We’ve been waiting to be enchanted by Hulaween since leaving festival grounds last fall, and now we’ve got a reason to start a new countdown clock. The festival — set for October 27-29 at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park — has announced its initial lineup, and it’s pretty rad.
The String Cheese Incident sits at the heart of it all and is set to perform three sets, but the lineup also includes The Disco Biscuits, Greensky Bluegrass, and Lettuce, plus electronic acts like Bassnectar (a controversial pick for sure), RL Grime, Claude VonStroke, Beats Antique, FKJ, Shiba San, and Manic Focus. Also in the EDM part of the lineup: GRiZ, who just penned this great letter to fans.
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“Five years ago, we set out to take The String Cheese Incident's annual Halloween bash, and grow it into a full scale festival. Now, we have the honor of producing an event that we'd personally want to be at,” talent buyer Michael Harrison Berg wrote in a press release. “We've watched the process come and go full circle as we've grown together with the most loyal and dedicated fanbase we've ever witnessed in our collective career. For our 5th anniversary in 2017, we plan to level up across the board.”
Other acts included in the 60-plus artist lineup include Charles Bradley, Ween, Run The Jewels, Portugal. The Man, Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Nathaniel Rateliff, and more. Long Beach, California emcee Vince Staples (who drops a new album tomorrow) is also on the lineup.
The real kicker for us though? A set from modern jazz giant Kamasi Washington, a critically lauded Los Angeles composer and saxophonist who has also played with Ryan Adams, Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat and confirmed Hulaween act Run the Jewels.
What’s more is that Hula is set to provide Thursday programming that includes Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce, Liquid Stranger, The Devil Makes Three, EOTO & Friends, Zach Deputy, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, and more.
Tickets are on sale now and will cost you $259-$295. More information is available at suwanneehulaween.com. Check out the full lineup below.
Suwannee Hulaween 2017 Lineup:
The String Cheese Incident (Three Nights)
Bassnectar
Ween
GRiZ
Run The Jewels
Nick Murphy (Chet Faker)
RL Grime
Portugal. The Man
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
The Disco Biscuits
Claude VonStroke
Vince Staples
Greensky Bluegrass
Marian Hill
Kamasi Washington
Lettuce
Beats Antique
Benevento / Russo Duo
FKJ
Moon Taxi
Stick Figure
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Big Wild
The Polish Ambassador
Keys N Krates
Destructo
Shiba San
Manic Focus
Here Come The Mummies
TOKiMONSTA
Future Rock
Spafford
Jacob Banks
Space Jesus
TAUK
Tank and the Bangas
The Jerry Douglas Band
Dumpstaphunk
Crywolf
Poolside
The Nth Power “Wake up & Live Bob Marley Tribute”
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Russ Liquid Test
Big Something
Phantoms
Michal Menert
Son Little
Marco Benevento
Jon Stickley Trio
Magic City Hippies
Aqueous
Acoustic Syndicate
Shak Nasti
The Galbraith Group
King Baby
Displace
Heather Gillis Band
Cadillac Jones
The Resolvers
Lemon City Trio
And More To Be Announced!
Official Pre-Party Lineup on 10.26.2017
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead
Greensky Bluegrass
Liquid Stranger
The Devil Makes Three
Lettuce
EOTO & Friends
Spafford
Zach Deputy
Kyle Hollingsworth Band
Elohim
Protohype
Buku
The Nth Power
Southern Avenue
Great Peacock
Custard Pie
Ecology
The Getbye
And More To Be Announced!
