15 Music Fests To Party At This Summer

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Aug. 27-28
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Ozzfest Meets Knotfest
Sept. 24-25
15 MUSIC FESTS TO PARTY AT THIS SUMMER
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Summer music festivals are popular places
to catch the hottest live acts, have some fun
in the sun, hang out with old friends and
make new ones, eat some amazing but probably terrible for you food, and grab an ice
cold local craft brew.
Whether you’re up for a day at the beach
where you can put your toes in the sand and
enjoy country music, or you want to check
out the local scenery and mellow rock and
pop artists in a cozy downtown area, or
you’re all in for a blistering hot day on some
asphalt to catch the latest in hip-hop and
dance music – there’s pretty much a festival
for every taste of music.
Take a look through a list of 15 happening
in Southern California this summer.
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WARPED TOUR ’16
F R O M PA G E 1
Aug. 7
Pomona Fairplex, 1101
W. McKinley Ave., Pomona
DAY OF MUSIC
FULLERTON
The long-running Vans
Warped Tour returns with
performances by Atreyu,
Everytime I Die, Falling in
Reverse, Less Than Jake,
Mayday Parade, Motionless in White, New Found
Glory, Reel Big Fish, Sleeping With Sirens, the Interrupters, The Word Alive,
Yellowcard, Waka Flocka
Flame and more.
Doors open at 11 a.m.
Tickets are $29.50-$41.50
at vanswarpedtour.com.
Tuesday
Various locations near
downtown Fullerton
For a second year, Fullerton will celebrate the
globally recognized Day of
Music with performances
in a wide range of styles
taking place all day in venues including Mo’s Music
Center, the Muckenthaler,
Hillcrest Park, Black Hole
Records, The Continental
Room and more.
The official kick-off is at
4 p.m. at the Fullerton Museum Plaza (121 E. Wilshire
Ave.) with Phyllis Fender,
the widow of guitar pioneer
Leo Fender, but shows
start as early as 11 a.m. and
go as late as midnight.
All of the events are free,
and most venues are within
walking distance of each
other. A full schedule is at
thedayofmusic.com.
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Day of Music Fullerton
Tuesday
BET EXPERIENCE
Thursday through June
26
Various venues at L.A.
Live, Chick Hearn Court
and
South
Figueroa
Street, downtown Los Angeles
Four days of free and
ticketed events lead up to
the annual BET Awards ceremony.
The BETX free fan fest
will be noon-9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Katt Williams
and Mike Epps team for a
comedy show at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday at Staples Center (111 S. Figueroa St.);
$59.50-$175.
Usher and Bryson Tiller
perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Staples Center;
$59.50-$175. Metro Boomin
is at 11 p.m. Friday at The
Novo by Microsoft (800 W.
Olympic Blvd.); $10-$25.
Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Fetty Wap and more perform
at 7 p.m. Saturday at Staples Center; $59.50-$175.
The Roots & special guests
perform at 11 p.m. Saturday
at The Novo by Microsoft;
$69.50-$99.50.
Tickets and a full schedule can be found at
bet.com/bet-experience.
TASTE OF CHAOS
July 16
San Manuel Amphitheater, 2575 Glen Helen
Parkway, San Bernardino
Taste of Chaos has been
resurrected and will head
out on its first full-blown
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Hard Summer Music
Festival, July 30-31
Huntington
State
Beach, at Pacific Coast
Highway and Newland Avenue, Huntington Beach
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Music Tastes Good
Sept. 23-25
tour across the U.S. since
2010.
It will include performances by Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back
Sunday, Saosin, Early November, Quicksand, Get Up
Kids, the Anniversary, Hot
Rod Circuit, Senses Fail,
the Starting Line and Reggie and the Full Effect.
The festival kicks off at
2:20 p.m. Tickets are
$42.50 at Livenation.com.
THE ART OF RAP
FESTIVAL
July 22
Hollywood
Palladium,
6215 Sunset Blvd., Los
Angeles
The traveling hip-hop
fest will take over Los Angeles with performances
by Ice-T, Public Enemy,
EPMD, Mobb Deep, Kurtis
Blow and Busy Bee.
The show starts at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $49.99 at
Livenation.com.
LOST HIGHWAY
July 23
San Manuel Amphitheater, 2575 Glen Helen
Parkway, San Bernardino
The second annual Lost
Highway motorcycle show
and concert will offer performances by country and
rock ’n’ roll acts including
Brantley Gilbert, Social
Distortion, Justin Moore,
Foghat and Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club.
Also there: Eagles of
Death Metal, Chevy Metal
featuring members of Foo
Fighters, Tyler Farr, Face
to Face and more.
There also will be a massive vendor village, beer
gardens and overnight
camping ($150-$550 for
tent or RV spot camping).
The show starts at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $20-189 at
Livenation.com.
COASTAL COUNTRY JAM
BBQ & BEER FEST
July 24
Country music, barbecue, beer and the beach.
Need we say more?
Singer Chase Rice leads
the lineup at the daylong
festival, which will have
lots of games, tasty eats
and cold drinks.
The event runs noon-9
p.m. Tickets are $25-$85,
available
at
coastalcountryjam.com.
