tichauer, J. Phlip, Jimmy Edgar, Jonas
Rathsman, Justin Martin, K Theory, Kevin Sauderson, Kygo, Lee Burridge,
Lindsay Lowend, Luminox, Matt & Kim, MK, Moon Boots, Moon Taxi, Ms.
Lauryn Hill, Nahko and Medicine For The People, Natasha Kmeto,
Papadosio, Paper Diamond, Pegboard Nerds, Penguin Prison, Perseus,
Poolside, Protohype, RAC, Rayland Baxter, Rising Appalachia, Roadkill
Ghost Choir, Rosin Coven, Seven Lions, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty
Birds, Soul Clap, Soul Visions (members of Rising Appalachia & The
Human Experience), St. Lucia, Stephen â??Raggaâ?? Marley feat. Ghetto
Youths Crew, Steve Angello, STS9, Syd Arthur, T. Hardy Morris, The
Glitch Mob, The Revivalists, The String Cheese Incident, Thomas Jack,
Topher Jones, Trippy Turtle, Until The Ribbon Breaks, Wilkinson, Xavier
Rudd, Zedd, Zeds Dead, Zoogma... and much more
Gathering of the Vibes
Inception: 1996
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Gathering of the Vibes 2015 Dates: July 30-August 2
Gathering of the Vibes 2015 Lineup:
Warren Haynes with Railroad Earth, Wilco, The String Cheese Incident
(including Dead set with David Grisman & Peter Rowan), Ben Harper
& Innocent Criminals, Weezer, Gregg Allman, Tedeschi Trucks Band,
Billy & The Kids, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Gaslight
Anthem, The Word, Zappa Plays Zappa, Dark Star Orchestra featuring
Melvin Seals, Greensky Bluegrass, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Deep
Banana Blackout, Kung Fu, Twiddle, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Strangefolk,
Turkuaz, The Nth Power, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Moon Hooch, The
Primate Fiasco, David Gans, World Peace Ceremony, Lettuce, Electron,
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Max Creek, Ryan Montbleau, Bombino, Doyle
Bramhall II, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Billy & The
Kids, Gregg Allman, Greensky Bluegrass, Tedeschi Trucks Band,
Strangefolk, The Word, Zappa Plays Zappa, Deep Banana Blackout
Lollapalooza
Inception: 1991/2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Lollapalooza 2015 Dates: 7/31-8/2
Lollapalooza 2015 Lineup:
July 31st Lineup
Paul McCartney The Weeknd alt-J Alabama Shakes Kaskade Dillon Francis
Gary Clark Jr. Flying Lotus Hot Chip The War on Drugs Father John Misty
Cold War Kids DJ Snake Sylvan Esso MS MR Tove Lo Glass Animals St. Paul
& the Broken Bones First Aid Kit DJ Mustard James Bay BROODS
MisterWives What So Not SZA Jamestown Revival Philip Selway Young Thug
Coasts DESTRUCTO BØRNS BADBADNOTGOOD Mighty Oaks Bear’s Den Peking Duk
Black Pistol Fire Spookyland Gabriel Garzón-Montano Kyle Thornton &
the Company The New Pacific Daye Jack The Pop Ups Q Brothers School of
Rock AllStars The Jimmies Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips
August 1st Lineup
Metallica Sam Smith Alesso Tame Impala Kid Cudi Brand New Carnage
G-Eazy Walk The Moon Tyler, The Creator The Tallest Man On Earth Banks
Chet Faker Sturgill Simpson Death From Above 1979 Toro Y Moi Charli XCX
Django Django Boys Noize Delta Spirit RL Grime Givers Ryn Weaver Travi$
Scott CAKED UP Hermitude Wet HOLYCHILD Catfish and the Bottlemen Zella
Day Mt. Eden Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas SNBRN Elle King Beat
Connection Mick Jenkins Raury Jack Novak Pell White Sea Hippo Campus
COIN Danny Weinkauf School of Rock AllStars The Jimmies Mista Cookie Jar
& the Chocolate Chips The Helmets
August 2nd Lineup
Florence + the Machine Bassnectar Of Monsters and Men A$AP Rocky TV
On The Radio NERO Kygo twenty one pilots Nicky Romero Marina and The
Diamonds FKA twigs Lord Huron Gogol Bordello Stromae ODESZA LOGIC The
Chainsmokers Wild Belle Twin Peaks Angus & Julia Stone George Ezra
Strand of Oaks MOON TAXI Shakey Graves Galantis Night Terrors of 1927
Alison Wonderland Circa Waves DMA’s Sheppard Mako Skylar Spence The
Wombats Halsey Lion Babe Black Tiger Sex Machine VÉRITÉ jackLNDN ZEBRA
KATZ The Lonely Biscuits SirenXX In The Whale Atarah Valentine The Pop
Ups Danny Weinkauf Motown Pete Q Brothers School of Rock AllStars
Newport Folk Festival
Inception: 1959
Location: Newport, RI
Newport Folk Festival 2015 Dates: 7/24-7/26
Newport Folk Festival 2015 Lineup:
Roger
Waters, Bob Dylan All-Star Tribute (Artists TBA), Courtney Barnett,
Sturgill Simpson, Haunt The House, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Field
Report, J Mascis, Leon Bridges, First Aid Kit, The Lone Bellow,
Langhorne Slim & The Law, The Jones Family Singers, Bahamaas, Brandi
Carlile, Laura Marling, Heartless Bastards, The Suffers, Traveller â??
Cory Chisel, Jonny Fritz & Robert Ellis., Blake Mills, Shakey
Graves, Nikki Lane, Calexico, Joe Pug, Lord Huron, Watkins Family Hour,
Christopher Paul Stelling, Jose Gonzalez, The Decemberists, Nathaniel
Rateliff And The Night Sweats, Angel Olsen, Chris Funk â?? â??For
Peteâ??s Sake, Sufjan Stevens, Spirit Family Reunion
Summerfest Milwaukee
Inception: 1968
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Summerfest Milwaukee 2015 Dates: 6/24-28 | 6/30-7/5
Summerfest Milwaukee 2015 Lineup:
Kendrick
Lamar with Schoolboy Q, Kings of Leon, Zac Brown Band, Linkin Park, The
Flaming Lips, Weird Al Yankovic, Janeâ??s Addiction, Nas, Public Enemy,
Santigold, The New Pornographers, Gary Clark Jr., Brand New, Coheed and
Cambria, Mavis Staples, Sylvan Esso, Charles Bradley, Field Report,
Bastille, Kaskade, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zers, Sublime with
Rome, Lupe Fiasco, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, AWOLNATION, The Blind
Boys of Alabama, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, J. Roddy Walston
& The Business, Shakey Graves, Manchester Orchestra, Walk the Moon,
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Vance Joy}{Kendrick Lamar with Schoolboy Q,
Kings of Leon, Zac Brown Band, Linkin Park, The Flaming Lips, Weird Al
Yankovic, Janeâ??s Addiction, Nas, Public Enemy, Santigold, The New
Pornographers, Gary Clark Jr., Brand New, Coheed and Cambria, Mavis
Staples, Sylvan Esso, Charles Bradley, Field Report, Bastille, Kaskade,
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zers, Sublime with Rome, Lupe Fiasco,
Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, AWOLNATION, The Blind Boys of Alabama,
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, J. Roddy Walston & The
Business, Shakey Graves, Manchester Orchestra, Walk the Moon, Seun Kuti
& Egypt 80, Vance Joy
