Vineland Music Festival in NJ - Aug. 8-10, 2008

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South Jersey Rock Festival to Rival Bonnaroo
Published 11/29/2007 by John Del Signore at Gothamist
The south Jersey town of Vineland – or “shithole Vtown” as some locals call it – will host a massive three-day rock festival with camping this August. The Vineland Festival will be presented in a partnership between the company that resurrected Lollapalooza in Chicago and U.K. concert promoter Melvin Benn, who has managed the Reading Festival. No acts have been announced but that hasn’t stopped promoters from setting their price: a three-day pass, which includes camping and parking, will cost about $225, bro. The event ...

Live Nation to Compete with Ticketmaster
Published 1/16/2008 by justin at Live Music Blog.com
Man I've been busy the last couple days, and it appears that the live music space has been quite busy, too. My Morning Jacket announced a one-night stand at Radio City Music Hall for June 20 (presale this Friday at 10am), and the Coachella promoters announced a rival festival set to compete with the already announced Vineland Festival. Sexy and quite scandalous all around. And I'm not sure if this would be much of a surprise to anyone following the live music industry itself, but Live Nation officially released an announcement detailing some plans ...

Vineland Music Festival, RIP
Published 7/30/2008 by brooklynvegan at brooklynvegan
... Late last year, C3 announced they were going to stage a three-day music festival on a 550-acre farm in Vineland, N.J., on Aug. 8-10. A few months later, the festival was ...