Stereogum’s 10 Most Anticipated Summer Festivals Of 2012
SASQUATCH: 5/25-5/28, Seattle, WA. Featuring: Jack White, Feist, Beck, Metric, Bon Iver, The Shins, Wild Flag, St. Vincent, Tenacious D
CHAOS IN TEJAS: 5/31-6/3, Austin, TX. Featuring: Best Coast, Big Freedia, Ceremony, A Place To Bury Strangers, Iceage, Chelsea Wolfe, Main Attrakionz, No Age
HOT 97 SUMMER JAM: 6/3, East Rutherford, NJ. Featuring: Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross + Maybach Music, Waka Flocka Flame, Trey Songz, 2 Chainz, J Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Big Sean, Meek Mill Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Big KRIT, ASAP Rocky
BONNAROO: 6/7-6/10, Manchester, TN. Featuring: Radiohead, Phish, Beach Boys, Bon Iver, The Shins, The Roots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ben Folds Five, Skrillex
GOVERNORS BALL: 6/23-6/24, Randall's Island Park, NY. Featuring: Fiona Apple, Beck, Modest Mouse, Explosions In The Sky, Chromeo, Passion Pit, Santigold, Duck Sauce, Built To Spill, Devendra Banhart
PITCHFORK: 7/13-7/15 Chicago, IL. Featuring: Dirty Projectors, Feist, Beach House, ASAP Rocky, Cloud Nothings, Lower Dens, Sleigh Bells
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: 7/28-7/29, Newport, RI. Featuring: My Morning Jacket, Jackson Browne, Conor Oberst, Iron & Wine, Dawes, Deer Tick, tUnE-yArDs
LOLLAPALOOZA: 8/3-8/5, Chicago, IL. Featuring: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In, Avicii, The Shins, Justice, Passion Pit, Sigur Ros, The Weeknd, M83
WOODSIST FESTIVAL: 8/4-8/5, Big Sur, CA. Featuring: Real Estate, Pierced Arrows, Woods, White Fence, Thee Oh Sees, Fresh and Onlys, Michael Hurley, Peaking Lights, Ducktails
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