Another US Festival - The Hangout Music Festival

[nationocean]

I'm sure you've already heard by now, but I thought it was interesting because it is so close to Coachella (May). Line up comes out January 4th and whoever they announce will probably be on Coachella's radar.. Plus since it's in the south, it might make people between florida to texas reconsider going to Coachella and just go to this festival instead..

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[nationocean]

also amusing, the article says the Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlined and not Killers.. I'd go with that too.

[nationocean]

The Article:

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Local business owner Shaul Zislin received permission from the City Council on Monday night to put on a $3 million, three-day music festival at the public beach in May, and said he plans to unveil much of the lineup Jan. 4.

Zislin -- proprietor of The Hangout, an 18,000-square-foot restaurant at the terminus of Ala. 59, as well as the Surf Style chain -- has said that he anticipates spending as much as $2 million on bands to fill the festival's four stages. He will also reimburse the taxpayers for any expenses Gulf Shores incurs hosting the event.

The Hangout Music Festival is scheduled for May 14-16, and paid attendance will be capped, as a condition of the organizers' special events permit, at 35,000 each night. By awarding the permit, organizers are able to run shows on the larger of two Gulf-front stages until 11 p.m., an hour later than would normally be allowed under city noise laws. But they still must receive permission from state environmental regulators to put the stages on the sand, and cordon off a large swath of beach for five days.

Zislin cited ongoing negotiations in declining to reveal any of the acts that might play the festival, but said that the headliners will be household names.

"We're shooting for the stars," he said Monday. "We want the best that are available in the business to come here."

A.J. Niland of Mobile's HUKA Entertainment, one of several experienced firms Zislin has enlisted, said organizers are planning to put on a surfside equivalent to the Rothbury Festival and Coachella, both well-known music festivals.

The Rothbury Festival, held on Lake Michigan's eastern shore in July, has featured performers ranging from big names Bob Dylan and the Dave Matthews Band to more cutting-edge acts, such as Of Montreal and Modest Mouse. Coachella, the three-day southern California event, was headlined last April by Paul McCartney, The Cure and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Zislin said that his team is assembling the lineup with an eye toward appealing to a wide range of tastes, to draw concertgoers from well beyond the Gulf Coast.

City officials said they are excited about the promise of such a large event during an otherwise down time of year, between spring break and Memorial Day. But they were cautious, without seeing how the first year went, not to promise that it would become an annual event, as organizers hope.

"We're going to have to gauge the impact on the community, and I don't just mean the financial impact, but the impact on our citizens not being able to access the beach, and the traffic and the crowds, and all of that," Mayor Robert Craft said. "I have no doubt it will have a positive business impact."

[nationocean]

his headliners are, interesting. January 4th might just mess with Coachella more than they want.

[paulb]

interesting

[humanoid]

headlined by the ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas

[Boourns]

I bet Muse headlines.

[emtgreg]

And Pavement...

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Zac Brown Band
John Legend
Alisson Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Black Crowes
Gov't Mule
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Matisyahu
Girl Talk
Guster
Brett Dennen
Keller Williams
Jerry Jeff Walker
A.L.O.
The Whigs
Ozmatli
OK GO
Orianthi
Pnuma Trio
Black Joe Lewis and The Honey Bears
Toubab Krewe
Mat Hires
A.A. Bondy
Rachel Goodrich
Moon Taxi

[luckyface]

One and done for this festival, am I right?

[rage patton]

The only acts I would want to see on that line up are Rodrigo y Gabriela and Toubab Krewe. Ok... and Girl Talk.

One and done sounds about right.

[PJandBompton]

Rothbury South...

[luckyface]

And PS: $159 for a 3-day pass. Yikes!

[liquidsnake28]

"A.J. Niland of Mobile's HUKA Entertainment, one of several experienced firms Zislin has enlisted, said organizers are planning to put on a surfside equivalent to the Rothbury Festival and Coachella, both well-known music festivals."

According to them Zac Brown could headline Coachella next year.

[rage patton]

Wait... this Zach Brown dude is headlining? I didn't think that that line up above was in any particular order. Wasn't he on the last line of Bonnaroo line up last year or something?

[liquidsnake28]

I don't know but he just won the grammy for best new artist. It's very possible.

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Wait... this Zach Brown dude is headlining? I didn't think that that line up above was in any particular order. Wasn't he on the last line of Bonnaroo line up last year or something?

Supposedly he is preheadlining for Dave Matthews at Roo this year too.

[rage patton]

What the fuck? Seriously? I am this out of the loop?

[Grant]

eww

[PJandBompton]

Wait... this Zach Brown dude is headlining? I didn't think that that line up above was in any particular order. Wasn't he on the last line of Bonnaroo line up last year or something?

they were smaller last year but really popular...apparently popular enough that they are now playing Arenas...and announcing them only 2 months in advance...

[softbulletin]

Supposedly he is preheadlining for Dave Matthews at Roo this year too.

Not really, he didn't say he was going to play right before Matthews, he could be playing at 12:00 pm on the What. Saying he's a preheadliner is a bit misleading.

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Not really, he didn't say he was going to play right before Matthews, he could be playing at 12:00 pm on the What. Saying he's a preheadliner is a bit misleading.

Well the video I watched had him saying he was going on right before Dave. Did you watch it?

[Jayleigh]

Yeah, crazy enough I actually LIVE here and didn't know anything about this damn festival until last week... and its in May!

Prices are way overpriced for that lineup, especially when most of us drive an hour and a half away to Voodoo every year and see real headliners for cheaper....

Mehhh...

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The following were added to the lineup...

Trey Anastasio and TAB
Ben Harper and Relentless 7
The Flaming Lips