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![The Magic of Electric Forest 2017- Weekend 1 [Photo Gallery]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
East Coast
There are so many reasons Electric Forest is our favorite festival of the summer (besides the epic lineups, of course). There truly is something special about this festival and something for everyone to enjoy. Electric Forest is absolutely bursting at the seams with creativity and magic. From the moment you enter the festival you are […]
![Bluegrass in the Bottoms melds strings, brews & Kansas City May 19-20 for its inaugural fest [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/17310129_1910695625834317_4118929398721486661_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Bluegrass In The Bottoms, a brand new festival in Kansas City, MO, over the weekend of May 19th-20th, features the kind of lineup that has bluegrass fans from across the country drooling! With old favorites like Railroad Earth and Yonder Mountain String Band alongside other heavy hitters like Greensky Bluegrass and Infamous Stringdusters, the potential […]
![DelFest: All you need to know & more for the 10th year of this Maryland festival May 25-28 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/18176095_10210708952213003_272415722_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Memorial Day weekend typically kicks off the beginning of summer. More importantly, Memorial Day weekend signals the start of festival season. If you’re a bluegrass or progressive string music fan that can only mean one thing: DelFest! DelFest is a four-day, medium sized, traditional bluegrass and progressive string music festival set in the beautiful Allegany […]
![The String Cheese Incident Brings Surplus of Cheesy Love to Stubb’s Austin, TX, April 13-15th [Show Review + Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SCI-%40-Stubbs-Night-2-27.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
Colorful individuals of all ages made their way into Stubb’s BBQ on Red River and 8th Street in the historic downtown Austin. It was night one of a sold-out three-night-run from the genre-defying supergroup The String Cheese Incident, and downbeat was a little more than an hour away. We had been waiting patiently […]
![High Sierra Music Festival Drops Jam Packed Late Night Shows [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17796729_10154489664936705_4111320910501028195_n-1.jpg?resize=594%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The 27th Annual High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California, offers a wide variety of top and upcoming musical acts, parades, movement classes, nonprofits, vendors and more to provide a weekend full of fun for the entire family. The festival takes place June 29th- July 2nd and the lineup boats two nights of the Trey Anastasio Band, […]
![The FIRST-EVER Suwannee Summer Clusterpluck is coming in hot with a lineup of legendary musicians | June 23rd + 24th, 2017 at Suwanee Music Park in Live Oak, FL [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17862304_653371874853618_1641943636932603546_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Purple Hat Productions and Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) are teaming up on a spanking two-day gathering called Suwannee Summer Clusterpluck. The magical Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, will host the event over June 23rd & 24th and will feature some of the best American bluegrass and new […]
![Get Ready for another Fourth on The Farm; Highberry Drops Lineup for 8th Year June 29th- July 2nd [Event Previews]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17498616_642035749321605_2108074437143924786_n.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Our friends over at Deadhead Productions just whipped out their full musical lineup for the 8th annual Highberry Music Festival taking place June 29th- July 2nd in the majestic af Ozark National Forest. If it’s anything like last year’s festival, we are all in for a reeeeeeal treat. Featuring hand picked and top notch quality […]
![Bluegrass In The Bottoms Comes to Kansas City, May 19-20th– Early Bird Tickets SOLD OUT [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17310129_1910695625834317_4118929398721486661_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
The first ever Bluegrass In The Bottoms announced its inaugural year to come to Kansas City, Missouri, May 19-20th. Destined to bring the first of its kind to the city’s West Bottoms neighborhood, Bluegrass In The Bottoms will feature the best in bluegrass, folk and craft beer for two jam packed days in the one […]
![Yonder Mountain String Band Wows Austin, Texas with Help From G. Love & Special Sauce [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yonder-222222.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
It was a huge night in Austin, Texas, last Friday, February 17th, as Yonder Mountain String Band made their highly anticipated return to the music capital of the world. The string group from Nederland, Colorado, is always a pleasure to watch perform and the energy and talent was thickly palpable as the lively qunitet shredded and sang the […]
![Hear ye, Hear ye! Fresh ‘Spring Cheese’ Tour Dates Announced [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/16265268_10154510428616645_2232730107498559826_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
There’s really nothing like fresh tour announcements. And when you find THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT in your backyard with a three-night run at Stubb’s in Austin, TX – April 13 to April 15 – that is cause to celebrate with cartwheels and backflips! SCI announced spring tour dates for Texas and the Midwest earlier today. […]