Now in its twenty-second year, this Barcelona-based three-dayer is a huge party and an egghead dissection of electronic music all wrapped in one. There aren’t many festivals where you can attend lectures on digital culture in between late-night raving, but at Sónar it’s pretty much par for the course. The festival spreads its tentacles to all corners of the city, putting on art installations and kid-friendly events, but the main draw is always the music. Georgetown, TexasSan Gabriel Park is set to play host to the third annual Two Step Inn music festival on April 5-6, 2025 and the 2025 lineup is set to feature Alan Jackson, Sturgill Simpson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miranda Lambert, Ryan Bingham, Nelly, Flatland Cavalry, and more. Tickets for the two-day country-focused festival start at $289 each, with GA+, VIP, Platinum, and Y’all Access packages also available. In addition to the main music festival line up, the Knowsley Fringe Music Festival also returns with a series of original music and tribute live shows spanning multiple musical genres including Motown, soul, R&B, rock, pop, opera and much more.

In the years since its inaugural weekend back in 2008, Outside Lands has become a signature San Francisco event. Three days of dancing to dozens of bands and yucking it up with A-list comics are punctuated by drinking and dining experiences that put traditional festival food to shame. (In previous years, there have been such things called “Cheese Lands” here, as well as a “Wine Lands” and Bubble Tea Party in a magical forest). The bands rock, the fog rolls in and it’s a long and awesome weekend. Best known as the place where Dylan went electric (before being cut off by angry folk traditionalists), Newport Folk’s been showcasing the changing face of Americana for nearly half a century. While the lineup usually has a healthy dose of acts that reflect its history of traditionalism, it also features rockers, R&B singers and electronics-assisted performances.

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It’s the most catholic lineup of musicians you’ll likely find on the planet. Cooking is a religion in NOLA, and stuffing yourself with hot beignets, muffulettas and crawfish is part of the draw here. With more than 50 years of experience behind it, Green Man is as cute as a button. It’s got pretty incredible fresh food from every nook and cranny of the globe, 99 ales and ciders in its very own beer festival and eight bars selling all your fave cocktails. Music wise, it’s the wet dream of middle-aged Guardian readers (Kraftwerk, Metronomy, Kate Tempest, that sort of thing). With a lineup including Sir Dave Dobbyn, The Black Seeds and Shapeshifter, some fans “will stick to the rock stage or the electric, but others will shift around the day”. Over two days on 21 and 22 February, the festival’s 10th year will brings acts like Th’ Dudes, Chase and Status, Empire of the Sun, The Prodigy and The Kooks.

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The Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. The show will air live on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King joined Grammy winners Kylie Minogue, Victoria Monét and Hayley Williams, Grammy-nominated comedian Jim Gaffigan and others to announce the nominees on Friday morning. A new honor this year is the Maxie Solters Award – Touring Publicist of the Year, recognizing the achievement of a public relations executive in the live touring industry in the honor of the Scoop Marketing publicist who died earlier this year at the age of 37. Since its inception (created by Rick Garson, Paul Flattery & Jim Yukich), the BMAs had been telecast on the Fox network; however due to contractual expirations and other unforeseen circumstances, the awards were cancelled for 2007. Plans for a new version of the awards in 2008 (in association with AEG Live) fell through, and the BMAs were not held until 2011. Like last year, there’s a huge dearth of Latin music — the fastest-growing streaming genre in the United States — across the board, and no representation in the major categories.

• Then saunter across the astroturf and indulge in Alvvays, Janelle Monáe, the Breeders, DJ Koze, Soccer Mommy, Axel Boman, or Jessie Ware.
• It’s a pretty special feature of a festival for it to require a cable car trip up a mountain (thank God you don’t have to walk it, it’s bad enough trekking through Glasto with your Berghaus backpack).
• Check back regularly for updates on newly announced lineups for all the music festivals you can’t wait to attend, as well as new ones you’ve never even heard of.
• Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.

Eilish is the only artist to have her first three albums become nominated for album of the year. Taylor Swift and first-time nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan boast of six nominations each. If Beyoncé wins the album of the year, she’ll become the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for “The Miseducation of australian music prize Lauryn Hill,” joining Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston as the only Black women to take home the Grammys’ top prize. Other nominees in the record of the year category included “Worship” by Jon Batiste, “Not Strong Enough” by boygenius, “What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish, “On My Mama” by Victoria Monét, “Vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift and “Kill Bill” by SZA. The song, which was released Feb. 1, is Joel’s first new single in years.