Your Dream Festival

[ManInPeril]

IMAGINE:

Company X has given you unlimited amounts of money in order to fund a huge music festival wherever you are. You're allowed complete freedom in picking the band/venues/food/prices/etc.

If limited to 7 bands/artists, who would you pick and in which order would they go on? Describe the stage! Describe the general atmosphere!

I live near Baltimore, MD, so Merriwether Post Pavilion and the large stadiums nearby come to mind. However, it's my festival, so I'm going to choose to have it near Annapolis, on the water! Huge outdoor staging area with ample organization that anyone can just dock their boats and listen in. People could bring any chairs/lounging equipment they want, but for safety purposes I'd have a team of kickass guards with an expert nose for illicit drugs.

Admission would be cheap: probably $40 for the entire day. To reflect this, the prices for food/water would be considerably less than other hellhole festivals. And we wouldn't serve ****** chicken fingers and crappy beer: We'd sell giant pretzels, corndogs, apple pie, multiple booze brands, and $2 bottles of water... which can be refilled for free.

Also, no porta potties. I'd bring in a few trailers and have a "Restroom Convoy" set aside.

As for the actual set list:

2:30PM - Moving Units
4:00PM - Margot & the Nuclear So-So's
5:45PM - Gnarls Barkeley ft. Jack White & John Paul Jones
7:15PM - A Place to Bury Strangers
9:00PM - Death From Above 1979
10:45PM - The Flaming Lips
12:15PM - Portishead

Also, Portishead would be contractually obligated to end with "Roads", assisted by the full Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Also, during their set DFA1979 would announce that they are indeed making a new album and would premiere multiple new songs from it. During the Flaming Lips' set Beck will join them on stage for a surprise jam. Wayne Coyne would dive into the water after the set was over, and a "Splash Zone" will be set up for lucky fans to catch his cannonball.

After the festival was over fireworks would be displayed and the bands would all sell their meticulously, individually-signed merch. I would personally host an after party and invite all of the band members and I'd fall asleep in Jesse Keeler's loving embrace.

So, what bands would you guys book if it was up to you? I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions.

[garmenteros]

I'll play along...

I'd have Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath play a woodstock type festival, each band plays 2 hour sets for three days spanning their careers.

[ManInPeril]

Originally Posted by garmenteros

I'll play along...

I'd have Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath play a woodstock type festival, each band plays 2 hour sets for three days spanning their careers.

If it's in the current, you'd have a Bonhamless, Moonless festival? Who'd play for them? And which incarnation of Sabbath?

[echoSE7EN]

Originally Posted by ManInPeril

IMAGINE:

Company X has given you unlimited amounts of money in order to fund a huge music festival wherever you are. You're allowed complete freedom in picking the band/venues/food/prices/etc.

If limited to 7 bands/artists, who would you pick and in which order would they go on? Describe the stage! Describe the general atmosphere!

I live near Baltimore, MD, so Merriwether Post Pavilion and the large stadiums nearby come to mind. However, it's my festival, so I'm going to choose to have it near Annapolis, on the water! Huge outdoor staging area with ample organization that anyone can just dock their boats and listen in. People could bring any chairs/lounging equipment they want, but for safety purposes I'd have a team of kickass guards with an expert nose for illicit drugs.

Admission would be cheap: probably $40 for the entire day. To reflect this, the prices for food/water would be considerably less than other hellhole festivals. And we wouldn't serve ****** chicken fingers and crappy beer: We'd sell giant pretzels, corndogs, apple pie, multiple booze brands, and $2 bottles of water... which can be refilled for free.

Also, no porta potties. I'd bring in a few trailers and have a "Restroom Convoy" set aside.

As for the actual set list:

2:30PM - Moving Units
4:00PM - Margot & the Nuclear So-So's
5:45PM - Gnarls Barkeley ft. Jack White & John Paul Jones
7:15PM - A Place to Bury Strangers
9:00PM - Death From Above 1979
10:45PM - The Flaming Lips
12:15PM - Portishead

Also, Portishead would be contractually obligated to end with "Roads", assisted by the full Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Also, during their set DFA1979 would announce that they are indeed making a new album and would premiere multiple new songs from it. During the Flaming Lips' set Beck will join them on stage for a surprise jam. Wayne Coyne would dive into the water after the set was over, and a "Splash Zone" will be set up for lucky fans to catch his cannonball.

