List of jam band music festivals

List of jam band festivals
General Information
Related genres Psychedelic rock, electronic, folk rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, southern rock, progressive rock, acid jazz, hip hop, hard rock, and bluegrass
Location United States (origin), worldwide
Related events Category:Jam band festivals, list of music festivals, free festival, rock festival, electronic music festival, reggae festival
Related topics Deadhead, hippie

This is a list of jam band music festivals. This list may have some overlap with list of historic rock festivals and list of reggae festivals. Jam bands are musical groups who relate to a unique fan culture that began in the 1960s with Grateful Dead (see deadheads), and continued with The Allman Brothers Band, which had lengthy jams at concerts. The performances of these bands typically feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music that can often cross genre boundaries.[1]

While the seminal group Grateful Dead are categorized as psychedelic rock,[2] by the 1990s the term "jam band" was being used for groups playing a variety of rock-related genres, and jam band festival lineups could include blues, country music, folk music, and funk. Today the term even includes some groups completely outside rock, such as those playing world music, electronic music, progressive bluegrass, and jazz fusion.[1] A unique feature of the jam band scene is bands allowing fan taping or digital recording of live concerts.

List of festivals

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United States

Festival name City/venue State Debut Remarks
10,000 Lakes FestivalDetroit LakesMinnesota2003
All Good Music FestivalThornvilleOhio1997
Berkeley Shakedown Street FestivalBerkeleyCalifornia2014
Bonnaroo Music FestivalManchesterTennessee2002
Camp BiscoScrantonPennsylvania1999
Disc JamStephenstownNew York2014
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and DanceTrumansburgNew York1991
Gathering of the VibesBridgeportConnecticut1996
Grateville Dead FestLouisvilleKentucky2015
Hangout Music FestivalGulf ShoresAlabama2010
High Sierra Music FestivalQuincyCalifornia1991
HookahvilleKirkersvilleOhio
Jam CruiseFort LauderdaleFlorida
LangeradoFort LauderdaleFlorida
Lockn' FestivalArringtonVirginia2013
Mile of MusicAppletonWisconsin2013
moe.downTurinNew York
Mountain JamHunter MountainNew York
The Peach Music FestivalScrantonPennsylvania2012
Rothbury Music FestivalRothburyMichigan2008
SchwagstockShannon CountyMissouri
Shakori Hills Grassroots FestivalSilk HopeNorth Carolina
Summer Camp Music FestivalChillicotheIllinois
Summer Jam at Watkins GlenWatkins GlennNew York1973
Summer MeltdownDarringtonWashington
Telluride Bluegrass FestivalTellurideColorado1973
VegooseLas VegasNevada
Wanee FestivalLive OakFlorida2005
Wakarusa Music and Camping FestivalOzarkArkansas2004
Wormtown Music FestivalGreenfieldMassachusetts1999

Ireland

Festival name City/venue Province Debut Remarks
Vibe for PhiloDublinLeinster1987

See also

Related lists
Related categories
  • Category:Jam band festivals
  • Category:Jazz festivals
  • Category:Music festivals
  • Category:Reggae festivals
  • Category:World music festivals

References

  1. 1 2 "What is a jam band?". Jambands.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
  2. ↑ The Grateful Dead Britannica Online, Retrieved 17 September 2007
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