Midwestern Music Festival Thread

[Centropolis]

The lineup for LouFest is out. It's a small-medium sized accessible urban music festival in Forest Park in St. Louis, sort of in it's sweet spot this year.

[untitledreality]

Riot Fest 2014, Humboldt Park

[untitledreality]

Lolla 2014, Grant Park

[untitledreality]

Pitchfork 2014, Union Park

[animatedmartian]

Coming up next weekend. Movement. Hart Plaza, Detroit.

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[UrbanNebraska]

Two smaller ones out west.

80/35 Festival in Des Moines


Maha Music Festival in Omaha

[ardecila]

Lots of good lineups. I just hate festivals. Bands play crappy short sets, and you inevitably end up spending $100 to stand a block away from the stage surrounded by pre-teens on X...

I'd much rather go to a traditional concert, in a club.

[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by ardecila

Lots of good lineups. I just hate festivals. Bands play crappy short sets, and you inevitably end up spending $100 to stand a block away from the stage surrounded by pre-teens on X...

I'd much rather go to a traditional concert, in a club.

haha. yeah, i'm sort of interested in these midsized festivals that are popping up around the midwest, the biggest chicago ones can be a bit much...

i'd go to pitchfork if caribou was playing, apparently will only be playing pitchfork paris.

ugh… i hate Pitchfork but i'm gonna have to go this year to see Neutral Milk Hotel and Slowdive.

[LMich]

Lansing has the Common Ground Music Festival.



It's the city's annual six-day summer music festival that began in 2000. It has never quite found its groove, and is basically a hodge-podge of whoever they can book with their modest funds on any given year. Sometimes they get really big, successful acts, but mostly it's whoever they can find. Rap, oldies, electronic, country, rock...whatever. It averages 50,000+ concert-goers or so over the six days. They've expiremented with stages all over the riverfront (and in some years they even had one of the stages at the minor league ballpark), but the focus has always been on Lou Adado Riverfront Park, the city's premiere downtown festival park.

[Little A]

Much smaller day festivals are held on my friends property every year in Maquoketa, IA. A very unique concert experience.



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[Chef]

Soundset 2014 in the Twin Cities:

[Arch City]

The largest Hip-Hop festival in the Midwest.

SLUMFEST

[Arch City]

[Kngkyle]

[bnk]

I couldnt find a poster for this one.


http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2014/03/31/...plete-line-up/

2014 Chicago Blues Fest – Complete Line-upMarch 31, 2014 9:50 PM

Blues Breakers At ‘XRT we still hear from people who tell ...Read More On March 31st we announced on Blues Breakers the complete line-up for the 31st Annual Chicago Blues Festival set for June 13 through June 15 in Grant Park, Chicago’s front yard. It’s a free festival, in fact it’s the largest free blues festival in the world, running from 11:00 am to 9:30 pm each of the three days....

Here’s the complete line-up:
31st ANNUAL CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL –GRANT PARK
*Schedule & Times Subject To Change




Friday, June 13
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6 p.m. Carolina Chocolate Drops
7:05 p.m. Otis Taylor Band
8:25 p.m. (Celebrate Centennial of John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson”)The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band w/ Sam Lay, Billy Boy Arnold, Marcella Detroit, Billy Branch and Omar Coleman

BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
11:15 a.m. Ronnie Hicks and Masheen Company Band
12:45 p.m. Guy King
2:30 p.m. James Armstrong
4:15 p.m. Kevin Purcell and the Nightburners

THE JACKSON RHYTHM AND BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion of John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson w/ Billy Boy Arnold and Mark Hummel
1:00 p.m. Ben Payton
2:30 p.m. Mr. Sipp “The Mississippi Blues Child”
4 p.m. Vick Allen
5:30 p.m. Ronnie Hicks and Masheen Company Band Jam Session

WINDY CITY BLUES SOCIETY STAGE
11:40 am Low-reen & the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
11:50 am Chicago Blues Challenge (CBC) 2014 Round 1 Winner
12:45 pm Morry Sochat & Shoji Naito – 2013 CBC Duo Winner
2:00 pm Kevin Purcell & the Nightburners – 2013 CBC Band Winner
3:15 pm Slide Guitar Shootout
4:45 pm Jimmy Nick & Don’t Tell Mama
5:55 pm Acoustic Delta Trilogy: Black Willoughbys, Dan Phelps & Matt Hendricks

PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Noon Blues In The Schools w/Stone Academy, Eric Noden, Katherine Davis
1:30 p.m. Harmonica Hinds
3 p.m. Cicero Blake
4:30 p.m. Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blow Out w/ Billy Boy Arnold

Saturday, June 14

PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6 p.m. Theo Huff
6:55 p.m. Willie Clayton
8:15 p.m. Bettye LaVette

BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
11:15 a.m. Michael Charles
2:45 p.m. Vance Kelly and the Backstreet Blues Band
2:30 p.m. Selwyn Birchwood
4:15 p.m. Chicago Blues Divas w/ Peaches Straton, Deitra Farr and Nellie “Tiger” Travis

THE JACKSON RHYTHM AND BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion – “Mississippi’s Next Generation of the Blues” with Mr. Sipp “The Mississippi Blues Child,” Dexter Allen and Chris Gill. Facilitated by Alex Thomas
1 p.m. Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers
2:30 p.m. Southern Komfort Brass Band
4 p.m . Dexter Allen
5:30 p.m. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith Jam Session

WINDY CITY BLUES SOCIETY STAGE
11:40 am Garage Band U with Willie Hayes
12:15 pm Marty “Big Dog” Mercer Trio
1:30 pm Tallan Noble Latz Band
2:45 pm Dave Riley Band with Bob Corritore & Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
4:00 pm Billy Flynn & friends
5:15 pm Tyrannosaurus Chicken
6:30 pm Geneva Red’s Original Delta Fireballs

PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Noon Guy King
1:30 p.m. Matthew Skoller Band
3 p.m. Tribute to Phil Guy (Italy/Chicago collaboration with Dario Lombardo, Deloris Scott and Friends)
4:30 p.m. Big James & the Chicago Playboys

Sunday, June 15
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
5:45 p.m. Nikki Hill
6:45 p.m Aaron Neville
8:15 p.m. Dr. John (Music Director: Sarah Morrow)

BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
11:15 a.m. Homemade Jamz Blues Band
12:45 p.m. The NuBlu Band
2:30 p.m. Mike Wheeler Band
4:15 p.m. Smiley Tillmon Band

THE JACKSON RHYTHM AND BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion – Farish Street Blues w/ Marcia Weaver, Dorothy Moore and Gale Dean Wardlow
1:00 p.m. Lady L
2:30 p.m. Pat Brown
4 p.m. Dorothy Moore
5:30 p.m. Blues Jam Session with Dexter Allen

WINDY CITY BLUES SOCIETY STAGE
11:40 am Fernando Jones & friends
12:15 PM Tony Brown Blues Band with Ice Mike
1:30 pm Gerald McClendon Band
2:45 pm Jim Liban with Joel Paterson Trio
4:00 pm Blue Coast Band with special guests
5:15 pm Willie “the Touch” Hayes Band
6:30 pm Harry Garner & Mark Wydra Duo

PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Noon Diamond Jim Greene
1:30 p.m. Mike Dangeroux Blues Band
3 p.m. Chicago Delta Blues Band w/ Bob Stroger, Barrelhouse Chuck, Billy Flynn and Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
4:30 p.m. Sugar Blue