[eatmecompletely]

Anyone know going to this fest?

I am considering but have a couple questions

How long will the hip be playing?
Since this is a telivised event do you think the hip will just play their new Album?

Any other bands worth checking out, I know G love, matisyahu and string cheese will be there, anyone know of any gems playing

Thanks and Cheers

[tragicallyphish]

All I have heard about this Festival is that there is a ton of good music but really large crowds and it gets really hot.

As far as other bands - Petty is always fun, Flaming Lips put on a spectical of a show, Raconteurs are pretty sweet. Shins are good times as well.
My 2 cents

[Ryan2]

The Hip will be playing 1 hour on day 1 @7:45-8:45
http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day1.htm

And as far as i know its not a televised event the television series is seperate from the festival....

Canada's The Stills, Sam Roberts, The New Pornographers are there and Tom Petty would be sweet (hes in toronto on the 8th of sept), The Shins are good too check out their discs, The Blue Van have a cool sound and Ben Kweller has sam roberts opening on a tour across the states soon.

[direwolf74]

I saw the Shins at the Sasquatch Festival, and as much as I like their albums, I thought they were terrible live. They had the misfortune of having to go on after the Hip, and that's a tough act for anybody to follow. Maybe they were just having an off night.

[Tthip]

And as far as i know its not a televised event the television series is seperate from the festival....

There is a live webcast though: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://blueroom.att.com/events/acl.php">http://blueroom.att.com/events/acl.php</a><!-- m -->

[NMAS]

The Hip will be playing 1 hour on day 1 @7:45-8:45
http://www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day1.htm

And as far as i know its not a televised event the television series is seperate from the festival....

Canada's The Stills, Sam Roberts, The New Pornographers are there and Tom Petty would be sweet (hes in toronto on the 8th of sept), The Shins are good too check out their discs, The Blue Van have a cool sound and Ben Kweller has sam roberts opening on a tour across the states soon.

There are some amazing talents at this festival, if you can go go, see as much as you can. I am going to try and head down next year for sure.

[eatmecompletely]

Thanks

I think I might have to check this fest out!

Cheers

[Treakin]

Just looked at the schedule, and saw Van Morrison is performing.

A true musical genius, he'd be worth the price of admission alone. He's one of my top 5 faves of all time.

Dream concert, the Hip and Van Morrison. Wish I could be there.