Showing posts with label Jersey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jersey. Show all posts

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Coming next weekend: the Southern Shore Music Fest, in south Jersey.

The WXPN-sponsored Southern Shore Music Festival will take place at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds, on Saturday June 18, from noon to about 8pm.  Featured performers include Deer Tick, Justin Townes Earl, Leon Russell, and Sharon Little.   The fairgrounds are about an hour and 15 minutes from Wilmington, and halfway to Ocean City, NJ.  Tickets are $30-$50.

For the full schedule of events and more details:
http://www.southernshoremusicfest.com/

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Two big music festivals, in PA & NJ, coming on Saturday.

The first is The Roots Picnic, at the Festival Pier in Penn's Landing.  The line-up is:  The Roots, Wiz Khalifa, Nas (backed by The Roots), Esperanza Spalding (backed by The Roots), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Man Man, The Dismemberment Plan, Mac Miller, Yelawolf, T. Mills, Little Dragon, Nicos Gun, Donn T, Black Thought & DJ J. Period, Hank & Cupcakes, OCD/Reda, Railbird and Young Vipers. 
The Roots Picnic starts at noon on Saturday, and tickets are $79.75. 
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0200465CA959621C

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The second Saturday festival is the 22nd annual Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival, held every year at the Appel Farm in Salem County, NJ (just over the bridge).  Featured performers are: Gogol Bordello (acoustic), Josh Ritter, Trombone Shorty, Ani Difranco, Good Old War, Red Horse (featuring 3 folk legends), Nicole Atkins, and more.  The festivities start at 11:30 am and end at 8:30 am.  There will be a beer/wine tent, and a juried craft fair.  XPN hosts Gene Shay and Michaela Majoun will host.  Tickets are $50 day of show, $45 day before.  Children under 12 get in free.

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Check back here Friday morning for the full weekend listings, because there is a LOT going on this weekend.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

A report on the line-up for the DMB Caravan in A.C. this June. Tickets go on sale Friday.

WXPN's blog The Key has put together a report on the caravan's line-up, which is looking pretty stellar despite the festival's namesake, which folks tend to either love or hate.  The festival is June 24-26 at Bader Field in Atlantic City. 

Click the link for the full list, but the highlights are The Flaming Lips, Delta Spirit, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Head and The Heart, and Mariachi El Bronx on Friday.   Guster and the Budos Band will be in the Saturday line-up.  Dr. Dog, Grace Potter, Dawes, David Gray and Amos Lee are the stand-outs on the Sunday line-up. 

Tickets go on sale Friday. 

http://thekey.xpn.org/2011/05/dave-matthews-band-caravan-daily-lineup-announced-single-day-tickets-go-on-sale-this-friday-may-13th/