Who: Trampled by Turtles, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, The Wood Brothers, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Traveiln’ McCourys, The War and Treaty, Molly Tuttle, Ghost of Paul Revere, Dustbowl Revival, and more Why: Southern Florida gets a nice early fest (that’s never canceled). Who: Black Pumas, The Revivalists, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Grouplove, Band of Horses, The Allman Betts Band, Mavis Staples, Margo Price, The Aces, Bob Moses, Arrested Development, Pinegrove, Neal Francis, Amy Ray, Andy Frasco & The UN, Peach Tree Rascals, and more
Why: Venues across San Francisco have a nice line-up of acts from the hottest in today’s indie-rock to ultra-vets & in between. Who: Azealia Banks, Jeff Tweedy, Alex G, The Drums, Quasi, Titus Andronicus, William Basinski, Alice Phoebe Lou, Kinfolk, Tomberlin, Naked Giants, and more Who: Alice Cooper, Buckcherry, Great White, LA Guns, Lit, Skid Row, and more Where: Miami, FL to Cococay, Bahamas to Cozumel, Mexico Why: Celebrate the Super Bowl in Los Angeles with these big-name acts. Who: Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Green Day, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, and more Why: Celebrate Mardi Gras at Universal Studios Florida. Who: Sugar Ray, Diana Ross, Barenaked Ladies, Styx, Jon Pardi, LL Cool J, DJ Z-Trip, Marshmello, Khalid, Seal, Gavin DeGraw, The Revivalists, Jimmie Allen, Jason Derulo, and more Why: Spin some beats & groove some james while you look at some gems. Who: STS9, Liquid Stranger, Shpongle, Claude Von Stroke, Lotus, Melvin Seal & JGB, Opiuo, Tauk, and more Who: Wu-Tang Clan, The Marley Brothers, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, Sublime With Rome, Sean Paul, Atmosphere, Shaggy, Pepper, Soja, Tribal Seeds, Steel Pulse, Hirie, Protoje, and more Why: Alt-country star Brandi Carlile throws her own weekend party in Mexico for the girls who just wanna. Who: Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, Indigo Girls, Lucius, Margo Price, Yola, KT Tunstall, Allison Russell, Katie Pruitt, Katie Herzig, and more Why: Party down Mexico way with Hootie & The Blowfish & The ’90s. Who: Hootie & The Blowfish, Barenaked Ladies, Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Toadies, Better Than Ezra, Sister Hazel, Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Cowboy Mouth, and more Who: Lamb of God, I Prevail, Avatar, Badflower, Butcher Babies, Dead Sara, Motionless In White, Nonpoint, P.O.D., Sevendust, Steel Panther, Veil of Maya, Kyle Kinane, and more
Where: Galveston, TX to Costa Maya, Mexico to Cozumel, Mexico Why: Country music Crashes My Playa down Mexico way. Who: Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, Ashley McBryde, Locash, and more Why: Alt-country all-stars Wilco thrown their own Mexico fest. Who: Wilco, Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Thundercat, Stephen Malkmus, Soccer Mommy, Jeff Tweedy, Tank & The Bangas, The Autumn Defense, Nels Frine, Neal Francis, Britt Daniel, Mavis Staples, and more Why: Gov’t Mule leads an Americana Exodus to the Island of Jamaica.
Who: Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes, Dawes, The War and Treaty, and more Why: Start your year by Rokking in Key West. Who: Bret Michaels, Cheap Trick, Dee Snider, Jackyl, Litea Ford, Dokken, Skid Row, Night Ranger, Winger, Warrant, Great White, and more Updated continuously throughout the year with new acts, dates, festivals & coverage January Deep breath (under your mask), fingers crossed (and shots in your arm) – maybe, just maybe, North America’s festival season will get big again this year.