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Music Festivals 2018: All Points East Is London's Brand-New Fest

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Goldenvoice preps new three-day festival and 10-day conference next summer in London's Victoria Park
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Oct 31, 2017 - 5:58 pm

Mark your calendars now for a brand new music festival hitting London early next summer, All Points East. Produced by Goldenvoice, the company behind Coachella, FYF, Panorama, and more, the three-day festival and 10-day conference will take place in Victoia Park May 23 through June 3, 2018.

While full details for All Points East are scheduled to be released in early November, we do know the festival will present music across six stages during the main festival portion, Friday, May 25 to Sunday, May 27, plus additional stand-alone shows.

If the artists already announced are any indication, this lineup will be worth the trip. The bill already includes Björk  LCD Soundsystem, the xx, The War On Drugs, the National, Warpaint, and Future Islands, with more to be announced.

Tickets for All Points East's main festival and the first additional show are on sale now the festival's website.

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Take Note: Women In Music

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Celebrate pioneers and heroes of the music industry
GRAMMY.com Staff
GRAMMYs
Mar 31, 2018 - 1:30 pm

Take Note: We're celebrating, recognizing, honoring, and spotlighting women in music every day this month (and beyond). Visit GRAMMY.com daily for series updates.

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2018 FYF Festival: Florence & The Machine, Janet Jackson To Headline

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From the Breeders to St. Vincent and the xx, FYF is celebrating their 15th anniversary in style with a diverse lineup
Tim McPhate
GRAMMYs
Mar 30, 2018 - 3:26 pm

Coachella and Stagecoach are just around the corner. But, in case those fests aren't your speed, there's another big SoCal festival on the calendar for July.

Florence & The Machine and Janet Jackson have been tapped to headline the 2018 FYF Festival July 21–22 at Exposition Park in downtown Los Angeles. The off-the-charts lineup for the 15th anniversary of the festival will also feature the likes of the Breeders, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cuco, Glassjaw, Jayda G, Curtis Harding, Future, the xx, My Bloody Valentine, Car Seat Headrest, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, St. Vincent, Skating Polly, Moodymann, Neil Frances, Skepta, and Sudan Archives, among others.

"In the past 15 years, this festival has grown immensely with a strong team of women and men behind it to bring fans the best weekend of summer," said Jennifer Yacoubian, booker for FYF "And with incredible artists like Janet Jackson and Florence + The Machine topping this year's bill, we are so psyched to have two badass women leading the roster as we head into FYF Fest 2018."

Tickets, including weekend and single-day general admission and VIP passes, will go on sale April 6 at noon PT.

Of course, July in Los Angeles offers up a variety of appealing activities. But festivalgoers looking to tack on some additional music fun to their FYF experience should seek out the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live.

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GRAMMY Festival China To Feature Pharrell Williams, Macy Gray, OneRepublic

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Some of music's biggest stars are set to help launch the inaugural GRAMMY Festival China
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Mar 21, 2018 - 11:07 am

From American jazz to the British Invasion, reggae of Jamaica and Korean pop, music's rich and diverse history has built today's audience to be truly global. And with the emergence of the music festival to showcase music and culture, the time could not be better for the inaugural GRAMMY Festival China.

On April 30, some of the world's biggest music stars will convene at Beijing's ChangYang Music Theme Music Park for an eight-hour live music experience featuring the likes of 11-time GRAMMY winner Pharrell Williams, GRAMMY winners Macy Gray, Phoenix and Daya plus GRAMMY nominees James Bay, Carly Rae Jepsen, OneRepublic, and more.

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As the Recording Academy's latest exciting initiative, GRAMMY Festival China arrives with a bang this year as a partnership with Bravo Entertainment and China Music Vision Ltd. The new festival will expose GRAMMY-winning artists to the extraordinary Chinese culture and provide audiences with a unique, unrivaled live music experience.

"We are proud and excited to host the debut of GRAMMY Festival China in 2018," said Blues JIANG, chairman of Bravo. "It will be a monumental moment gathering GRAMMY-nominated and -winning artists during the festival and the production of live performances integrated with Chinese culture in demonstrating an unprecedented high-quality showcase. GRAMMY Festival will become a breakthrough for traditional music festivals in Asia, elevating not only the music industry, but also in engaging other industries to create a powerful, global intellectual property." 

The outstanding lineup for the inaugural GRAMMY Festival China isn't the only reason for music fans in the world's most populated country to be excited; last year, the GRAMMY Museum announced its plans to develop the first-ever GRAMMY Museum in China. The 40,000 square feet of exhibit space, which will include a temporary exhibit gallery and a theater, is expected to open within the next three years. 

Presale tickets for GRAMMY Festival China on Apr. 30 in Beijing are available for purchase now at www.damai.cn.

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Music Festivals 2018: Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples To Play Moon River Fest

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This September, the Memphis-born festival moves to Chattanooga, Tenn.'s riverfront Coolidge Park for 22 bands on two stages
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Mar 20, 2018 - 5:51 pm

Look out, Chattanooga, Tenn.! There's a lot more to see in the this fall in "River City" than the historic Lookout Mountain. For the first time, Moon River Music Festival is coming to town Sept. 8-9  at the riverfront Coolidge Park featuring performances by The Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples, The Head And The Heart, Margo Price, I'm With Her, and more.

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The festival was founded in 2014 in Memphis by Drew Holcomb and Paul Steele, who recently forged a partnership with Knoxville's AC Entertainment. After outgrowing the historic Levitt Shell in Memphis, Moon River makes the move to Chattanooga where this year's festival will host 22 bands playing on two stages at either end of the park.

"In our dreaming and searching for a new home, we realized we could showcase other parts of my home state, Tennessee, and we have found the perfect place," said Holcomb. "Chattanooga is primed for a music festival like Moon River, and the city has opened its arms to us. It is the gateway to the Appalachian Mountains and one of the most beautiful cities in the region. Coolidge Park is right in the center of town, connected to one of the world’s largest pedestrian bridges, Walnut Street Bridge, overlooking the Tennessee River."

Tickets go on sale Mar. 22 at 10 a.m. via the festival website (side trip to Lookout Mountain is optional).

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