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Welcome to the Lockn' Forum - The home of the original Lockn' Music Festival family!
Please note: This forum is in no way officially associated with Lockn' Festival or its promoters.
2024 Festivals
Cowboy Neal
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Dead and Company featuring Johnny Slayer
Number of LOCKNs attended: 7
Post by The Other One on Apr 10, 2024 11:48:01 GMT -5
They would have paid all the bands 50% on signing already. probably owe the balance at this late date, not to mention peripherals.
Skull & Roses Festival, the annual Grateful Dead-centric event at the Ventura Country Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA, has canceled its sixth annual edition, originally set to take place on April 19th, 20th, and 21st. In a post announcing the cancellation, the festival’s founder explained that “the financial devastation of the 2023 show made it impossible to sustain the weight of the new production.”
www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/721549/can-i-get-a-refund/?fbclid=IwAR0J05dxOaMVxB165Y3RxD6ZDpoq0ro5f5htX8vKcmdfoJPF0uStnZ7vjW4_aem_AbVWQdrN2stvwQkSoc46OIBvXqlpX7VqGj6aMpdmf3Rp2FMV1DvSI88PEdThwoywcrJrKeqYKz6xIpi8UmLYet11
Buy the ticket, take the ride...
the KIND 1/26
Dead Reckoning 1/27
Daniel Donato 2/3
St. Patty's Day Party 3/16
Del McCoury BAnd 4/25
About Time Music Festival 5/3-4
Rooster Walk 5/23-26
Floydfest 7/24-28
Yarnival 10/24-26
Merry Prankster
Disguised as a squirrel
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Anyone? Anyone?
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by smosey wales on Apr 10, 2024 12:38:58 GMT -5
Feb 12 Billy Strings NFK
Feb 18 Marshall Tucker Band Philly
Feb 25 Marcus King Band NFK
April 6 Rosanne Cash NFK
April 15 James McMurtry NFK
April 20 Little Feat VaBeach
April 21 Blackberry Smoke NFK
July 2 Last Fair Deal w/John K VaB
July 23 Dave Mathews Band VaB
July 26 Robert Earl Keen C'ville
July 28-31 Floyd Fest BFE
Sept 24 Southern Culture on the Skids VaB
Nov 19 Dark Star Norva
Dec 3 Sky Dog VaB
Merry Prankster
Disguised as a squirrel
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Anyone? Anyone?
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by smosey wales on Apr 10, 2024 15:53:39 GMT -5
I love Moonalice. Only heard them at Lockn'. The beauty of the small fest with good lower tier bands!
Feb 12 Billy Strings NFK
Feb 18 Marshall Tucker Band Philly
Feb 25 Marcus King Band NFK
April 6 Rosanne Cash NFK
April 15 James McMurtry NFK
April 20 Little Feat VaBeach
April 21 Blackberry Smoke NFK
July 2 Last Fair Deal w/John K VaB
July 23 Dave Mathews Band VaB
July 26 Robert Earl Keen C'ville
July 28-31 Floyd Fest BFE
Sept 24 Southern Culture on the Skids VaB
Nov 19 Dark Star Norva
Dec 3 Sky Dog VaB
Post by grumbly-one on Apr 10, 2024 16:24:05 GMT -5
jambands.com/news/2024/04/05/sweetwater-420-festival-shifts-to-free-event-with-modified-artist-lineup/
Man things arent looking great on the jamband festival scene these days.
And this bit is just odd "The event’s artist lineup has also been limited, cutting appearances by Beck, Black Pumas, moe., Slightly Stoopid, RIpe, lespecial and more. Remaining on the entertainment docket are Gov’t Mule, Grace Potter, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Larkin Poe, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Big Gigantic, Little Stranger, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Papdosio."
Maybe they cancelled the bands they could get out of paying, but the ones they were forced to pay they are forcing to play?
7/12 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen 1973 tribute
7/24 Floydfest
8/31 Front Porch Festival
10/24 Yarnival
Merry Prankster
Disguised as a squirrel
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Anyone? Anyone?
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by smosey wales on Apr 13, 2024 7:32:22 GMT -5
As usual, a long read, but lots of interesting points for those wondering about festivals and their future. Some excerpts:
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This is not a Coachella issue, this is a music issue.
Yes, today marks the beginning of the festival season, with the first day of Coachella. Which means the news media is full of stories on the state of the festival business, in light of Coachella tickets selling slower than previously, in light of the Australian festival cancellations (no, the mainstream media didn’t mention these, but those in the business know about them).
It’s very clear. We don’t have a festival issue, we have a MUSIC issue!
In other words, we’re just not minting worldwide stars that appeal to everybody. And odds are it’s going to get worse. Then what?
...
Boomers don’t want to go hang with the multitudes in the desert anymore, they’re all about creature comforts, they’re past their festival years. Ditto most Gen-X’ers. So you’re left with diehard music fans and the younger generation, which is notoriously fickle. Is Coachella an institution or a long-running fad that is on its way to extinction?
Credit Paul Tollett for trying to go along with the times, booking more modern acts as opposed to the ancient ones most festivals depend upon to draw people in. But do you really want to go to the desert to see Doja Cat? Even Lana Del Rey? My point being these acts are very successful, but don’t appeal to everyone. They’re not cult acts, they just don’t go broad beyond their verticals, and almost none of the new acts do. And, as has been noted seemingly everywhere, if you’re a true fan of these acts do you want to go to a festival to see them, to pay a lot for many other acts you do not want to see, to hang with the great unwashed, is this the experience you’re looking for?
