Amsterdam Dance Event
Date: Oct 14 – Oct 18 2015
Location: Amsterdam
Headliners: Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Hardwell, Tiësto,
F4L Artist Recommendations: Klingande, Vicetone, Robin Schulz, (A bunch of surprise artists we don’t know about yet)
Why This Fest: This event will play host to more than 2,000 artists at over 115 venues. Amsterdam Dance Event also acts as an electronic music conference with over 400 different speakers and great networking scene for people in the music and club industry. If that’s not enough, the five day event plays host to pop-up events, surprise daytime appearances by top DJs, special product lines, film screenings, and discounts in shops and bars. It’s a bit like SXSW, for electronic music.
Sound Harvest Music Festival
Date: October 17, 2015
Location: Nashville, TN
Headliners: The Flaming Lips, Allen Stone, Benjamin Booker
F4L Artist Recommendations: Goodbye June, Scotty Bratcher
Why This Fest: This year marks the first ever Sound Harvest Music Festival. Sound Harvest is a one-day festival that takes place in Centennial Park, one of Nashville’s most treasured landmarks. The festival focuses on giving back to the community and is partnering with local non-profits that will be present at the festival a long with local food, beer and art.
American Roots and Arts
Date: Oct 17 – 18, 2015
Location: Raleigh, NC
Headliners: Eric Church, Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, The Roots
F4L Artist Recommendations: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, Railroad Earth, Trombone Shorty, Leftover Salmon
Why This Fest: This festival combines a great lineup with “The Taste of Raleigh Food & Brews Celebration.” The inaugural festival seeks to provide a special experience that embraces the spirit of North Carolina.
Art Outside Festival
Date: Oct 22-25, 2015
Location: Downtown, TX
Headliners: Bonobo, Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce
F4L Artist Recommendations: Boombox, Chali 2Na & The House of Vibe, Elephant Revival, Birds of Paradise, Flow Tribe, Wood & Wire
Why This Fest: Art Outside “focuses on community and encourages a communal atmosphere of exploration and provides a glimpse at the power of our unlimited human imagination.” Along with a great music lineup and one of a kind artists, the festival features some awesome workshops. Some of our favorites include Didgeridoo Bliss, Galactic Portrait Art Class and Tribal Fusion Bellydance.
Suwannee Hulaween
Date: Oct 30- Nov 1
Location: Live Oak, FL
Headliners: String Cheese Incident, Pretty Lights, STS9, Chance The Rapper,
F4L Artist Recommendations: ODESZA, GRiZ, Lettuce, The Floozies, Railroad Earth, Goldfish, The Groove Orient, EOTO
Why This Fest: The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is one of the best places anyone could spend their Halloween. ” Fans can expect an epic fusion of dazzling lights, art installations and performance art that morphs the Spirit Lake waterfront and adjacent forest into a vivid dream-like space that fully engages the senses.” Make sure you bring some epic costumes to this one of a kind festival experience.