After the festival was over fireworks would be displayed and the bands would all sell their meticulously, individually-signed merch. I would personally host an after party and invite all of the band members and I'd fall asleep in Jesse Keeler's loving embrace.

So, what bands would you guys book if it was up to you? I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions.

Dude, you just missed the M3 festival!? How can your dream festival possibly beat Kix and Lita Ford at the Merriweather? Lol.

[echoSE7EN]

Originally Posted by ManInPeril

If it's in the current, you'd have a Bonhamless, Moonless festival? Who'd play for them? And which incarnation of Sabbath?

Zac Starky (Ringo's kid) has been playing with The Who in recent years.

[WackoStu]

1. Ethan Keller
2. Ziggy Marley
3. The New Pornographers
4. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
5. George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars
6. Foo Fighters
7. Rush

My only caveat would be that I get to play a song on Bass with each band except Rush, cause that would just be wrong. (I tried to keep it to only bands that are still together otherwise you get into Pink Floyd and AIC and stuff that just cant happen anymore)

[Snakepit72]

Originally Posted by ManInPeril

IMAGINE:

Company X has given you unlimited amounts of money in order to fund a huge music festival wherever you are. You're allowed complete freedom in picking the band/venues/food/prices/etc.

If limited to 7 bands/artists, who would you pick and in which order would they go on? Describe the stage! Describe the general atmosphere!

I live near Baltimore, MD, so Merriwether Post Pavilion and the large stadiums nearby come to mind. However, it's my festival, so I'm going to choose to have it near Annapolis, on the water! Huge outdoor staging area with ample organization that anyone can just dock their boats and listen in. People could bring any chairs/lounging equipment they want, but for safety purposes I'd have a team of kickass guards with an expert nose for illicit drugs.

Admission would be cheap: probably $40 for the entire day. To reflect this, the prices for food/water would be considerably less than other hellhole festivals. And we wouldn't serve ****** chicken fingers and crappy beer: We'd sell giant pretzels, corndogs, apple pie, multiple booze brands, and $2 bottles of water... which can be refilled for free.

Also, no porta potties. I'd bring in a few trailers and have a "Restroom Convoy" set aside.

As for the actual set list:

2:30PM - Moving Units
4:00PM - Margot & the Nuclear So-So's
5:45PM - Gnarls Barkeley ft. Jack White & John Paul Jones
7:15PM - A Place to Bury Strangers
9:00PM - Death From Above 1979
10:45PM - The Flaming Lips
12:15PM - Portishead

Also, Portishead would be contractually obligated to end with "Roads", assisted by the full Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Also, during their set DFA1979 would announce that they are indeed making a new album and would premiere multiple new songs from it. During the Flaming Lips' set Beck will join them on stage for a surprise jam. Wayne Coyne would dive into the water after the set was over, and a "Splash Zone" will be set up for lucky fans to catch his cannonball.

After the festival was over fireworks would be displayed and the bands would all sell their meticulously, individually-signed merch. I would personally host an after party and invite all of the band members and I'd fall asleep in Jesse Keeler's loving embrace.

So, what bands would you guys book if it was up to you? I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions.

^ Bolded part= an odd match, but one made in heaven nonetheless. That would be intense!!! As for my festival:

I'd prob end up putting it in Atlantic City. I'm from the suburbs of Philly, but having it near the shore on the water would be cool. As for bands, I'd probably pick:

2:00PM: Gnarls Barkley (sorry to steal this one from you, great choice though!)
3:45PM: Eagles of Death Metal
4:30PM: The Raconteurs (not my first choice, but with no White Stripes its the next best thing)
5:30PM: Slash with Myles Kennedy, maybe try and get an all-star backing band in there (maybe John Paul Jones, Ben Shepard, maybe Jason Bonham too, or Vinny Appice, so many good options) , however his current band kicks as it is
7:00PM: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
9:00PM: Queens of the Stone Age
11:00PM: Foo Fighters

Looks a little more 90s/modern than my tastes normally lean, but it's still some of my favorite bands of all time, and limited to bands still together in their best forms, seems to be a pretty nice list to me. Of course, I'm likely gonna think of a million other artists I might like more on there the second I post this, but such is life.

