music festivals

Inspired by the pandemic, a Florida beachside music festival tries something new

6:00am August 24, 2024

The concert promoters who ran popular music cruises are now trying the music vacation concept on land, promising no lines and a different kind of music fest experience for both artists and fans.

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John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, seen here at Farm Aid last year, will headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival tour.

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Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival

10:39am February 27, 2024

by Bruce Warren

Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival, with appearances by Billy Strings, Celisse, Southern Avenue and Brittney Spencer.

Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star perform on Solar stage at Something In The Water festival.

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PHOTOS: What we saw at Pharrell's Something in the Water festival

8:21pm May 02, 2023

Despite the rain, highlights includes performances by Lil Wayne, Doechii, Latto, Kaytranada and more.

Music festivals can be overwhelming, but they remind me that I'm not alone

8:00am April 22, 2023

by Pilar Galvan

Music festivals like Coachella are a spectrum of taste and discovery, allowing fans to experience their favorite artists and introducing them to new ones.

A team of volunteers with an Ohio-based nonprofit handed out 2,500 doses of a nasal spray version of naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, at this year's Bonnaroo music festival.

Overdose reversal drugs gain support at music festivals, but not fentanyl test strips

6:24am August 03, 2022

by Blake Farmer

Festival promoters are allowing lifesaving medication as fentanyl deaths surge, but volunteers are often left to distribute it, and more controversial forms of harm reduction aren't openly allowed.

Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan performs during its 2010 revival in Camden, New Jersey.

25 years on, Lilith Fair is a reminder of how one woman's radical idea changed music

10:11am July 05, 2022

by Lisa Weiner

Lilith Fair brought an eclectic array of women's music to millions of fans and was the top grossing music festival of the 1990s.

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Bonnaroo Postpones Festival Until September

3:38pm March 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The multi-day music event based in Manchester, Tenn., has bumped its scheduled dates back from June until September. It's one of a number of major events to change their plans due to the coronavirus.

To Curb Ocean Pollution, U.K. May Ban Plastic Straws, Stirrers And Cotton Swabs

2:35pm April 19, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Prime Minister Theresa May called plastic waste "one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world." The government said it will work with industry to develop alternatives.

Tents and a portable toilet set up for attendees for the Fyre Festival on Friday, in the Bahamas' Exuma islands.

Fyre Festival Hit With $100 Million Suit; Organizer Says 'We Were A Little Naive'

3:40pm May 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Admitting they were "unable to realize our dream on the first try," festival organizers are giving attendees the option to forgo a refund and instead receive VIP passes to Fyre Fest 2018.

Fyre Festival attendees walk around the event site on Thursday night in Grand Exuma, Bahamas. Festivalgoers had paid thousands of dollars for villas and lodges on the beach, but instead found a chaotic tent city.

Paradise Lost: Luxury Music Festival Turns Out To Be Half-Built Scene Of Chaos

5:32pm April 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Tickets cost thousands for what organizers were calling "the cultural event of the decade." But when visitors arrived on Grand Exuma, they found a tent city without enough power, security, or food.