The SoundTrace: November 2014

Sunday, 30 November 2014

Music review: Queenscliff Music Festival - Sydney Morning Herald

Mesmerising: Liz Stringer, Mia Dyson and Jen Cloher.

MUSIC QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL November 28-30

A trombone, middle-aged men and sophisticated funk. I bet you're not thinking of hip-hop. Yet festival-goers of all ages, hairstyles and voting tendencies bounced along to Skunkhour's 'classic album' set on Friday night. Across the weekend punters were spoilt for choice, enjoying pop, blues, country and soul. Part Bluesfest, part Tamworth with hints of Aunty Meredith and Port Fairy's 'folkie', Queenscliff Music Festival covers most bases. Gigs from the manic (The Delta Riggs, Steve Smyth) to mellow (The Waifs, The Little Stevies, Emma Swift & Chris Pickering) rang out around town.

Some came to hear established chart-toppers but most dipped their toes into unfamiliar waters too. QMF has a knack of introducing the 'next big thing' as it's about to break. Adelaide rapper Tkay Maidza has made serious waves since launching last year. Fans lined up waiting for others to exit as the packed Pavilion heaved to her beats. The historic Vue Grand Hotel was similarly cosy during gigs by Charles Jenkins and roots revellers Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats. Festival director Andrew Orvis noted plenty of buzz around the latter - a typical QMF revelation.

The four sisters of Stonefield gave a lesson in old-school stadium rock, sounding slightly more dangerous than at their previous QMF outing, when most of them were still students. Vocalist Amy Findlay stepped out from behind the drum kit for their trademark blistering cover of Whole Lotta Love. Free earplugs came in handy during several high intensity acts. I could feel the Tijuana Cartel's pulsating rhythms from the base of my thongs.

Dan Sultan rocked out with songs from ARIA award-winning album Blackbird, as well as favourites Old Fitzroy and Letter. Hits from The Church's back catalogue slow-cooked to a propulsive wall of sound. The Bombay Royale provided colour and movement seasoned with a delectable dash of crazy. Castlemaine's D. D. Dumbo brewed his unique sound, looping guitar and beats with vocal flavours somewhere between Malian blues and Michael Hutchence.

Arnhem Land's Yirrmal and The Yolngu Boys' set included original Young Blood (inspired by a conversation with Archie Roach). QMF favourites, Yolngu and his cousins look set to be role models for young men across the country. The line between young blood and old-timers blurred further as roots acts embraced the past. Archer is to country/folk what CW Stoneking is to blues, the US-born local echoing both Chad Morgan and Woody Guthrie. Mighty entertaining. NZ's Marlon Williams delved back too, with Jim Reeves' He'll Have to Go and tear-stained oldie I Died For Love. After the challenge of balancing guitar and limbs on The Blues Train, Christopher Coleman broke hearts - and rocked - at the outdoor stage.

Big gigs ranged from a trio of icons in The Good Times Band (Morris, Clapton, Braithwaite) to smooth a cappella and laughs from Perfect Tripod. Internationals featured Hurray For The Riff Raff, from New Orleans (a gumbo of swinging and swampy influences), the sonic and visual feast of Nahko and Medicine For The People and fellow American Kristy Lee. Xavier Rudd closed the event on Sunday, uniting all in feelgood rhythm and joy. Of other highlights, one was expected and one a surprise. A late inclusion on the bill, The Imprints took looped gypsy violin, drums and dub to a whole new place, while Dyson Stringer Cloher was simply mesmerising.

Kyneton Music Festival 2015 Lineup Expands - Music Feeds

Written by Tom Williams on 1st December, 2014

The third annual Kyneton Music Festival will take place in February, and has added eight new acts added to its eclectic 2015 lineup. Punkish Melbourne rockers Harmony (pictured), classically-inspired folk artist Laura Jean and fellow Melburnians Money For Rope lead the festival's second lineup announcement.

Other acts added to next year's festivities include Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos, Sunbeam Sound Machine and The Darling Downs. The eight acts added to the lineup join a schedule already featuring acts like Little Bastard, Tully On Tully, Lunatics On Pogosticks and Cherrywood.

Kyneton Music Festival is held in the Victorian town of the same name, roughly an hour from Melbourne. The festival's 2015 celebrations will include performances in local music venue Major Tom's, as well as in The Pizza and Wine Club, the Stockroom art gallery and the Red Brick Hall, which will host a number of acoustic shows.

The Kyneton Mechanics Institute will once again be the festival hub, with both an outdoor stage and an indoor evening stage. The festival will also incorporate the community event Music In The Churches.

The 2015 Kyneton Music Festival will take place on Friday, 20th and Saturday, 21st February 2015. For more information of Kyneton accomodation and festival shuttle services, visit the Kyneton Music Festival website.

Full festival lineup and ticket details are available below.

Watch: Laura Jean - First Love Song 2015 Kyneton Music Festival Lineup

Harmony Laura Jean Money For Rope Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos Sunbeam Sound Machine The Darling Downs LA Bastard Seagull

Little Bastard Tully On Tully Yeo Liz Stringer Magic Mountain Band Cherrywood Three Kings Lunatics On Pogosticks Archer Eaten By Dogs Tracy McNeil & The Good Life The Seven Ups

+ more to be announced 2015 Kyneton Music Festival

Friday, 20th February - Saturday, 21st February 2015 Mechanics Institute, Kyneton Tickets: Kyneton Music Festival

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Saturday, 29 November 2014

Inaugural Al Berard Music Festival in Henderson - KATC Lafayette News

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6 hours 6 minutes ago by Cecilia Stevenson

The inaugural Al Berard Music Festival happens on Saturday, November 29 at Hendry Guidry Memorial Park in Henderson, LA. This event benefits the Al Berard Memorial Music Fund, a fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA). The gates open at 10 a.m. and the close at 11 p.m.

Live music will feature Basin Brothers, Bonsoir Catin, Roddie Romero, NIK-L Beer, Sweet Cecilia and others. There will also be a silent auction, food and fun for the whole family.

For more information, please contact Laura Huval at grandansefiddle@gmail.com or visit www.AlBerard.com.

The Al Berard Memorial Music Fund, a fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana, was established by the Berard Family to honor Al Berard's legacy. All gifts to the fund are tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to Community Foundation of Acadiana with 'Al Berard Memorial Fund' in the memo and mail to 1035 Camellia Blvd., Ste. 100, Lafayette, LA 70508. For more information regarding Community Foundation of Acadiana or to learn how you can establish your own fund, please contact Erin Winder at 337.769.4842 or ewinder@cfacadiana.org.

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Friday, 28 November 2014

FulaBula music fest to aid Carlsbad woman - U-T San Diego

Julie Keith, 25, of Carlsbad, suffers from a chronic pain syndrome that affects her nervous system. She will be the beneficiary of the 2014 FulaBula Festival, a two-day music festival featuring more than a dozen local bands on Saturday and Sunday at Le Papagayo restaurant in Leucadia. - Sean M. Haffey

— Every Thanksgiving weekend since 2000, Oceanside musician Semisi Ma'u has hosted a free music festival in Leucadia to raise money for local causes.

In the early years, proceeds from the FulaBula Festival went toward buying musical instruments for school bands. In recent years, donations went to youth sports programs and the families of two North County musicians who died of cancer.

