Tuesday, March 31, 2009

All Points West festival announces line-up


Last year marked the first ever All Points West Music and Arts Festival in Liberty State Park in New Jersey. This summer, the festival which is set in the 80-acre historic locale with panoramic views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Manhattan, will be returning with more than 65 artists scattered across three different stages. The acts range from headliners like the Beastie Boys, Tool, and Coldplay, to The National, MGMT, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Neko Case, Artic Monkeys, Silversun Pickups, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ra Ra Riot, The Black Keys, and Fleet Foxes. The three day event takes place this year from July 31st thru Aug. 2nd. See the full line-up below.

Friday, July 31
Beastie Boys
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Vampire Weekend
The National
Fleet Foxes
MSTRKRFT
Q-Tip
The Pharcyde
Organized Konfusion
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
Seasick Steve
Telepathe
Shearwater
Heartless Bastards
Flying Lotus
College Humor Live
Arj Barker
Eugene Mirman
Bo Burnham

Saturday, Aug. 1
Tool
My Bloody Valentine
Gogol Bordello
Arctic Monkeys
Neko Case
The Ting Tings
Yelle
Crystal Castles
St. Vincent
Tokyo Police Club
The Cool Kids
Kool Keith
Cage the Elephant
Chairlift
White Rabbits
Electric Touch
The Postelles
Black Gold
College Humor Live
Tim & Eric
Judah Friedlander
Jim Jeffries

Sunday, Aug. 2
Coldplay
Echo & The Bunnymen
MGMT
The Black Keys
Elbow
Silversun Pickups
Mogwai
We Are Scientists
Ghostland Observatory
The Gaslight Anthem
Etienne De Crecy
Lykke Li
Akron/Family Steel
Train Kitty
Daisy & Lewis
College Humor Live
Janeane Garofalo
Michael Showalter and Todd Barry

All Points West Festival.com

2 comments:

Caroline Hahm said...

Are you going?
We HAVE to go!
I went last year and it was awesome!
Hoping to get a few friends to go again!

Burn The Bowery (music blog) said...

def. am going to try. would love to get in with a press pass, but that's doubtful i'm sure??
1st and 3rd days look best!!