2013 Festivals List
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Festival: Festival NRMAL
Dates: March 6-10
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Acts: Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti; Twin Shadow; DIIV; Sky Ferreira; Mykki Blanco; Parquet Courts; and many more.
Festival: SnowBall Music Festival
Dates: March 8-10
Location: Winter Park, CO
Acts: Pretty Lights; Kendrick Lamar; STS9; Flying Lotus; Japandroids; Datsik; Delta Spirit; and many more
Festival: 35 Denton Festival
Dates: March 7-9
Location: Denton, TX
Acts: Sleep; Chelsea Light Moving; Roky Erickson; Killer Mike; King Khan and the Shrines; Reigning Sound; Thee Oh Sees; Astronautalis; Black Moth Super Rainbow; Emeralds; Silver Apples; and more
Festival: BUKU Music + Art Project
Dates: March 8-9
Location: Mardi Gras World (New Orleans, LA)
Acts: Kendrick Lamar; Best Coast; Public Enemy; Japandroids; Kid Cudi; Calvin Harris; Primus 3D; Passion Pit; STS9; NERO; Major Lazer; Earl Sweatshirt; Alt-J; Lettuce; Flosstradamus; Starfucker; Poolside; RAC; and many more. For BUKU's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: SXSW
Dates: March 8-17 (Music: March 12-17)
Location: Austin, TX
Acts: Vampire Weekend; Tegan and Sara; the Black Lips; Angel Haze; Alt-J; Thee Oh Sees; Black Moth Super Rainbow; the Zombies; Marnie Stern; WHY?; and many more. For SXSW 2013's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Ultra Music Festival
Dates: March 15-17 (Weekend 1); March 22-24 (Weekend 2)
Location: Bayfront Park (Miami, FL)
Acts: Deadmau5; Avicii; Sleigh Bells; the Weeknd; Major Lazer; Swedish House Mafia; Dog Blood; Crystal Castles; David Guetta; and many more. For Ultra Music's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Vive Latino Festival
Dates: March 14-17
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Acts: Blur; Morrissey; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Underworld; and many more
Festival: Canadian Music Fest
Dates: March 19-24
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acts: Rihanna; A$AP Rocky; Sharon Van Etten; and many more
Festival: Treefort Music Fest
Dates: March 21-24
Location: Boise, ID
Acts: Built to Spill; Camper Van Beethoven; Animal Collective; Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings; Dan Deacon; Youth Lagoon; the Thermals; and many more. For Treefort's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Lollapalooza (Brasil)
Dates: March 29-31
Location: Jockey Club (São Paulo, Brazil)
Acts: Pearl Jam; The Killers; The Black Keys; Deadmau5; Queens of the Stone Age; Planet Hemp; The Flaming Lips; Nas; Gary Clark Jr.; Crystal Castles; A Perfect Circle; Franz Ferdinand; Hot Chip; The Temper Trap; Passion Pit; Toro Y Moi; and many more
Festival: Lollapalooza (Chile)
Dates: April 6-7
Location: O'Higgins Park (Santiago, Chile)
Acts: Pearl Jam; The Black Keys; Deadmau5; Queens of the Stone Age; Nas; Gary Clark Jr.; The Hives; Crystal Castles; Major Lazer; A Perfect Circle; Franz Ferdinand; Hot Chip; The Temper Trap; Passion Pit; Toro Y Moi; and many more
Festival: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Dates: April 12-14 (Weekend 1); April 19-21 (Weekend 2)
Location: Empire Polo Club (Indio, CA)
Acts: Blur; the Stone Roses; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Phoenix; Vampire Weekend; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Modest Mouse; the xx; the Postal Service; Grizzly Bear; Wu-Tang Clan; Grimes; Dinosaur Jr.; Lou Reed; and many more. For Coachella's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Austin Psych Fest
Dates: April 26-28
Location: Carson Creek Ranch (Austin, TX)
Acts: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; The Black Angels; Deerhunter; Tinariwen; Clinic; Boris; Goat; and many more
Festival: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Dates: April 26-28; May 2-5
Location: New Orleans Fair Grounds (New Oreleans, LA)
Acts: The Black Keys; Phoenix; Frank Ocean; Fleetwood Mac; Billy Joel; Dave Matthews Band; John Mayer; Maroon 5; and many more. For New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Beale Street Music Festival
Dates: May 3-5
Location: Tom Lee Park (Memphis, TN)
Acts: The Black Keys; Phoenix; Flaming Lips; Gary Clark Jr.; the Roots; Smashing Pumpkins; Public Enemy; and many more. For Beale Street Music Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: All Tomorrow's Parties' I'll Be Your Mirror (London)
Dates: May 4-5
Location: Alexandra Palace (London, England)
Acts: Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Grizzly Bear; Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; Real Estate; Dirty Beaches; King Khan and the Shrines; the Walkmen; and many more. For I'll Be Your Mirror's full London lineup information, click here.
