November isnt too early to start thinking about the festival season, is it? Not when news of a three-day festival cropping up in our neck of the woods finds its way to our desktop. Going into competition with themselves,
C3 Presents the Texas-based company that organizes Chicagos
Lollapalooza Festival every year has partnered with European partner
Festival Republic to stage the
Vineland Music Festival. To be held on a 550 private farm in New Jersey, Vineland will run Aug. 8-10th
just one weekend after Lollapalooza. With both festivals featuring 100 plus artists on multiple stages (and overlap sure to occur), arent the promoters worried about over saturation? C3 partner
Charlie Jones thinks both festivals can thrive independently. They are nowhere close to each other and they will be different events, quotes Jones. Vineland will also differentiate itself from its Midwestern counterpart by following a more European, camp-in, model. Currating Vineland, C3 can not lay claim to booking three major festivals. They also book the
Austin City Limits Festival in Texas.
David Pitz 