Top 10 Things You Can’t Miss at Elements Festival 2025 FESTIVALS Preview PREVIEW by Kelly Katz - August 7, 2025 The wait is over. Elements Festival 2025 is here. Whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned raver, this year’s lineup, layout, and surprises are packed with can’t-miss moments. With the pre-party launching tonight and the full weekend ahead, here are ten things you absolutely won’t want to sleep on. 1. The Pre-Party
Elements Festival 2025 Prioritizes Community, Inclusivity, and Growth FESTIVALS by Kelly Katz - August 5, 2025August 6, 2025 Photo Courtesy of Elements Music & Arts Festival // Credit: Lo Morell When the skies opened over Long Pond in 2024, unleashing relentless rain and flooding across the festival grounds, many assumed the party would stop. However, at Elements Festival, stopping isn’t part of the culture. Against the odds, the team,
All Our Friends Fest // Oro-Medonte, ON // 6.28-29.25 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS by Stephanie Snape - July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 Article and Photos: Stephanie Snape All Your Friends Fest returned to Oro-Medonte this past weekend for its second year, drawing fans of pop-punk, emo, and alternative music from across the region. Things kicked off with a Canadian classic: Faber Drive, whose upbeat performance set the tone for a nostalgic, high-energy experience.
Farm Jamb Bluegrass Festival // McClurg Family Farm // 6.5-7.2025 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Article and photos: Michael W. Bright Baghdad Kentucky: The 4th annual Farm Jamb Bluegrass Festival returned to the tranquil McClurg Family Farm between Frankfort and Louisville, reaffirming its position as a must-attend event for bluegrass aficionados. Unlike sprawling, overcrowded festivals in inhospitable locations, Farm Jamb offers an intimate, family friendly setting
BLUEGRASS IN THE BLUEGRASS! // The Farm Jamb Bluegrass Festival FESTIVALS PREVIEW by Michael W. Bright - May 30, 2025 The 4th Annual Farm Jamb Bluegrass Festival is back and bigger! I'd say better, but it's always been great since its first occasion in 2021. This is not your dry, dusty, arid, scalding, barely survivable desert-scape with four-figure ticket prices and 1,000 bands. The beautiful, tranquil, verdant McClurg Family Farm
California Is For Lovers: A Reunion of Emo and Punk Legends CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Rudy Salgado - November 11, 2024 Article and Photos by: Rudy Salgado Los Angeles, California – On August 31st, The Torch at the LA Memorial Coliseum hosted a festival that felt like stepping into a time machine for every emo and punk fan who lived through the early 2000s. Hawthorne Heights, the Ohio-based band that captured the
California Roots Festival 2024: A Celebration of Reggae, Hip-Hop, and Good Vibes CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Rudy Salgado - November 11, 2024 Article and Photos by: Rudy Salgado The 13th annual California Roots Festival came to life at the Monterey County Fairgrounds over Memorial Day weekend (May 24-26, 2024), bringing a blend of reggae and hip-hop to the California coast. This year's event once again proved why Cali Roots is a movement, not
Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival // Franklin, TN // 9.30.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Nick Durcholz - October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Article and Photos by: Nick Durcholz Franklin, Tenn. – From a patron’s perspective, the chicken and waffles of a gleeful music festival experience are the seemingly flagrant flavors of compromise and perseverance. To keep these two ideals from completely spoiling amid a major hurricane that had near inexhaustible energy in the form
Ohio Is For Lovers Festival // Live @ Riverbend Music Center // 9.7.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Linda Carlson - September 14, 2024 Article & Photos: Linda Carlson Cincinnati, OH – You couldn’t ask for a more spectacular September day for an outdoor music festival – brilliant sunshine, a cool morning followed by an afternoon in the 70s, and not a hint of humidity. Three stages, two under pavilion protection and one in an
All Our Friends Fest // Oro-Medonte, ON // 8.23-24.24 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED FESTIVALS MUSIC by Stephanie Snape - September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 Article and Photos by: Stephanie Snape Oro-Medonte- Burls Creek, home to the well-known country festival Boots and Hearts is adding an additional festival to their roster. All Your Friends Fest, the first of its name, took place over the weekend and they secured an incredible lineup. The lineup was a perfect mesh
