Hangout Fest 2019 Lineup
I’ve only been to the Hangout Festival once, but I had such a good time that I’ve been wanting to go back ever since. The Gulf Shores, Alabama music festival never has a bulletproof lineup, but there’s some advantage to a festival where you’re not racing around from stage to stage and can just luxuriate during the gaps between artists you care about. This is especially true when the event is on the beach, a location that immediately improves any middling corporate festival. It’s a good vibe, although admittedly last year’s assortment of performers was pretty bleak.
Hangout’s 2019 lineup is out today, and it’s brought the festival back to that imperfect but appealing level. They’ve crammed six names onto the top line of the poster: Travis Scott, the Lumineers, Khalid, Vampire Weekend, Cardi B, and Kygo. Just below them are the 1975, Diplo, Hozier, Griz, and Walk The Moon. Also on deck: Jimmy Eat World, Jungle, Mura Masa, Shame, King Princess, Superorganism, Alison Wonderland, Ravyn Lenae, Gang Of Youths, Taylor Bennett, Buddy, and a bunch of other stuff. Weirdly, Lauren Daigle, who I deemed “the Christian Adele,” appears to be making a run at the 2019 festival scene, which ought to be a bizarre anthropological moment.
Really, though, the draw here is seeing Travis Scott and Cardi B and the 1975 and Vampire Weekend at night on the beach as spring gives way to summer. The fest is happening May 17-19, and tickets go on sale this Tuesday at 10AM CST.
Here’s the whole lineup in alphabetical order:
ALISON WONDERLAND
ARIZONA
BAZZI
BEBE REXHA
BISHOP BRIGGS
BRYCE VINE
BUDDY
CARDI B
CASTLECOMER
DIPLO
DR. FRESCH
EASY LIFE
ELLEY DUHE
ELOHIM
FLORA CASH
GANG OF YOUTHS
GORGON CITY
GRANDSON
GRIZ
HIPPIE SABOTAGE
HOZIER
JADE BIRD
JESSE ROYAL
JIMMY EAT WORLD
JONAS BLUE
JUDAH & THE LION
JUNGLE
JUSTIN JAY
KHALID
KING PRINCESS
KYGO
LAUREN DAIGLE
LOUD LUXURY
LOVELYTHEBAND
MADEINTYO
MOON BOOTS
MORGXN
MURA MASA
PALE WAVES
QUINN XCII
RAVYN LENAE
SHAME
SIR SLY
SLENDERBODIES
SOFI TUKKER
SPENCER LUDWIG
SUPERORGANISM
TAYLOR BENNETT
THE 1975
THE BAND CAMINO
THE HIM
THE INTERRUPTERS
THE LUMINEERS
THE RED CLAY STRAYS
TRAVIS SCOTT
TWO FEET
TWO FRIENDS
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
WALK THE MOON