Let it all Hangout

A new music and art festival along the public beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama has been proposed to the Gulf Shores City Council. If approved, the Hangout Music Festival would take place the third weekend of May, 2010 and could draw more than 30-thousand people. Optimal Production Services, the provider of management duties for Bonnaroo and Rothbury, would be behind the development and execution of the three-day event.

Bonnaroo Dates Announced

The 9th Annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is confirmed for June 10- 13, 2010 at Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN. The lineup will be announced late January/early February, according to the official Bonnaroo site. A holiday pre-sale for all tickets will begin next Friday, November 27th at 12:00 PM eastern at bonnaroo.com/tickets/ticket-info.aspx through 11:59 PM eastern on Thursday, December 31st.

There's an App for That

The Voodoo app was custom-designed for Louisiana's Voodoo Experience festival. Festival-goers with enabled phones could get info on a variety of festival elements by pointing their phone cameras at key parts of the festival grounds. For example, when pointed at the concert stages, you received lineups, schedules, artist profiles and links. Point your phone camera at a vendor and you get show menus and pricing. It could even show you the way to restrooms, ATMs, entrances and exits, medical sites and more. Check out a demo at Vimeo.

During the wintery cold, you'll be able to check out your favorite music festivals...in 3D. The film,"Larger than Live..in 3D" will show portions of this summer's headliners, Dave Matthews at Austin City Limits, BHR7 from the Mile High Music Festival near Denver, CO, and Gogol Bordello from All Points West. Make sure you get to the theatre quickly - it's only showing from Dec 11-17th in 3D movie theatres.

So bundle up, get to the movies, and don't worry, festival season is right around the corner!!

Worth Revisiting

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