MUSIC FESTIVAL
New Orleans will be getting its yearly dose of Halloween weekend madness with this year’s VOODOO Experience. An annual celebration of music, art, and the Big Easy nightlife, VOODOO 2011 will make its way down to Louisiana from Oct. 28-30.
The weekend’s biggest names will take to the stages of Le Ritual in New Orleans’ City Park. Famous for featuring a melting pot of the hottest artists from past and present, this year’s lineup includes Blink-182, Soundgarden, Snoop Dogg, and Fatboy Slim. House heads can make their way over the Le Plur, VOODOO’s space for electronic dance music where acts such as Claude VonStroke, Craig Richards, Tanner Ross, and Wolf+Lamb will keep crowds entranced throughout the night. Last but not least, Le Flambeau will be the place to go to pay tribute to the roots music that helped shape NOLA into the musically rich city it is today. Every night of the sensory-assaulting weekend will be capped off by Deja Voodoo is Verboten, a series of after-show parties that will feature prominent DJs spinning from midnight to 6 a.m. including Cassy, Danny Howells, Deniz Kurtel, Lee Burridge, Maya Jane Coles, Soul Clap, and Voices of Black.
The third annual Ragbag of Jollification, the music festival bought to you by the same people behind Adult Swim, has annouced it's tour dates and performers.
The outdoor festival features nine different artists in nine states. Starting the end of this month, March 30th, in Baton Rouge, Ragbag of Jollification ends April 18th in Michigan.
The Tour Dates:
03-30 Curren$y in Baton Rouge, LA - Fred's Bar Parking Lot
04-02 Best Coast in College Station, TX - Dixie Chicken Inc.'s Parking Lot
04-04 Maserati in Albuquerque, NM - Park It Place Lot
Though Lollapalooza has released the headliners for its first international festival, Lollapalozza Chili, it has not officially released the lineup for the original festival. That has not stopped numerous music news sites from releasing the rumored headliners for the music festival.
Lollapalooza takes place over three days, August 5th thru the 7th, in Chicago. It boasts about seventy artists spread out over five stages, and numerous after parties. "Reliable sources" have revealed to Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot the headliners: Eminem, Muse, and The Foo Fighters.
Even though Conan was jumped, beaten up, and left for dead by NBC, he's still managing to make headlines. O'Brien announced on his twitter that he'll be, "heading to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. I repeat: It's half-assed." The ‘Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour' was announced shortly after the twitter craze that Conan sparked by following a random person (Sarah Killen), who went from 3 followers (pre-Conan) to 27,900 followers and was given a bunch of free stuff.
One of the last stops on tour will be at this year's Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Conan has never turned down the opportunity to rock out on his previous talk shows, so it seems like a perfect fit.
The tour will start April 12th in Eugene, Oregon, for tickets and details visit Team Coco.
This year's Coachella lineup is finally here and Jay-Z, Gorillaz, and Muse will be headlining the three night festival in Indio, California on April 16th, 17th, and 18th.
Other noteworthy artists that will be rocking your face off include: Thom Yorke of Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, The Dead Weather, Spoon, The Whitest Boys Alive, and Beach House.
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 22 at 10:00 AM at all Ticketmaster locations and Coachella.com.
You don’t have to be an acid-fried, VW driving, hippie-burnout to appreciate a good jam-band, nor do you have to be a hoity-toity, pinky-flaring, culture snob to appreciate the subtle nuances of good improvisation. In fact, the presence of a loyal fan-base is far from evidence proving notable talent (need I cite the existence of multiple Paris Hilton fan-clubs?). But, there is one so-called “jam-band” that transcends the barriers between underground appeal and critical notoriety. Regularly treading their own successful path through the journey toward musical greatness is the Chicago-based improvisational conglomerate, Umphrey’s McGee.
On Saturday, November 7th, music lovers can feast their eyes and ears on the Spam Allstars at the Sleepless Night festival in Miami Beach. The free gala will be filled with indoor and outdoor events that feature music, dance, theater, film, comedy, poetry and acrobatics. At midnight, the Spam Allstars will take the Rhythm Foundation Stage.
The band defies a single classification. The Spam Allstars’ sound can be described as electronic descarga, a Cuban term for a loose, spirited jam session. Their Afro-Cuban vibes mesh with acid jazz to concoct a multicultural synthesis that defines Miami. They’ve been featured in a few independent films, as well as the Miami Heat’s pre-game introductions, and other TV and radio spots. Despite their impressive resume of various accomplishments, the Spam Allstars are meant to be experienced live, where you can feel the bass in your stomach.
Whatever Halloween may mean to you—dressing up, haunted houses, or partying the night away—L.A. has got a little something to offer everyone this year.
WEST HOLLYWOOD COSTUME CARNAVAL
Originating as a gay pride parade in 1987, the West Hollywood Costume Carnaval has grown into L.A.’s largest and most well-known Halloween celebration. With 500,000 people expected to attend, you definitely do not want to miss out on the parade this year!
On October 31 from 6 PM to midnight, join hordes of Halloween revelers who will be parading as goblins and ghouls, angels and devils, and a myriad of other creative costumes on Santa Monica Blvd. between La Cienega and La Peer. For parents who think this event may be too extreme for the younger crowd, there is a whole week of events for families leading up to the Carnaval. With pumpkin carving contests, a youth carnival, and even a doggy costume contest, no one is left out this Halloween!
For more information, visit www.westhollywoodhalloween.com.
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