South by Southwest might be in the rearview, but festival season is firmly upon us. Soon, genre-crossing, culture-shaking bashes from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo — and, of course, Coachella — will be underway and flooding your feed. GRAMMY.com will be on the case, screaming along with fans nationwide.

But what of the brand new festivals — ones readying their inaugural iteration, primed to establish their identities on the circuit? When plotting your fest schedule, don't leave them out: these new events have the potential to become behemoths themselves. Yes, Coachella will be amazing, but these lower-key upstarts are special in their own way. 

Read on for 11 new music festivals happening across the country and across the genre spectrum.

New West Coast Music Festival

Riverside, California\
April 12, 2024\
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West coast hip-hop lovers who want a one-and-done day of music: New West Coast Music Festival may be for you. At the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on April 12, hip-hop heavies like 03 Greedo, Bravo the Bagchaser, Bluebucks Clan, and many more will touch down, with DJ Trill, Cypress Moreno and DJ V.I.P. holding it down on the turntables.

Landlock Music Festival

Waco, Texas\
May 3-5, 2024\
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Waco may be a landlocked city in McLennan County, Texas, but you can still splash around — with some terrific music to boot. Landlock Music Festival is the first-ever Texas music festival to take place in a waterpark. As the festival runners are quick to point out, "It's not a festival, it's an experience" — which connotes the plethora of other activities other than just music. Not only can you enjoy the full waterpark and music from Shakey Graves, Midland, Young the Giant and more; there's also yoga and horseback riding. Landlocked or not, Waco's a dynamic place — and it's about to get more.

Lovin' Life Music Fest

Charlotte, North Carolina\
May 3-5, 2024\
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If eclecticism is your brand, you're about to be Lovin' Life. In the first week of May, in Charlotte, North Carolina, artists as divergent as Post Malone, Stevie Nicks and Noah Kahan will blow your mind. As inaugural, marquee, multi-day fests go, Lovin' Life has a lot of firepower, with artists like Maggie Rogers, the Chainsmokers and Dashboard Confessional rounding out the proceedings. If you've got room in your listening habits for both the Avett Brothers and DaBaby, bomb out to Charlotte!

Riverbeat Music Festival

Memphis, Tennessee\
May 3-5, 2024\
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Also in early May, kick back and relax with something strong, and enjoy some top-shelf, roots-adjacent sounds. Down in Memphis, the Fugees, Odesza and Jelly Roll will headline this three-day festival, aimed at attracting Memphians and out-of-town music heads to this great music city. The city's newly designed riverfront park acts as the perfect venue for this eclectic, forward-thinking lineup — whether you're into sounds as intense as Killer Mike, or as tranquil as Matt and Kim.

Gazebo Festival

Louisville, Kentucky\
May 25-26, 2024\
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Founded by the one and only Jack Harlow — a six-time GRAMMY nominee — Gazebo Festival is another altogether refreshing and worthy choice for your festival season. SZA, James Blake, Omar Apollo, and 23 other sluggers will take the plate; Gazebo will be held on two stages, and augmented by local Louisville food and culture, on more than 85 acres of green space along the Ohio River.

TwoGether Land Festival

Dallas, Texas\
May 25-26, 2024\
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On the sprawling plot of land that is Fair Park — a 277-acre complex that hosts more than 1,000 activities every year — Texans will be treated to TwoGether Land Festival. The brainchild of One Musicfest, advertised as "promoting togetherness and unity through music," TwoGether Land is a glorious salute to hip-hop, with everyone from Lil Wayne to Gucci Mane to Three 6 Mafia rocking the mic. 

The 50th anniversary of hip-hop may have come and gone, but that energy hasn't gone anywhere. Twogether or apart, don't miss this riotous, dynamic festival.

La Onda

Napa, California\
June 1 & 2, 2024\
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Presented by the team that puts on BottleRock Napa Valley — a five-day event in California's wine country — La Onda is a brand-new Latin music fest, coming to Napa in June. With savvy and inspired choices of headliners Alejandro Fernandez and Junior H (June 1) and Maná and Fuerza Regida (June 2), it's bound to be a Latin celebration to remember. 

But La Onda doesn't just offer musical delights; you can decompress in the spa, blow off steam in the dance club, or dance to tunes of your choice in the silent disco. Plus, with Latin cuisine and boutique beverages, La Onda is bound to be a culinary immersion unlike any other on the circuit.

No Values

Pomona, California\
June 8, 2024\
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Are you twisted? We're twisted. No Values is for everyone twisted, of every background and creed. Come for legacy acts, like The Original Misfits, Social Distortion and Iggy Pop; stay for relative upstarts who broke through and changed the conversation, like Turnstile and a reconstituted Power Trip. 

Speaking of reconstitution: Sublime will be there, with Jakob Nowell on the mic and guitar — his birthright, as he's original leader Bradley Nowell's only son. The rest of the lineup is bubbly and hip — brain-scramblers like the Jesus Lizard next to more straight-shooting acts like Joyce Manor. Get your battle jacket dry-cleaned, or not: Pomona's in for a hell of a ride.

Minnesota Yacht Club

St. Paul, Minnesota\
July 19-20, 2024\
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Nineties kids rise. At Harriet Island Regional Park along the beautiful Mississippi River, '90s radio giants from Gwen Stefani and Alanis Morrisette to the Red Hot Chili Peppers will take the stage. It's not all "throwback," though; newer acts like Gary Clark Jr. and the Hold Steady are headed to the Midwest to rock with the MTV heroes. (The festival is produced by C3 Presents, who produces Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza — so take that under advisement as to the quality control of Mississippi Yacht Club.)

Thing Festival

Carnation, Washington\
Aug. 9-11, 2024\
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A refreshing array of multi-genre talent will be headed to Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington, this August. Billed as "an eclectic and intimate three-day festival of music and arts," and described by The Seattle Times as "a family-friendly festival that hangs its sun hat on strong top-to-bottom lineups." 

Thing Festival prizes strong curation, abundant diversity, and a welcoming environment. Bands as bludgeoning and melodic as Militarie Gun will rub shoulders with electronic greats like Toro y Moi, with zero friction.

Fool In Love

Los Angeles, California\
Aug. 31, 2024\
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When you think of timeless love songs, who comes to mind? Lionel Richie? Diana Ross? Smokey Robinson? Another thing they all have in common: they're all playing at the inaugural Fool In Love festival this summer in Los Angeles, with newer groups like Thee Sacred Souls and Durand Jones in the mix.

That's not all, though. So many others, many staples of Black music, will be making us swoon. From Gladys Knight to the Isley Brothers to Chaka Khan, the lineup for Fool in Love looks less like a night out than a trip through music history — and the most universal and versatile topic of song, hands down.

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