This year's FulaBula beneficiary is Julie Keith, a 25-year-old Carlsbad woman with a progressive nerve disease. Ma'u is the leader of the Oceanside band Semisi & FulaBula, and he met the Keith family last year though one of his longtime band members.

The annual FulaBula Festival, which runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 29-30, at Le Papagayo Restaurant, 1002 N. Coast Highway, will feature more than a dozen musical acts playing 40-minute sets of steel drum, classic rock, jazz, Latin and other styles of music. Cash and checks for Keith will be accepted at the door and La Papagayo will donate 30 percent of all weekend sales to the cause. There will also be a silent auction featuring a donated painting by artist Patrick Carney.

Ma'u said the festival raises about $2,000 each year, which Keith said she hopes to use for therapy to treat reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), a neurological chronic pain syndrome she has suffered from since childhood. She would also like to buy a wet suit and new surfboard, because when she's in the ocean she can forget about the illness that causes fiery pain and swelling in her skin, muscles and joints.

RSD is a form of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPD) that affect from 5 to 15 out of 100,000 people in the U.S, said Dr. Timothy Furnish at UCSD's Center for Pain Medicine in La Jolla. Furnish, who is Keith's doctor, said CRPD is fairly uncommon. He and his colleagues at the center each treat about 5 CRPD patients among their several hundred patients.

Furnish said the illness was first described medically by Civil War surgeon Silas Weir Mitchell, who coined the name 'causalgia' to describe the burning pain and swelling in the limbs of the soldiers he treated. Furnish said the illness usually begins after a fracture, sprain or surgery. Some cases can be cured with aggressive treatment, while others can cause lifelong debilitating pain. Treatments include physical therapy, the use of anesthetic injections around the affected area and spinal implants.

FulaBula Festival

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Where: Le Papagayo Restaurant, 1002 N. Coast Highway, Leucadia

Admission: Free (donations accepted)

Phone: (760) 331-3671

Online:

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Julie's mother Pamela Keith, 54, said RSD has robbed her daughter of a normal life and devastated their family finances. They share a one-bedroom apartment in Carlsbad, where Pamela serves as her daughter's full-time caregiver. She also has been teacher to her daughter, whose illness required that she be home-schooled through much of her middle and high school years.

'To watch somebody in such severe pain their entire life, disintegrating in front of you, causes you to question everything you believe in,' Pamela said. 'It's an unrelenting, demoralizing, progressive, unpredictable illness.'

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Outdoor Texas Music Festivals: What Not to Do - Houston Press (blog)

Free Press Summer Fest dodged a pretty serious bullet this year. When festival officials announced that the grounds around Eleanor Tinsley Park needed to be evacuated around 2 p.m. on the Saturday of the festival, some of us who were there had visions of pandemonium at the exits and the kind of heavy rains that would have had leftover props from Russell Crowe's Noah floating down Buffalo Bayou. But we were spared a direct hit from the weather and while the evacuation spawned a ton of predictable social-media carping, all in all everything worked out OK once everyone (finally) got back into the park.

Indeed, FPSF went on to have a pretty successful weekend, eventually drawing hordes of people, especially Sunday, and officially selling out for the second year in a row. No doubt the FPSF folks in the golf carts and production trailers could have done without the close call, but all the same, this near-miss couldn't help but remind us of a few other outdoor Texas festivals some people would probably rather forget. (Note: why are we re-running it in November? Haven't you already started to feel that familiar FPSF itch yet?)

5. Robert Earl Keen's Lousy Picnic Now a beloved Texas tradition held each year in Fort Worth's Stockyards entertainment district, in 1974 Willie Nelson's Fourth of July picnic was actually a success -- drawing some 40,000 people to College Station's Texas World Speedway to hear the likes of Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, Michael Martin Murphey and more -- except for one future star: a Houston native named Robert Earl Keen. The future godfather of Texas country had just graduated from Sharpstown High School and would soon attend Texas A&M University, where he became friends with another aspiring musician named Lyle Lovett.

As Keen himself tells it, he had managed to score a date to the Picnic (a rarity in those days) but his car somehow caught fire during the concert and his date ran off with some other guys, leaving him to hitchhike back home. But he did get a great story out of it; oddly, one that has worked out much better as an extended intro to his traditional set-closer 'The Road Goes On Forever,' as heard on his brilliant 1996 live album No. 2 Live Dinner, than an actual song. At least so far.

Years later, a fan approached Keen at a show in Utah and showed him a picture of the singer-songwriter's car on fire in the speedway's parking area, which became the cover of his 1997 album Picnic. The two old A&M buddies played a delightful show at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion back in September.

4. Texas Pop Festival Is Ahead of Its Time Just a couple of weeks after Woodstock in 1969, the Texas International Pop Festival set up shop at another racetrack, the Dallas International Motor Speedway in Denton County, and set the burgeoning counterculture loose in staunchly conservative North Texas like someone had knocked over a mound of fire ants. The three-day event drew acts like Led Zeppelin, Santana, Janis Joplin, Grand Funk Railroad, B.B. King and Sly & the Family Stone, while their fans spurred The Dallas Morning News to write an editorial so scathing you can practically see the blue hairs curling.

'Young people assembling to hear music is one thing,' it read. 'Young people assembling in unspeakable costumes, half-naked, barefooted, defying propriety and scorning morality is another. Who and where are their parents? Where do these young people get the money to loaf around the country in their smelly regalia?'

Just imagine a paper writing something like that today. Despite drawing as many as 150,000 fans by some estimates, Texas Pop was not a success, reportedly losing around $100,000. There was no festival the next year, but it lives on through a number of bootleg recordings -- including one of Zeppelin's set said to be among the best of its kind -- and the never-released documentary film Got No Shoes, Got No Blues that is still in circulation, albeit difficult to find. And in 2011, the Texas Pop Festival even got its own state historical marker.

Photo by Jim Bricker

3. ACL Gets Washed Away After the 'Dillo Dirt' adventure of 2009 (we'll get to that), the Austin City Limits Music Festival organizers no doubt figured they had thought every possible rain scenario through. They probably didn't figure on the showers that started more than an hour into the Cure's Saturday-night set becoming the kind of flash floods Central Texas hadn't seen in several years.

With most of Zilker Park literally underwater by Sunday morning -- leading to some stunning pictures, including these published on the Republic of Austin Web site -- ACL had no choice but to announce the first-ever full-day cancellation in festival history. But after all that rain, the only way anyone could have seen Lionel Richie, the scheduled Sunday-night closer, would have been on a raft.

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Thursday, 27 November 2014

Sasquatch! Music Festival Returning to Four Day Format in 2015 - Paste Magazine

George, Washington's Sasquatch! Music Festival is officially returning to its four day format next year after testing out a two-weekend event in 2014. The added weekend was eventually canceled before a full trial run could even take place; Live Nation Seattle President Jeff Tisler explained at the time, 'the second weekend was not embraced ... Going forward, Sasquatch! Music Festival will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre on the weekend the fans want: Memorial Day Weekend only.'

2015's festival will take place at the Gorge from May 22-25 with a lineup to be announced sometime in February. Last year's headliners included The National, M.I.A. and Outkast, who went on a marathon tour of over 40 festivals in 2014. Starting this Friday (Nov. 28), discounted presale tickets for Sasquatch! will be available on the festival's website for $325.

