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the tree:
Aparently these things are a specifically British concept but I'm reluctant to belive that no-one in the states camps and listens to good music at the same time.

I'm thinking of going to Cropredy this year, what festivals are y'all going to?

nescience:
These things are indeed not a strictly British concept.  Us Americans have a number of spring and summer festivals, including Coachella, Bumbershoot, (edit) South by Southwest, the fairly new Pitchfork/Intonation Music Festival, and many others.  I'm still sitting the fence on Coachella.  It's pretty much Daft Punk attracting me, and if I can see them closer to home, I'll do that instead.

The Japanese have a few choice large summer festivals as well, though I'm not such a fan of their line-ups this year: Summer Sonic is held at the Osaka WTC and Chiba Marine Stadium every year with lineups for each day alternating between the two sites.  Daft Punk is playing here as well.  I've only been to the Osaka site and it's great weather.  There's also the Fuji Rock festival held in northern Japan, which seems to be playing host to Killing Joke this year.  Now that'd be fun.

mberan42:
I'm going to go to the Pitchfork Media Music Festival, (link above). I went to Intonation Fest last year, had a blast. Of course, living only 15 minutes away from the festival site is pretty nice. Best acts last year were the Wrens and the Decemberists. Looking forward to TL+Rx this year.

amok:
Since all the major Brit festivals this summer have gone for the same Horribly Overpriced / Shitty Mainstream Line-up / Sponsored By Fucking Carling combo-breaker of suck, I'll be heading over to Germany and attending M'era Luna. For 65 euros. Hooray!

Bastardous Bassist:
Actually, the concept definitely originated in the USA.  We just got jaded from the massive amount of them in the late 60's and early 70's.  The touring festival also originated in the States, which are more prevalent these days.

Anyways, I am going to be really busy all summer, but I'm waiting for my friends to tell me of any festivals that would be worth going for me.  I'm also not sure where I'll be over the summer, and that sort of thing is important.

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