...
And, once again, is the multi-act bill passé?
Don’t forget that the Fillmore East used to have three act bills. When was the last time you saw that? It was a bond between the audience and Bill Graham, that he’d turn you on to great new music you might not be aware of. Now, many people don’t even show up for the opening act, and there’s only one, and the goal of the headliner is to do “An Evening With,” a multi-hour show that appeals to hard core fans with no opener at all!
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Ozzy can’t work anymore. So many classic acts of not only the sixties, but the seventies, are dead or retired. And there are the eighties superstars, those made by MTV, but they’re pretty aged themselves. And once we hit the twenty first century we have Coldplay and Dave Matthews… Coldplay is broad, but Dave Matthews is narrow. Metallica is broad in metal, but narrow overall. We all came together in the MTV era, but now we’ve all split apart, and outsiders, and even insiders, expect it to be the same.
Feb 12 Billy Strings NFK
Feb 18 Marshall Tucker Band Philly
Feb 25 Marcus King Band NFK
April 6 Rosanne Cash NFK
April 15 James McMurtry NFK
April 20 Little Feat VaBeach
April 21 Blackberry Smoke NFK
July 2 Last Fair Deal w/John K VaB
July 23 Dave Mathews Band VaB
July 26 Robert Earl Keen C'ville
July 28-31 Floyd Fest BFE
Sept 24 Southern Culture on the Skids VaB
Nov 19 Dark Star Norva
Dec 3 Sky Dog VaB
Old Head
Help me scrape the mucus off my brain!
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by war fart on Apr 13, 2024 11:47:30 GMT -5
I love Moonalice. Only heard them at Lockn'. The beauty of the small fest with good lower tier bands!
5/24-27 Dark Star Jubilee Legend Valley Thornville OH
6/13-16 Beardfest Hammonton, NJ
7/7 Outlaw Music Fest Hershey PA
7/18-21 4848 Festival Snowshoe WV
8/2-3 Billy Strings Bryce Jordan Center Penn State
8/29-9/2 - Karnival of the Arts (East) Kempton PA
9/19-22 Infamous Weekend Pops Farm VA
Post by grumbly-one on Apr 18, 2024 12:50:20 GMT -5
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/virginia-420-festival-smoke-abrupt-153634725.html
This announcement comes just days before the 3rd annual festival was set to take place in Salem and Charlottesville.
Organizer, Winton T. Marden says the decision was tough and last minute. Marsden says he was advised by backers and the festival director that he canceled the festival due to a significant shortfall of over $40,000 and low ticket sales.
I remember looking at this one when I was planning out the years festivals and being confused by the 2 locations on the same day and just dismissing it.
7/12 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen 1973 tribute
7/24 Floydfest
8/31 Front Porch Festival
10/24 Yarnival
Merry Prankster
Disguised as a squirrel
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Anyone? Anyone?
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by smosey wales on Apr 18, 2024 13:41:21 GMT -5
Feb 12 Billy Strings NFK
Feb 18 Marshall Tucker Band Philly
Feb 25 Marcus King Band NFK
April 6 Rosanne Cash NFK
April 15 James McMurtry NFK
April 20 Little Feat VaBeach
April 21 Blackberry Smoke NFK
July 2 Last Fair Deal w/John K VaB
July 23 Dave Mathews Band VaB
July 26 Robert Earl Keen C'ville
July 28-31 Floyd Fest BFE
Sept 24 Southern Culture on the Skids VaB
Nov 19 Dark Star Norva
Dec 3 Sky Dog VaB
The Head Chef
Proud member of The unofficial unaccountable FAQ for Lockn
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: 49 Winchester
Number of LOCKNs attended: 7
Post by lobster on Apr 18, 2024 16:22:33 GMT -5
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/virginia-420-festival-smoke-abrupt-153634725.html
This announcement comes just days before the 3rd annual festival was set to take place in Salem and Charlottesville.
Organizer, Winton T. Marden says the decision was tough and last minute. Marsden says he was advised by backers and the festival director that he canceled the festival due to a significant shortfall of over $40,000 and low ticket sales.
I remember looking at this one when I was planning out the years festivals and being confused by the 2 locations on the same day and just dismissing it.
Oh, we smoke plenty but something was weird about this one from the start. I also had some confusion with the two separate locations, so I kinda dismissed it.
Lots of VA canna folks are pissed cause they found out through the Facebook post about the cancellation. Many vendors had already invested money, time, materials for the event just to be left in the dark until the last moment. Not very cool, as always, communication is key.
Merry Prankster
Disguised as a squirrel
If I could add one artist to the 2023 lineup: Anyone? Anyone?
Number of LOCKNs attended: 6
Post by smosey wales on Apr 19, 2024 6:06:30 GMT -5
Feb 12 Billy Strings NFK
Feb 18 Marshall Tucker Band Philly
Feb 25 Marcus King Band NFK
April 6 Rosanne Cash NFK
April 15 James McMurtry NFK
April 20 Little Feat VaBeach
April 21 Blackberry Smoke NFK
July 2 Last Fair Deal w/John K VaB
July 23 Dave Mathews Band VaB
July 26 Robert Earl Keen C'ville
July 28-31 Floyd Fest BFE
Sept 24 Southern Culture on the Skids VaB
Nov 19 Dark Star Norva
Dec 3 Sky Dog VaB