Fall Travel: Rockin' the Catskills
Recent big-deal US concerts like the Virgin Mobile Festival and All Points West have been trying to replicate the long-time success of massive British music festivals like Reading and Glastonbury, bringing superstar artists from disparate genres together for a weekend.
For those who can't take the 100,000-person crowds, a new, more intimate, less corporate British festival is coming stateside as well. The All Tomorrow's Parties festival (named for a Velvet Underground song) has been a more under-the-radar success since debuting in Britain in 1999, and this year comes to New York State.
About 30 acts will take the stage this weekend at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York, two hours north of the City.
Curated by the band My Bloody Valentine, the show will feature indie rock stalwarts like Yo La Tengo, Les Savy Fav and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, as well as DJ sets into the night.
Despite the non-corporate street cred, there's no need to worry about the festival making a profit--three-day tickets are going for a hefty $225 a pop.
Related Stories:
· All Tomorrow's Parties Festival [Official Site]
· Live Music coverage [Jaunted]
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