Festivals ~ May 2012

Lineup: The Neville Brothers • Eagles • Foo Fighters • Zac Brown Band • TBA • Herbie Hancock and his Band • My Morning Jacket • Ne-Yo • Bunny Wailer • Bonnie Raitt • Paulina Rubio • Irma Thomas • Maze feat. Frankie Beverly • Florence + the Machine • Rodrigo y Gabriela • Galactic •  Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings • Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples • Steve Earle • Little Anthony & The Imperials • Grace Potter & the Nocturnals • Ani DiFranco • Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk • Bruce Hornsby • Asleep at the Wheel • funky Meters • Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary Jam David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco • Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers • Zebra • Aaron Neville • Rebirth Brass Band • Better Than Ezra  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band • Big Sam’s Funky Nation • Bounce Shake Down feat. Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa Sarah Jarosz • Anders Osborne • Deacon John • Bombino of Niger • Donald Harrison • George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners • Bonerama • And More

Lineup: The Werks • Glostik Willy • Boogie Matrix • Skeetones • The Mantras • Eumatik • Digeometric • Elephant Quiz • Midwest Hype • Jahman Brahman • Aliver Hall • Tonal Caravan • Mikial Robertson • Subterranean House Band • Stuttering Ducks • And More TBA

Lineup: Jane’s Addiction • Florence + The Machine • Wiz Khalifa • Evanescence • My Morning Jacket • Pitbull • Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas • Al Green • Kenny Wayne Shepherd • The Civil Wars • Buddy Guy • Megadeth • Girl Talk • Primus • Anthony Hamilton • The Head and the Heart • Herbie Hancock • Grace Potter & The Nocturnals • Lupe Fiasco • Need to Breathe • Bush • Robert Randolph and the Family Band • Johnny Winter • Dr. Dog • Gary Clark Jr. • Michael Franti & Spearhead • Three 6 Mafia • Jerry Lee Lewis • Black Lips • The Cult • Childish Gambino • Charlie Musselwhite • Chris Robinson Brotherhood • Yo Gotti • Coheed & Cambria • Bernard Allison • North Mississippi AllStars • And More

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Lineup: The Werks • Ekoostik Hookah • The Twin Cats • Blue Moon Soup • Bitch Please • Elemental Groove Theory • Arpetrio • Skeetones • Headstash • Sweet Earth • Eumatik • Silo Effect • Glostik Willy • Fresh Hops • Lounge Soundsystem • The Shack Band • Flatland Harmony Experiment • DJ Booty Sweat • New Planet featuring Sparkz • Turtle Matt • MoonPig • Secret Beats • Don’t Fear The Satellietes • The Mundies • Mikial Robertson • Megan Maudlin • Ghost Trees • DJ Sterilize • DJ CircleZ • Ghost Work • Jammer Kammer Sessions

Lineup: Emancipator • Papadosio • Zach Deputy • Eliot Lipp • Bluetech • Phutureprimitive • Random Rab • Roster McCabe • The Werks • More Than Lights • Duenday • Gypsy Lumberjacks • Profresher Blacklight • Steez • Sovereign Sect • Jon Wayne and the Pain • Antioquia • Alpha Data • Useful Jenkins • Skytree • San Souci Quartet • Boys N’ the Barrels • Shwex • Soap • The Histronic • Bogtrotter • Wook • Dead Larry & Smokin Joe set • IndigoSun • And More

Lineup: Dave Matthews Band • Jack White • Skrillex • String Cheese Incident • Wilco • The Flaming Lips (Dark Side of the Moon) • Dispatch • Steve Winwood • Chris Cornell • Umphrey’s McGee • STS9 • Gogol Bordello • Michael Franti & Spearhead • Mac Miller • Flogging Molly • Coheed and Cambria • Paul Oakenfold • G. Love and Special Sauce • Randy Newman • Kaskade • Dr. Dog • Young the Giant • Cage the Elephant • Dawes • Alabama Shakes • M. Ward • Yelawolf • Switchfoot • Julian Marley • Zeds Dead • Mavis Staples • Shpongle • Gary Clark Jr. • Rebelution • Allen Stone • Big Freedia • The Devil Makes Three • Delta Spirit • Greyboy Allstars • Heartless Bastards • Paper Diamond • Futurebirds • Hey Rosetta! • Sleeper Agent • The Lumineers • Archnemesis • Tribal Seeds • Rich Aucoin • Jamie Bergeron • Givers • And More TBA