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Suburbia Music Festival in Jeopardy as It Loses LiveNation Support [UPDATE] - Dallas Observer (blog)

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Is the suburban dream already over? For festival organizers in Plano, it's certainly become much more of a long shot. After only its first year, the Suburbia Music Festival, held last May at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve, has lost the support of festival organizer LiveNation. It's a blow to the city, who not only invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in making the event a reality but whom will now have to find a new name if they wish to carry on. See also:Suburbia Music Fest Eases Into the North Texas Festival FrayThe Fans of SuburbiaDoes Dallas Want Its Own Austin City Limits?

'We enjoyed working with LiveNation. They're great people,' says Plano Parks and Recreation Director Amy Fortenberry. She says the city was notified of the decision last week. 'We were disappointed LiveNation wanted to opt out of the arrangement, which was their option in the agreement.'

From the outset, Suburbia made for an interesting test case. Would folks really want to go to Plano for a music festival? Would the locals care? With a reported 20,000 fans attending over the festival's two days, it was at least a solid first year effort, although it's not clear whether those numbers reached LiveNation's expectations. (LiveNation did not respond to initial requests for comment.)

'We saw the potential of what the event can be,' insists Fortenberry. 'We went into it with a long-term vision, expecting to experience some losses in the first and second year.' While losing the support of LiveNation is clearly a setback, she remains optimistic: 'I think the site is fantastic... The venue is still one of the best venues in the country.'

The City of Plano poured $500,000 into making Suburbia Festival happen, so not surprisingly they're eager to keep the festival going in future years. As Fortenberry points out, however, 'That was to be a one-time payment and would not have been required going into year two' -- a fact that may or may not have had a bearing on LiveNation's decision to withdraw after only one year.

Either way, continuing for a second year will mean finding a new promoter and also rebranding the festival. 'Live Nation has a registered trademark on the name Suburbia Music Festival,' says Fortenberry. 'So yes, a new name will be necessary.' But there appears to be no question of the city approving such measures at this point: Last night, the council already approved a request for permit to seek out a new partner.

'There's no charge for the use of the park (to the promoter), so it's a great incentive,' Fortenberry says. The RFP will be released tomorrow, with the deadline for submissions due by January 9. Potential agreements will then need to be approved by the city council. 'We're looking forward to seeing who's out there and who's interested.'

LiveNation has issued the following statement:

'Live Nation was proud to produce the Suburbia Music Festival this year as it kicked off the 2014 summer concert season. Together with the City of Plano, we brought world class music talent to fans throughout North Texas. While we will not produce Suburbia Music Festival in 2015, we look forward to continue bringing exciting live entertainment to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in the future.' DC9 AT NIGHT'S GREATEST HITS 50 Signs You've Been Partying Too Long in DentonFlorida Georgia Line Danced on the Grave of Country at Gexa on SaturdayWhat Your Favorite North Texas Band Says About YouDoes Dallas Want Its Own Austin City Limits?The Best Places in Dallas to Go When You're StonedLocation Info Entities 0 Name: Suburbia Count: 6 1 Name: Plano Count: 4 2 Name: Fortenberry Count: 4 3 Name: LiveNation Count: 3 4 Name: North Texas Count: 2 5 Name: Your Favorite North Texas Band Says About You Does Dallas Want Its Own Austin City Limits Count: 1 6 Name: Amy Fortenberry Count: 1 7 Name: RFP Count: 1 8 Name: Dallas Count: 1 9 Name: Suburbia Does Dallas Want Its Own Austin City Limits Count: 1 10 Name: Denton Florida Georgia Line Danced Count: 1 11 Name: Dallas\/Ft Count: 1 12 Name: Best Places Count: 1 13 Name: Suburbia Music Festival Count: 1 14 Name: Plano Parks and Recreation Count: 1 15 Name: Gexa Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/11UgaQ4 Title: Plano vows another 'signature' music event after Live Nation yanks Suburbia festival Description: By all accounts, the inaugural Suburbia Music Festival, held last May at Plano's Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve, was quite the success for a first-timer: a few good bands (Alabama Shakes, Rev. Horton Heat, Run the Jewels), good turnout (20,000 or so), good times.

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Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival 2015 Lineup Announced Featuring Dropkick ... - mxdwn.com

Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival has announced their 2015 lineup including Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, and Refused, to celebrate the 17th annual celebration of punk music.

Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival has announced their 2015 lineup, which includes Dropkick Murphys, Refused, and Rancid. The festival will take place in downtown Los Vegas on May 23rd, 24th, and 25th of next year.

The festival will feature three days of outdoor festival, four nights of club shows, a two-day pool tournament, hotel pool parties, a poker tournament, and comedy shows. There will be a total of ninety bands performing throughout the weekend.

The festival began in 1999 as a way to bring together members of the indie punk music scene by having a huge Las Vegas party. Two hundred and fifty bowling teams will be competing over the course of the festival, with the games spanning four different bowling venues.

All ages are welcome to the event, but under 18 requires an adult companion, and only 21 and over can get into the night club events.

Tickets to the event are sold through the festival's website only. Tickets will be going on sale in January, so the prices aren't posted yet, but last year's tickets were $110 for a three-day pass, and $275 for a VIP pass. The festival also sells single day tickets and tickets to the night club shows.

The headliners for this year's event features American celtic rockers Dropkick Murphys, who have been touring all this year in support of their latest album Signed and Sealed in Blood.

Another headliner is Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, who recently announced their second reunion with performances at a string of festivals next year, including Punk Rock Bowling Festival.

Rancid, Berkeley's punk rockers, who recently released their first album in six years titled ...Honor Is All We Know.

One of the biggest celebration of punk music around, the festival's website stated,

'This is a 3 day outdoor festival starting in the afternoon and features 9 great bands each day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday celebrated with 7,000 of your close personal punk rock friends and many new lifelong friends to be made.'

Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival 2015 Lineup

Dropkick Murphys Rancid Refused

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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Winter Music Festival offers a week of world-class entertainment in Ruidoso - Ruidoso News

Dr. Lisa Cheryl Thomas will perform at Sacred Grounds' new location

Posted: 11/26/2014 11:20:32 AM MST

The Winter Music Festival is about to begin.

The festival, previously known as the Chamber Music Festival, begins with a free performance by Cuban-born classical master guitarist Hector Garcia Dec. 5 at the St. Joseph's Apache Mission Church in Mescalero.

Thought by many to be the best classical guitarist in the world, Garcia received his master of guitar and master of music degrees from Peyrellade Conservatory and subsequently joined the faculty of the conservatory.

He later studied with the eminent musicologist and guitarist Emilio Pujol in Barcelona, and assisted him with master classes for advance students and performing artists.

Garcia's repertoire consists of works spanning the Renaissance through the present day, performed on the original instruments. Garcia plays a Pimentel guitar in addition to vihuela, lute, and baroque guitar. He has performed with orchestras including the Havana Symphony, Los Angeles Sinfoniette, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, University of Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, Dupon Consortium, and Caspar Symphony, and has toured major U.S. and European cities as well as Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Canary Islands, and Africa.

Garcia will perform at 6 p.m. Admission is free but a voluntary donation to the church restoration fund is requested.

Dec. 6 marks the date for a fundraiser for the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts, the new auspice of the Chamber Music Festival.

Pianist Dr. Lisa Cheryl Thomas will perform following the Festival of Lights Parade at the future location of Sacred Grounds Coffee & Tea House, 2702 Sudderth Drive.

