Vineland Postponed To '09

On the heels that the All Points West Festival would be taking place the very same weekend the promoters of the Vineland Music Festival have decided to delay the fest by a year aiming to launch it in the summer of 2009.

Vineland has been running into some obstacles over the last few months from the local community, but are also sighting the "overall festival traffic in the northeast and big bands touring through this area at the same time" for the postponement. Read the full article here.

The move seems to make sense since it's doubtful both fests could exist and compete in the same market on the same weekend. While we Northeasters have been waiting for a large scale music festival to come over way we didn't think we'd end up with two competing for our hard earned money.

All Points West

Things are coming together quickly for the recently rumored, confirmed and now announced multi-day music festival that is set to take place at Liberty State Park. While the name Coachella East kicked to the curb pretty early, the fest now has an official name (and website) of it's very own - let's all welcome the All Points West Music & Arts Festival to our vernacular.


The fest is set to take place the very same weekend as the proposed Vineland Music & Arts Festival - August 8th - 10th. Common sense says that both of these fests will be competing for the same artists, so expect to see some overlap as the line ups come together.

Coachella East?

I'm not sure how much I trust a source like Perez Hilton when it comes to music news, but according to his site Coachella may be headed to the East Coast this summer - and somewhere in the New York/New Jersey area. Could this move be in response to the proposed Vineland Music Festival (who is running into some opposition)? Read about it here.

Update: According to this Billboard article Coachella producers AEG Live/Goldenvoice will in fact stage a summer festival at Liberty State Park (which has hosted a number of large scale concerts over the years - it's actually where I caught the first installment of the Furthur Fest)

NARCS Vs. Vineland Music Fest

A group calling themselves NARCS - Neighbors Against Rock Concert Site (oh the irony of the choice in the 'ol acronym department) are trying to rally some support against this summer's Vineland Music Festival. According to an article in the Daily Journal the group is ready to mobilize and has voiced the following concerns....

"Many neighborhood residents share concerns about traffic, noise, potential crime associated with the festival and the environmental impact on the area."

The group insists that it isn't against the festival they just don't want it their backyard, and are suggesting an alternate site instead, as well as considering filing a lawsuit to stop it - read the full article here.

I Heard It ThroughThe Grapevine

While we here in the Northeast are a bit spoiled when it comes to the opportunity to see great music on a nightly basis, we have been neglected in the large-scale music festival department - we'll turn a blind-eye to the debacle that was Field Day and Bonnaroo Northeast.

Today Billboard is reporting that we will in fact be getting a music fest to call our very own set to take place next August 8th - 10th on a 500 acre site in Vineland, NJ which has been dubbed, wait for it.....the Vineland Music Festival. Ok, not the sexiest name going, but it will be produced by the folks at C3 Presents - the guys bring you ACL and Lollapalooza, so that's a definite plus. Band offers are already out, but nothing is confirmed as of yet- read about the whole thing here.