Mar 24 2009
2009 music festivals…where to?
I am appalled at the vast amount of Music Festivals that are now going on in this country. If you go to any search engine and type in “2009 music festivals” you will get such amazing results.
Just 7 years ago, besides Bonnaroo, there was only a small amount of Summer Music Festivals going on. Now, it’s barely Spring, and already 5 BIG Summer Festivals have their line-up announced and tickets for sale.
I love this. I essentially LIVE for live music! Any kind of live performance really. And going to Festivals allows for me to get my fill of live performance, be it music, dance, spoken word, etc… I am just happy that others are as interested in this as well.
Going to a small or large Music Festival brings you closer to humanity. You are forced to interact with your peers, and often with people you thought you would have nothing in common with. It usually turns out, there are a million things to talk about.
Today I will just post some great Festivals that I know about, I know there are many I am missing….
~ SXSW
~ Sasquatch Music Festival
~ Bonnaroo
~ 10,000 Lakes Festival(10klf)
~ Wakarusa (amazing venue!)
~ Burning man ( I can’t even BEGIN to describe this event…)
~ Bear Creek Festival
~ Electric Daisy Carnival (Ravers paradise!)
~ Harmony
~ Power to the Peaceful
~ Earthdance
~ Gathering of the Vibes
~ Loki Music Festival
~ Targhee Bluegrass Festival
~ Project Earth
~ Emer-Gen_Cee
~ Love Parade (San Francisco)
~ Jazz Fest
~ Ultra Music Festival
~ Langerado Music Festival
~ High Sierra
~ Fairie Worlds
~ Oregon Country Fair
~ Rothbury Music and Arts Festival (AMAZING!!)
~ Coachella
~ Lollapalooza 2009 (Janes Addiction anyone?)
~ Rites of Spring(cOllege kids…)
~ Detroit Electronic Music Festival(great place to dance and hear awesome beats)
ok,ok…I know I am missing some good ones…. but there are so many!!
Check out this website for info and a great list of festivals: upvenue.com
tribe.net has many great sources for showing off everyone’s knowledge of the country’s varied music scenes.
Like I said there are so many and I want to write about them all, but I think I should GO to ALL of them first…
Well I have been to many listed above and others not listed, I would love to be able to go to all of these, especially the ones overseas! Just like people come all the way from the other side of the world to see and BE at Burning Man, I want to do the same. I have been keeping a sort of “journal” on all the World’s Music Festivals and Parties, man do I ever need to win the lottery or, better yet, find someone to “sponsor” me to go to all these amazing events and write about them and also to represent the U.S. in these places that Americans may not be seen at as much. We all love music, I love a good party, anywhere…So now that everyone knows my dream job, I feel happier to know that since it’s out there for you and the Universe to see, I may get what I want…
Music is life,
live it, feel it, and BE it!
Melissa Magic
I agree it’s amazing how many tours and music festicals are going on this year!
Wait… in the first sentence you’re “appalled at the vast amount of Music Festivals that are now going on”.. then a little bit later you say that you love it? Choose a side, dearie
I know I WAS and AM appalled at the amount of festivals that are springing up everywhere. I DO in fact enjoy the culture though… Without this sub culture there would be the same old, same old going on everywhere around us! Gotta love the lifestyle at least!