Thomas graduated with a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance from the University of North Texas. Her research and lecture recitals on American Classical Native Piano Repertoire and Indianist Piano Repertoire have awakened a new enthusiasm and interest in the music, which she has performed internationally in Varna, Bulgaria and Amalfi, Italy and in America.

Thomas is of Native American stock, counting members of the Cherokee, Blackfoot and Sioux tribes among her ancestors.

Tickets for the Dec. 6 performance are $20.

Thomas also will perform Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Mescalero School Auditorium and again the following week for the Ruidoso Public Schools.

The Winter Music Festival also includes Christmas concerts by the Ruidoso High School Band at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9, and the Ruidoso High School Choir at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Admission for both performances is free and will be held in the Ruidoso High School auditorium on Warrior Drive.

Finishing out the Winter Festival will be a performance by 2013 Van Cliburn Competition bronze medalist Sean Chen.

Hailed as a charismatic rising star, pianist Chen won over fans and critics at the competition with 'an exceptional ability to connect with an audience combined with an easy virtuosity,' the Huffington Post reported.

The first American to earn a Cliburn award since 1997, Chen took home third prize, just months after being named the 2013 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow of the American Pianists Association.

Chen will perform at 3 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Ruidoso High School auditorium. Admission is $15 for students; $25 for adults.

'We are very happy and excited to announce that the first new and improved festival presented by the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts will be held Dec. 5-13,' said Rebecca Ponder, board member. 'It will be held in multiple locations in and around Ruidoso. We're calling this first festival, the 2014 Winter Music Festival and are looking forward to bringing diverse and new musical offerings to the area.'

To purchase tickets or for information on supporting the Mountain Entertainment Group for the Arts call 575-937-0411 or visit www.megarts.net.

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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Plano vows another 'signature' music event after Live Nation yanks Suburbia ... - Dallas Morning News (blog)

By all accounts, the inaugural Suburbia Music Festival, held last May at Plano's Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve, was quite the success for a first-timer: a few good bands (Alabama Shakes, Rev. Horton Heat, Run the Jewels), good turnout (20,000 or so), good times. But Live Nation, which brought the event to Plano, has opted out of its deal with the city, which means there won't be a repeat in 2015.

Plano says it hopes the show will go on, but it'll have to be under a different moniker, as Live Nation owns the name Suburbia Music Festival.

'We're going to put out, on the wishes of council last night, a request for proposals,' says Plano spokesman Steve Stoler. 'We're going to approach other promoters to see if they want to put it on. If we get other proposals, we'll bring it back to council. We wanted to create a music festival that was a signature event for Plano, and based on year one we thought it was a real success.'

Stoler says the event generated about '$1.7 million in PR value for the city and $150,000 in hotel-room visits.' But in the end, Live Nation said they lost money - despite the fact Plano planted $500,000 in seed money, which won't happen in 2015. Stoler says Plano will have $125,000 in hotel tax money to spend on the event next year. Plano also could have broken up with Live Nation, but it had hoped to proceed with a 2015 festival until Live Nation sent its 'Dear John' letter to city hall.

'They knew upfront they were going to lose money,' Stoler says. 'We got 20,000 people. The reviews were very, very positive. Everyone had a great time. It was wonderful. And Live Nation, when they were there, was talking about bringing in some bigger names the second year. Another issue they said was parking, but they didn't seem interested in working out the issue in recent months, which gave us the gut feeling' they were out.

Messages have been left for Live Nation, which books shows into the House of Blues, the American Airlines Center, Starplex Gexa Energy Pavilion and other Dallas venues.

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Promoter pulls out of Suburbia Music Festival - Dallas Morning News (blog)

Live Nation Entertainment, which hosted Plano's inaugural Suburbia Music Festival earlier this year, has pulled out of the event, city officials announced Monday. The music promoter 'felt they gave it a good shot but the economics just didn't work,' Plano City Manager Bruce Glasscock said. He said he was disappointed in the company's decision because the May 3-4 event drew more than 20,000 people and 'received rave reviews from music critics.' The outdoor festival was held at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve. The city will issue requests for proposals to see if another promoter with experience in large-scale music events is interested in the event

'While we are disappointed Live Nation decided not to take this journey with us, we are extremely optimistic we will find a great partner to continue producing a world class music festival,' Amy Fortenberry, Director of Parks and Recreation, said in a statement issued today. 'We are in the process of making improvements at Oak Point Park that will make this incredible scenic location an even better venue for a music festival.'

City officials want to keep the festival at Oak Point Park. But if another promoter is found, Plano will have to find another name for the event. That's because Live Nation owns the name Suburbia Music Festival.

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Monday, 24 November 2014

Plano Pulls Plug On Suburbia Music Festival - CBS Local

PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - Plano has pulled the plug on its annual Suburbia Music Festival that takes place at Oak Point Park. Its promoter, Live Nation has opted out of its contract with the city for next year's event.

'We're disappointed that Live Nation is pulling out but maybe there are opportunities to work for them in the future or another promoter,' said Plano Parks and Rec Director, Amy Fortenberry.

The popular festival attracted 20,000 people last May. Music fans like Nick Marinelli, thought it was cool and close to home.

'It's great. Who doesn't like live concerts you know,' asked Marinelli.

Apparently not enough people liked the Suburbia Music Festival since it drew a crowd half the size as anticipated by promoters. There were also concerns about parking and nearby residents complained about noise and traffic. But a city spokesperson said they considered it a success and will look for another promoter to continue the event.

Plano invested $500,000 into the festival. Live Nation owns the rights to Suburbia's name, so if the music fest wants to continue, it will have to rebrand.

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Four-day passes to Sasquatch! Music Festival available Friday, Nov. 28 ... - The Seattle Times (blog)

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Four-day passes to Sasquatch! Music Festival available Friday, Nov. 28 | Ticket alert

Four-day festival passes to Sasquatch! Music Festival will be available at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 28. The festival takes place over four days from May 22-25, at Gorge Amphitheatre in Grant County. Four-day passes are $350 and available via SasquatchFestival.com. The complete lineup will be announced in February.

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Take a tour inside the TomorrowWorld music festival - CBS News

Fans don't have to wait until next September to get a glimpse inside of TomorrowWorld.

TomorrowWorld, the Atlanta-area offspring of Belgium's Tomorrowland electronic dance music festival, recently teamed with YouVisit to launch a new interactive tour, letting EDM fans and festival-goers see the festival firsthand through 360-degree online panoramas, videos and Google-Earth-style interactive walk-throughs.

'They can actually experience walking around the campgrounds, walking around the stage with the DJs and really feel truly immersive in the full experience,' said Endri Tolka, co-founder and CFO of YouVisit.

'It really allows fans to step in to experience....Our venue at TomorrowWorld is one of our differentiating factors compared to any other festival in the country,'added Joe Silberzweig, marketing manager of TomorrowWorld. 'We're set on an 8,000-acre farm just outside of Atlanta with rolling hills and sprawling lakes. It's really a special venue.'

Launched in 2013, TomorrowWorld is held in a very 'open landscape' in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. Plans are already taking shape for next year's event, scheduled for Sept. 25 -27 , with tickets already on sale. The upcoming theme festival theme? The Key to Happiness.

The 2015 line-up has yet to be announced, but this year's TomorrowWorld featured performances by big EDM names, including David Guetta, Diplo, Tiesto, Avicii and more.

