As most of you know, 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. So, this is where our “Festivals in Brief” feature comes in.
This week brings a whole slew of lineup news, including Best Fest, Halifax Pop Explosion, HARD Haunted Mansion, Lowlands, SoundLand, and Voodoo Experience. Below, you can find all the pertinent information.
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BESTFEST
When/Where: September 24-25, 2011, in Houston, Texas, (Midtown Superblock)
Who’s Playing: Cake, Deer Tick, Bun B, and Buxton, with more acts still to be announced
Tickets: Early-bird tickets are priced at $25 (GA) and $95 (VIP) and can be purchased on the festival’s website.
HALIFAX POP EXPLOSION
When/Where: October 18-22, 2011, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Who’s Playing: Fucked Up, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Titus Andronicus, Suuns, The Thermals, Timber Timbre, Chad Vangaalen, Bonjay, Braids, Demon’s Claws, Gobble Gobble, JEFF the Brotherhood, The Jean Maclean, Miracle Fortress, and Ohbijou
Tickets: Multiple ticketing options are are available; price depends on date of purchase. The early bird sale is from August 8th-12th. Advanced sale tickets are available from August 13th-October 12th, and tickets are also available at the door. Tickets can be purchased on the festival’s website.
HARD Haunted Mansion
When/Where: October 28-29, 2011, in Los Angeles, California, (Shrine Expo Hall)
Who’s Playing: Fatboy Slim, Fake Blood, Rusko, Skrillex, Destructo, SBTRKT, Soulwax, Tiga, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Beatacue, Clockwork, Goose, Jackmaster, and Kingdom
Tickets: Single day tickets are $60 (GA) and $125 (VIP), and 2-Day Passes are $115. Tickets can be purchased here.
Lowlands
When/Where: August 19-21, 2011, in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
Who’s Playing: Interpol, Lykke Li, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Flogging Molly, Joan as Policewoman, Noah and the Whale, Mayer Hawthorne & the County, The Offspring, Odd Future, Fake Blood, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Crystal Castles, Chromeo, and Cage the Elephant
Tickets: SOLD OUT. Find out more on the festival’s website.
Soundland
When/Where: September 21-24, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, (Various Venues)
What’s New: Cults, Foster the People, Yelawolf, Those Darlins, The Low Anthem, Big K.R.I.T., and Ben Sollee
Who Else is Playing: Ghostland Observatory, JEFF the Brotherhood, M.Ward, Reptar, Bonobo, Carl Broemel, Keegan Dewitt, Madi Diaz, Mikky Ekko, Mynameisjohnmichael, Pujol, Paper Route, Robert Ellis, Tristen, and Uncle Skeleton
Tickets: Tickets are $55-$65 and are available on the festival’s website.
VOODOO EXPERIENCE
When/Where: October 28-30, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana
What’s New: Dirty South, Bloody Beetroots, Alberta Cross, and Fort Knox Five
Who Else is Playing: Soundgarden, Blink-182, The Raconteurs, Snoop Dogg, Fatboy Slim, Social Distortion, My Chemical Romance, TV on the Radio, Girl Talk, Odd Future, Major Lazer, X, A-Trak, Cheap Trick, Portugal. The Man, The Bloody Beetroots, X, and Kreayshawn
Tickets: $150 3-Day and $450 VIP passes are available via the festival’s website.
