Music Festival

Costa Rica Turns Up The Music

Eddie Cota | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Hispanic Heritage, MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, Music Festival, International Music, Latin American Music, Costa Rica, Latino Voices News

My Costa Rica experience reaffirmed my belief that nothing brings people closer than music. There is the perfect group out there to fit any situation. It's a matter of discovery and engaging in conversations with people that actually care.

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An Early Preview Of Lollapalooza 2012

Tablet | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Lollapalooza, Hotels, Tablet Hotels, Music Festival, Travel News, Chicago, Travel, Lollapalooza Chicago, Public, Music, Tablet, The Shins, Jack White, Florence and the Machine, Die Antwoord, The Black Keys, Festivals, Events, Video, Travel News

This year's Lollapalooza festival kicks off on August 3 in Chicago's Grant Park, and to get you in the mood, the team at Tablet has created a special 10-song preview of this year's lineup.

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Spring 2012: 'Tis The Season To Be Mali?

Samantha Tritsch | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Ecstasy, Entertainment, Music Festival, House Music, Ultra Music Festival, Dubstep, Mdma, Music, Electro, Home News

I probably won't be attending any music festivals in the near future, nor will I be experimenting with any fatal drugs. But I can't say that I'm not totally a fan of my grandparents humming the tune of Avicii's music when "Seek Bromance" comes on the radio.

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Tix For Brooklyn's New Foodie/Music Fest 'Great Googa Mooga' Available Today

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Googamooga, NY Restaurants, Music Festival, Googa Mooga, Prospect Park, Bonnaroo, New York News

Tickets for The Great Googa Mooga Festival, which will unite foodies and music lovers in Prospect Park, will be available Thursday at 12PM (EST). T...

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2012 Jazz Fest Lineup Released!

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Eagles, Florence and the Machine, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jazz Fest Acts, Music Festival, Ne-Yo, Jazz Fest 2012, Jazz Fest, Al Green, Jazz Fest Lineup, Tom Petty, My Morning Jacket, Arts News

NEW ORLEANS — The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters and John Mayer are among the headliners to perform at next year's New ...

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Pitchfork Planning New York Festival

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: New York Arts, Cmj, Bowery Presents, Music Festival, Pitchfork, New York Music, NY Culture, New York News

Pitchfork is planning to take on the New York music scene with a CMJ-esque festival in February 2012. The online music publication has teamed up with ...

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Afghans Rock Out At Music Festival

Reuters | Chrystia Freeland | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Music Festival, Rock Music Afghanistan, Afghan Music, Music Festival Afghanistan, Sound Central Music Festival, Afghanistan Rock, Afghanistan Music Festival, Middle East Rock Music, Stealth Festival, Afghan Rock, Afghanistan Music, Sound Central, Arts News

(Reuters) - Live rock returned to Afghanistan after three long decades on Saturday as young men and women cheered and leapt into the air to the sound ...

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Recap: Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.15.2011

This year drew big name acts, mostly known for killer live performances, like Deadmau5, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Empire of the Sun and !!!.

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Judgment Day For America's Oldest Christian Music Festival?

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Religion, Video, Music Festival, Evangelical Christians, Ichthus Music Festival, Christianity, Kentucky, Christian Music, Christian Music Festival, Kentucky Music Festival, Religious Music Festival, Ichthus Festival, Arts News

The Ichthus music festival is the United States' oldest Christian music festival, but the 42-year tradition may be coming to an end. With the 2011 fes...

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On the Culture Front: Newport Folk Festival

Chris Kompanek | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: The Decemberists, Fort Adams State Park, Chris Thile, Music Festival, Pete Seeger, Colin Meloy, Newport Folk Festival, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, New York News

There's an aura around the Newport Folk Festival that intrigues me -- this is the place after all where Bob Dylan was booed off the stage for going electric -- so I decided to check it out this year.

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Must-See Acts At Lollapalooza

Jeff Pollack | Posted 09.20.2011

Next month will mark the 15th year of Perry Farrell's brain-child, Lollapalooza (not counting the cancelled tour of 2004). It's a great festival with ...

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Alice's Summerthing

Katherine Armstrong | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Weather, Dartmouth College, Music Festival, San Francisco, Outside Lands, Alice's Summerthing, San Francisco News

I've lived in San Francisco since I was two but I'm embarrassed to say the number of foggy days that occur each year still baffles me.

