Yes, you heard me right. The good folks that organize Coachella year in and year out are holding the East Coast version in my hometown of Jersey City! The three-day All Points West Music and Arts Festival will take place from August 8-10 in Liberty State Park. Tickets are $89 per day and $258 for all three days. Tickets go on sale on Feb. 29th via Ticketmaster.
Radiohead will be headlining on Friday and Saturday, which will be the band's only tour dates in NYC. Jack Johnson will be headlining the final evening of the festival. A total of 40 bands will cover three different stages during the festival, allowing for each band to have longer sets.
And, organizers are planning to keep the festivities fairly small, about half the size of California's Coachella. They will be capping attendance to about 30 to 40 thousand people. Some proceeds will benefit Friends of Liberty State Park, a volunteer open-space advocacy organization.
Best of all, arrangements with Amtrak is being set up to create a special stop for the festival and on-site parking will be reserved for carpoolers only. Therefore, the park's grounds will be accessible by car, bus, ferry and train!
Other performers slated to play include Cat Power, Animal Collective, the New Pornographers, Girl Talk, the Roots, Underworld, the Go! Team, Metric, CSS, Andrew Bird, Black Kids, Chromeo, Amadou & Mariam, Rogue Wave, and Mates of State.
Dude, I am so psyched about this! Anyone else want to go with me?
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