Festival Picks – 5 Music Festivals In May That Will Make Your Day

In Buzz, Music Festivals by JoLow

 If your are looking to make May a month for the record books, you MUST go to one of these 5 festivals!

Hangout Music Festival

Date:  May 15 – 17 2015
Location: Gulf Shores, AL
Headliners: Foo Fighters, Sam Smith, Zac Brown Band, Beck, Skrillex My Morning Jacket
F4L Artist Recommendations: Tove Lo, ODESZA, Griz, Robert DeLong, The Mowgli’s . Kopecky
Why This Fest: Live music + Beach = Paradise. With two main stages on the beach and a diverse lineup this festival is sure to be a wonderful weekend. The festival does not include camping, but the surrounding area is filled with multiple rental houses that are sure to enhance you festival weekend.

Joshua Tree Music Festival

Date: May 14 – 17, 2015Location: Joshua Tree, CA
Headliners: The Polish Ambassador, The last Internationale, Blue King Brown
F4L Artist Recommendations: The Floozies, Saqi, Benyoro
Why This Fest: Set in beautiful Joshua Tree this festival is sure to bring in a fun loving festival crowd. To get the full festival experience this is definitely a festival that you will want to camp at. The festival includes music, a village for kids, yoga, live painting, an astronomy theater, and “random acts of mindfulness.”

Summer Camp Music Festival

Date: May 22 – 24 2015
Location: Chillicothe, IL
Headliners: Moe., Umphrey’s Mcgee, Steve Miller Band, Widespread Panic
F4L Artist Recommendations: STS9, Big Gigantic, Griz, John Butler Trio, Greensky Bluegrass, Keller Williams, Gibbz, Klingande, Yonder Mountain String Band
Why This Fest: This is the best way to experience “Summer Camp” even as an adult. This festival basically triples the population of the small town of Chillicothe during memorial day weekend. With the best lineup Summer Camp has ever had we highly recommend making the trip. Check out the late night lineups – for some extra fun at Summer Camp.

Lighting In A Bottle

Date: May 21 -25 2015Location: Bradley, CA
Headliners: Flume, SBTRKT, ODESZA, RL Grime,
F4L Artist Recommendations: Thomas Jack, Zion I, The Opio Band, Griz, Goldroom
Why This Fest: Lighting in A Bottle strives to create so much more than just a place to go and see music.. The festival features a “Temple of Consciousness,” a place devoted to deepening our understanding of self, science, ecology and phenomena. The festival also features lots of interactive music and even some interactive cooking too.

Forbidden Fruit

Date: May 29 -31 2015

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Headliners: Fatboy Slim, Wu Tang, Richie Hawtin
F4L Artist Recommendations: Run The Jewels. , Groove Armada, Gorgon City Live
Why This Fest: Forbidden Fruit combines music,  art, comedy and fashion creating a fancier music festival scene. The festival takes place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art cultivating a one of a kind experience.