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Shaky Knees Music Festival returns to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park September 18–20, 2026, featuring The Strokes, Twenty One Pilots, Gorillaz, and one of the deeper rock and alternative undercards on the 2026 festival calendar.
RiverBeat Music Festival returns to Tom Lee Park in Memphis on May 1–3, 2026, with a lineup led by Dave Matthews Band, Wu-Tang Clan, and The Red Clay Strays. The three-day riverfront event also features St. Vincent, Ice Cube, Lord Huron, Marshmello, T-Pain, Phantogram, and De La Soul, alongside a mix of regional artists and several influential Memphis rap veterans.
East of 8th's coverage of the 2019 Mempho Music Festival including Margo Price, Matt Maeson, Reignwolf, Wu-Tang Clan & more!
El Michels Affair, the perennial purveyors of cinematic soul who have been churning out records for the likes of Lee Fields, The Arcs, The Shacks, and more, are back with Return To The 37th Chamber, the band's highly anticipated follow up to 2009's underground cult classic Enter the 37th Chamber. The album will be released April 14th via Big Crown Records. Producer... Continue Reading →