Lineup: Dark Star Orchestra (3 Nights) • Railroad Earth (2 Nights) • George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Cabinet • Cornmeal • And more TBA

Lineup: Howard, Lewis & Lovins • Strange Arrangement • Zmick • The Coop • The New Old Cavalry • Mike Perkins • Fresh Hops • HYRYDER • Eumatik • MC Sparkplug • Glostik Willy • Gravel Mouth • Elephant Quiz • Shadyside Allstars • Kaleidescope Jukebox • Tonal Caravan • HeadBread • Megn Maudlin • Mikial Robertson • Baked Beingz • Sway • Kodama • HAWCREEK EXPERIENCE • David Campbell

Lineup: The Del McCoury Band • Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers • Yonder Mountain String Band • Sam Bush Band • The Travelin’ McCourys (feat. Keller Williams 5/26) • Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Keller Williams • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver • The Infamous Stringdusters • Emmitt-Nershi Band • Joe Craven • Split Lip Rayfield • The Larry Stephenson Band • The David Mayfield Parade • Mountain Sprout • Mon River Ramblers • and many more TBA

Lineup: Moe. • Umphrey’s McGee • Bob Weir, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene Acoustic Trio • Primus • Tedeschi Trucks Band • Shpongle • Leftover Salmon • Gigantic Underground Conspiracy (ft. Dominic & Jeremy of Big Gigantic, Marc & Aron of The Disco Biscuits and Conspirator) • EOTO • G. Love and Special Sauce • Ozomatli • Gogol Bordello • Flogging Molly • Cornmeal • Victor Wooten • Greensky Bluegrass • The Infamous Stringdusters • Family Groove Co. • Hot Buttered Rum • The Giving Tree Band • Brainchild • DJ Solo • Positive Vibr8tions • Afternoon Moon • Chicago Farmer • Spankalicious • ZEDs Dead • Minnesota • Van Ghost • araabMUZIK • 16bit • FIGURE • The Car Thief • Chester Brown

Latest Additions: Yonder Mountain String Band • Lotus • Rebelution • Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars • ALO • New Orleans Suspects • Gaelic Storm • Devil Makes Three • Lance Herbstrong • Kids These Days • Gramatik • VibeSquaD • Anders Osborne • Orgone • The Dead Kenny G’s • Future Rock • Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds • Rubblebucket • Elephant Revival • Strange Arrangement • Ponderosa • Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble • Tauk • David Gans • Hogslop String Band • Caravan of Thieves • The Lumineers • Sexfist • The Steepwater Band • Zoogma • Team Bayside High • Afternoon Moon • UV Hippo • Milk N Cookies • DJ Tim Williams • Kaboom Fantastik • View the full lineup

Lineup: Primus • Weir, Robinson, & Greene Acoustic Trio • Robbie K and the Road House Rebels • Big Gigantic • EOTO • All Mighty Senators • That 1 Guy • God Johnson • Kinetix • New Reb • Roster McCabe • Ofosho • Dead Larry • ifdakar • The Limns • Useful Jenkins • And More TBA

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

Lineup: Steve Winwood • Gov’t Mule • Michael Franti & Spearhead • The Roots • Ben Folds Five • The Word (ft. Robert Randolph, John Medeski and North Mississippi Allstars) • Tedeschi Trucks Band • Lotus • 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 • EOTO • Anders Osborne • Break 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

Round 1: Pretty Lights • Weir, Robinson & Greene Trio • Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros • G. Love & Special Sauce • Balkan Beat Box (2x) • Beats Antique • Railroad Earth (2x) • MiM0SA • SOJA (2x) • ALO • Keller Williams (2x) • Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit • The Infamous Stringdusters (2x) • Green Velvet • MartyParty • RJD2 • 12th Planet • Paper Diamond • Orgone • Papadosio • Assembly 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: Primus • Umphrey’s McGee (2x) • Girl Talk • Fitz & the Tantrums • Del McCoury Band • Big Gigantic • Tea 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 Brothers • Slightly Stoopid (2x) • Matisyahu • Ghostland Observatory • Tinariwen (2x) • SAVOY • Perpetual Groove (2x) • EOTO • The Travelin’ McCourys feat. Keller Williams • MarchFourth Marching Band (2x) • The Devil Makes Three • Split Lip Rayheld (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 • Gramatik • Break Science • The Floozies • Mountain Sprout (2x) • Mia Borders • Nadis Warriors • Ben Miller Band

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