Festivals
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BottleRock 2021 postponed to Labor Day Weekend, likely with new headliners
Mumford & Sons perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. BottleRock Napa Valley, which was scrapped in 2020 following an initial postponement, has been postponed again in 2021, moving from its traditional Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend instead. It also…
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National Independent Venue Association, YouTube announce virtual fest to save venues
First Avenue in Minneapolis (photographed on May 19, 2020) will host Dizzy Fae as part of #SOSFEST this month. Photo: Todd Johnson. YouTube Music and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) today announced the Save Our Stages Festival (#SOSFEST), a virtual three-day music festival with new performances and other…
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SXSW going online in 2021; still hopes for physical festival
CNN’s Jake Tapper and The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah speak onstage at the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 9, 2019 in Austin, Texas. Courtes: Scott Paxton. The producers of SXSW intent to take the festival online in 2021, even as they continue to cross their fingers for…
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SF Sketchfest 2021 postponed, virtual series planned
Dana Gould performs at SF Sketchfest at the Speakeasy in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2019. Jon Bauer/STAFF. Producers of SF Sketchfest, the annual San Francisco comedy festival, have postponed the 2021 iteration of the event, which would have been the 20th annual event and typically tales place at…
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Outside Lands joins the pack, goes virtual in 2020 as ‘Inside Lands’
The Outside Lands windmill arch on Aug. 10, 2019. Adam Pardee/STAFF. Joining festivals throughout the country like BottleRock and Lollapalooza, Outside Lands is going virtual in 2020, with a streamed two-day event on Aug. 28 and 29 that will include a mix of archived performances, new live performances, and…
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass goes virtual in 2020, creates fund for local roots artists
The producers of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass have officially canceled the 2020 festival in Golden Gate Park. In its place in October, an online broadcast will include live performances by numerous artists, as well as archival streams. Additionally, the festival has launched a $1.5-million relief fund to support the local music community…
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Los Lobos to play Hardly Strictly livestream Saturday; festival’s status to be announced
Margo Price performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Los Lobos, who have performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2018, will play a live-streamed concert Saturday and participate in a live Q&A session, during which…
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INTERVIEW: Twin XL rides ‘Good’ vibes all the way to a new act for its career musicians
Twin XL, Courtesy of the band. It’s the middle of February, and Cameron Walker-Wright, one-third of indie rock trio Twin XL, is on the phone in his hotel room in Orange, New Jersey. The band, which includes brothers Stephen and John Gomez (The Summer Set), is kicking off its…
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Sonoma Harvest Music Festival, with Modest Mouse and Empire of the Sun, canceled
Death Cab for Cutie performs at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2019 Martin Lacey/STAFF. Unsurprisingly, BottleRock Presents has canceled the 2020 iteration of the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival, which was scheduled on two weekends in September. The cancelation came down to the County…
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BottleRock 2020 canceled, to continue in 2021 with same headliners
Mumford & Sons perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. BottleRock 2020 is off, officially, the event’s promoters announced Thursday. The three-day festival had originally been postponed from Memorial Day weekend to October of this year. The new dates for BottleRock will…
