This year the festival is not at Governor's Island, but at Randall's Island -- a perfectly fine island-- and is scheduled for June 23 and 24 with pre-sale tickets available via Living Social at 5AM on February 22. The general sale is set for February 24 at 10AM.
Check out the video announcement and list of acts below:
Saturday, June 23
Passion Pit
Duck Sauce
Chromeo
Special Disco Version
Atmosphere
Major Lazer
Santigold
Big Gigantic
Penguin Prison
Walk the Moon
Art vs Science
K. Flay
Nobody Beats the Drum
Sunday, June 24
Beck
Modest Mouse
Explosions in the Sky
Devendra Banhart
Cage the Elephant
Built to Spill
Cults
Phantogram
Freelance Whales
Alberta Cross
The Jezabels
Turf War
Some photos from 2011's raucous below:
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2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Pretty Lights performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Pretty Lights performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Pretty Lights
The time of night where it gets very shirtless and dancey in the crowd.
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Luke Steele (C) of the band Empire of the Sun performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Luke Steele (C) of the band Empire of the Sun performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Luke Steele (L) of the band Empire of the Sun performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Rapper Big Boi (L) performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Rapper Big Boi performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Big Boi
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Gregg Michael Gillis of Girl Talk (C) performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Girl Talk
Balloons!
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Gregg Michael Gillis of Girl Talk (C) performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: A general view of atmosphere during the performance of Gregg Michael Gillis of Girl Talk during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
2011 Governors Ball Music Festival
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Gregg Michael Gillis of Girl Talk (C) performs during the 2011 Governors Ball music festival on Governors Island on June 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that the festival was slated for January 23. It has been corrected to state June 23. "
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First Posted: 02/21/2012 4:32 pm Updated: 02/27/2012 1:01 pm