This weekend the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, NY hosts Escape To New York. This year's artists include: Patti Smith, Best Coast, Chairlift, The Vaccines, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Psychedelic Furs and Of Montreal.
This weekend is CT's B.O.M.B (Bring Back Our Music) Fest at the Comcast Theater in Hartford. The lineup is quite diverse: Weezer, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalia, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Best Coast, George Clinton, The New Pornographers, Wavves, Dum Dum Girls and a lot more.
One (actually two) of the biggest and baddest festivals each year, Reading and Leeds just announced their initial lineups: The Stroke, Muse, The National, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, 2 Many DJs, Warpaint, Madness, The Streets, Crystal Castles - it goes on and on.