music festivals

8 Pitchfork After-Shows With a High Probability of Absolute Musical Transcendence

Don’t miss the show everybody’s going to be talking about

Axl Rose Made a Surprise Appearance at Stagecoach This Weekend

He joined Carrie Underwood for two Guns N' Roses songs

Stagecoach Announces Confederate Flag Ban

It's part of a larger industry-wide debate

Would You Surrender Your Phone for a Three-Day Music Festival?

The newly announced Over Yondr Festival will ask fans to go without their devices for the whole weekend

What Happens at a Music-and-Baseball Festival When There’s No Baseball?

Baseball's labor dispute loomed over the 2022 edition of Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona

20 Things We Can’t Wait to Do in and Around the Bay Area in 2022

Everything we'll be eating, doing and exploring once the current mishegas has subsided

Coachella Promoter Sues Live Nation Over Copycat "Coachella Day One 22" Festival

The lawsuit alleges that the new festival creates "a likelihood of consumer confusion and false association"

Cult Music Fans Beware. A Jonathan Richman Impersonator is on the Loose.

The fake Richman was scheduled to play a festival in Olympia

Festival Organizer for Woodstock '99 Blames Women for Their Assaults

"I am critical of the hundreds of women that were walking around with no clothes on, and expecting not to be touched," says John Scher

Newport Folk Festival’s Jay Sweet on the Post-Pandemic Future of Live Music

Live music is likely to be one of the last things to return post-pandemic. But can it ever really get back to "normal"?

After Festival Cancellation, Financier Settles With Woodstock 50

A long and sometimes bewildering saga reaches its conclusion

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Festival Organizer for Woodstock '99 Blames Women for Their Assaults

"I am critical of the hundreds of women that were walking around with no clothes on, and expecting not to be touched," says John Scher

Newport Folk Festival’s Jay Sweet on the Post-Pandemic Future of Live Music

Live music is likely to be one of the last things to return post-pandemic. But can it ever really get back to "normal"?

After Festival Cancellation, Financier Settles With Woodstock 50

A long and sometimes bewildering saga reaches its conclusion

Woodstock ’99 Docuseries Reportedly in the Works at Netflix

The series will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the disastrous festival

5 Late-Summer Festivals That Are Worth the Trek From NYC

From Corvette gatherings to fiber-optic art shows, it’s time to head Upstate

16 Travel Experiences That Are New, Ending or Otherwise Unique to 2019

You may never get the chance to do these things again

The 7 Music Festival Essentials Every Gentleman Needs

As told by Austin’s resident menswear guru

America’s Next Great City for the Arts Is in … Arkansas?

After a $100M renovation, a Southern renaissance is underway

Austin’s Resident Menswear Authority on What to Wear to ACL

Or, how to keep your outfit weird — tastefully

This Golden Ticket Will Get You Unlimited Music-Festival Access

One ticket, 90 festivals. Better wake up Grandpa Joe, Charlie.

Lessons From a Failed Music Festival

We endorsed Fyre Festival. You listened. We both screwed up.

The SI Swimsuit Models Are Hosting a Food and Music Festival

Um, will there be any mouth-to-mouth at this party?