[nclinsey]

As I'm from the Great White North, and a prairie boy to boot I'd have my festival on some farm land.
I think I'd charge around $50. Water would be free to those who were smart enough to bring a water bottle and I'd charge a one time fee to provide a bottle of water with unlimited free refills.
Food would be multiple full pigs on spits bbqing away, steaks, potatoes, salad. $12 for a heaping plate.
I would set up cool off stations. Showers, and dorky water park type sprinkler things. Lot's of tents too if it gets rainy the show can move indoors.

Bands:
1. Foo Fighters. Opening because I can't imagine a better way to start a show
2. Ween. For so many reasons.
3. Dave Mathews Band. I'm not a huge fan of his records but all the live footage I've seen is face melting and would like to experience that first hand.
4. Hank Williams III in all his drunken' country glory.
5. Corb Lund. Their last song would have to be Rye Whisky, and Corb would be contractually obligated to do a shot of Jim Beam with me.
6. Brad Paisley, playing all his uptempo and midtempo tunes with none of the sissy country ballads.
7. Zac Brown Band to close down the night. basically they would be obligated to play the exact same set with the same guests as their dvd Pass The Jar.

[ManInPeril]

Originally Posted by nclinsey

Food would be multiple full pigs on spits bbqing away, steaks, potatoes, salad. $12 for a heaping plate.

You've got my $62 (plus tax).

[nclinsey]

sweet! I thought that I wasn't the only person who would be down for the pig roast.

[JoeyZ]

Rage Against The Machine
Converge
Trap Them
Refused
The Nerve Agents
Distillers
A Living Death (my band)

[oniman7]

You guys are SERIOUSLY underthinking this.
First step, go to Ireland. Find a castle. Create a solid roof. Dig a moat and replace the banks and walls of the moat with solid crystal and shoot lasers into it for crazy refraction. In each turret, set up tweeters. Woofers along the garrison, and sticking out of ground at intervals. Additional speakers throughout. Also, a weather machine. And we'll dye the moon red.

Opening band: Tool. Will play Lipan Conjuring to summon whatever it is they're conjuring. The crowd will also get a massive DMT contact high, making the rest of the show insane.

Next band: Opeth. Baying of the Hounds (followed by Reverie/Harlequinn Forest) will be celebrated by the annual running of the Peasants, in which the world's strongest dogs are hand picked to chase down and hunt the world's fastest Peasants.

Following that: Dethklok. Will purchase death row inmates and strap them to rockets, detonating them with lasers. Along to the tune Laser Cannon Deth Sentence

To mix it up: Dream Theater. A little less heavy, give people's minds a break. This portion will raise the average crowd IQ by 5 points (as opposed to 3 points for several other bands on here).

Getting back into it: Iron Maiden, featuring Eddy the Great himself. He will host an amazing feast of shark and dragon flesh, along with 200 proof Ambrosia.

Followed up by: Slipknot, after Paul Grey has been brought back to life by the magical forces of rock. The landscape will be reformed by the heaviness.

Closing: Symphony X. After presumably melting several hundred peoples' faces with solos, they will play their live version of "The Divine Wings of Tragedy". During this, several people in the crowd will be handpicked by angels for divine sex. At the end of the song, where fitting, these people, and several hundred others will be lifted to a religion-neutral heaven of the most amazing things imaginable.
Then they'll play their closer, Domination, where a Dragon will burst through the roof of the castle, and the band members will fight it with pure awesome. The awesome is too much for the dragon and it dies.


The audience is then flown home on their individualized Griffins, whom will lay eggs, hatching new Griffins, which will lay golden eggs. Also, they never die.



Top that.

[ManInPeril]

I still dig my "Wayne Coyne Splash Zone" idea. Maybe he could go to your festival and cannonball into your moat of blood (/otherliquids)

[jp58]

The Black Keys
The Racontuers
Coheed and Cambria
Kings of Leon
Tom Petty
Foo Fighters
Rush

[rob_appo]

I would put irom maiden first but as I've allready seen em ill leave them out, so hears my list spread over two days.