Silberzweig says music festivals in general are becoming more popular.

'Beyond electronic dance music, Americans are just really taking a liking and a feeling a connection to music festival culture,' said Silberzweig. 'I think there's a big shift right now from the concert amphitheater, chair-back environment -- to what I think millennials are really looking for: a more immersive and experiential environment where they can interact with different parts of the festival. They can experience different types of music on different stages and really be a part of the experience rather than just watching it.'

TomorrowWorld is just one of many EDM festivals staged each year. There's also the Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival and Electric Zoo, among others.

Take a look at the gallery above for 24 reasons to check out an EDM festival and click here for the interactive tour.

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Drake Announces Future Music Festival Sideshow Dates - Crave Online

The Australian 'Drake Tour' website has now sprung to life, announcing the rapper's maiden Australian headline tour. Drake will perform all ages shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane when he's in town for Future Music Festival 2015 in February/March. Supporting him on all dates will be fellow rapper and frequent collaborator 2 Chainz.

Drake is known for his impressive live productions, which include pyrotechnics, fire, lasers, and huge lighting and sound systems. The Canadian hip-hop artist recently toured the US on the Drake vs Lil Wayne co-headline tour, but will be headlining his own Australian tour next year, performing material from his three studio albums.

Drake released his latest album, Nothing Was The Same, in September 2013. In July, he revealed to that he's at work on his next album, titled Views From The 6. One of the richest stars in hip hop, he is now worth an estimated USD$33 million.

Drake is set to headline Future Music Festival in March, as the festival travels through Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. 2 Chainz is also set to play at the festival. Other acts on the lineup include Avicii, The Prodigy, Die Antwoord and Martin Garrix.

Drake's 2015 Australian tour begins in Sydney on Wednesday, 25th February, and wraps up in Brisbane on Thursday, 5th March. Tour and ticket details are available below.

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Sunday, 23 November 2014

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Saturday, 22 November 2014

This weekend in live music: Tampa Heights Music Festival - Creative Loafing Tampa

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Lots of live music on tap this weekend before Thanksgiving. A breakdown below...

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
The Whiskey Gentry, The Higher Choir, Will Quinlan A few Atlanta-area roots-hued acts share the New World's patio stage with the Bay area's own folk rock troubadour Will Quinlan on this night - The Whiskey Gentry, their country-twangy fiddle-jumping sound fueled by the sweet drawling vocal melodies of frontwoman Lauren Staley, and The Higher Choir, their bourbon-kicking organ-driven tunes led by the rough-rasping howls of Chance Walls. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)

Clint Black Texas country music staple Clint Black enjoyed his come-up in the late '80s with a debut full-length, Killin' Time, that spawned four No. 1 singles and earned the then-fresh multi-instrumental singer-songwriter four Academy of Country Music awards. He's put out eight LPs and a few holiday albums since as well as several compilations; the fourth and latest collection, When I Said I Do, is a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store exclusive that dropped last year and found Black re-recording the title track along with other love songs spanning his more than 25-year career. (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Instruments of Change 'Play it Forward' Concert Locally-based nonprofit organization Instruments of Change - which provides new and gently used instruments and free instruction to the community's disadvantaged youth - celebrates its five-year anniversary with its second annual Play It Forward concert. The national headliner is country music crooner Amber Carrington, who enjoyed her time in the spotlight as a top five semi-finalist coached by Adam Levine on Season 4 of NBC's The Voice. Also performing on this night is Striking Matches, a harmonizing country-rock duo made up of Sarah Zimmermann (guitar, mandolin) and Justin Davis (guitar), who've had seven songs featured on ABC drama Nashville, and rising young (17-year-old) songstress of twangy sounds, hometown favorite Caroline Kole. (Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa)

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Tampa Heights Music Festival with Jeff Kashiwa, Spam All Stars, New Groove City Feat. Gumbi Ortiz, Acme Jazz Garage, The Gerry Williams Band, Dynasty This weekend seems to be jam-packed with small, diverse and well-curated festivals, including the inaugural Tampa Heights Music Festival, a free (tickets required) day-long event that brings a handful of acts to the new Water Works Park. The flavors of the day are jazzy, funky, soulful and worldly, with an obvious highlight in Miami-spawned hip hop-and-Latin-music fused groovetronic ensemble Spam All Stars, and smooth n' easy jazz fusion sax player Jeff Kashiwa, best known for his tenure with The Rippingtons. (Water Works Park, Tampa)

Listener with Homeless Gospel Choir, Fero Lux, Brother Cephus A rather diverse bill of Saturday night music as headed up by Listener, aka Dan Smith, a Arkansas musician doling out doses of self-styled 'talk music,' his gruff-drawling stream of consciousness-style waxings on the American condition delivered over three albums worth of twangy, crunchy rock n' roll. (Orpheum, Ybor City)

Kurt Travis with Hotel Books, Tommy Boys, Samurai Shotgun, Rising Down Dance Gavin Dance's former frontman and the current leader of A Lot Like Birds, Kurt Travis, hits Ybor behind his studio full-length, Everything Is Beautiful. Also of note: Hotel Books, which pits gruff-voiced spoken word vocalizations against ambient post-rock instrumentals. (Market on 7th, Ybor City)

Thanksgiving Murkfest 3! with Mickey Spixx, Virginia Rose Band, Five Drexler, Genolexis, Ken Kong, Lyrikal & F.E.T.U.S, Trigger City Trio, Da Unknown Poet, Pedro El Poeta, OneRuggedSoul & many more Thanksgiving Murkfest strives to expose the diversity and hard-won chops of the local music scene via a day-long showcase featuring Bay area rock and hip hop acts. The third annual event is held at artist-owned gallery/warehouse Kymatic Studios and among the performers are femme-led crunchy alt rocking and driving Virginia Rose Band, which celebrates the release of a debut full-length, Make Believe; F.E.T.U.S., an emcee that delivers a darker, fiercer brand of hip hop in the vein of Tech N9ne but with more Southern crunking production by Lyrikal; and OneRuggedSoul, a trio with prog-heavy sounds that rip and rage, then slow down to a deliberate, drawn-out seethe only to regain propulsive speed in new single 'Devils.' Music starts at 7 p.m.; admission is $5. (Kymatic Studios, St. Petersburg)

Snacking, You'll Live, Shady Nasty, Basebourne, Pilgrimage A fatty pack of heavy Florida-brewed talent ranging from the experimental math-y technicality and tempo-changing ambient-meets-driving experimentalism of Lakeland's Pilgrimage, to the emo-soaked alt rock propulsion of South Florida's Basebourne. More info on The Fuzz Factory - a new(ish) DIY-style venue bringing touring indie acts to Gulfport - right here. (Fuzz Factory, Gulfport)

Miggs The latest round of dates from miggs - the Tampa pop rock band led by namesake native vocalist/guitarist Don Miggs - is a hype tour for forthcoming sixth studio album due out in early 2015 and preceded by anthemic groove-vibing first single 'Walls Come Down.' (Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa)

