South by Southwest
When and where: March 17-21, Austin, Texas
Headliners: Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots, Broken Social Scene, Deerhunter, Drive-By Truckers, Metric, Spoon, Robyn Hitchcock, jj, Surfer Blood, Mayer Hawthorne,
Tampa Bay artists performing: King of Spain, Zillionaire, Rec Center, Nervous Turkey, Matt Hires, Blind Man's Colour, the Beauvilles
Details: sxsw.com
Savannah music festival
When and where: March 18-April 3, Savannah, Ga.
Headliners: Wilco, Derek Trucks Band, She & Him, Susan Tedeschi, Wynton Marsalis, Del McCoury, Lang Lang
Details: savannahmusicfestival.org
Big Ears Festival
When and where: March 26-28, Knoxville, Tenn.
Headliners: Vampire Weekend, The National, Joanna Newsom, Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, Andrew W.K.
Details: bigearsfestival.com
Bamboozle
When and where: May 1-2, East Rutherford, N.J.
Headliners: Weezer, Paramore, MGMT, Ke$ha, Angels & Airwaves, Girl Talk, Drake, Matt & Kim, Say Anything. OK Go, Motion City Soundtrack, Hanson
Details: thebamboozle.com
COACHELLA
When and where: April 16-18, Indio, Calif.
Headliners: Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Faith No More, Tiesto, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, Devo, Sly and the Family Stone, Orbital, Grizzly Bear, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grace Jones, the Dead Weather, Hot Chip, De La Soul, Yo La Tengo
Details: coachella.com
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
When and where: April 23-May 2, New Orleans, La.
Headliners: Simon and Garfunkel, Allman Brothers Band, Black Crowes, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, King Sunny Ade, My Morning Jacket, Aretha Franklin, Pearl Jam, Lionel Richie, Jeff Beck, the Neville Brothers, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Widespread Panic, Van Morrison, Drake
Details: nojazzfest.com
Rites of Spring
When and where: April 24-25, Nashville, Tenn.
Headliners: Ben Harper, Phoenix, Passion Pit, Drake, Cold War Kids, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
Details: vanderbilt.edu/ros
STAGECOACH
When and where: April 24-25, Indio, Calif.
Headliners: Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Sugarland, Brooks & Dunn, Merle Haggard, the Avett Brothers, Jamey Johnson, Billy Currington, Jason Aldean
Details: stagecoachfestival.com
BEALE STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL
When and where: April 30-May 1, Memphis, Tenn.
Headliners: Jeff Beck, Jerry Lee Lewis, Blues Traveler, Leon Russell
Details: thebealestreetmusicfestival.com
The Hangout
When and where: May 14-16, Gulf Shores, Ala.
Headliners: Trey Anastasio and TAB, John Legend, Ben Harper, Zac Brown Band, Flaming Lips, Black Crowes, Ray LaMontagne, Gov't Mule, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Girl Talk, Matisyahu, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Guster, OK Go, Ozomatli, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Matt Hires
Details: hangoutmusicfest.com
Rock on the Range
When and where: May 22-23, Columbus, Ohio
Headliners: Three Days Grace, Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, Rob Zombie, Rise Against, Seether, Sevendust, Drowning Pool, Anberlin
Details: rockontherange.com
ROCKLAHOMA
When and where: May 28-30, Prior, Okla.
Headliners: ZZ Top, Godsmack, Buckcherry, Chevelle, Tesla, Cinderella, Theory of a Deadman
Details: rocklahoma.com
Sasquatch!
When and where: May 29-31, Quincy, Wash.
Headliners: Pavement, Public Enemy, the Hold Steady, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Tegan and Sara, Kid Cudi
Details: sasquatchfestival.com
BAMAJAM MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
When and where: June 3-5, Enterprise, Ala.
Headliners: Kenny Chesney, Hank Williams Jr., Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson
Details: bamajammusicfestival.com
Mountain Jam VI
When and where: June 4-6, Hunter Mountain, N.Y.
Headliners: Levon Helm, Drive-By Truckers, Avett Brothers, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Gov't Mule, Jay Farrar, Les Claypool, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Toots and the Maytals, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Yonder Mountain Spring Band
Details: mountainjam.com
Bonnaroo
When and where: June 10-13, Manchester, Tenn.
Headliners: Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Tenacious D, Weezer, Phoenix, Tori Amos, Norah Jones, Flaming Lips (doing Dark Side of the Moon), LCD Soundsystem, Zac Brown Band, the Dead Weather, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
Details: bonnaroo.com
Crossroads Guitar Festival
When and where: June 26, Chicago
Headliners: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, Allman Brothers Band, Sheryl Crow, Robert Randolph, ZZ Top, Vince Gill, Steve Winwood, Los Lobos
Details: crossroadsguitarfestival2007.com
Essence Music Festival
When and where: July 2-4, New Orleans, La.
Headliners: Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Earth Wind and Fire, Gladys Knight, Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, De La Soul, Estelle
Details: essencemusicfestival.com
Pitchfork Music Festival
When and where: July 16-18, Chicago
Headliners: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent, Sleigh Bells, Raekwon
Details: pitchforkmusicfestival.com
Lollapalooza
When and where: Aug. 7-9, Chicago
Headliners: Tool, the Killers, Depeche Mode, Jane's Addiction, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Ben Harper, TV on the Radio, Snoop Dogg, Thievery Corporation, Rise Against, Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Neko Case, Bon Iver, Of Montreal, Gomez
Details: lollapalooza.com
ATP NEW YORK
When and where: Sept. 3-5, Monticello, N.Y.
Headliners: Sonic Youth, Iggy and the Stooges, Mudhoney, Explosions in the Sky, the Breeders, Raekwon, Brian Jonestown Massacre, F---ed Up
Details: atpfestival.com
Summer music festival preview: Bonnaroo, Coachella, Lollapalooza and more
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Vampire Weekend’s got a busy summer planned: Big Ears, Coachella, Sasquatch! and Lollapalooza.
On the Web
Looking for more info on these or any of the dozens of other spring and summer music festivals out there? Check out the blog Consequence of Sound, whose "Festival Outlook" is updated often with lineup announcements and rumors. See
consequenceofsound.net/festival-outlook.








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