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Top 12 Bands Playing Festivals this Summer!

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

Genre:Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Catch him at: Lollapalooza
Why you should see him: he'll melt your heart with his lyrics and his voice. He's also adorable. 

The Black Keys

Genre: Rock
Catch them at: Pemberton, Osheaga, Governor's Ball
Why you should see them: two piece bands are super impressive and they'll be touring their new album Turn Blue which is super awesome!

Passion Pit

Genre: Indie/Electronic
Catch them at: Pemberton, Way Home
Why you should see them: They have a super unique sound that can only be accompanied by a super unique show.

Weezer

Genre: 
Catch them at: Osheaga
Why you should see them: it's Weezer. You know, the band you jammed to in your teens because your older brother liked them!

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

Genre: Folk/Indie
Catch them at: Bluesfest, Pemberton, Osheaga
Why you should see them: there's like 36 of them in the band - so you know it's going to look and sound incredible. They'll also make you feel like you haven't a single care in the world!

Sam Smith
Genre: Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Catch him at: Way Home, Lollapalooza, Squamish
Why you should see him: he's the biggest artist in the world right now and for good reason - he's one talented Brit. 

Alt-J

Genre:Indie rock, Electronic
Catch them at: Way Home, Lollapalooza, Osheaga
Why you should see them: there's no way to describe the Alt-J sound, just like there's no way to describe the Alt-J show. Just go be blown away. Is he a musciain? A DJ? A God? Answer: all of the above.

Modest Mouse


Genre: Rock
Catch them at: Sasquatch, Way Home, 
Why you should see them: you can't mistake the sound of Modest Mouse for anything and that's because they've put a lot of thought and effort into creating it. They'll be touring their newest album, Strangers to Ourselves, which is their first album in SEVEN YEARS.

Florence + the Machine

Genre: Indie Rock
Catch them at: Governor's Ball, Bonnaroo, Osheaga
Why you should see them: She rocks out so hard. Also, my friend once saw Florence walk out into the crowd during one of her shows and break up a fight...with no shoes on...bitch is cool AF.

Drake

Genre:Rap, hip-hop
Catch him at: Squamish, Osheaga, Governor's Ball
Why you should see him: he's Canada's biggest claim to fame right now and there's a reason people are super into this sad-sack. 


Girl Talk
Genre: Mashup/DJ
Catch him at: Way Home
Why you should see him: no matter what music you're into, you should try to experience have a little bit of dubstep/house/whatever this stuff is at some point. Once you're soaked in sweat from jumping up and down and dancing to the beat you'll understand why. If you're worried about now knowing the songs, don't worry - Girl Talk mixes the biggest hits to form mega-super-awesome hits!

Special mentions: Deadmau5, Shaky Graves, Mumford and Songs, Hozier and More --- YAY MUSIC FESTIVALS!

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