Festival: Carolina Rebellion
Dates: May 4-5
Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway's Rock City Campgrounds (Concord, NC)
Acts: Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Deftones, Bush, Limp Bizkit, Rise Against, 3 Doors Down, and many more.
Festival: All Tomorrow's Parties Weekend 1 Curated by TV on the Radio
Dates: May 10-12
Location: Camber Sands, U.K.
Acts: TV on the Radio; Spank Rock; El-P; Saul Williams; Tinariwen; Shabazz Palaces; Thee Oh Sees; CSS; and many more. For All Tomorrow's Parties' full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Bottle Rock Music & Arts Festival
Dates: May 10-12
Location: Napa Valley, CA
Acts: The Black Keys; the Shins; Flaming Lips; Cake; Alabama Shakes; and many more
Festival: Sweetlife: A Music and Food Festival
Date: May 11
Location: Merriweath Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD)
Acts: Phoenix; Kendrick Lamar; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Passion Pit; Gary Clark Jr.; Solange; and many more. For Sweetlife's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Rock on the Range
Dates: May 17-19
Location: Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, OH)
Acts: Soundgarden; Smashing Pumpkins; Alice in Chains; Korn; Bush; Stone Sour; Cheap Trick; A Day To Remember; and many more. For Rock on the Range's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Skate and Surf Festival
Dates: May 18-19
Location: Asbury Park, NJ
Acts: A Day To Remember; Macklemore and Ryan Lewis; Saves the Day; Andrew W.K.; and many more
Festival: Primavera Sound
Dates: May 22-26
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Acts: Blur; the Postal Service; My Bloody Valentine; the Breeders (performing Last Splash); Swans; Phoenix; Wu-Tang Clan; Jessie Ware; Killer Mike; Deerhunter; the Knife; Solange; Fucked Up; Fiona Apple; Death Grips; Four Tet; Wild Nothing; Savages; and many more. For Primavera Sound's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Sasquatch! Music Festival
Dates: May 24-27
Location: Gorge Amphitheatre (George, Washington)
Acts: Postal Service; Vampire Weekend; Death Grips; the xx; Built to Spill; Japandroids; Killer Mike; Grimes; Tame Impala; and many more. For Sasquatch! Music Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Rocklahoma
Dates: May 24-26
Location: Pryor, OK
Acts: Guns N' Roses; Alice in Chains; Korn; Bush; Cheap Trick; Bullet For My Valentine; and many more.
Festival: Boston Calling
Dates: May 25-26
Location: City Hall Plaza (Boston, MA)
Acts: The National; fun.; the Shins; Of Monsters and Men; Young the Giant; Matt & Kim; Andrew Bird; Dirty Projectors; the Walkmen; and many more.
