Rothbury Festival - Michigan, July 4th Weekend! (Updated)

Submitted by eggs on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 03:46.

Announced today, the first ever Rothbury Festival is set to take place July 3-6 in the small town of Rothbury, Michigan. It is being described as a global celebration of music, arts and action. Producers Madison House and AEG Live (who run our favorite venue in Houston: Warehouse Live) expect to bring upwards of 50,000 people to this Great Lakes locale. Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, 311, Phil Lesh, Primus and Snoop Dogg lead the bill, while fresh acts like Gogol Bordello, Ray LaMontagne, State Radio and Of Montreal fill it out.

Check out the full line-up

2008 Rothbury Festival:

Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic
John Mayer
311
Phil Lesh and Friends
~~The Mars Volta~~ (edit: not listed on website anymore)
Primus
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Modest Mouse
Gov't Mule
Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Yonder Mountain String Band w/ Jon Fishman
Colbie Caillat
Slightly Stoopid
The Black Keys
Gogol Bordello
Citizen Cope
Keller Williams and The WMD'S
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
The Dresden Dolls
Ray LaMontagne
The Disco Biscuits
Drive-By Truckers
Of Montreal
Gomez
Brett Dennen
Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Taj Mahal
Zappa Plays Zappa
Crystal Method
JJ Grey & MOFRO
The Greyboy Allstars
The Secret Machines
Beth Orton
Bettye Lavette
Jakob Dylan and the Green Mountain Rebels
Alabama 3
Lotus
Mike Gordon
Yard Dogs Road Show
State Radio
The Beautiful Girls
Sage Francis
Tea Leaf Green
Railroad Earth
Bassnectar
Pnuma Trio
Diplo
Flosstradamus
The Juan Mclean
Emmitt Nershi Band
EOTO
Panjea with Michael Kang
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
DJ Rekha
Dead Confederate
DJ Rootz
Motion Potion
Sojorn
Busdriver
...and more to be announced soon

This might have the best line-up so far out of the major music festivals. It reminds me a lot of the first two years of Bonnaroo. Mostly heady acts with a small taste of diversity. They have listed several different activities on top of the great line-up that you can read about on their official site. General weekend passes which include all four days and camping are priced at $244.75, but if you act quick you can save about $50. It looks like it's going to be one hell of a summer!

Eat Your Damn Breakfast!

-Eggs

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It's A Nice...

Submitted by toast on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 10:15.

Nice work eggs. That sure looks like one hell of a fest and an even better way to spend the Fourth weekend. Never been to Michigan before but it seem as if there is no better time then now, right? This is my kind of festival. And I almost have to go cause of the name!!!

Aha!

Submitted by eggs on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 14:40.

I thought that you had some part in that festival, at least the naming of it. It should be called Toastbury...

Colbie Caillat

Submitted by eggs on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 14:53.

I just looked at the poster, and she is listed twice. That is two times more than she should have been.

Bubbly

Submitted by cereal on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 15:41.

You got a problem with 'bubbly' chicks?
(...I have to agree with you on that, though)

Otherwise, what an insane lineup! Let's do this.

Ahhhhh

Submitted by BnG on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 00:34.

I am thoroughly impressed with this line-up,great find eggs! Ready to celebrate this 4th Roth style!

Changes to Initial Line-Up

Submitted by eggs on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 02:43.

I checked the Rothbury site, and a few things changed from the initial line-up I posted. First, the Mars Volta has been removed. I have a feeling that they will still be there, but they just jumped the gun on adding them. Second, they added Tea Leaf Green! This band is great! Third, they added Emmitt Nershi Band to the list. That addition means that Bill Nershi (Emmit Nershi band), Mike Kang (Pangea), Keith Moseley (WMD's), Michael Travis and Jason Hann (EOTO) are all going to be there. All we need is Kyle Hollingsworth for an incident of the string cheese variety!