Festivals ~ June 2012

May 31st-June 2nd

Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom, IN

Lineup: Vince Herman & Great American Taxi • Darol Anger • Larry Keel & Natural Bridge • Jamie Hartford & Friends • The Barefoot Movement • Bawn in the Mash • Branded Bluegrass • 220 Breakers • Carpenter & Clerk • Chicago Farmer • Dry Valley Gamblers • Flatland Harmony Experiment • Goldmine Pickers • Harvey Branch String Band • Henhouse Prowlers • The HillBenders • Brad Leftwich & The Hogwire Stringband • The Howling Brothers • Hyryder • Johnson’s Crossroad • Pete Kartsounes Band • Ray Lawrence Jr. • The Lulus • Lexi Len Minnich • The Mississippi Sawyers • New Old Cavalry • Colin O’Brien • Sluegrass with Nathan Blake Lynn • Ryan Spearman • The Tillers • Wayward Roots • Whiskey Bent Valley Boys • White Lightning Boys • Woodstove Flapjacks

Links: JohnHartfordMemFest.com | Facebook

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May 31st-June 3rd

Hunter Mountain Ski Resort in Hunter, NY

Lineup: Steve Winwood • Gov’t MuleMichael Franti & SpearheadThe RootsBen Folds FiveThe Word (ft. Robert Randolph, John Medeski and North Mississippi Allstars) • Tedeschi Trucks BandLotus • James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem DJing • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue • Travelin’ McCoury’s (ft. Keller Williams) • Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe • Gary Clark Jr. • Dawes • Carolina Chocolate Drops • Givers • Zach Deputy • The Lee Boys • The Brew • EOTOAnders OsborneBreak Science • Marco Benevento • Charles Bradley • Marachi El Bronx • The Simone Felice Band • Bustle In Your Hedgerow (with Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, & Scott Metzger) • Sara Watkins • Planet of the Abts • Wolf! • The Sheepdogs • Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds • Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real • Ground Up • Pedrito Martinez • Zee Avi • Aunt Martha • Kopecky Family Band • Lauren Shera • Uuncle Lucius • Connor Kennedy Band • Nigel Hall Band • American Babies • Caravan of Thieves • Matt Schofield • Delta Rae • Wyllys • Charlie Dane • Kelli Scarr • And More TBA

Links: MountainJam.com | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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May 31st-June 3rd

Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, AK

Round 1: Pretty Lights • Weir, Robinson & Greene Trio • Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic ZerosG. Love & Special Sauce • Balkan Beat Box (2x) • Beats AntiqueRailroad Earth (2x) • MiM0SA • SOJA (2x) • ALOKeller Williams (2x) • Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit • The Infamous Stringdusters (2x) • Green Velvet • MartyParty • RJD2 • 12th Planet • Paper Diamond • Orgone • PapadosioAssembly of Dust • The Moondoggies (2x) • Futurebirds • The Heavy Pets (2x) • The Sheepdogs (2x) • Opiuo • Phutureprimitive • Love and Light • Wick-It the Instigator • Govinda • Shannon McNally • Dangermuffin • Quiet Corral (2x) • Head for the Hills • Dumptuck Butterlips

Round 2: PrimusUmphrey’s McGee (2x) • Girl Talk • Fitz & the Tantrums • Del McCoury BandBig GiganticTea Leaf Green • Quixotic (2x) • Emmitt-Nershi Band (2x) • Gary Clark Jr. • Blitzen Trapper • VibeSquad (2x) • Iration • LA Riots • Toubab Krewe • Krafty Kuts & A Skillz w/Dynamic MC • That 1 Guy • Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers • Heartless Bastards • The Secret Sisters • Dirtfoot (2x) • Adventure Club • Rubblebucket (2x) • R/D (2x) • Lance Herbstrong (2x) • Nathaniel Rateliff • Virtual Boy • Monophonics • Ugly Lion • The Delta Saints (2x) • Hearts of Darkness • Mouth • Clandestine

