Top 12 Bands Playing Festivals This Summer If you’re like me, your favourite time of year isn’t Christmas, Spring Break or your birthday – it’s festival season. Sunshine, music, flower crowns and crop tops – there is literally NOTHING bad about music festivals. Whether it’s the infamous Coachella or Canada’s love child, Osheaga, they all give you an insanely awesome experience and even better memories. As soon as the first lineup is released – the planning begins. Sometimes it can be tough to determine which bands are worthy of your attention (and your hard-earned dollars) and that’s what I’m here for! Here are the top 15 bands playing festivals this summer and where you can see them: 1. Alabama Shakes Genre: Blues rock Catch them at: Don’t worry if you missed them at Coachella, they’re also at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Squamish Why you should see them: female front-men are BADASS and this band are the epitome of music festival jams. Tallest Man on Earth