A new year, a new decade, and a new QRO Festival Guide! We're starting earlier than ever, and stretching farther, because this year looks to be a major bounce-back from 2009. See last year's Festival Guide
Total festivals with line-ups announced: 29
Total festivals with dates announced: 85
Updated continuously throughout the year with new acts, dates & festivals
Winter blues got ya down? Missing the great summer festivals? Just head on down to Australia & New Zealand! It's summer south of the Equator, and there are some great music festivals in the days stretching from the Christmas shopping season to almost the Ides of March. So put a shrimp on the barbie, keep the dingos away from your babies, stock up on your stereotypes and head into the DownUnderverse!
4. 1990s : Kicks (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Lukas Clark-Memler Glasgow’s 1990s still know what it
takes to produce a record that is not dependent on commercial radio
overplaying one track.
2009's festivals are getting announced (and cancelled...) sooner than ever, so we're getting on top of it even earlier this year as well. Check out last year's Festival Guide. Now here's our yearly map of all of North America's wonderful festivals:
With everyone a year older and wiser, this season's festivals are shaping up to be even bigger and more awesome than ever. Check out last year's. Helping you sort out the mess is our annual running list of all the festival goodness North America has to offer:
From March through September, the indie world blossoms thanks to several relatively new, massive festivals in the United States, and the old reliables in the UK. These are excellent places to spend a weekend seeing bands from big to small in (for the most part) the great outdoors. Here's a quick-hitting guide to the most essential festivals in the US, so you can get your fix:
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30 Seconds to Mars told a story to Nottingham with lights, hair, and music.
Glasgow’s 1990s still know what it
takes to produce a record that is not dependent on commercial radio
overplaying one track.
Alt-garage isn't just new, it's renewed with 18th Dye's return record, Amorine Queen.
Before they hit up one of the sweetest opening gigs out there, England’s 65daysofstatic throw down the haunt-meets-dance Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties EP.
This
record is certainly messy, but not too hot.
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