Riot Fest is a multi-day music festival specializing in punk, rock, alternative, metal, and hip-hop. Founded in 2005 in Chicago. Carnival Rides, amazing food vendors, sideshow performers, and more add to the atmosphere of this independent music fest.Continue Reading

ACL Festival weekend one takes place on October 1st-3rd and weekend two takes place October 8th-10th, 2021 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The lineup includes George Strait, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Rüfüs Du Sol, DaBaby, and Erykah Badu, each performing at both weekends of the event. Other artists set to perform include Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Black...Continue Reading

This year’s Woodsist Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 25th and 26th, 2021 at Arrowood Farm Brewery in Accord, NY. This years lineup Includes Yo la tengo, Parquet Courts, Kevin Morby, Kurt Vile, Woods, Bridget St. John, Josuha Abrams Natural Information Society, 75 Dollar Bill, Steve Gunn, Anna St. Louis, John Andrews...Continue Reading

Life is Beautiful Music Festival will be making a full return in 2021. Lineup Includes Tame Impala, Megan Thee Stallion, and Glass Animals will headline Friday. Green Day, Haim, Illenium, Modest Mouse, and Ludacris on Saturday. Finally, Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky, Young Thug, and Fisher will help close out Sunday.Continue Reading

Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival is a two-day music festival in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains at Roaring Camp Meadows. LIneup includes Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Devil Makes Three, Rising Appalachia, The California Honeydrops, Jerry's Middle Finger, and more.Continue Reading

What’s good folks, it’s ya man SumOfMan, legendary freestyler, Father of the Year, and founder of The Oakland Mind. Today we doing a top 12 hip-hop list for the end of 2020 going into 2021. It’s a top 12 and not a top 10 cuz I’m black and we can do that. Forreal tho, there...Continue Reading

This year Digital Lightning In A Bottle is leveling up and packing the LIB magic into a wild 24-hour party on Twitch.Continue Reading

Join Balanced Breakfast virtually in our San Francisco HQ on April, 16th and 17th 2021. This will be our fourth National Music Industry Summit. We will be bringing all of the BB groups together for this virtual event. Meet professionals from San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, Austin, Charlotte, Reno, and...Continue Reading

BB’s unofficial SxSW showcase was canceled in 2020 and will be virtual in 2021. We are excited to announce that we are hosting 72 bands on two stages via one ZOOM event over 3 days. The bands we booked are from Austin, San Francisco, Nashville, Brooklyn, and other cities around the world. Our format will...Continue Reading

What’s good folks, it’s ya man SumOfMan, legendary freestyler, Father of the Year, and founder of The Oakland Mind. Today we doing a top 12 hip-hop list for the end of 2020 going into 2021. It’s a top 12 and not a top 10 cuz I’m black and we can do that. Forreal tho, there...Continue Reading

Believe in Music Week is a new digital event, featuring a robust marketplace, cutting-edge education, entertainment, and live music, providing a platform to power our industry’s recovery and support those in need. Showcasing some of the best content from The NAMM Show, robust product discovery, and networking, the online experience will engage a broad audience,...Continue Reading

Sometimes we think of synth and electronic music as coming primarily from NYC, LA, various parts of Europe. But if you’re here in San Francisco, you’ve heard lush and beautiful electronic soundscapes coming from studios big and small throughout the Bay Area. Here are my absolute favorites from 2020.Continue Reading