The Festivals Thread

[Backwater]

I was going to wait until my 3,000 post to start this thread but fuck it, I'll just do it now. What festivals have you been to? What are the best and worst festivals you've attended? I'm curious to find out who has been to what festivals. I'm sure many of us were at the same fests and didn't realize it. I know there's lots of people that have good festival stories that they could share.

The festivals I've been to worth mentioning are:

Coachella 08-we all know who was there
Lollapalooza 03 - Jane's Addiction, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age
Lollapalooza 05 - Pixies, Primus, Billy Idol, Widespread Panic, STS9
Bonnaroo 04 - Primus, David Bryne, The Dead, Bob Dylan
Bonnaroo 05 - Trey Anastasio, 2 Widespread Panic sets, The Allman Brothers
Bonnaroo 06 - Radiohead, Tom Petty, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, MMJ
Bonnaroo 07 - Tool, The Police, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips
All Good 05 - Les Claypool, String Cheese Incident, Umphrey's Mcgee
Gigantour 05 - Fear Factory, Dream Theater, Dillinger Escape Plan, Megadeth
Indiana Funk Fest 06 - The Family Stone (sans Sly), Victor Wooten
Hookahville 05 - The Wailers, Robert Randolph, Particle, Galactic
Hookahville 06 - Blues Traveler, Yonder Mountain String Band
Warped Tour 03 - Flogging Molly, AFI, Rancid, Andrew WK, Poison the Well
Vegoose 07 - Rage, Daft, Iggy, Muse, STS9
Ozzfest 02 - System of a Down, Meshuggah, Rob Zombie, Ozzy
Ozzfest 03 - Marilyn Manson, Korn, Voivod, Ozzy
Ozzfest 04 - (the best one) Judas Priest, Slayer, Lamb of God, Black Sabbath
Ozzfest 05 - Mastodon, In Flames, Iron Maiden
Detour 08 - Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, The Presets, The Bloody Beetroots
Wakarusa 06 - Flaming Lips, Buckethead, Bela and the Flecktones, Gov't Mule
Langerado 06 - STS9, Umphrey's Mcgee, The Black Crowes, Buckethead
10,000 Lakes 06 - String Cheese Incident, Trey Anastasio, Umphrey's Mcgee
Street Scene 08 - Beck, Devo, Justice, STS9
Tall Stacks, Cincinnati 06 - Wilco, Al Green, Buddy Guy, MMW, Dr. John
Memphis Beale Street Music Festival 07 - Allman Brothers, 3 6 Mafia, Steely Dan, Social Distortion, The Ohio Players

I've been to many smaller, jamband fests that aren't really worth mentioning. I always had a good time though. I went to lots of Scribblejams too.

And probably around 10 or so fests at this awesome venue: http://www.nlqp.com/ Check out the quarry pictures, that place is beautiful, it has to rival the Gorge and Red Rocks.
Some of the highlights there were STS9 and P-Funk.


The worst festival I've been to was probably either Ozzfest 05 or warped tour. The best festival I've ever been to was easily Bonnaroo 07, even without MMJ. Every set I saw was great other than the Police. The Tool show was the best show I've ever seen, better than Portishead.

[zenidogx]

i have a tiny list, but it'll grow over time (assuming i get a job after college).

Wango Tango 2005 - Gwen Stefani
Coachella 2006 - defining act: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Coachella 2007 - Gogol Bordello
Detour 2007 - Teddybears
Coachella 2008 -I'm From Barcelona
Make Music Pasadena 2008 - Kinky
Outside Lands (day 1) - Manu Chao
Detour 2008 - Black Lips

i can't wait to see lists from Canexplain and Bmack

[Backwater]

Ron's post will take up a whole page. Wango Tango? Haha, that's funny. I've never heard of it. I was also at that Pasadena one, Kinky was fun and Autolux was good but it was way too fucking hot that day.

[MeowMixer]

Coachella '05: Best-Bauhaus, Worst-?
Coachella '06: Best-Daft Punk, Worst-Animal Collective
Coachella '07: Best-Justice, Worst-?
Detour '07: Best-Noisettes, Worst-Justice
Coachella '08: Best-Yelle, Worst-Animal Collective
HARD Summer Music Festival: Best-Bloody Beetroots, Worst-DJ Momjeans
Detour '08: Best-Presets, Worst-?

[zenidogx]

is was like 100 for Make Music. ridiculous! Kinky still managed to get some life out of me,
after Raveonettes sucked it from me.

i've yet to see the Flaming Lips in a festival setting. that would make my showgoing complete. come to think of it, i dont want to see other people's festival lists because the Lips would be all over the place.

[MeowMixer]

not in mine yet...

[JSam67]

Not a huge list. Favorite set(s) listed.

