festing!

there are a TON of music festivals this summer

so I figured I'd highlight a few that I've come across

Mostly punk rock, but a couple other big ones

MACROCK

4/1-2 Harrisonburg, VA

ALGERNON CADWALLADER / BOUNCING SOULS / THE MENZINGERS /

HOLD TIGHT! / SUNDIALS / SNOWING / 1994! / MONUMENT / PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH / WE WERE SKELETONS / SCREAMING FEMALES / MORE

GET BETTER FEST

4/8-9 Keene, NH

TOBY FOSTER / TRAGWAG / THE THIN HEIR / BILLY RAYGUN / THE YOUNG LEAVES / THE NEW WARDEN / CANDY HEARTS / SUNDIALS / VACATION / SPRAYNARD / JEFF ROWE / SAINTE CATHERINES / MORE

STAY SWEET! FEST

4/15-17 Richmond, VA

ALGERNON CADWALLADER / BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY / THE DOPAMINES /

GROWN UPS / THE MAX LEVINE ENSEMBLE / THE SIDEKICKS /

SPRAYNARD / TIGERS JAW / THE WILD / MORE

KRAZY FEST

5/20-22 Louisville, KY

7 SECONDS / AGAINST ME! / ANTI FLAG / BANE / BOUNCING SOULS / DAYTRADER / DEFEATER / LA DISPUTE / LEMURIA / MAKE DO AND MEND / SMALL BROWN BIKE / STRIKE ANYWHERE / TIGERS JAW / TITLE FIGHT / MORE

B.O.M.B. FEST

5/28-29 Danbury, CT

WEEZER / SNOOP DOGG / COHEED AND CAMBRIA / GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIMENT FUNKADELIC / AGAINST ME! / BEST COAST / RJD2 / TITUS ANDRONICUS / WAVVES / PORTUGAL THE MAN / DUM DUM GIRLS / DAN DEACON / MORE

CRUCIAL FUN FEST

6/3-5 Berea, KY

DELAY / THE SIDEKICKS / TIMESHARES / SUNDIALS / ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD / PINK HOUSES / P.S. ELIOT / LAURA STEVENSON AND THE CANS / HOP ALONG / CANDY HEARTS / THE MAX LEVINE ENSEMBLE / THE WILD / MISCHIEF BREW / KEPI GHOULIE / NEW CREASES / SPRAYNARD / MORE

BONNAROO

6/9-12 Manchester, TN

EMINEM / ARCADE FIRE / WIDESPREAD PANIC / BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD / MY MORNING JACKET / LIL WAYNE / STRING CHEESE INCIDENT / ROBERT PLANT / THE STROKES / THE DECEMBERISTS / IRON & WINE / PRIMUS / EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY / GOLGOL BORDELLO / BEIRUT / BIG BOI / BEST COAST / MATT & KIM / SLEIGH BELLS / WAVVES / OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW / KYLESA / MORE

PITCHFORK FEST

2/15-17 Chicago, IL

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / TV ON THE RADIO / FLEET FOXES /

CUT COPY / THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN / DEERHUNTER /

OFWGKTA / KYLESA AND MORE

THE FEST

10/28-30 Gainesville, Fl

HOT WATER MUSIC / AGAINST ME! / LESS THAN JAKE / LIFETIME / BOUNCING SOULS / DILLINGER FOUR / NONE MORE BLACK / PAINT IT BLACK / SMALL BROWN BIKE / DEAD TO ME / OFF WITH THEIR HEADS / BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY / DEAR LANDLORD / CHEAP GIRLS / THE MEASURE (SA) (FINAL SHOW), THE FLATLINERS / THE SNIPS / WE ARE THE UNION / GROWN UPS / TIGERS JAW / O PIONEERS!!! and MANY MORE