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Hooten Holler Country Jamboree wiyh Coctel Del Diablo, Dank III, Doug Burns, Gotohells, Hairdresser On Fire, The Huckleberry Family, Rebekah Pulley, Sara Rose Band, Uncle Pervy, Zanesville In the vein of past tributes paying tribute to yacht rock and '80s hair metal, Pretty Voices/Crippled Masters musician and scene staple Roger Peterson stages Hooten Holler Country Jamboree, which finds nearly a dozen local acts putting their original sonic stamp on old school country n' western fare. I imagine 'Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw' and 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' will be in there somewhere, maybe even an 'Islands in the Stream.' Re-imagined cuts by elder greats like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willy Nelson, Hank Williams (Jr. and Sr.), Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Rosanne Cash and Buck Owens are likely on tap as well, but so far, participants have kept mum about exact setlist selections. You'll just have to pony up $5 and find out for yourself. (Local 662, St. Petersburg)

Melissa Etheridge The smoky-voiced acoustic guitar-rocking songstress has dealt with a lot of personal matters on a public-scale forum: her sexuality (she came out in 1993), her relationships (she has two children with ex-partner Julie Cypher, both fathered by CSNY primary David Crosby, and twins with ex-wife Tammy Lynn Michaels), her breast cancer scare (in remission since 2005) and her use of medical marijuana as a result. Sometimes all this news overshadows Melissa Etheridge's musical accomplishments, namely five multi-platinum-selling albums, a few Grammys and a creative well that continues yielding new material; her 12th studio LP, This is M.E. (ME), dropped in September. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Sykes Chapel Concert Artist Series: Tom Teasley This free afternoon concert presented by University of Tampa features the talents of DC-area world percussionist and educator Tom Teasley, who uses parts of a drum-kit along with clay drums, marimba, shakers, djembe, Hang and various other exotic hand percussion instruments to build solos using techniques from around the globe. Here, his set touches on traditional, improvisational and original works, combining ancient percussion with digital technology. Teasley has received three Fulbright-Hayes Awards for his collaborations with indigenous master musicians. (Sykes Chapel at UT, Tampa)

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PUJOL with Sonic Graffiti, Florida Night Heat Despite being laid-down in clumsy, slap-dash recording conditions (a temporary studio set up at a teen suicide-prevention center and operated during its closed office hours, from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m.), and using mostly borrowed and donated gear, the new sophomore outing from Daniel Pujol aka PUJOL, Kludge - the album fueling this tour - is rather well-crafted, good-natured, buoyant yet crusty garage rock. (New World Brewery, Ybor City)

Rock School Blowout The Patel Conservatory's free showcase featuring students from its Rock School program moves off-campus to the Skipperdome. After their performances of classic and new rock n' roll tunes, locally-grown virtuoso Christie Lenée delivers a solo set showing off her impressive guitar prowess. (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)

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Friday, 21 November 2014

"This is Memphis" Music Festival Showcases Local Talent - Memphis Flyer

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Sounds of live rock, country, folk, and hip-hop will flow through the New Daisy Theatre this Saturday during the first annual 'This is Memphis' music festival.

Blue TOM Records, a label spearheaded by University of Memphis students, is presenting the culture-filled event. Among the diverse lineup of artists slated to perform include Mason Jar Fireflies, Mary Owens, Austyn Michael, Deering and Down, and Drew Erwin.

Tickets can be purchased for $5 in advance, but on the day of the event tickets will be $7. There are also V.I.P. tickets available, which provide exclusive access to the venue's lounge area as well as a plate of barbecue.

All of the proceeds from This is Memphis will be split among the performing acts.

'We just wanted to give back to the artists because the industry is so tough,' said Misty Ingram, publicist for Blue TOM Records. 'We just wanted to let the artists know they are appreciated. 'This is what you earned. The people came to see you.''

Famed rock 'n' roll artist/musician Jerry Lee Lewis is among the sponsors for This is Memphis, donating $1,000 toward the event.

Although this is the first installment of the event, Ingram said she hopes This is Memphis will blossom into a music festival known for showcasing some of the best up-and-coming talent Memphis has to offer.

'It probably sounds cliché, but I want [attendees] to embrace what Memphis is all about,' Ingram said. 'I want them to know that there are artists out here that are talented and are gifted. I want them to just come and have fun and experience the whole 'This is Memphis' culture.'

Doors at the New Daisy open at 7 p.m. for This is Memphis. Live performances begin at 8 p.m.

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Nelsonville Music Festival 2015 lineup includes St. Vincent, Merle Haggard - Columbus Dispatch (blog)

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The main walkway of the 2011 Nelsonville Music Festival, held in Nelsonville, Ohio (Brooke LaValley | Dispatch)

The 11th annual Nelsonville Music Festival will feature Merle Haggard, St. Vincent, Trampled by Turtles, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Moon Hooch and My Bubba, as announced by on the festival's website today.

Presented by Stuart's Opera House and held at Hocking College's Historic Village of Robbins Crossing, the Nelsonville Music Festival has grown from a daylong, folk-centered event to a four-day showcase of diverse acts that in recent years have included The Flaming Lips, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Andrew Bird, Dinosaur Jr. and Iron & Wine.

'We definitely have become more known,' said Tim Peacock, executive director of the celebration in southeastern Ohio, in a Dispatch story earlier this year. 'It's good for our community.'

Weekend passes for the 2015 festival are available at NelsonvilleFest.org for $110.

See you all at #nmf15!

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Thursday, 20 November 2014

NJ man caught with drugs on way to Illinois music festival gets 9 years in ... - NJ.com

A New Jersey man was sentenced to nine years in prison after he was caught with LSD, ecstasy and ketamine in Illinois, according to local media reports.

Milan Matarazzo, 22, of Whitehouse Station, was driving to a music festival in Chillicothe, Ill. when officers from a drug enforcement task force stopped him in May 2013, the Journal Star in Peoria, Ill. reported.

Authorities heavily patrol the area surrounding the music festival's camp grounds every year around the time of the event, according to the report. Around 120 drug cases typically get filed each year from these traffic stops, James Mack, the state's attorney, told the newspaper.

Most of these cases, however, are misdemeanors, Mack said.

Matarazzo was charged with nine felonies including trafficking LSD, ecstasy and ketamine, an animal sedation medication abused by drug users. He was facing a maximum sentece of 30 years in prison, according to the report.

Matarazzo took a plea agreement which eliminated the trafficking charges and 'reduced the amounts on some charges,' the report said.

He can request to serve his sentence in a facility in New Jersey.

Alex Napoliello may be reached at anapoliello@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @alexnapoNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

Toby Keith Joins Taste of Country Music Festival Lineup - The Boot

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The Taste of Country Music Festival has not one, not two, but three country superstars in its lineup. Toby Keith has been added to the three-day festival, ensuring that fans will not only be drinking out of red Solo cups, but singing about them as well.

ToC Fest is set to take place June 12-14, 2015, at Hunter Mountain Resort in Hunter, N.Y. Keith joins previously announced headliners Tim McGraw and Keith Urban ... and that's just the beginning.

'We're not finished yet,' says Dhruv Prasad, executive vice president of live events for Townsquare Media, which owns the festival. 'All I can say is there are more great acts to be announced, so stay tuned.'

Due to demand, and in addition to its usual lineup of ticketing and camping packages, the festival is offering attendees a new off-site car and RV camping option at Bear Creek, located a few miles from the festival grounds. All campers at this new spot will receive free shuttle service to and from the main event area.

'As we continue to grow, we want to accommodate as many people as we can who want to camp,' says Matt LaRose, Townsquare's vice president of live events. 'The off-site camping option is a great solution, as it's very affordable, close to the festival grounds and provides additional amenities, like free showers and shuttle service.'

