Consequence of Sound‘s Festival Outlook is an online database featuring the latest news, rumors, and ticket information for the world’s many music festivals. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to keep up with everything, especially on a day like today. So, this is where our “Festivals in Brief” feature comes in.
Today brings a whole slew of lineup news, including Outside Lands, Bumbershoot, Essence, Pukkelpop, North Coast Music Festival, DeLuna Fest, Decibel Festival, Saturday in the Park, Afro-Punk Festival, and more. Below, you can find all the pertinent information.
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AFRO-PUNK FESTIVAL
When/Where: August 27-28 at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY
Who’s Playing: Cee-Lo, Janelle Monae, Toro Y Moi, Santogold, Res, Rocky Business, and Reggie Watts
Tickets: TBA
BUMBERSHOOT
When/Where: September 3-5 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA
What’s New: Dam-Funk, Little Dragon, Vetiver, Fitz and the Tantrums, Phantogram, The Reverend Horton Heat, and Grant Lee Buffalo
Who Else is Playing: Hall & Oates, Wiz Khalifa, Broken Social Scene, Ray LaMontagne, Mavis Staples, Leon Russell, The Kills, Warpaint, STRFKR, The Lonely Forest, Toro Y Moi, Urge Overkill, and Minus the Bear, with many more acts still to be announced. One act is being revealed each day during the month of May.
Tickets: $29 single-day tickets and $75 three-day tickets are available via the festival’s website.
Decibel Festival
When/Where: September 28th – October 2nd in Seattle, WA
Who’s Playing: Holy Fuck, Hanseen, Green Velvet, Opiuo, Star Slinger, Ulrich Schnauss, Mountains, Jon McMillion, and Motor City Drum Ensemble
Tickets: 130.00 GA passes are available via the festival’s website.
DELUNA FEST
When/Where: October 13-16 in Pensacola Beach, FL
What’s New: Toubab Krewe and The Limousines
Who Else is Playing: The New Pornographers, Betty LaVette, Cut Copy, Matt & Kim, Mute Math, Manchester Orchestra, Ra Ra Riot, The Airborne Toxic Event, AWOLNATION, The Constellations, and wallpaper.
Tickets: $99.95 Early Bird three-day passes are available via the festival’s website.
DIA DE LOS TOADIES
When/Where: August 26-27 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX
Who’s Playing: Toadies, UME, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, The Sword, Quiet Company, The King Bucks, Tornahdo, and The Black Angels
Tickets: $32.33 Friday ticket, $27.71 Saturday GA ticket, and $36.95 preferred tickets are available via the festival’s website.
ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL
When/Where: July 1-3 at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA
What’s New: Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Naughty By Nature, Doug E. Fresh, Chaka Khan, and Morris Day and the Time
Who Else is Playing: Kanye West, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Boyz II Men, Macy Gray, Trey Songz, New Edition, M.C. Lyte, Miguel, and more
Tickets: Multiple ticket packages are available via the festival’s website.
NORTH COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL
When/Where: September 2-4 at Union Park in Chicago, IL
What’s New: Van Ghost, Wolfgang Gartner, Rubblebucket, California Wives, Midnight Conspiracy, Team Bayside High Gemini Club, Loyal Divide, BBU, Zebo, The Coop, and more
Who Else is Playing: David Guetta, Fatboy Slim, Thievery Corporation, Bassnectar, Common, of Montreal, Wiz Khalifa, Gogol Bordello, Major Lazer, Lotus, Little Dragon, and Neon Indian
Tickets: $95 three-day festival passes are available via the festival’s website.
OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL
When/Where: August 12-14 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA
What’s New: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ellie Goulding, tUnE-yArDs, Christina Perri, and Bob Schneider.
Who Else is Playing: Arcade Fire, Muse, Phish, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, The Shins, MGMT, Girl Talk, The Decemberists, John Fogerty, Erykah Badu, The Original Meters, The Roots, Beirut, STS9, Arctic Monkeys, Big Boi, Big Audio Dynamite, and more
Tickets: $199.50 three-day passes and $450 VIP passes are available via the festival’s website
PUKKELPOP
When/Where: August 18-20 in Kiewit, Belgium
Who’s Playing: Foo Fighters, Eminem, The Offspring, 30 Seconds to Mars, Rise Against, dEUS, The Ting Tings, Deftones, The Streets, James Blake, Crystal Castles, The Raveonettes, Duck Sauce, The Kills, Battles, Wiz Khalifa, Lykke Li, Blonde Redhead, Warpaint, Gomez, New Found Glory, Skunk Anansie, Paul Kalkbrenner, No Use For A Name Good Charlotte, Panic! At The Disco, and more
Tickets: €79 Friday and Saturday tickets are available via the festival’s website. Three-day and Thursday tickets are sold out.
SATURDAY IN THE PARK
When/Where: July 2nd at Grandview Park in Sioux Park, IA
Who’s Playing: Ben Harper, Cee-Lo Green, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and Los Lonely Boys
Tickets: FREE!