Festival: Punk Rock Bowling Festival
Dates: May 25-27
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Acts: FLAG; Devo; Bad Religion; the Damned; Bouncing Souls; the Casualties; and many more
Festival: Field Day Festival
Date: May 25
Location: Victoria Park (London, England)
Acts: Animal Collective; Bat For Lashes; Fucked Up; TNGHT; Django Django; Emeralds; and many more
Festival: Movement: Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Dates: May 25-27
Location: Detroit, MI
Acts: Big Gigantic; A Tribe Called Red; Art Department; Mala; Ryan Elliott; the Bug; and many more
Festival: Optimus Primavera Sound
Dates: May 30 - June 1
Location: Porto, Portugal
Acts: Blur; My Bloody Valentine; Grizzly Bear; the Breeders (performing Last Splash); Deerhunter; Fucked Up; Dinosaur Jr.; and many more. For Optimus Primavera Sound's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Roots Picnic
Date: June 1
Location: Festival Pier at Penns Landing (Philadelphia, PA)
Acts: The Roots; Solange; Gary Clark Jr.; Naughty By Nature; Grimes; the Gaslamp Killer; Hit-Boy; Joey Bada$$; and many more. For the Roots Picnic's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Free Press Summer Festival
Dates: June 1-2
Location: Houston, TX
Acts: The Postal Service; Bassnectar; Iggy Pop and the Stooges; Passion Pit; TV on the Radio; Calvin Harris; 2 Chainz; Cat Power; Geto Boys; and many more.
Festival: The Governors Ball Music Festival
Dates: June 7-9
Location: Randall's Island (New York City, NY)
Acts: Kanye West; Kings of Leon; Pretty Lights; Nas; Grizzly Bear; the xx; Japandroids; Beach House; Deerhunter; Kendrick Lamar; Dinosaur Jr.; Miguel; Animal Collective; Gary Clark Jr.; Cut Copy; Dirty Projectors; and many more. For Governors Ball's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Orion Music + More Festival
Dates: June 8-9
Location: Detroit, MI
Acts: Metallica; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Deftones; Tomahawk; FLAG; Death Grips; Japandroids; FIDLAR; and many more. For Orion Music + More Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Bunbury Music Festival
Dates: June 12-14
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Acts: fun.; Belle & Sebastian; Tegan and Sara; MGMT; Yo La Tengo; the National; Cake; Walk the Moon; Youngblood Hawke; and many more.
Festival: Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Dates: June 13-16
Location: Manchester, TN
Acts: Paul McCartney; Kendrick Lamar; Baroness; Killer Mike; Japandroids; Mumford & Sons; Grizzly Bear; Beach House; the National; Wilco; Björk; the xx; Cat Power; and many more. For Bonnaroo's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Northside Festival
Dates: June 13-16 (music)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Acts: Black Flag; Swans; Iceage; the Men; WHY?; Lambchop; and many more.
Festival: Isle of Wright Festival
Dates: June 13-16
Location: Isle of Wright, England
Acts: The Stone Roses; Bon Jovi; Jake Bugg; Paloma Faith; Blondie; fun.; Ellie Goulding; Bloc Party; and many more
Festival: Sónar
Dates: June 13-15
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Acts: Kraftwerk; Pet Shop Boys; Two Door Cinema; Hot Natured; Lindstrøm & Todd Terje; and many more
Festival: Electric Daisy Carnival
Dates: June 21-23
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Acts: TBD
Festival: Firefly Music Festival
Dates: June 21-23
Location: The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway (Dover, DE)
Acts: Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Vampire Weekend; Kendrick Lamar; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Grizzly Bear; Passion Pit; MGMT; Public Enemy; and many more. For Firefly Music Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Solid Sound Festival
Dates: June 21-23
Location: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (North Adams, MA)
Acts: Wilco; Yo La Tengo; Neko Case; Low; Foxygen; Sam Amidon; the Blisters; and many more. For Solid Sound Festival's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: All Tomorrow's Parties Weekend 2 Curated by Deerhunter
Dates: June 21-23
Location: Camber Sands, U.K.
Acts: Deerhunter; Atlas Sound; Panda Bear; Avey Tare; Peru Ubu; Dan Deacon; No Age; Black Lips; and many more. For All Tomorrow's Parties' full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Glastonbury
Dates: June 26-30
Location: Worthy Farm (Pilton, England)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Electric Forest
Dates: June 27-30
Location: Rothbury, MI
Acts: The String Cheese Incident; Passion Pit; Pretty Lights; Grimes; Yeasayer; Knife Party; and many more.
