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![[Photo Gallery] BangOn Presents: Elements Music & Art Festival in Brooklyn, NY | August 22, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_9753.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Hosted by Bang On NYC, New York’s premier underground party and event host, we had the time of our lives at Elements Music & Art Festival. Bang On decided to move outdoors for Elements, and it definitely proved to be the hottest party of the summer! Featuring artists by the likes of Sphongle, Liquid Stranger, XXYYXX, […]
East Coast
Returning to Brooklyn next Saturday, August 22 is the Elements Music & Arts Festival! Hosted by Bang On NYC! Bang On is New York’s premier underground party and event host. Usually a host of events thrown in Brooklyn warehouses, Bang On is moving outdoors for what’s looking to be one of the hottest parties of […]
![[Festival Review + Photo Gallery] Musical Highlights of Arise Music Festival 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC02164.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
This year’s Arise Music Festival was one for the books – by far the only festival I’ve experienced with such a solid fusion of music lovers from all backgrounds. Everyone in attendance from young to old were in high spirits and ready to Arise and Shine by making their weekend the best it could be; […]
![[Festival Review + Photo Gallery] F.A.R.M. Fest 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_0004.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
In the past few years, music festivals have had a huge upswing in popularity. It seems like every weekend from May to September there’s at least one festival taking place in any given region of the country. But finding one that still manages to bring together a sense of unity and freedom for the […]
Festival Coverage
Join us in getting our Mulberry Mountain fix with this year’s Phases of the Moon, taking place over October 16th – 18th in Ozark, Arkansas. Phases of the Moon Music Festival features some of the world’s most talented bluegrass, jam band and feel-good musicians with the 2nd annual grassroots fest bringing us huge acts from STS9 […]
Electronic
In a world where first year festivals are popping up everywhere you look, and long time festivals are battling to keep their place, it’s difficult to say what the deciding factors are for a festival success. Of course you’ve gotta bring in some headliners, a good property, and supply the fundamentals for thousands of people […]
![[Festival Review + Photo Gallery] Northern Nights Music Festival 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/NN3.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
We came, we saw and now we will never fest the same! Having attended fests of all shapes, sizes, genres, locations and vibes, it’s hard not to have certain expectations of a new gathering. I wasn’t sure what to expect when arriving at Northern Nights, but I was not let down. In fact, I left […]
![[Artist Spotlight] Space Jesus Live Band at Farm Fest 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11696026_10206412712344177_8244077868079301273_n-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
As we’re coming down to the final few days before New Jersey’s F.A.R.M. Fest, I can barely contain my excitement as I begin to make preparations. In less than a week I will be with friends from across the country on a wooded lake being treated to one of the finest lineups of music on […]
Festival Coverage
I’m a recent Colorado transplant, like most of us that now call this place home. Austin’s close-knit music community wasn’t easy to leave, and I have been craving a recreation of that kind of connection since I got here. Therefore, I was really excited to discover that ARISE Festival is taking place in just a […]
![[Artist Spotlight] Dragondeer at ARISE Music Festival 2015 in Loveland, Colorado](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dragondeer1.jpg?resize=550%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Summer of 2015 is officially here, and with it comes Colorado’s own Arise Festival. Located at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, CO, Arise is host to a plethora of fantastic musical acts; one of which is the Denver based quartet Dragondeer. Dragondeer is a psyche-blues band whose “inspired improvisation” have them gaining momentum across Colorado and […]