Vinoy Park was full of dreadheads for March’s Reggae Rise Up festival, and a little bit of an irie vibe will fill the air once again this weekend when Bay area alt-rock station 97X stages its Memorial Day Weekend party by the sea.
UPDATE: Looks like rain — here's the plan.
It’s less reggae and more rock when the lineup is taken as a whole, however, and this iteration of the festival boasts some big names, including frequent Bay area visitors Judah and the Lion, electro-rock group Awolnation, New York City pop trio AJR, livetronic wunderkind Robert DeLong, and Los Angeles indie-rock bands Sir Sly and Lovelytheband. Longtime followers of the event may be shocked to see that it isn’t free anymore, but station officials have said that the ticket charge lets them really get after more big-name bands.
97X Barbecue Music & Arts Festival w/Dirty Heads/Awolnation/Judah and the Lion/AJR/Robert DeLong/Sir Sly/Lovelytheband/more | SATURDAY 11 a.m. $29-$45 | MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, 701 Bay Shore Dr. NE., St. Petersburg | 727-579-2000 | 97xonline.com
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This article appears in May 24-31, 2018.