[Video] Spring Awakening 2013 Site Build
Spring Awakening begins tomorrow. Do you guys have your glowsticks ready? One of Chicago's largest EDM festivals is set to greet the weekend early tomorrow afternoon, but before you groove to some beats, one final behind-the-scenes look has been released. The video shows the last-minute construction of the stages at Soldier Field that'll hold all of your favorite DJs and EDM groups from Krewella to PHNM to Moby and much, much more.
If you plan on attending, make sure you have your schedule prepared. I'll be there all weekend taking photos of the event and doing everything I can to not unleash my sexy dance on everybody. Tickets are still on sale for the procrastinators, so make sure you get yourself a pass if you want to shake your booty this weekend.
http://youtu.be/CUNBSek0AIg
Schedule for Spring Awakening released
Fans of EDM, are you prepared for Spring Awakening? With the three day festival a week and a half away, the full daily schedule has been released. With four stages showcasing DJs doing what they do best, the festival should be a great summer weekend for people ready to party, sweat, and dance in the legendary home of the Chicago Bears, Soldier Field.
Also released is information on two after parties were announced alongside the schedule. On June 15th, Glasslux, Gunlove, and Perfect Kiss will be joined by Fool's Gold's Oliver at Primary night club. Tickets for that are located here. In addition to that show is Bass Kitchen, the official Spring Awakening after party that signals the end of the festival, will feature 12th Planet and some secret guests. Tickets for that show, which will also be at Primary, can be purchased here.
Remember, tickets for Spring Awakening are still available. I've included a video sneak peek below showing how Soldier Field will look for the festival below to tide everyone over until the festival starts.
http://youtu.be/qxNI1TlfYuw
Lollapalooza after shows and parties unofficially announced
The early bird catches the worm, right? Keen eyes at Entertain Me-dia have discovered the unofficially official list of Lollapalooza after shows and parties. "Accidentally" posted on Do312's mobile site (but not on their desktop site), the list of after shows include a mix of headlining and supporting acts playing venue shows. Personally, I'm a bigger fan of these shows as opposed to the messy and chaotic outdoor shows. You can check out the full list below. Tickets are set to officially go on sale this Friday at 10am CST.
Thanks to Jaime Black of Dynasty Podcasts for the heads up.
- 07/31 Wednesday 7pm: Benefitting Special Olympics Audiotree and Scion Presents NELARUSKY: Performances by Imagine Dragons, Icona Pop, Brick + Mortar, Kellen & Me @ METRO
- 7/31 Wednesday 7:30pm: Timeflies w/ Keys N Krates @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 7/31 Wednesday 8pm (doors): Thievery Corporation w/ DJ Mel @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 7/31 Wednesday 9pm: Smith Westerns @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/01 Thursday 8pm (doors): Lana Del Rey @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Hot Chip w/ Bear Mountain @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Atlas Genius w/ San Cisco @ SCHUBAS
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Father John Misty w/ Night Moves @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm: Hiatus Kaiyote @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/01 Thursday 9pm (doors): Wild Nothing w/ Circles @ EMTPY BOTTLE
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Eric Church w/ Frontier Ruckus @ METRO
- 8/02 Friday 10pm (doors): Local Natives w/ Wake Owl @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Mowgli’s w/ The Bright Light Social Hour @ DOUBLE DOOR
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Lumineers @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Foals w/ Drowners @ PARK WEST
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Little Green Cars w/ The Dunwells @ SCHUBAS
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Jessie Ware @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/02 Friday 10:30pm: Flux Pavilion w/ Dillon Francis, RVSB @ ARAGON BALLROOM
- 8/02 Friday 10pm: SBTRKT and Disclosure @ THE MID
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: The Neighbourhood and Family of the Year @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Death Grips @ BOTTOM LOUNGE
- 8/02 Friday 10pm (doors): Heartless Bastards w/ Houndmouth @ CITY WINERY
- 8/02 Friday 11pm: Chance The Rapper w/ BJ The Chicago Kid @ REGGIES
- 8/03 Saturday 9pm (doors): DIIV @ EMPTY BOTTLE
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Band Of Horses w/ Reignwolf @ METRO
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Ghost B.C. w/ Skeltonwitch @ DOUBLE DOOR
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Two Door Cinema Club w/ MS MR @ HOUSE OF BLUES
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Matt & Kim w/ Robert DeLong @ THE VIC THEATRE
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Frightened Rabbit w/ Wild Belle @ PARK WEST
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: SKATERS and The Orwells @ SCHUBAS
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: HAIM w/ St. Lucia @ LINCOLN HALL
- 8/03 Saturday 10:30pm: Kendrick Lamar w/Baauer, BJ The Chicago Kid @ARAGON BALLROOM
- 8/03 Saturday 10pm: Dada Life w/ Nathan Scott, Gus Karas @ THE MID
- 8/03 Saturday 11pm: Baroness w/ The Royal Thunder @ SUBTERRANEAN
- 8/04 Sunday 9pm (doors): Wavves w/ E.T. Habit @ EMPTY BOTTLE
- 8/04 Sunday 11pm: Palma Violets w/ Wild Cub @ SCHUBAS
- 8/04 Sunday 11pm: Alt-J w/ Guards @ LINCOLN HALL
[via Entertain Me-dia]
More Artists Added to North Coast Music Festival Lineup
Continuing on with our long list of summer festival lineups, North Coast has added some new artists to their already large list of musicians. After the mayhem that will be Spring Awakening, Pitchfork, and Lollapalooza, but before Riot Fest, will be the North Coast Music Festival. Serving to be the summer's last hold on music festivals, this year's North Coast is shaping up to be a solid way to spend your weekend before the leaves begin to drop.
