Venue: Merriweather Post Pavilion
Location: Columbia, Maryland
Time: TBA
Tickets: Sold Out - Presale was 8/23 and regular sale 8/24 (I'd keep looking around or checking for tickets on the web site. The FREE may be gone, but you may find "FREEmium" tickets available)
Who's Playing?
How about Jack White, Skrillex, M83, NAS, ZZ Top, Santigold, Alabama Shakes, Ben Folds Five, The Dismemberment Plan, Allen Stone, Trampled by Turtles, Portugal. The Man, Das Racist, Future Islands and Justin Jones.
If you went last year or the year before, then you know all about The Dance Forest. This year the forest will once again flash with lasers and vibrate to dropped bass beats. Here's who's coming: Above & Beyond, Porter & Zedd (Back to Back), Thomas Gold, Nervo, Alvin Risk and Penguin Prison, plus others to be announced.
While you're waiting, check out my blog post from VMFreeFest 2011! I also saw Portugal. The Man last October in Charlottesville. They are playing Free Fest this year.. here's my blog post from October 2011 for Portugal. The Man.
Also, here's a few things I learned from the 2011 Free Fest..