Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival Adds ‘Bonus Weekend’ With Alanis Morissette, Haim and the Black Keys
14.06.2022 - 05:11
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAs happened last year with the Eddie Vedder-helmed Ohana Festival, an “encore weekend” has been added for the Southern California rock gathering. But this ain’t no Coachella — the second weekend, set for Oct.
8-9, has a lineup that is entirely difference than who was booked for the initial one, apart from the presence of Vedder himself on both bills.Joining the Pearl Jam frontman (who is only bringing his solo-artist band this time) for weekend 2 only are three pretty significant headliners in their own right: Alanis Morissette, the Black Keys and Haim. Also on the bill are such festival or concert draws as the Roots, Band of Horses, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Julieta Venegas, Marcus King, the Afghan Whigs and Amos Lee.
The setup is similar to what happened with Ohana Fest last year, with a second two-day weekend announced well after the initial three-day weekend. In the case of the 2021 fest(s), Pearl Jam and Brandi Carlile were the only overlapping acts.Already announced for weekend 1 when it went on sale months ago were artists including Stevie Nicks, Pink, Jack White, St.
Vincent, Brittany Howard and Billy Strings. As with the 2021 lineups, both rosters for 2022 have an unusually heavy concentration of female artists, as music festivals comparatively go.Presale tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m.
PT, and “any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday” at the same time, an announcement said. Compared with other concerts or festivals, where the presale often goes to cardholders for favored credit cards, the presale for Ohana seems to be less restrictive and involves signing up for announcements from the festival’s mailing list on its
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