2019 Music Festival Guide

March 8, 2019 (Updated)

Festival season is here and, with more than 800 music festivals in the US alone, they have become one of the most popular reasons for travel in the country, with over 32 million people attending at least one music festival in a given year. They have influenced our music taste as much, if not more than, radio, MTV, Spotify, and YouTube. Where else can you go to catch mega headlining bands, indie acts, and up-and-comers in one place?

Ranging in genres from indie rock to hip-hop to EDM, music festivals have heavily impacted our social culture, especially with the explosion of social media. Above all, they are fun, vibrant, and serves as gathering spaces for people of all backgrounds, all celebrating their love for one thing: music.

Our favorite remaining 2019 music festival lineups (updated weekly):

Bellwether Music Festival – August 9-11 – Waynesville, Ohio

Beach House, Cake, Cold War Kids, Guided By Voices, Twin Shadow, STRFKR, Real Estate, Pinback, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Caroline Rose, Sego, and more.

Outside Lands – August 9-11 – San Francisco, California

Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Wayne, The Lumineers, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Leon Bridges, Hozier, Ella Mai, Tierra Whack, Mavis Staples, Santigold, Toro y Moi, Denzel Curry, and more.

Railbird Festival – August 10-11 – Lexington, Kentucky

The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Gary Clark Jr., St. Paul and The Broken Bones, I’m With Her, Mavis Staples, Hozier, Susto, The Dip, Fruit Bats, and more.

Moonrise Music Festival – August 10-11 – Baltimore, Maryland

Illenium, KSHMR, Nghtmre + Slander, R3hab, Slushii, Tiesto, Cheat Codes, 21 Savage, Big Gigantic, Blackbear, Excision, Ganja White Night, and more.

Philadelphia Folk Festival – August 15-18 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

David Crosby, Margo Price, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Joan Osborne, Langhorne Slim, Amanda Shires, The Kruger Brothers, YOLA, Dom Flemons, and more.

Mamby on the Beach – August 23-24 – Montrose Beach, Chicago

Brockhampton, Zhu, Santigold, Flying Lotus, Sylvan Esso, Phantogram, NAO, Sofi Tukker, Summer Walker, and more.

Lockn’ Festival – August 22-25 – Arrington, Virginia *Giveaway*

Gary Clark Jr., Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Trey Anastasio Band, Khruangbin, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Vulfpeck, The Allman Betts Band, Bob Weir, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and more.

Afropunk Brooklyn – August 24-25 – Brooklyn, New York

Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr, Jill Scott, FKA twigs, Kamasi Washington, Santigold, GoldLink, Toro y Moi, Nao, Death Grips, Danny Brown, Tierra Whack, J.I.D, Ravyn Lenae, Masego, Leikeli47, Rico Nasty, Earthgang, Kari Faux, and more.

Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival – August 30-September 1 – Seattle, Washington

Tyler, the Creator, The Lumineers, H.E.R., Taking Back Sunday, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alina Baraz, Summer Walker, Bob Moses, Arizona, and more.

Made in America Festival – August 31-September 1 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Travis Scott, James Blake, Anderson .Paak, Jorja Smith, Tierra Whack, Jacob Banks, Kaytranada, Roddy Rich, DaBaby, Amber Mark, Cardi B, and more.

Hopscotch Music Festival – September 5-7 – Raleigh, North Carolina *Giveaway*

James Blake, Sleater-Kinney, Chvrches, Phantogram, Little Brother, Dirty Projectors, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Jenny Lewis, Deerhunter, Lute, Joey Purp, The Nude Party, and more.

Moon River Music Festival – September 7-8 – Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Brandi Carlile, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Moon Taxi, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, The Wood Brothers, Johnnyswim, The Oh Hellos, Josh Ritter, Rayland Baxter, Lady Wray, and more.

One MusicFest – September 7-8 – Atlanta, Georgia

Wu-Tang Clan, DMX, Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, Raphael Saadiq, KP the Great, Pharrell, Usher & Special Guests, Ari Lennox, The Florida All-Stars, Three 6 Mafia Reunion, Teyana Taylor, and more.

Riot Fest – September 13-15 – Chicago, Illinois

The Raconteurs, Blink-182, The Flaming Lips, Jawbreaker, Bloc Party, Violent Femmes, Die Antwoord, Ween, Rise Against, Descendents, Taking Back Sunday, Manchester Orchestra, Patti Smith, and more.

Music Midtown – September 14-15 – Atlanta, Georgia

Vampire Weekend, Travis Scott, Leon Bridges, Billy Eilish, Lizzo, 6lack, Tash Sultana, Kali Uchis, Lord Huron, Banks, Jaden Smith, Cold War Kids, The Coathangers, Cardi B, and more.

Bourbon and Beyond – September 20-22 – Louisville, Kentucky

Foo Fighters, John Fogerty, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Trey Anastasio, Leon Bridges, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Kurt Vile & The Violators Margo Price, Grace Potter, The Flaming Lips, Jenny Lewis, Mipso, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and more.

Sea. Hear. Now Music Festival – September 21-22 – Asbury Park, New Jersey

The Lumineers, Dave Matthews Band, Sharon Van Etten, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, The B-52’s, The Struts, Matt & Kim, The Marcus King Band, and more.

Bristol Rhythm & Roots – September 20-22 – Bristol, Tennessee

Wynonna & The Big Noise, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Patty Griffin, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives, Sam Bush, Caamp, Ruston Kelly, Lucy Dacus, The Black Lillies, Steep Canyon Rangers, Darrell Scott, and more.

