In very disappointing news, due to sluggish ticket sales, Langerado 2009 has been canceled. So I guess I’m not giving away a pair of tickets after all. This is the first well established American Festival based in one city to go down like this and it begs the question, has the US Festival scene gotten too saturated?

Certainly there are now a ton of fests to choose from, and the economy is probably playing a big part here as well, but I really think had Langerado thrown the festival in the same location they had last year that they wouldn’t be in this trouble. Maybe the Indians kicked them out of the reservation and they didn’t really have a choice, but Miami’s Bicentennial Park was an extremely poor choice of venue. Going from offering camping for free to requiring your festival attendees to secure hotels in an expensive city like Miami completely changes the total price, and Langerado’s jamband heavy fan base was not going to double up on that money instead of going to the other major events of the same weekend such as Phish‘s first shows or the Harvest Of Hope fest going on in north Florida with many of the same artists for a tiny fraction of the price.

So while a bad economy and increased competition has made the margin of error very small, I really believe Langerado needs to look to their own lineup/venue choices as the primary reason for their downfall this year, and hopefully they can go back to the drawing board and come back next year with a new and improved version. I mean, here are the acts at the top of the lineup when it was initially released: Death Cab For Cutie • Snoop Dogg • Thievery Corporation (Live) • Slightly Stoopid • Ryan Adams and the Cardinals • Dashboard Confessional • The Pogues • Matisyahu • Flogging Molly • Michael Franti & Spearhead Is it really any surprise people weren’t flocking down to get tickets? While they had plenty of quality smaller acts, the top of this lineup was completely uninspiring.

So I don’t think there is going to be a major festival scene collapse due to the economy or anything. I mean if Coachella can get away with having The Killers as a headliner and not go under this year, I would say there is still a ton of breathing room for fests. I think Bonnaroo is going to probably sell out faster than it ever has this year, so the moral of the story is choose the right lineup and the right location and there are still plenty of kids who will spend their trust funds to party.

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Ohmpark is giving away two tickets to the Langerado Music Festival! Enter now for your chance to win!:

With Deerhunter and Modest Mouse added to the already impressive lineup, it looks like I will be kicking off the festival season yet again at Langerado. From now until February 18th, you can enter to win 2 tickets for free. Langerado recently announced what bands were playing each day. Also, check out our coverage of last year’s Langerado here.

Held for the first time this year at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida, the festival takes place from March 6-8th. The current lineup includes: Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Thievery Corporation, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, The Faint, Bad Brains, Tortoise, DeVotchKa, Holy Fuck, Tokyo Police Club, King Khan And The Shrines, Cloud Cult, The Faint, Tricky, Chromeo, Mute Math, Black Kids, Lotus, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey’s McGee and many more. More artists are still to be announced!

Visit www.langerado.com for more information.

Of Montreal last year:

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The beginning of a new year comes with rampant speculation of who is going to be on each upcoming festival’s line-up. I’m going to break down some of the rumours, and talk about the festivals I am most excited about in 2009. So break open your calendar and get ready to plan your year in festies:


CONTINUE READING Ohmpark’s 2009 Festival Guide (3,166 words)

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The first 2009 festival announcement is official:

Death Cab For Cutie • Snoop Dogg • Thievery Corporation (Live) • Slightly Stoopid • Ryan Adams and the Cardinals • Dashboard Confessional • The Pogues • Matisyahu • Flogging Molly • Michael Franti & Spearhead • Broken Social Scene • Cafe Tacuba • Umphrey’s McGee • The Disco Biscuits • Robert Randolph & The Family Band • Pepper • The Faint • Cold War Kids • Steel Pulse • Public Enemy • Gym Class Heroes • Tricky • Girl Talk • Chromeo • Mute Math • Bad Brains • Ozomatli • Against Me! • George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic • Tortoise • DeVotchKa • Black Kids • Grupo Fantasma • Holy F*ck • Budos Band • Tokyo Police Club • Lotus • The Virgins • The Gaslight Anthem • King Khan and the Shrines • Lucero • Murs • Ra Ra Riot • Tortured Soul • Rebelution • K’Naan • The Egg • Zac Brown Band • Tigercity • The Aggrolites • Cloud Cult • Spam Allstars • Rachel Goodrich • Blue King Brown • The Heavy Pets • Awesome New Republic • The Postmarks • Suenalo Sound System • Live Painting by LEBO

There’s some good stuff in there, but the move to Miami’s Bicentennial Park and lack of camping sort of takes away everything special about this festival for me. Langerado 2009 is going down March 6th-8th and tickets go on sale this Friday at noon at a prices ranging from $120 to $165. Check out our coverage of Langerado 2008.

Langerado website

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Langerado was fun:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4/Wrap-Up

Click the band to download their Langerado set:

Beastie Boys
Phil Lesh
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
Gov’t Mule
Benevento Russo DuoUmphrey’s McGee
Ghostland Observatory
Pnuma Trio
Les Claypool
The Roots
Sound Tribe Sector 9
The Disco Biscuits
!!!
Pelican
R.E.M.

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I got a late start on Sunday between being up late Saturday night and the time change. The first show I was able to catch after blogging was Keller Williams. He put a cool show like always. Keller is definitely on the side of the jamband spectrum I enjoy.

After that I checked out the non-music festival activities like merch tents, food, and of course the Ferris Wheel:

CONTINUE READING Langerado 2008 Day 4 And Wrap-Up (533 words)

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I got an early start on the music and checked out Blitzen Trapper first. I have had trouble getting into their new album, but for an afternoon festival live show, they were perfect. The country sounding stuff they do is not my flavour, but the psychedelic stuff they do is right up my alley.

CONTINUE READING Langerado 2008 Day 3: Saturday (313 words)

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