Round 3: The Avett BrothersSlightly Stoopid (2x) • MatisyahuGhostland Observatory • Tinariwen (2x) • SAVOY • Perpetual Groove (2x) • EOTOThe Travelin’ McCourys feat. Keller Williams • MarchFourth Marching Band (2x) • The Devil Makes Three • Split Lip Rayfield (2x) • Tribal Seeds • Gaelic Storm • New Monsoon (2 sets) • The Motet (2 sets) • Hot Buttered Rum (2x) • The Dirty Guvinahs • The Werks • NiT GriT • Keys N Krates • Lyrics Born (2x) • Kids These Days • Daedelus • Snarky Puppy • Michael Menert • Cordovas (2x) • The Lumineers • GramatikBreak Science • The Floozies • Mountain Sprout (2x) • Mia Borders • Nadis Warriors • Ben Miller Band

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June 2nd & 3rd

Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA

Lineup: The RootsKid CudiDe La Soul (Backed by The Roots) • James Murphy (DJ set) • WaleMajor Lazer • Diplo • St. Vincent • tUnE-YaRdS • Danny Brown • OCD: Moosh & Twist • Shabazz Palaces • Flosstradamus • Stretch Armstrong • The Hood Internet • Star Slinger • Mr. Muthafuckin’ Exquire • Kids These Days • Chill Moody • DJ Diamond Kuts

Links: Roots Picnic | OkayPlayer.com

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June 7th-10th

Manchester, Tennessee

Lineup: RadioheadRed Hot Chili PeppersPhish (2 sets) • The Beach Boys (ft. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks) • Bon Iver • The Avett Brothers • The Shins • Foster The People • Skrillex • Aziz Ansar • Dispatch • Feist • The Roots • Alice Cooper • SuperJam • Black Star • The Word (ft. John Medeski, Robert Randolph and North Mississippi Allstars) • Ludacris • Ben Folds Five • Flogging Molly • Spectrum Road (ft. Cindy Blackman Santana, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, and Vernon Reid) • Mac Miller • Childish Gambino • Major Lazer • tUnE-yArDs • Afrocubism • Flying LotusUmphrey’s McGee • Little Dragon • St. Vincent • City and Colour • The Civil Wars • Young The Giant • Two Door Cinema Club • Punch Brothers • NEEDTOBREATHE • Fitz & The Tantrums • Bad Brains • Yelawolf • Dawes • Battles • Danny Brown • The Black Lips • SBTRKT • Phantogram • Kendrick Lamar • Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires • The Kooks • The Joy Formidable • The Antlers • Kathleen Edwards • Mimosa • Kurt Vile & The Violators • Alabama Shakes • Das Racist • Delta Spirit • Gary Clark Jr.Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk • Laura Marling • Trampled by Turtles • Mogwai • The War On Drugs • Ben Howard • Grouplove • Blind Pilot • ALO • The Devil Makes Three • White Denim • EMA • Here We Go Magic • K-Flay • The Lonely Forest • Mariachi El Bronx • Big Freedia • Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. • The Soul Rebels • Kvelertak • SOJA • Steven Bernstein’s MTO Allstars Plays Sly • Big Gigantic • Sarah Jarosz • Orgone • Darondo • Fruit Bats • Moon Taxi • More TBA

Links: Bonnaroo.com | LiveBonnaroo.com | InfoRoo.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace | Flickr

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June 14th-16th

Whispering Hills in Kiel, WI

Lineup: IfdakarRoster McCabeSteezThe CoopUltraviolet Hippopotamus • The Mustache • Soap • Useful Jenkins • The Grasshoppers • Soup • Jam Funk All-Stars • Recalcitrant • GrooveSession w/ Kim Manning of P-Funk • Undercover Organism • SLM • Fifth World • The Phry (Phish Tribute) • The New Fuse • Evergreen Grass Band • Unity…the Band • Dead Larry • Evergreen • Sean Shiel • Damn Little Matthew • Ken Tribolini • Mr. Tall Pants • the Shorts • Many surprises await you as well.