Sat
Dream theater
A perfect circle
Porcupine tree

Sun
Tool
System of a down
Mastadon
TresseracT

Also the festival should have a beer festival so your not forced to drink larger of cider . I know sundays bands dont really go together but i wanna see em god dammit .

[afranks]

Rollings Band
P Funk
Megadeth [Countdown lineup]
Afghan Whigs
Jeff Beck
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds [w/ Blixa]
King's X [joined by Cave and Beck for encore]

Love the idea of BBQ for the masses

[Frank Tuesday]

Main Stage
Ween
Flaming Lips
Andrew Bird
Man Man

"Country" Stage
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
O'Death
ListenListen
Elliott Brood

Scottish Stage
Belle & Sebastian
Camera Obscura
Emma Pollock

Instrumental Stage
The Budos Band
Rachel's
Dirty Three
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Tin Hat Trio

[JKos]

ManInPeril,
> Company X has given you unlimited amounts of money in order to fund a huge music
> festival wherever you are.

Than why isn't everything free?

- John

[SamTheCannibal]

Originally Posted by oniman7

You guys are SERIOUSLY underthinking this.
First step, go to Ireland. Find a castle. Create a solid roof. Dig a moat and replace the banks and walls of the moat with solid crystal and shoot lasers into it for crazy refraction. In each turret, set up tweeters. Woofers along the garrison, and sticking out of ground at intervals. Additional speakers throughout. Also, a weather machine. And we'll dye the moon red.

Opening band: Tool. Will play Lipan Conjuring to summon whatever it is they're conjuring. The crowd will also get a massive DMT contact high, making the rest of the show insane.

Next band: Opeth. Baying of the Hounds (followed by Reverie/Harlequinn Forest) will be celebrated by the annual running of the Peasants, in which the world's strongest dogs are hand picked to chase down and hunt the world's fastest Peasants.

Following that: Dethklok. Will purchase death row inmates and strap them to rockets, detonating them with lasers. Along to the tune Laser Cannon Deth Sentence

To mix it up: Dream Theater. A little less heavy, give people's minds a break. This portion will raise the average crowd IQ by 5 points (as opposed to 3 points for several other bands on here).

Getting back into it: Iron Maiden, featuring Eddy the Great himself. He will host an amazing feast of shark and dragon flesh, along with 200 proof Ambrosia.

Followed up by: Slipknot, after Paul Grey has been brought back to life by the magical forces of rock. The landscape will be reformed by the heaviness.

Closing: Symphony X. After presumably melting several hundred peoples' faces with solos, they will play their live version of "The Divine Wings of Tragedy". During this, several people in the crowd will be handpicked by angels for divine sex. At the end of the song, where fitting, these people, and several hundred others will be lifted to a religion-neutral heaven of the most amazing things imaginable.
Then they'll play their closer, Domination, where a Dragon will burst through the roof of the castle, and the band members will fight it with pure awesome. The awesome is too much for the dragon and it dies.


The audience is then flown home on their individualized Griffins, whom will lay eggs, hatching new Griffins, which will lay golden eggs. Also, they never die.



Top that.

This is the greatest thing to ever grace my computer screen.

[Sketchy]

Well, it'd be sat on haybails, with lots of obscuse ales on tap, somewhere in the countryside (if anyone's been to Linton Blues and Beer festival, imagine that. The atmosphere is brilliant... when there are no ******* umbrellas) with the following lineup:

Friday
1800-2000: Erja Lyytinen
2000-2200: Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
2200-0000: Rush

Saturday
1400-1600: Relocator
1600-1800: Caravan
1800-2000: Steve Hackett
2000-2200: Opeth
2200-0000: Dream Theater

Sunday
1400-1600: Spock's Beard
1600-1800: Yes
1800-2000: Cold Fairyland
2000-2200: Roger Waters
2200-0000: Porcupine Tree

(I'll admit Erja is blues rather than prog, like the rest, but she's a great act).

Hmm... Prog and beer festival. I could definitely enjoy that.