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![Adventure, Mystery + Surprise: Hulaween 2024 [Highlights + Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HL24-102424143125-jstrausservisuals-arrival-14.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
There is a special feeling when you step into the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Known for its unspoiled forests of 100 year old Spanish moss-covered oak trees, the rushing wild blackwater banks of the Suwannee River and the vast meadows which have served as homebase to numerous festivals of both […]
East Coast
Gather up, Hulagans! Suwannee Hulaween music festival makes its return on Thursday, October 27th through Sunday October 30th. For those who don’t know, Hulaween has absolutely been the place to be on Halloween weekend for the past 9 years. With this year’s “Horror-Disco” theme and an average attendance of 20,000 people, there is sure to […]
Festival Coverage
Electric Forest, a titan among the music and arts festivals sprinkling across the American Summer, sold out in a mere four hours on December 7. The collective groan of latecomers was almost audible as I read the press release. But don’t fret – there is hope! Electric Forest has opened an Official Wristband Exchange for […]
![A Fest Is Born: Introducing Waterloo Music Festival | September 7th-8th, 2018 [Festival Review + Set Lists]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9f5c9f36-waterloo-lineup-final-4x5.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
**String Cheese setlists for each night can be found at the end of the article!** DAY 1 The sun beamed down on a line of cars sitting on a dirt road just outside of Austin, Texas. The people were arriving at Carson Creek Ranch in droves for what was shaping up to be a memorable […]
![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-@-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 […]
![Super Secret Music Festival — April in Austin, TX [Event Previews]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16864847_10154449334786448_2070990843394550430_n.jpg?resize=600%2C295&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Austin has always been a musical Mecca – playing host to top-shelf artists from every corner of the country on any given weekend – but April of 2017 is going to be absolutely ridiculous. So ridiculous, I have come to think of it as an unofficial music festival: Super Secret Music Festival 2017. Jamtronica giants […]
![Why Gem and Jam is the Psychedelic Melting Pot of a Fest Everyone Should Attend [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_9569.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
What can I say? Gem and Jam 2017 kicked off festival season for me in ways I never expected and only dreamed of. Last year’s G&J harnessed the same effect and ever since my first trip to the desert oasis, I had been patiently waiting for February to roll around again. Well, the time was […]
![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. […]
![Ringing in the New Year with The String Cheese Incident, Big Gigantic & The Floozies in Broomfield, Colorado [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/4K9A1701.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The floor of the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, shook in excitement as thousands fans rustled their feet in anticipation. The String Cheese Incident’s fifth consecutive New Year’s extravaganza kicked off on Thursday, December 29th and the energy was tangible as the crowd eagerly awaited the music to begin. The String Cheese Incident’s wildly glamorous three-night […]
![CYM talks to Gem and Jam’s Founders + find out what fans are most excited about for 2017 [Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/15384579_1324749004223980_1044718254705273505_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Gem and Jam Festival is a very special gathering that happens every February in the beautiful city of Tucson, Arizona. The 11th year is set for February 2nd-5th, 2017, and for the first time, will take place at the new location of Pima County Fairgrounds. Complete with tons of extra space, multiple camping options and room for so […]