FESTS

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  TICKET GIVEAWAY: Asbury Park Erotic Film Festival | The Showroom Cinema & Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ | August 5-7, 2016

  by Douglass Dresher

  If you have ever needed a reason to visit Asbury Park, New Jersey, well this is it. The Showroom Cinema and Parlor Gallery is

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  SIGT HIP HOP STOP W/RON GRANT: Rich Homie Quan Addresses Forgetting Biggie’s Lyrics, Rappers Show Support To #BlackLivesMatter, Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival To Stream on Tidal, Schoolboy Q On Gun Laws, ESPYs Honor Muhammad Ali, Troy Ave Released On Bond

  by Ron Grant

  Want a fresh perspective on the week in Hip Hop news? Here’s our take on some of the biggest stories of the past seven days.

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  VIP TICKET GIVEAWAY: Connection Festival 2016 w/ Cage the Elephant, Wu-Tang Clan, Taking Back Sunday, Against Me! + More! | Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville | Saturday, July 23, 2016

  by Trevor Bosmans

  Cage the Elephant have quickly become one of my favorite over the last few years. The first time I saw them live, I stumbled upon

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  98 RockFest Live Review & Concert Photos | Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL | April 29, 2016

  by AJ Lucarelli

  Each year in early Spring the Tampa Bay radio rock station holds their 98Rockfest.  This year’s gathering of bands brought us

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  RIOT FEST 2016 LINEUP ANNOUNCED!!! Chicago & Denver 2016

  by Mitch Foster

  MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK FINAL SHOW?! THURSDAY?! THE HIVES?! GlassJAw, Brand New, Underoath, Jimmy Eat World, Chevy Metal (WHICH IS

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  Darling Nicki | Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers Live Review and Interview | Suwannee Springfest March 19, 2016 | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park

  by Jason Earle

  Nicki Bluhm is a datil pepper added to an already hearty dish-exquisite, a little smokey, additive of the right compliment of

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  FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Suwannee Hulaween | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | Live Oak, FL | October 28-30, 2016

  by Richie Williams

  Suwannee Hulaween returns for the fourth year in a row for what should be another massive festival at the Suwannee Music Park in

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  FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Introducing the Inaugural Bear Creek Bayou Music Festival in New Orleans | September 30 – October 1, 2016

  by Richie Williams

  It’s time to wake the bear! The producers of Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival have announced the inaugural Bear Creek

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  MOONSTONE Music Festival Orlando 2016 Postponed!

  by Mitch Foster

  Moonstone Music Festival was postponed a few weeks ago due to “Cyber Fraud.” We’re pretty bummed, but at least

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  Flat Beautiful | Jon Stickley Live Review and Interview | Suwannee Springfest 2016 | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | March 17 and 18, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  Jon Stickley Trio felt a little apprehension the first time they abandoned vocals in their live show. It was a bold move in the

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  The Gasparilla Music Festival Sashay: Two Hours of ‘Treme’ in Tampa! | Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers + Lucero Live Review and Festival Photos | March 12, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  For the outsider, everyone in New Orleans is impossibly charming. Second line music, Mardi Gras, Tipitina’s, magnolia blossoms,

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  Brandi Carlile Live Review and Concert Photos | Suwannee Springfest 2016 | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | March 18, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  “There is just something cool about this place,” Brandi Carlile beams about Suwannee’s stunning amphitheatre stage. She

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  The Revolution Has Begun: Erykah Badu Live Review | Gasparilla Music Festival, Tampa, FL | March 12 and 13, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  “We will not leave until we walk peacefully back on our land,” she tells us in a none-too-subtle, politically charged message

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  Suwannee Springfest: How to Navigate a Stacked Lineup! | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL | March 17-21, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  We are making our way back to the happiest place on Earth, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. Magnolia Fest was a blast and

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  FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Purple Hatter’s Ball ft. Papadosio, The Floozies, Polish Ambassador & More! | Coming to Live Oak, FL | June 17-19, 2016

  by Richie Williams

  The people at Purple Hat Productions (I’m talking about the big man himself, Mr. Paul Levine, of course) have announced the