List of jam band music festivals

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List of jam band festivals
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Related genresPsychedelic rock, electronic, folk rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, southern rock, progressive rock, acid jazz, hip hop, reggae, ska, rocksteady, garage rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock, grunge, and bluegrass
LocationUnited States (origin), worldwide
Related eventsCategory:Jam band festivals, list of music festivals, free festival, rock festival, electronic music festival
Related topicsDeadhead, 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

United States

Festival name City/venue State Debut Notes
10,000 Lakes FestivalDetroit LakesMinnesota2003Defunct
All Good Music FestivalThornvilleOhio1997Defunct
Bonnaroo Music FestivalManchesterTennessee2002Initially founded as a jam band festival, but has expanded to other genres since
Camp BiscoScrantonPennsylvania1999
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and DanceTrumansburgNew York1991
Gathering of the VibesBridgeportConnecticut1996Defunct
Grateville Dead FestLouisvilleKentucky2015
Hangout Music FestivalGulf ShoresAlabama2010
High Sierra Music FestivalQuincyCalifornia1991
HookahvilleKirkersvilleOhio1994
LangeradoFort LauderdaleFlorida2003Defunct
Lockn' FestivalArringtonVirginia2013
moe.downTurinNew York2000
Mountain JamHunter MountainNew York2004
The Peach Music FestivalScrantonPennsylvania2012
Rothbury Music FestivalRothburyMichigan2008
SchwagstockShannon CountyMissouri1992Defunct
Summer Camp Music FestivalChillicotheIllinois2001
Summer Jam at Watkins GlenWatkins GlenNew York1973One-off event
Summer MeltdownDarringtonWashington2000
Telluride Bluegrass FestivalTellurideColorado1973
VegooseLas VegasNevada2005Defunct
Wakarusa Music and Camping FestivalOzarkArkansas2004Defunct
Wanee FestivalLive OakFlorida2005

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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
  • Media related to Jam band festivals at Wikimedia Commons