Links: Ifdakamp.com | Facebook

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June 15th & 16th

Brown Town
Izaak Walton in Michigan City, IN

Lineup: Chester Brown (2 nights) • CovertBrainchild • Venice Gas House Trolley • Tonal Caravan • Lakeshore Vibe • Stealing the Farm • Lovers of The Sea • Tommy Thompson Band • All Good Things Band • Purple Cowboy’s • Uncle Bucket • Ron Buffington • James Cannon • And More TBA

Links: ChesterBrown.org

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June 15th-17th

Durhamtown Plantation Resort in Union Point, GA

Lineup: PapadosioEmancipatorEOTOThe Polish Ambassador • Mindelixer • ILL Esha • Eprom • Octopus Nebula • Mochipet • EP3 • Eliot Lipp • Chronicles of the Landsquid • Fast Nasty • Bitch Please • Cry Wolf • Clicks $ Whistles • Aligning Minds • Spooky Jones • Sumilan • DEX • Intermixture • PERICLES • Magmablood • T8r(tot) • Medisin • Ancient Intelligence • Opus • Beta Minor • JuJu Beatz • Third Nature • NastyNasty • Satoru • BLKMRKT • ArchnemesisBoomBoxZOOGMAMinnesotaJimkata • Up Until Now • Govinda • Crushendo • ANA SIA • Nicoluminous • VibeSquad • And More

Links: ImpulseFestival.net | Facebook

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June 16th & 17th

Clearwater
Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Lineup: Ani DiFranco • Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Béla FleckArlo Guthrie & The Guthrie Family • Dawes • Punch Brothers • Deer Tick • Balkan Beat Box • Donna The Buffalo • Peter Yarrow • Joanne Shenandoah The Klezmatics • Tinawiren • Tom Paxton • Raul Midón • Tom Chapin • Tim O’Brien • Aoife O’Donovan (of Crooked Still) • David Amram • And More

Links: ClearwaterFestival.org | Facebook | Flickr

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June 21st-23rd

High Country Motorcycle Camp in Ferguson, NC

Lineup: The Mantras • Robert Walter Trio • ParticleThe WerksBrothers Past • Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band • Josh Phillips Folk Festival • BIG Something • Tiny Boxes • Former Champions • Silo Effect • Native Sway • Kingator • Chasing Edison • Sanctum Sully • The Broadcast • Duende Mountain Duo • Asleep in the Weeds • Imperial Blend • Matter of Fact • Octopus • Cindercat • Electric Soul Pandemic • Sol Flo • Mac & Juice Quartet • DJ Ricochet Red

Links: MantraBash.com | Facebook

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June 21st-24th

Telluride Bluegrass
Telluride, Colorado

Lineup: John Fogerty • Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas • Sam Bush Band • John Prine • k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang • Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart • Yonder Mountain String BandBéla Fleck & The Marcus Roberts Trio • Bruce Hornsby & the NoisemakersDel McCoury BandLeftover Salmon • O’Brien Party of Seven • Peter Rowan • Punch Brothers • Greensky Bluegrass • Della Mae • Run Boy Run • And many more still to be announced…

Links: Telluride | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter

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June 21st-24th

Hornings Hideout in North Plains, OR

Lineup: STS9Umphrey’s McGee (2 Sets) • Big Gigantic • MiM0sa • Ghostland Observatory • Midnite • Two Fresh • Michael Menert • Gramatik • Welder • R/D • And More TBA

Links: ReGenerationFestival.com | Facebook | YouTube | STS9.com

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June 21st-24th

Shadows Ranch in Georgetown, CO

Lineup: Tipper • Bonobo (DJ set) • EmancipatorOtt • VibeSquaD • Eskmo • Random Rab • Karsh Kale & Jamie Janover • Papadosio • ZILLA • MinnesotaAna Sia • GRiZ • Octopus Nebula • Heyoka • ill-eshaGovinda • Stephan Jacobs • Phutureprimitive • Adham Shaikh • And More

Links: SonicBloomFestival.com | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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June 22nd-24th

4 Peaks
Rockin A Ranch in Bend, OR

Lineup: Melvin Seals and JGB • Poor Man’s Whiskey • The Mother Hips • Hot Buttered RumThe Dead Winter Carpenters • Fruition • Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers • Pitchfork Revolution • Huckle • Alison Harris and the Barn Owls • JED

Links: 4PeaksMusic.com | Tickets

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June 23rd

Grandville Ave. in Grand Rapids, MI

Lineup: SouliveToubab Krewe • Seth & May and Friends • That 1 GuyUltraviolet Hippopotamus • The Crane Wives • Four Finger Five • Afro Zuma • The Soil and The Sun • SBC All Stars

