SnowBall Festival 2012 (Vail Valley, CO)
March 2-4
Snoop Dogg, The Kooks, TV on the Radio, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bassnectar, Rusko, Small Black, Pictureplane, Gardens & Villa, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Savannah Stopover Music Festival (Savannah, GA) March 7-10
The War on Drugs, The Love Language, Caveman, Grimes, Prince Rama, Jukebox the Ghost, Oberhofer, The Men, Little Tybee, Zambri, Quilt, The Knocks, Turbo Fruits, Eternal Summers, The Big Sleep, Deleted Scenes, Secret Mountains, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Sleepy Vikings, Country Mice, Hooded Fang, The Minutes, Young Empires
Orange You Glad Music Festival (Orlando, FL) March 8-11
Cults, Tennis, Cavemen, Everything is Terrible, Fake Problems, The Big Sleep, Gospel Music, XXYYXX, The Woolley Bushmen, Great Deceivers, Deleted Scenes, The Pauses
South By Southwest (Austin, TX) March 13-18
Norah Jones, Radiation City, James Husband, The Seedy Seeds, Little Lo, Astronautalis, Busdriver, Will Sexton, Thee Oh Sees, The Bright Light Social Hour, Band of Skulls, Japanther, Built to Spill, M. Ward, The Shins, Brendan Benson, Fiona Apple, Heartless Bastards, Yellow Ostrich, Say Hi, Delta Spirit, Skindred, Van Hunt, Andrew WK, Le Blorr, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Counting Crows, Dan Mangan, Pennywise, Torche, The Twilight Sad, Wintersleep
BUKU Music & Arts Project (New Orleans, LA)
March 17-18
Skrillex, Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Diplo, Big Gigantic, Pictureplane, Avicii
Ultra Music Festival (Miami, FL) March 23- 25
New Order, Tiesto, Kraftwerk, Justice, David Guetta, Carl Cox, Armin Van Buuren, Pretty Lights, Skrillex, Afrojack, Avicii, Neon Indian, Fatboy Slim, Duck Sauce, M83
SnowMont Festival (Killington, VT) March 30-April 1
Kaskade, Snoop Dogg, The Flaming Lips, Slightly Stoopid, Big Boi, Chromeo, Diplo, Lotus, Railroad Earth, DJ Shadow, Nervo, Kid Sister
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Indio, CA) April 13-15, April 20-22
The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, Bon Iver, The Shins, Noel Gallaher’s High Flying Birds, At the Drive In, Beirut, Girl Talk, M. Ward, Neon Indians, Jeff Mangum, St. Vincent, Band of Skulls, Deer Hunter, Black Lips
Austin Psych Fest (Austin, TX) April 27-29
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, The Black Lips, Olivia Tremor Control, Dead Meadow, The Telescopes, Pink Mountaintops, Ringo Deathstarr, Acid Baby Jesus
Stagecoach 2012 (Indio, CA) April 27-29
Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Martina McBride, Alabama, The Band Perry, The Mavericks, Kenny Rogers, Luke Bryan, Sara Evans, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Chris Isaak
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (New Orleans, LA) April 27- May 6
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, The Beach Boys, Zac Brown Band, Eddie Vedder, John Mayer, The Neville Brothers, Al Green, Herbie Hancock and his Band, Ne-Yo, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, Bonnie Raitt, Iron & Wine, Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Steel Pulse, Esperanza Spalding, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Aaron Neville’s Gospel Experience, Steve Earle and the Dukes (And Duchesses), Galactic, Preservation Hall and Friends, Ani DiFranco, Better Than Ezra, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Gomez, Cowboy Mouth, Asleep at the Wheel, Tab Benoit, Bonerama, Buckwheat Zydeco
Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL) May 18-20
Jack White, The Flaming Lips, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The String Cheese Incident, Skrillex, Wilco, Chris Cornell, Mac Miller, Flogging Molly, G. Love & Special Sauce, Coheed & Cambria, STS9, Dr. Dog, M. Ward, The Devil Makes Three
The Bamboozle Festival (East Rutherford, NJ)
May 18-20
Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Skrillex, Mac Miller, Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, Bouncing Souls, Brand New, Anti-Flag, The Dear Hunter, All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Bayside, The Promise Ring, Motion City Soundtrack, Alesana, Never Shout Never, Emmure
Rock on the Range 2012 (Columbus, OH)
May 18-20
Incubus, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, Slash, Megadeth, Chevelle, Cypress Hill, Mastodon
Sasquatch! Music Festival (George, WA)
May 25-28
Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, Beirut, The Shins, Girl Talk, The Roots, Feist, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, St. Vincent, Childish Gambino, Blind Pilot, The Walkmen, Spiritualized, Deer Tick, Dum Dum Girls, The Helio Sequence, Yellow Ostrich
14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival (Las Vegas, NV) May 25-28
Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, Hot Water Music, Hepcat, Sahm 69, The Adicts, The Briefs, Youth of Today, Street Dogs, Old Man Markley
Mountain Jam Festival (Hunter Mountain, NY)
May 31- June 3
Steve Winwood, Gov’t Mule, The Roots, Ben Folds Five, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Word, Trombone Shorty, Dawes, Givers
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival (Mulberry Mountain, AR) May 31- June 3
The Avett Brothers, Matisyahu, Pretty Lights, Primus, Girl Talk, Fitz & the Tantrums, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeross, Krafty Kuts, LA Riots, Balkan Beat Box, MiM0SA, Marty Party, Paper Diamond
2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (Manchester, TN) June 7-10
Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, The Beach Boys Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, The Shins, Foster The People, Skrillex, Feist, The Roots, Alice Cooper, Black Star, Ludacris, Ben Folds Five, Flogging Molly, Childish Gambino, Umphrey’s McGee, St. Vincent, The Civil Wars, Young The Giant, Punch Brothers, Bad Brains, Yelawolf, Dawes, Battles, The Black Lips, The Kooks, The Joy Formidable, Das Racist, Delta Spirit, Mogwai, Grouplove, Blind Pilot, The Devil Makes Three, White Denim, Here We Go Magic, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Big Gigantic, Fruit Bats
Vans Warped Tour (Various cities) June 16- August 5
Senses Fail, Mayday Parade, The Constellations, Every Time I Die, Bayside, You Had Me at Six, Made Do and Mend, iwrestledabearonce, Sleeping with Sirens, blessthefall, Man Overboard
Governors Ball Festival (New York, NY)
June 23-24
Passion Pit, Chromeo, Atmosphere, Major Lazer, Santigold, Big Gigantic, Beck, Modest Mouse, Explosions in the Sky, Devendra Banhart, Cage the Elephant, Built to Spill, Freelance Whales, Alberta Cross, The Jezabels
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (Various cities) June 30- August 5
Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, The Devils Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, White Chapel, High On Fire
All Good Festival (Thornville, OH)
July 19-22
The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Flaming Lips, Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby, Michael Franti & Spearhead , Lotus, G. Love & Special Sauce, Galactic, SOJA, Railroad Earth, Papadosio, The Werks, The Wood Brothers