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Our Favourite Festivals This Year

Black Tomato | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Escape to New York, Lake of Stars, Slidepollajax, Fuji Rock, Taiwan Ghost Month, Music Festival, Quebec Summer Festival, Travel News

Have a gander at five of our favorite festivals happening around the world this year. Not all of these events boast well known singers and some are difficult to get to, but the atmosphere at all of them is electric with excitement and welcoming.

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Snobs in Hippieville: Our Guide to the 38th Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: The Decemberists, The Head and the Heart, Mumford & Sons, Trampled by Turtles, The Donnybrook Writing Academy, Steve Earle, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sarah McLachlan, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Joe Pug, Music Festival, Bluegrass, Denver Around Town, Denver News

Music festivals are much like the Boy Scouts in that it's very important to be prepared. Here's how we have prepared ourselves for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 16th-19th.

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Sauti za Busara: Zanzibar's Ultimate Music Festival

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zanzibar, Nomokanjani Arts, Music Festival, Bi Kidude, Africa, Stone Town, East Africa, Localism, Travel, Tanzania, Sauti Za Busara, Music, World Culture, Culture, Performance, Travel News

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LAST CALL: 5 Must See Art Events Ending Soon | From Damien Hirst's Skulls To Children's Books

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Festival, Jazz, Children's Books, Jeff Koons, Monsters, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Skulls, Damien Hirst, Popeye, London, Ai Wei Wei, Paris, Berlin, Arts News

It's the time of year when we all begin to lose our minds with thoughts of stuffing our faces, buying presents and having visions of sugarplum fairies...

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Reykjavik: Still Scandinavia's Coolest Hot Spot

Liza Weisstuch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hotel Holt, Iceland, Style, Music Festival, Sea Baron, Hots, Slidepollajax, Reykjavik, 101, Seafood, Icelandair, Icelandic Economy, Banking Industry, Volcano, Travel News

It wasn't too long ago when Iceland was something of the prom queen of nations, the envy of countless other countries. Which is precisely why this makes now an ideal time to pay a visit.

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An Annual Music Hajj in New York

Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Leo, Music Festival, WFMU Radio, Vinyl, Record Fair, New York News

The WFMU record festival is an annual three-day hajj for the music obsessed, hosted by the popular independent New Jersey radio station of the same name.

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Clap Between Movements: LA, Pasadena & Versailles

Laurence Vittes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music Investing, Music Festival, Audiophile, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Music Festivals, Arts News

You'd pay through to the teeth to see a spectacle as grand as this in Europe. Only LA has the nerve to put it on so casually.

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The Musical Beauty of Zakopane

Laurence Vittes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Festivals, Music Festival, Poland, Chamber Music, Zakopane, Classical Music, Winter Sports, Skiing, Aspen, Chopin, Arts News

Poland is a land of incomparably rich classical music traditions, and On The Heights highlighted them in great and dramatic detail.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Emerging Young Musicians Of iPalpiti

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young Musicians, Classical Music, Music Festival, Great Classical Music Concerts, Summer Festivals, iPalpiti, Youth Orchestra, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Arts News

Too often when classical music organizations think big, especially in these tough economic times, they run the risk of unmet expectations and financia...

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The Alpha and the Omega of the Aquarian Age

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Although the cliché is that it's hard to imagine Woodstock happened that long ago, I find it hard to imagine that those three days of peace and music happened so recently.

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World Racism: Summer of Love and Hate

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bnp, Rutv, Far Right, Racial Prejudice, Music Festival, Political Activism, Global-Activism, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Racial Profiling, Entertainment News

Whether you are the "hater" or the "hated," having a common enemy quickly unites people who are like minded -- for better or for worst.

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STREAMING LIVE NOW: Violinist Joshua Bell And Pianist Yuja Wang Live On MediciTV

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Streaming Video, Joshua Bell, Music Festival, Medicitv, Violin, Pianist, Yuja Wang, Verbier Festival, Violinist, Piano, Arts News

To hear the tones bouncing from violinist Joshua Bell's strings is an experience in and of itself. To see the sweat form on his brow (and his vivacio...

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Lucky in Love Parade

Olivia Pepper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Love Parade, Germany Love Parade Stampede, Love Parade Deaths, Music Festival, Death Parade, World News

There was not one person in our group that ever dreamed of the danger that could possibly arise out of a Love Parade. My luck saved me and the rest of my friends that day.

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