HARD SUMMER
MUSIC FESTIVAL
July 30-31
Autoclub
Speedway,
9300 Cherry Ave., Fontana
Hard Fest is back with
more than 100 acts.
Ice Cube, Flosstradamus, Pretty Lights, Travis
Scott, Claude Vonstroke
and Madeon lead the
charge Saturday.
Major Lazer, Dillon
Francis, Porter Robinson,
Zeds Dead, DJ Khaled,
Boys Noize, Ty Dolla Sign
and more will take the
stage Sunday.
Single-day general admission passes are $99 and
VIP passes are $149; twoday general passes are $129
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Aug. 13
Downtown Santa Ana at
French and Fourth streets
The debut country and
rockabilly event picks up
where the annual Hootenanny (a fest held each July
at Oak Canyon Ranch) left
off and will take up more
than four city blocks in
downtown Santa Ana. It
will have a main stage and
two smaller stages as well
as events inside Yost Theater, Festival Hall and Underground DTSA.
Wanda Jackson, Nekromantix, Shooter Jennings,
the Blasters, Supersuckers, Cadillac Tramps,
Throwrag and more will
perform. There will be a pinup girl contest, burlesque
shows, a classic car and art
show, food trucks and craft
beer.
The festival is noon-10
p.m. Tickets are $25-$55 at
ticketfly.com.
OHANA FEST
Aug. 27-28
Doheny State Beach,
25300 Dana Point Harbor
Drive, Dana Point
Ohana makes its debut
with sets by Eddie Vedder,
Elvis Costello, X and Band
of Horses on Saturday and
Lana Del Rey, City and Colour, Corinne Bailey Rae
and Cat Power on Sunday.
Patrons can enjoy music
and the cool breeze on the
grass off Doheny State
Beach while indulging in a
variety of food and drink
options. A portion of the
proceeds will benefit the
San Onofre Parks Foundation.
Doors open at 1 p.m. each
day. Single-day passes are
$99.50, weekend passes
are $195, and single-day
VIP passes are $499 at
ohanafest.com.
FYF FEST
Aug. 27-28
Exposition Park, 700
Exposition Park Drive, Los
Angeles
The annual two-day fest
will see sets by Kendrick
Lamar, Tame Impala,
Grimes, Hot Chip, Moby,
Peter Bjorn and John and
more Saturday.
Sunday will be headlined
by the recently reunited
LCD Soundsystem with
support by Grace Jones,
Beach House, Father John
Misty, Rae Sremmurd,
Saves the Day and many
more.
Gates open at 2 p.m. each
day. Single-day general ad-
mission tickets are sold
out, but two-day general
passes are available for
$199 at fyffest.com.
KAABOO DEL MAR
Sept. 16-18
Del Mar Racetrack and
Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy
Durante Blvd., Del Mar
Now in its second year,
the festival will have even
more music, stand-up comedy, food, local craft beer
and wine and much more.
Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith, Jack Johnson, Fall
Out Boy, Lenny Kravitz,
Daryl Hall & John Oates,
the Avett Brothers, Steve
Aoki, Goo Goo Dolls, Grouplove, Ludacris, Cypress
Hill and more will perform.
Comedians T.J. Miller and
the cast of “Silicon Valley,”
Dana Carvey, Darrell Hammond, Jeff Ross, Natasha
Leggero and more will be
on the Humor Me stage.
Gates open at noon daily.
Three-day passes are $279
at kaaboodelmar.com.
HAIR NATION FESTIVAL
Sept. 17
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 8808 Irvine
Center Drive, Irvine
Missing the hair metal of
the ’80s? Hair Nation, hosted by SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk, is
bringing it back with shows
by Mötley Crüe singer
Vince Neil, Poison frontman Bret Michaels, Kix,
Slaughter, Lita Ford, Vixen, Faster Pussycat and
more.
Doors open at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15-$89.50. A limited number of VIP and
meet-and-greet passes are
$499 at hairnationfest.com
.
MUSIC TASTES GOOD
Sept. 23-25
Downtown Long Beach
(exact location TBA)
A new three-day music,
food and craft beer festival
with performances by Iron
and Wine, the Specials,
Squeeze, De La Soul, Dr.
Dog, Warpaint, Gallant, RX
Bandits, Melvins, Living
Colour, Vintage Trouble
and more.
Single-day tickets are
$25 for Friday, $75 Saturday and $35 Sunday.
Three-day passes are $120,
and three-day VIP tickets
are $240 at mtglb.co.
OZZFEST MEETS
KNOTFEST
Sept. 24-25
San Manuel Amphitheater, 2575 Glen Helen
Parkway, San Bernardino
To give Black Sabbath
the proper sendoff while on
its final tour, promoters
have smashed together
Ozzfest and Knotfest for
two days of metal and mayhem.
Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Megadeth, Opeth
and Black Label Society
top the bill for Ozzfest on
Saturday. Slipknot, Slayer,
Amon Amarth, Anthrax,
Trivium and Sabaton take
over Knotfest on Sunday.
Doors open at 11 a.m.
both days. Cost is $25-$149
for one-day tickets and
$40-$235 for two-day tickets at Livenation.com.
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