Imagine Festival – September 20-22 – Atlanta, Georgia

Diplo, Zeds Dead, Marshmello, Above & Beyond Alison Wonderland KSHMR, Louis The Child, Tipper, Claude VonStroke, and more.

Life is Beautiful – September 20-22 – Las Vegas, Nevada

Vampire Weekend, Lil Wayne, Chance the Rapper, The Black Keys, Billy Eilish, Post Malone, Portugal the Man, Lord Huron, Janell Monae, Banks, Masego, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more.

Pilgrimage Music Festival – September 21-22 – Franklin, Tennessee

Foo Fighters, The Killers, Leon Bridges, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Head & The Heart, Jenny Lewis, Phosphorescent, Rayland Baxter, Lukas Nelson, Justin Townes Earle, The War & Treaty, The Dip, and more.

The Marcus King Band Family Reunion – September 27-28 – Black Mountain, North Carolina

The Marcus King Band, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Yonder Mountain String Band, Josh Ritter, Amanda Shires, Doom Flamingo, Doyle Bramhall, Futurebirds, and more.

Louder Than Life Festival – September 27 -29 – Louisville, Kentucky

Guns N’ Roses, Ice Cube, Die Antwoord, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Three Days Grace, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson, Ice Cube, Sum 41, Breaking Benjamin, and more.

Art of Cool – September 27-30 – Durham, North Carolina

Jill Scott, Ari Lennox, Run-DMC, 9th Wonder, Black Violin, Whodini, Marcus Anderson, and more.

Rockweave Music & Arts Festival – Oct 4-5 – LaGrange, Georgia

Dawes, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Grouplove, Moon Taxi, Greensky Bluegrass, Johnnyswim, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Original Wailers, Durand Jones & the Indications, Lucie Silvas, Susto. The Suffers, and more.

Breakaway Festival – October 4-5 – Charlotte, North Carolina

Future, Lil Baby, Illenium, Kaskade, Boogie, Bryce Vine, Chelsea Cutler, Fisher, and more.

Exit 11 Festival – October 11-13 – Manchester, Tennessee

Guns N’ Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Slayer, Deftones, Megadeth, Coheed and Cambria, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Ghost, Mastodon, Gojira, Blackberry Smoke, Of Mice and Men, Thrice, and more.

Rolling Loud New York – October 12-13 – Queens, New York

Wu-Tang Clan, Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, DaBaby, YG, Fat Joe, Fabolous, Young Thug, Pusha T, DMX, Action Bronson, Megan Thee Stallion, and more.

Desert Daze – October 10-13 – Lake Paris, California

Wu-Tang Clan, Ween, The Flaming Lips, Devo, Flying Lotus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Khruangbin, The Black Angels, Alvvays, Parquet Courts, and more.

ACL Music Festival – October 4 – 13 – Austin, Texas

The Cure, Guns N’ Roses, Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Billy Eilish, Gary Clark Jr., James Blake, Kali Uchis, Lizzo, Robyn, Banks, and many more.

Afropunk Atlanta – October 12 + 13 – Atlanta, Georgia

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, FKA Twigs, Danny Brown, Smino, SiR, Earthgang, Leikeli47, Masego, Gallant, Ravyn Lenae, and more.

Suwannee Hulaween – October 24-27 – Live Oak, Florida

Anderson .Paak The Free Nationals, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Flying Lotus, The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, Thundercat, Greensky Bluegrass, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Snails, STS9, Umphrey’s McGee, Tom Morello, G. Love & Special Sauce, and more.

Voodoo Music + Arts Experience – October 25-27 – New Orleans, Louisiana

Guns N’ Roses, Beck, The National, Brandi Carlile, Interpol, Zhu, Japanese Breakfast, Denzel Curry, Bring Me The Horizon, Bishop Briggs, Young The Giant, and more.

The Fest – November 1-3 – Gainesville, Florida

Jawbreaker, Less Than Jake, Against Me!, Jawbox, Stiff Little Fingers, Dag Nasty, The Bronx, American Steel, AJJ, Iron Reagan, Off with their Heads, Joyce Manor, Teenage Bottlerocket, and more.

Day N Vegas – November 1-3 – Las Vegas, Nevada

J. Cole, Tyler, the Creator, Brockhampton, Travis Scott, DaBaby, Migos, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Schoolboy Q, Kali Uchis, A Boogie, Smino, Megan the Stallion, Bas, Dreezy, and more.

Levitation Festival – November 7-10 – Austin, Texas

The Flaming Lips, Deafheaven, Angel Olsen, The Black Angels, Chelsea Wolfe, John Cale, Russian Circles, Mercury Rev, Devendra Banhart, and more.

Camp Flog Gnaw – November 9-10 – Los Angeles, California

Tyler the Creator, Solange, Brockhampton, YG, DaBaby, Goldlink, The Internet, Daniel Caesar, Earl Sweatshirt, Yasiin Bey, Blood Orange, 21 Savage, and more.

Intersect Music Festival – December 6-7 – Las Vegas, Nevada

Foo Fighters, Kacey Musgraves, Anderson .Paak, Beck, Chvrches, Brandi Carlile, H.E.R., Leon Bridges, Spoon, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Kaytranada, and more.

Be sure to check back as we continue to update new festivals announced, and giveaways in 2019!

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