New additions have been announced to the lineup that will now feature Danny Brown, RL Grime, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Midnight Conspiracy, Flatbush Zombies, and more. In addition to the musical additions, North Coast has also made official partnerships with the Hard Rock Hotel and Crowne Plaza for those traveling into Chicago for the festival.
You can buy tickets for this year's North Coast Music Festival here.
Spring Awakening Schedule and Daily Tickets Available
Spring Awakening, one of the largest dance music festivals in the country, is getting ready to take over Soldier Field next month. From June 14-16, dance music fiends will be twerking, juking, grinding, two stepping, and popping and/or locking to a few big names in EDM, including Moby, Krewella, Bassnectar, Zeds Dead, and Paul Oakenfold. Some notable Chicago groups/DJs performing during the three-day festival are my LOD brother PHNM, Chicago super duo Flosstradamus, and ex-resident Rehab Djs, Team Bayside High.
Official after-parties have been announced today as well. The announced list, which you purchase tickets for below, include Moby at the MID Friday night, Zeds Dead at the House of Blues Saturday night, and Calvin Harris at the MID Sunday night. Three-day VIP passes have sold out, but a few single-day VIP passes and normal single-day and three-day passes are available.
You can read the press release, complete with ticket purchase links, below.
Spring Awakening Music Festival 2013 is just 15 days away, and it's set to be the largest all dance music event in Chicago with over 75,000 fans descending on Soldier Field! Single day tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased exclusively through Clubtix.com! Three day VIP passes are completely sold out, but there are still a limited amount of single day VIP and general admission three day passes still available! Spring Awakening Music Festival also released the daily lineup of artists performing and the official after parties, taking place at Chicago's premier nightclubs!
The official Spring Awakening Music Festival after parties have been announced. They're all on sale now to the general public. Full listing below:
Friday
- Moby and Revolvr at the MID - Tickets
- PANTyRAiD & Zomboy at the House of Blues - Tickets
- Dirty South at SpyBar - Tickets
- DJ Bl3nd at Volkan - Tickets
Saturday
- Nicky Romero at the MID - Tickets
- Zeds Dead with Salva at House of Blues - Tickets
- Cajmere at SpyBar - Tickets
- Nervo at Palladium - Tickets
Sunday
- Calvin Harris at the MID - Tickets
- Excision and Minnesota at House of Blues - Tickets
- Boys Noize at Spybar - Tickets
Monday
- SAMF Closing Party at Evil Olive w/ Porn and Chicken - FREE w/ RSVP
SAMF was blown away by the creativity from all of our contest entries, from chalk and t-shirt designs to our DJ competition. The amount of talent that poured in from all over the country made it a very hard decision. Check out the submissions for our "Chalk it Up" and Poster design contests. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Head to Clubtix.com now to get your tickets to Spring Awakening Music Festival!
Jambalaya Fest Austin Changes Venues from The Backyard to Austin Music Hall
Jambalaya Fest, a three date, three city festival in Texas, is featuring a stellar lineup including EarlWolf (Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt's collaboration), Zeds Dead, Big Boi, RL Grime, and G-Eazy. The festival originally featured AraabMUZIK, but he had to back out due to unforeseen circumstances. Bigger news, however, involve a venue change in Austin, TX from The Backyard to Austin Music Hall.
So for Austin readers interested in attended Jambalaya Fest next week, schedule your plans accordingly. The official press release is below. BUY TIX HERE
"Our lineup for Summer 2013 was scheduled to play 3,000 capacity venues, but because Austin Music Hall had a previously confirmed event we looked to make an exception for Austin with The Backyard. However, when the Music Hall became available it made sense for us to make a move to downtown Austin to keep the similar model we've applied in the other markets. We love The Backyard and look to produce an event there soon."
The Riot Fest 2013 Lineup is AMAZING
Wow. Just as I was going on about how I greatly dislike music festivals, the first wave of bands were announced for this year's Riot Fest. For those that don't know, Riot Fest was started in 2005 as a way to help put together a seemingly dream lineup of various punk bands. Since its initial launch, the festival has grown exponentially, not only moving the festivities from the Congress Theater to Humboldt Park, but also establishing shows across the country under the Riot Fest brand.
There's music here for everybody, as Riot Fest's growth has begun to include all facets of independent music. Some noted hip hop acts include DOOMTREE's Dessa, Atmosphere, Public Enemy, and Saul Williams. However, the main focus is on punk/alternative/pop-punk bands. Some of my personal highlights are blink-182, Rancid, Against Me!, Toots and the Maytals, Mephiskapheles, Bad Brains, and amazing local Chicago bands The Lawrence Arms, Maps and Atlases, and a reuniting The Broadways. Maybe I'll find some time to catch Brand New and Taking Back Sunday so I could sing along to the two songs I know from them.
Seriously, there's something here for everybody; whether you can quote every song Brendan Kelly has ever written, got star tattoos during the early 200s, or go out in a full three-piece suit, Riot Fest 2013 is shaping up to be the best Chicago-based festival of the year. Go ahead and buy tickets for Riot Fest 2013 here.
Lollapalooza 2013 Schedule is Out
The schedule for this year's Lollapalooza is live! The popular festival, taking place August 2nd - 4th, has been growing steadily since it settled in Chicago a few years ago. Some highlights from this year's festival include Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, New Order, and Wavves. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of music festivals; they're expensive, always outside and dirty, smell bad, consist of schedule conflicts, and full of drunk and/or high people. But hey, it's all for the love of music, right?
You can check out the Lollapalooza 2013 Schedule in a PDF provided by the Chicago Tribune.