Lollapalooza 2006 - The Raconteurs
Coachella 2007 - Arcade Fire
DFest 2007 - Flaming Lips
Lollapalooza 2007 - Daft Punk, Muse
SoCo Music Experience 2007 - Flaming Lips
Coachella 2008 - Portishead
80/35 Festival 2008 - Flaming Lips
Lollapalooza 2008 - Radiohead, NIN
Monolith Music Festival 2008 - Silversun Pickups, Band of Horses

[Backwater]

i've yet to see the Flaming Lips in a festival setting. that would make my showgoing complete. come to think of it, i dont want to see other people's festival lists because the Lips would be all over the place.

Yeah, I didn't realize how many times I've seen the Flips until I typed all of that out. I'm not a big fan because their music is pretty simple and boring to me. The live shows are fun with all of the confettit and lazers but it's just a coincidence that they were often at the same fests I was at. Like Michael Franit, I can't escape that fucker

[zenidogx]

Bonnaroo 07 - Tool, The Police, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips

you're a dick

DFest 2007 - Flaming Lips
SoCo Music Experience 2007 - Flaming Lips
80/35 Festival 2008 - Flaming Lips

you're a dick

not in mine yet...

you're cool

[Boourns]

Coachella 04
best: radiohead, pixies, beck, q and not u, the stills
worst: sparta, howie day
Coachella 05
best: arcade fire, Dresden dolls, nin, m83, coldplay
worst: weezer, bright eyes
Sunset Junction 05
best: didn't care for anything I saw...I arrived late, got too hot and left for a while, came back and got pissed at someone and left before Rilo Kiley
Coachella 06
best: daft punk, massive attack, sigur ros, metric, tool
worst: James blunt, madonna
Detour 06
best: blonde redhead, beck, of montreal
worst: everyone else disappointed
Coachella 07
best: jarvis cocker, arcade fire, bjork, css, rage
worst: peaches, hot chip
Coach 08
best: prince, portishead, roger waters, verve, battles
worst: jack johnson, uffie

[Suffacated]

Coachella 99, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 and 08.

[bballarl]

I feel like we have this thread already.

[apostle2]

I'm only going to include multi-day festivals. I've gone to a bunch of single day stuff but not much worth noting. Also, I like Boourns' format, stealing it.

Lollapalooza '05
best: The Pixies, Arcade Fire, Dinosaur Jr, ...Trail of Dead
worst: dashboard confessional, liz phair

Bonnaroo '06
best: Radiohead, Beck, Bright Eyes, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello
worst: neville brothers, Death Cab

Lollapalooza '06
best: Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips
worst: The Shins, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bonnaroo '07
best: so much - wilco, tool, white stripes, girl talk, flaming lips, sasha and digweed, the hold steady, dj shadow, hot chip, the national
worst: the police

Virgin Festival Baltimore '07
best: Beastie Boys, Modest Mouse, Explosions in the Sky, Interpol
worst: amy winehouse

Bonnaroo '08
best: My Morning Jacket, Sigur Ros, Raconteurs, Broken Social Scene
worst: kanye west

that's it so far. excited to add a mint condition Coachella to my collection next year.

[Cdubby]

My list is easy

Vegoose 07 (day 1)- Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age
Coachella 08- Plastiscines
Outside Lands Fest (day 1)- Radiohead, Beck

[Backwater]

I feel like we have this thread already.

I didn't search but if we do, then it's been long enough since people have posted in it so that a new one isn't a bad thing.

Vegoose 07 (day 1)- Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age

Ah, I forgot all about Vegoose. I also went in 07 also. I wish I could have gone the first two years, the lineup was very stellar all three years. RIP Vegoose.

[flowbee]

Bumbershoot 05'
Coachella 08'
Bumbershoot 08'

That's my humble list up to this date. I'd say Bumbershoot 08' was the least enjoyable of them all since I only could make the Monday lineup and getting into the small venue for the Flobots was a complete joke. I don't regret attending any of them though.

[sbessiso]

Warped Tour 2000(I think)
Best-AntiFlag, Long Beach Dub Allstars
Worst-Cant remember

Coachella 2006
Best-SCISSOR SISTERS, yeah yeah yeahs, Amadou and Mariam, and that little pyramid thing in the sahara
worst-TOOL

Bonnaroo 2007
Best-THE WHITE STRIPES, the black keys, gogol bordello, motherfucking WOLFMOTHER, yeard dogs road show
worst-TOOL,the police, kings of leon, the nightwatchman

Langerado 2008
Best-BEASTIE BOYS, R.E.M., !!!, yard dogs road show, the lee boys
Worst-I really dont remember seeing anything bad. G.Love was kinda boring and there was this one guy who sounded just like andrew bird but his name slips me

ULTRA music festival 2008
Best-JUSTICE, mstrkrft, crystal method
worst-tiesto

Coachella 2008
Best-KraftHeadPrince, raconteurs
Worst-Death Cab for cutie, MGMT

Bonnaroo 2008
Best-BB KING, raconteurs, Lupe Fiasco was neato,
Worst-kanye in-fucking-deed
Biggest surprise-Jack Johnson

80/35 Festival 2008
Best-Flaming Lips
Worst-Andrew fucking Bird

[Backwater]

Bonnaroo '06
worst: neville brothers

Really? I actually enjoyed that set quite a bit. How far back were you? I was all the way up front, blazed out of my mind, dancing. It was fun. Then again, almost everyone was fucking awesome that year so they could have played a great set and still be one of the worst ones you saw. Haha, Death Cab. I made sure I was as far away from them as possible. You should've seen Oysterhead, that was the easiest choice of the year for me.