But prices just increased, so be sure to nab your spot and ticket (and encourage your friends to do the same) in order to get the best deal! You can find more information at the Taste of Country Music Festival's website.

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ToC Fest Announcement - Taste of Country

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Toby Keith has been announced as the third and final headliner for the 2015 Taste of Country Music Festival!

Keith joins fellow superstars Tim McGraw and Keith Urban to headline the three-day festival, which takes place June 12-14 at the beautifully scenic Hunter Mountain in Hunter, N.Y.

Past years have included a mix of some of the the biggest stars in country and hot young acts, including Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Brantley Gilbert, Hank Williams, Jr., Randy Houser, Chase Rice, Thompson Square and many more. With three of country's biggest names already confirmed, 2015 promises to be the biggest year yet for the event, which is the first and only three-day country music and camping festival in the northeast.

'We are thrilled to add Toby Keith to our superstar lineup,' says Dhruv Prasad, Executive Vice President, Live Events, Townsquare Media Inc. 'There is not a country music festival in the Northeast that can boast Tim, Keith and Toby as headliners. And we're not finished yet - all I can say is there are more great acts to be announced, so stay tuned.'

Tickets for the Taste of Country Music Festival are now on sale here. General admission tickets start at only $140 for a three-day pass, available for a limited time only. VIP packages start at $490 for a three-day VIP Outlaw Pass, with Super Outlaw Pass and Ultimate Outlaw Pass packages also available.

Those upgrade packages include amenities like a special viewing area for performances, 24-hour indoor bathrooms, a gourmet buffet dinner every night, private golf cart with concierge available 24/7 and complimentary drinks for the duration of the festival.

With our camping options so popular, the festival is also now offering attendees a new offsite car and RV camping option at Bear Creek, located a few miles from the festival grounds, with prices starting at $79. The offsite camping passes will come with free shuttle service to and from the festival grounds and include free showers.

Because we boast the hottest lineup and best amenities available, tickets to the 2015 Taste of Country Music Festival are sure to go fast. Click below to make sure you get yours before they're sold out!

Be sure to keep up with the latest news about the festival on Facebook and Twitter.

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Wednesday, 19 November 2014

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Strategy Session: How to Grow a Music Festival - BizBash

Music Fest Announces Lineup With a Night at the Drive-In

TOPIC: Music Festivals

Graham Williams and James Moody, the co-founders of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Festival, which took place November 7 to 9, originally set out to create a festival that wasn't like the bigger ones in the country. 'We wanted to create a festival for not-festival people,' Moody said. When they launched the festival in 2006, they took a look at what their ideal music festival would offer and what other music festivals don't have, including highlighting hip-hop and punk, and introducing comedy back when it wasn't a festival staple. Both Williams and Moody work in music venues and wanted Fun Fun Fun to 'replicate that experience in a festival environment as much as possible,' Moody said.

In order to cater to a different audience and bring more attention to the festival, Williams and Moody set out to do various lead-up events prior to fall gathering, which were established as 'more of a necessity,' Moody said. The events serve as a way to give potential attendees a taste of what to expect. 'Marketing-wise, we have to say, 'Hello, how are you?' a handful of times throughout the year,' he said, comparing it to dating. 'It's all just trying to keep our fans on their toes,' he added, 'but also a little bit of 'I get you, you get me.' It's a nod of acknowledgement without anything else.'

One of the events early in the festival's history was a deadpan press conference, where the team, clad in ugly ties, set up in a hotel and showed a motivational PowerPoint presentation before making the lineup announcement. In the back were chicken wings, doughnuts, and warm water. There was a man with a bass guitar planted in the audience who performed because he wanted to get on the lineup. In 2012, the announcement took place in a bingo hall. When a bingo number was pulled, one of the festival band's music played, an unusual way to gradually reveal the festival's roster of artists.

'These unique little fun events keep a heartbeat throughout the half a year we have until the festival comes,' Williams said, 'They keep people interested, keep people talking. Otherwise, we're just going to be that floating ad in the background until showtime.' This year, the lineup was announced at the Blue Starlite Drive-In with a short film created by the members of Jackass performing stunts around Austin.

In addition to the announcements, there's the Aqua Olympics, which started in 2011, where participants compete in water sports like paddleboard jousting and land games like potato-sack racing for tickets and prizes. There are also scavenger hunts, which allow participants to earn points for free tickets by performing actions that include getting a Fun Fun Fun Fest tattoo.

'The idea of a three-day event is so sad if you think about it,' Moody said. 'If you can't stretch it out across 60 or 90 days, three days is just over so quickly.'

The strategy appears to have worked: In 2013, festival attendance grew 18 percent to an estimated total of 65,000 people. And although organizers have yet to release a headcount for the 2014 run, the first day certainly saw an unprecedented turnout, with the lines for will-call wristbands stretching several blocks and the wait time as long as four hours. Staffers worked hard to get through the single queue efficiently, but, after speaking with city officials, organizers opted to let everyone in without wristbands at 8 p.m. The festival later released a statement, adhering to the no-refund policy and explaining that this year's move slightly south from its usual Auditorium Shores grounds to part of the Auditorium Shores and Butler Park across Riverside Drive 'create[d] challenges for staff and customers alike.'

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AEG to Broadcast Coachella, Four Other Live Music Festivals, on AXS TV - Variety

A.E.G. has become the latest concert promoter to make its lineup of live events a little more entertaining.

The company, which owns and produces the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Stagecoach Country Music Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Rock on the Range Music Festival, and Firefly Music Festival, will broadcast the events on AXS TV next year.

The move comes as rival Live Nation has paired up with Vice Media to produce a slate of original entertainment shows around its concerts and artists, with series distributed online and on mobile platforms in order to reach more millennials.

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Now A.E.G. also wants to expand the viewership of its shows through other platforms that appeal to younger audiences, with over 70 hours of telecasts produced over 15 days.

At the same time, making the often sold out events more accessible to TV viewers could boost interest in AXS TV, which launched in 2012.

In August, the cable channel said it would serve as the official U.S. broadcast home for the eleventh season of 'The X Factor UK,' and in April, redesigned its website to become more of a news service for concerts, festivals, sporting events and family shows.

But it's live broadcasts of festivals that could also attract more advertisers to the network, given that live events typically capture a sizable audience.

In fact, A.E.G. has lined up Mercury Insurance as the title sponsor of a four-episode special, 'Road to the Festivals,' a documentary style series that will premiere in March. Show's 30-minute episodes will lead up to the concerts, beginning with Coachella, April 17-19 live from Indio County, Calif. The lineup ends with the Firefly Music Festival, from Dover, Del., June 19-21.

The series is Mercury's largest brand integration with an entertainment entity to date, according to Erik Thompson, Mercury's advertising director. 'Sponsoring the five festivals and behind-the-scenes series allows us to extend our brand and connect with viewers who love music,' he said. 'We want to tap into that passion to introduce Mercury's products and services, not just on TV, but through all of the AXS platforms.'

A.E.G., owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz, is the second largest producer of concerts, festivals and exhibitions behind Live Nation.

AXS TV was founded by Mark Cuban as a network dedicated to music programming, comedy performances, current events and mixed martial arts. AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency and CBS also are partners in the venture that's available through AT&T's U-verse, Charter, Comcast's Xfinity, DirecTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS and other cable and satellite providers.