Festival: BET Experience at L.A. Live
Dates: June 28-30
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Acts: Beyoncé; Kendrick Lamar; the Roots; Snoop Dogg; Miguel; Erykah Badu; Schoolboy Q; and many more. For the BET Experience's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: Roskilde Festival
Dates: June 29 - July 7
Location: Roskilde, Denmark
Acts: Sigur Rós; Queens of the Stone Age; Goat; Slipknot; and many more
Festival: Ottawa Bluesfest
Dates: July 4-14
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Acts: Björk; Wu-Tang Clan; Rush; fun.; Tegan and Sara; Weezer; Belle and Sebastian; Animal Collective; Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; and many more.
Festival: Camp Bisco
Dates: July 11-13
Location: Indian Lookout Country Club (Mariaville, NY)
Acts: The Disco Biscuits; Animal Collective; Passion Pit; Bassnectar; STS9; Dan Deacon; Killer Mike; and many more. For Camp Bisco's full lineup information, click here.
Festival: T In The Park Festival
Dates: July 11-14
Location: Balado (Kinross-Shire, Scotland)
Acts: Mumford & Sons; Rihanna; The Killers; The Script; Paloma Faith; Alt-J; Jake Bugg; Of Monsters And Men; and many more
Festival: Pitchfork Music Festival
Dates: July 19-21
Location: Union Park (Chicago, IL)
Acts: Björk; R. Kelly; Belle and Sebastian; TBD
Festival: Lollapalooza (U.S.)
Dates: August 2-4
Location: Grant Park (Chicago, IL)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Hevy Fest
Dates: August 2-4
Location: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent (U.K.)
Acts: Black Flag; METZ; Comeback Kid; Hatebreed; and many more.
Festival: Outside Lands Festival
Dates: August 9-11
Location: Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, CA)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Peach Music Festival
Dates: August 15-18
Location: Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Scranton, PA)
Acts: The Allman Brothers Band; Bob Weir & RatDog; the Black Crowes; Grace Potter and the Nocturnals; and many more.
Festival: Green Man
Dates: August 15-18
Location: Glanusk, Wales, U.K.
Acts: TBD
Festival: Reading Festival
Dates: August 23-25
Location: Little John's Farm (Reading, Berkshire, England)
Acts: Eminem, Deftones; Alt-J; Sub Focus; Boy Better Know; and many more
Festival: Leeds Festival
Dates: August 23-25
Location: Bramham Park (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England)
Acts: Eminem, Deftones; Alt-J; Sub Focus; Boy Better Know; and many more
Festival: Creamfields
Dates: August 23-25
Location: Daresbury, Cheshire, England
Acts: TBD
Festival: Burning Man
Dates: August 26 - September 2
Location: Black Rock Desert, NV
Acts: TBD
Festival: Electric Zoo
Dates: August 30 - September 1
Location: Randall's Island (New York City, NY)
Acts: TBD
Festival: End of the Road Festival
Dates: August 30 - September 2
Location: Larmer Tree Gardens (North Dorset, Dorset, England)
Acts: Belle and Sebastian; Sigur Rós; King Khan and the Shrines; John Murry; Angel Olsen; Daughter; and many more
Festival: Bumbershoot
Dates: August 31 - September 2
Location: Seattle Center (Seattle, WA)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Hopscotch Music Festival
Dates: September 5-7
Location: Raleigh, NC
Acts: TBD
Festival: Bestival
Dates: September 5-8
Location: Robin Hill Country Park (Isle of Wright, England)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Rifflandia
Dates: September 12-15
Location: Royal Athletic Park (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
Acts: TBD
Festival: POP Montreal
Dates: September 25-29
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Acts: TBD
Festival: Austin City Limits
Dates: October 4-6 (Weekend 1); October 11-13 (Weekend 2)
Location: Zilker Park (Austin, TX)
Acts: TBD
Festival: Halifax Pop Explosion
Dates: October 22-26
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Acts: TBD
Festival: Iceland Airwaves Music Festival
Dates: October 30 - November 3
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Acts: Goat; Gold Panda; No Joy; Momentum; and many more
And why can't we go to them all?