Newport Festivals Foundation Unveils Custom License Plates Benefiting Free Music Lessons Program

Newport Festivals Foundation Unveils Custom License Plates Benefiting Free Music Lessons Program

Newport Festivals Foundation Unveils Custom License Plates Benefiting Free Music Lessons Program Rob Moderelli on May 21, 2025 This year, the Newport Festivals Foundation will continue its longstanding tradition of impact-oriented artistic celebrations by bringing […]

7-Eleven At Music Festivals? Chain Inks Live Nation Sponsorship

7-Eleven Live Nation deal

7-Eleven has finalized a Live Nation sponsorship deal, including When We Were Young naming rights. Photo Credit: 7-Eleven Introducing 7-Eleven the music festival sponsor: The convenience chain has scored When We Were Young naming rights […]

Billy McFarland is selling Fyre Festival’s brand : NPR

Billy McFarland sits in a TV studio.

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, pictured in 2023, is putting the brand up for sale two years after announcing plans for a second event. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Theo Wargo/Getty Images The […]

Opry Entertainment Dives Into Festivals With Southern Acquisition

Opry Entertainment Group Southern Entertainment purchase

An exterior shot of Opry Entertainment Group’s Grand Ole Opry House. Photo Credit: Antony-22 Opry Entertainment Group has jumped into the music festival space by taking a majority stake in Southern Entertainment, which has a […]

Shoegaze rocker Wisp is Gen Z’s ambassador for the opaque and brutal—even at rap festivals

Shoegaze rocker Wisp is Gen Z's ambassador for the opaque and brutal—even at rap festivals

Within seconds of opening her computer, Natalie Lu was under attack. Just when the 20-year-old singer/guitarist, founder of the San Francisco shoegaze outfit Wisp, cracked open Zoom for an interview about her ferocious rise in […]

Rock the Country Music Festival’s ‘Small Town America Tour’

Rock the Country Music Festival

Photo Credit: Rock the Country Music Festival Rock the Country Music Festival announces ‘small town’ America tour, with stops in Little Rock, Arkansas; Knoxville, Tennessee; and more. Rock the Country Music Festival has announced the […]

Worlds Away Extends Free Passes to Ticket Buyers of Cancelled Nocturnal Wonderland and Lucidity Festivals

Worlds Away Extends Free Passes to Ticket Buyers of Cancelled Nocturnal Wonderland and Lucidity Festivals

Festival-goers devastated by the recent cancellations of Nocturnal Wonderland and Lucidity still have a second chance to dance. Worlds Away, a new music festival in Silicon Valley to be headlined by Tiësto and The Chainsmokers, is […]

The Evolution Of Music Festivals: From Ancient Times To Modern Era

The Evolution Of Music Festivals: From Ancient Times To Modern Era

History says that music has always had a major role in shaping culture, therefore cultural festivals. Music has always been a big part of cultural festivities, from ancient Greece’s Pythian Games to 11th-century Scottish Mods. […]

Fantasia International Film Festival’s 2024 Edition Offers Another Bevy of Genre Goodness

An old man has a demon sword on his arm in Old Man and the Demon Sword.

One of the very best film festivals in the world (in my humble opinion) kicks off again this weekend for another fortnight-and-a-bit of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, and basically all the great genre movies you […]

Terrapin Crossroads Presents Sunday Daydream, Full Details on Summer Festivals Featuring Diverse Phil Lesh & Friends Lineups

Terrapin Crossroads Presents Sunday Daydream, Full Details on Summer Festivals Featuring Diverse Phil Lesh & Friends Lineups

This summer, Terrapin Crossroads will present two opportunities to celebrate the enduring legacy of the Grateful Dead with the onset of Sunday Daydream Volumes 3 and 4 featuring Phil Lesh & Friends and more at […]