'AXS TV is committed to delivering the best in live music, and we're proud to continue that legacy with this groundbreaking lineup,' Cuban said. 'Nothing compares to a live music event, and now our audience will get a front-row seat to five incredible festivals, as we bring the ultimate concert experience to our viewers.'

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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Who Are Music Festival Fans? - Venues Today

Eventbrite hosts webinar to discuss insights from their research of social media conversations from music festival fans

The 2014 Governors Ball, a three-day music festival in New York City, featured artists like Phoenix, Jack White, Outkast, Vampire Weekend, The Strokes and Skrillex. (Photo courtesy of Governors Ball)

Music festivals are in. One in five millennials attended a music festival in the past year, and where there's a millennial there's going to be a tweet, Instagram or Facebook post, which is why online conversations about music festivals also saw a 34-percent increase in the past year, according to Eventbrite research.

'What we see is that the live experience is, if anything, more important today than it ever was,' said Martina Wang, head of Marketing and Entertainment Marketing at Eventbrite. 'More people are going to events, and then they're sharing about their experience, that's that 34 percent increase, and that all comes back to fuel even more excitement among their friends, which gets more people to talk about it and more people to go. So, it's this repeating cycle where technology is really creating this new type of word of mouth, and it's helping to fuel that live experience.'

Eventbrite, an online ticketing service, teamed up with Mashwork, a social media research company, to analyze over 20-million public social media conversations about music festivals in 2013-2014 from Facebook, Twitter and online forums. From that research, Eventbrite held a webinar to discuss five surprising insights they discovered about music festival fans from the study.

Laurie Kirby, president of International Music Festival Conference, facilitated the discussion between Wang, Tom Russell, partner and co-founder of Founders Entertainment and Governors Ball, and Stacey Wilhelm, SXSW music festival programmer, as they went through each insight, discussing their effect on the industry as a whole, including examples of how they play out at Governors Ball and SXSW.

The first insight mapped out the topics of all the posts, showing the breakdown of what fans were excited about.

The first insight found that 39 percent of the social media posts expressed excitement for the overall experience and 17 percent expressed excitement for the lineup of a festival rather than buzz for a specific artist, which involved only 8 percent of the posts. Wang put these numbers in perspective by saying that music festival fans were four times more likely to talk about the festival holistically than they were to post about an artist in particular.

Russell took the stat as indicating where festivals should be investing the majority of their budget. He explained how this insight played out at the 2013 Governors Ball when they featured a lineup that included acts like Kanye West and Kings of Leon, who were much more high-profile than their past lineups. The investment made the festival much more buzzworthy and was talked about more online.

'The thing that stands out the most is don't be afraid to invest in your festival,' said Russell. 'Don't be afraid to invest in the talent and the lineup. Don't be afraid to invest in the experience. Going above and beyond to make sure the lineup and the experience are as good as humanly possible will result in the maximum amount of online chatter and hopefully massive amounts of ticket sales.'

The second insight focused on the timing of the conversations.

The second insight found that more than half of the conversations, 54 percent, happened leading up to the event, while 17 percent were posted during the event and 29 percent after the event.

Wilhelm saw these numbers as affirmation of their marketing strategies and patterns they hope will be repeated in the future.

'I think the next step from here is really trying to capitalize on those conversations and maximize the potential for them to grow even more, because without one, there's not the other,' said Wilhelm. 'So people have to be talking about it before and being excited and anticipating its start and then enjoying the experience, and then afterwards really relaying their experience to others so that we can create even more potential attendees for next time.'

Both Russell and Wilhelm described their festival's social media channels as being very selective about what they post. Rather than bombarding their followers constantly, they try to post things that will be relevant and engaging to their fans. Discovering that word-of-mouth marketing is still the most effective form, they try to post things that people will want to share and that will get them talking.

'It's not an easy task,' said Russell, 'but it's really about identifying your consumer and what your consumer wants to see online, what they want to share and really mastering and homing in on that and then finding content that accomplishes that goal and will result in them sharing it.'

The third insight looked at the number of remote participants and saw that people expressing FOMO actually increase demand.

The third insight found by the study found that 23 percent of the posts were from people participating remotely, with one in five posts expressing fear of missing out (FOMO). While 70 percent of people say they were more likely to attend a future live event after participating online, the serious cost of live streaming needs to be considered with the benefits of reaching those audiences.

At Governors Ball, they have struggled with making that investment, but these statistics seem to say that it is worth pursuing. For SXSW it has been a slow evolution as requests for live streaming increased every year until they now have their own in-house department that handles it.

'The streaming option is a way for us to reach people outside of having them physically here, and then over time convert them and educate them about our event,' said Wilhelm. 'And as they learn more and become more familiar with how we operate, then hopefully we're turning them into actual registrants.'

The fourth insight looked at demographics.

The fourth insight spoke to millennials' influence on the industry as they found that 75 percent of the online chatter was driven by the 17-34 age range. Live music events play a prominent role in their spending plans, as one in four college-aged individuals said they attended a music festival in the past year, and 70 percent said they're planning on spending even more on live events in the next year.

'The truth of the matter is these are tomorrow's blog writers and reviewers,' said Wilhelm. 'They're going to start their own record labels or maybe they already have. Especially when you consider the scope of the music industry and how much it's changed over time, you can't discount the younger generation as not being part of your professional audience, or potentially soon to be.'

The average age of a Governors Ball attendee is 26, so though they try to program to appeal to all ages, it's important for them to home in on what millenials are really into and what social media channels they are actually using.

'With the advent of things like Snapchat, we're making sure we're doing as much as we can on those channels,' said Russell, 'because we know millennials are on there and they love to chat. As much as we can do on those channels to appeal to them the better. It goes back to homing in on your audience, knowing who they are, what they do, where they spend their time.'

The fifth insight looked at what drove online engagement.

The fifth insight looked at posts on a festival-by-festival basis, seeing how different approaches worked for the different brands. Governors Ball and SXSW were two of the most talked about festivals of the year, and the research found that the patterns between the two brands were notably different yet still successful and engaging. At Governors Ball, 40 percent of the posts were about the lineup, while the largest percent of SXSW's posts, 29 percent, were from people participating remotely or watching the live stream.

Eventbrite has looked at how much social sharing actually does drive ticket sales. They found that every Facebook share drove back an average of 14 visits to the event page and created $4 in ticket revenue, while Twitter numbers were about double that.

'Events are inherently social,' said Wang. 'People want to be sharing about events, and their friends are influenced by that. Almost 50 percent of music fans are highly influenced to go to an event if they just know that their friends are going. The more that festival creators make it really easy to do that sharing, especially right there on their event page, the more that is going to come back and drive those sales.'

Wilhelm described studies like this one as also useful to festivals in getting sponsors. When they can prove their reach and demonstrate the online interactions their festivals generate, they are able to appeal to more sponsors and really demonstrate the potential value.

Ultimately, social media has become a great tool to track and get to know festival audiences. The knowledge gained from insights like these can be helpful to events on so many different levels.

'Social media absolutely makes it easier to know and reach your audience,' Russell told Venues Today. 'Many of the platforms allow you to see demographics info like age, gender, where someone is from, as well as what their interests are. When you have that level of knowledge, it really helps you understand who your fan base is and what they like to do and, in turn, how to best market to them.'

Contacted for the article: Tom Russell, (917) 992-0090; Stacey Wilhelm, (512) 467-7979; Martina Wang, (415) 813-3236

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