Bonnaroo 2007
Best- motherfucking WOLFMOTHER,

I had a lot of fun during their set but they didn't really impress me or anything. I was standing right by the people who started that "Aussie, aussie, aussie, oy, oy, oy" chant about halfway through the set.

[sbessiso]

Well Backwater, I'm a huuuge fan of their album and their set just rocked so hard. Plus, I think the lead singer is really cute and the first thing he did was take his shirt off. The eye make up and tighty jeans were a bonus as well. Sometime we watch concerts differently, huh

[JSam67]

I liked Wolfmother a lot at Lolla '06, my favorite set besides Raconteurs. Good old fashioned rock show. And, I fucking love The White Unicorn.

[Backwater]

I'm glad you like Yard Dogs Road Show. In 06? I believe, I remember walking around Centeroo when there weren't any bands I had to see at the time, tripping balls, and wandering into the tent where they were performing. I was like, "What in the fucking hell is going on here?!?! What did I just get myself into?!?!" It's like some twistedly awesome nightmare circus freakshow. I felt like I walked into a Tim Burton movie. That shit was fucking crazy.

[sbessiso]

it was 2007! Youre the only other person who knows them besides my friends!! We made sure to watch them a second time. The mix of songs, magic, skits, burlesque was just so unique to us! They did a late-night set at Langerado, I was the only one of my friends that made it. Everyone else passed out, poor little buggers.

Bonnaroo



blurry but you get the picture

[Backwater]

Did anyone see Lewis Black or David Cross at Bonnaroo 07. I really wanted to see both of them but that line was just too damn long both times.

[woogie846]

I don't have that many under my belt:

Coachella '06
Coachella '07
Coachella '08
Outside Lands '08
Detour '07
Detour '08
Sunset Junction '07
Sunset Junction '08

Hopefully I'll be at Bonnaroo this year.

[TommyboyUNM]

I feel like we have this thread already.

And......there it is.


Anyway:

Ozzfest 2005: Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Bury Your Dead, In Flames

Coachella 2007: Rage and Manu Chao were great.

Street Scene 2007: Muse, Bad Brains, Ozomatli

Vegoose 2007: Daft Punk, Rage, Muse, Iggy, Public Enemy

Bonnaroo 2008: MMJ, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Sigur Ros, The Raconteurs

Lolla 2008: Rage, Lupe Fiasco, MGMT, Toadies



My favorite festival was probably Bonnaroo. My least favorite.....Ozzfest. Though I was only at Lolla on Saturday, it was a good day.

[Backwater]

Ahh, no! You were just one year too late on Ozzfest. 04 was the best one ever, and 05 was probably the worst. I've never seen a decline in the lineup of a festival from one year to the next, unbelievable. My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw the 04 lineup, in a good way, and my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw the 05 lineup, but this time in a very bad way. I still went for the hell of it, but it was a waste of time and money. Iron Maiden fucking blows.

[TomAz]

Bonnaroo '06
best: Radiohead, Beck, Bright Eyes, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello
worst: neville brothers, Death Cab

I thought Bright Eyes and Elvis C were both slightly disappointing. Conor didn't know what to do with his time and Elvis had that New Orleans thing going on which was sort of boring.


Sonic Youth was great at that festival too.

[canexplain]

I thought Bright Eyes and Elvis C were both slightly disappointing. Conor didn't know what to do with his time and Elvis had that New Orleans thing going on which was sort of boring.


Sonic Youth was great at that festival too.

tomaz, i didnt meet you are the roo that year did i? i need people to send me something saying , yea we met lol ..... my list would actually bore most of the board again, so i will just say worst, altamont, best, woodstock 69, biggest watkins glen and a bunch of wakarusas, the vegooses, the roos, and of course the coachella's .... cr***

[rskapcat]

Lollapalooza 1994 and 1995
Lilith Fair (all three years...can't remember the exact years)
Coachella 2008
ACL 2008

Not many.

[garrett222]

Street Scene '05
Best: The Flaming Lips
Worst: 311

Coachella '06
Best: Daft Punk
Worst: Madonna

Coachella '07
Best: Bjork
Worst: RHCP

Coachella '08
Best: Prince
Worst: Chromeo

Street Scene '08
Best: Justice
Worst: Devo