Category: Music Festivals

Did you miss Coachella? Well, there’s good news for alternative and indie rock fans in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere who did.

There’s a “mini-Cochella” (what’s Coachella?) without the searing heat of the central southern California desert.

On Saturday, June 9, San Francisco rock station 105 Live FM is hosting an impressive line-up of artists from the indie rock scene, including Bloc Party, Interpol, Social Distortion, Kaiser Chiefs, Cold War Kids, CSS, Shiny Toy Guns and many more (full listing below).

The third annual Download Festival 2007 will offer fans indie rock favorites like The Shines, Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse, Icubus and more to be announced in coming weeks (get updates as they come in. More bands will be added on May 29).

The Download Festival, which Pitchfork calls “merely the little brother to the long-running, testosterone-fueled” UK Throwdown, will visit four U.S. cities beginning August 18 for four shows total that will end in October:

08-18 Boston, MA – Tweeter Center

08-25 George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre

09-01 East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre

10-06 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

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