Links: Founder Fest | FoundersBrewing.com | Facebook

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June 23rd & 24th

Randall’s Island in NYC

Lineup: BeckModest Mouse • Passion Pit • Duck Sauce (feat. A-Trak and Armand Van Helden) • Chromeo • Special Disco Version (James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem) • Atmosphere • Major Lazer • Explosions in the Sky • Devendra Banhart • Santigold • Big Gigantic • Cage the Elephant • Built to Spill • Penguin Prison • Walk the Moon • Art vs Science • K.Flay • Nobody Beats the Drum • Cults • Phantogram • Freelance Whales • Alberta Cross • The Jezabels • Turf War

Links: GovernorsBallMusicFestival.com | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Myspace

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June 23rd & 24th

The Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL

Lineup: Strange ArrangementDrFameus • Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey • SexfistTwin CatsUltraviolet HippopotamusDopapodCosby Sweater • Spare Parts • Zmick • Old Shoe • My Boy Elroy • Sidewalk Chalk • SteezBrainchildFresh Hops • And More TBA

Links: Stranger Danger | Strangement.com | AbbeyPub.com

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June 23rd & 24th

River’s Edge
Harriet Island in Saint Paul, MN

Lineup: Dave Matthews Band  •  Tool • The Flaming Lips • Brand New • Polica • Motion City Soundtrack • Puscifer • Coheed & Cambria • Diplo • Scissor Sisters • Datsik • MuteMath • Delta Spirit • Blaqstarr • Kinky • Mexican Institute of Sound • Civil Twilight • Quietdrive • An Horse • Gardens & Villa • AM & Shawn Lee • The Whigs • Hey Rosetta! • K-Flay • Yawn • Kids These Days • Yuna • The Rope

Links: RiversEdgeMusicFestival.com | Facebook | Twitter

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June 28th-30th

Bloom Heavy’s River Romp
Arrowhead Campground in Grassy, MO

Lineup: Yonder Mountain String BandCornmealHot Buttered RumSplit Lip Rayfield • Dirtfoot • Ben Miller Band • Tyrannosaurus Chicken • Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy • The Big Ideas • The Whistle Pigs • And More TBA

Links: BloomHeavy.com | River Romp 2012

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June 29th-July 1st

Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI

Lineup: The String Cheese Incident (3 Shows) • BassnectarSTS9 (2 Shows) • Thievery CorporationGirl Talk • Santigold • Steve Aoki • Ghostland Observatory • Richie Hawtin • Wolfgang Gartner • Major LazerThe Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams • Dada Life • Big Gigantic • Datsik • Zeds Dead • Rob Garza (Of Thievery Corporation) • 12th Planet • Borgore • Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk • Midnite • MiMosa • EOTO • Das Racist • Reggie Watts • Paper DiamondBeats AntiquePapadosio • Felix Cartal • Gary Clark Jr. • Balkan Beat Box • Big Freedia • Nit GriT • The Infamous Stringdusters • Nickodemus • Chali 2na & the House of Vibe • Alvin Risk • The Soul Rebels • See-I • Glass Candy • Battles • Gramatik • Elephant Revival • Ursula 1000 • Minnesota • Nobody Beats The Drum • Congo Sanchez • Fruit Bats • The M Machine • Chromatics • Pictureplane • AutoErotique • Nathaniel Rateliff • Adventure Club • Afrolicious • Virtual Boy • The Funk Ark • Franki Chan • Brothers Past • Crizzly • HOTTUB • Zoogma • CherubFrank Mitchell Jr. • The Knocks • Vau de Vire Society • Morning Teleportation • DrFameus • Robert Rich • Quixotic • Chuck Flask & Keith Kemp • DJ SOLO • Ataxia • The Crane Wives • Secrets • WALA • Human Agency • GRiZ • Nadis Warriors • Paul Basic • R/D • The Coop • And More TBA

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June 29th-July 1st

Love Fest in the Midwest
RiverWest Park in Omaha, NE

Lineup: Keller WilliamsCornmealWookiefoot • David Gans • Deadman Flats • Jon Eric • Funk Trek • Blue Martian Tribe • Djem • Jerry Pranksters • The Weeping Figs • Zed Tempo • The Midland Band • Dirty River Ramblers

Links: LoveFestInTheMidwest.com | Facebook

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