Which 2020 Dance Music Festival Are You Most Excited For? Vote!

By Peter White

RuPaul's Drag Race sent viewers into a frenzy this week by announcing a slew of high-profile guest judges that will appear on the show's 12th season.Nicki Minaj will spearhead the fun on Drag Race's Feb 28 premiere, followed by a number of other superstars throughout the season, including congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Whoopi Goldberg, Chaka Khan, Robyn, Normani, Leslie Jones, Jeff Goldblum, Thandie Newton, Olivia Munn, Rachel Bloom, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Bennett and Winnie

Premios Tu Música Urbano has announced the first group of performers slated to appear at its second annual ceremony. Wisin & Yandel, Nicky Jam, Natti Natasha, Sech, Jhay Cortez, Farruko, CNCO, Sebastián Yatra, and Manuel Turizo are confirmed to perform live.

The 44th annual Beale Street Music Festival will take over Memphis, Tennessee's Tom Lee Park from May 1-3 with a stellar lineup topped by The Lumineers, Lil Wayne, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins, The 1975 and DaBaby. The eclectic roster announced on Wednesday morning (Feb.

Scottish folk singer Alastair McDonald plays a rare solo gig in Lanarkshire on Wednesday (February 12).

The Newport Jazz Festival has announced Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis and Diana Krall as its 2020 headliners. The Newport, R.I.

Deep in the jungles of Costa Rica, the origami stage of Ocaso Festival shimmers in fractal explosions of color. More than 20,000 LEDs trace the 80-plus production panels, seemingly glowing from within. At the center of this pulsing lotus, Maceo Plex takes the stage, and the roughly 5,000 attendees 

The 2020 Roots Picnic festival is set to return to Philly's The Mann Center the final weekend in May (May 30-31). Questlove took to social media early Tuesday (Feb. 11) to unveil the festival's lineup one by one, which will be headlined by DaBaby, Meek Mill, and Summer Walker.   

Songwriter extraordinaire Diane Warren and operatic prima donna Anna Netrebko have been named the Laureates for the 2020 Polar Music Prize, to be presented in a ceremony at the Grand Hotel on June 9. The announcement was made Tuesday morning (Feb.

By Nellie Andreeva

Even the stars have stars they're excited to see when it comes to the Oscars.

The glory days of the compilation album are, sadly, behind us. Streaming has made it possible for anyone to curate their own playlist, rendering seminal compilation series like Late Night Tales, Back To Mine and the Ministry of Sound Annuals less essential. But in the late ‘00s, as streaming gained traction and downloadable mixes were posted

The Cincinnati Music Festival has been bringing the country's biggest and brightest R&B, soul and funk legends to the banks of the Ohio River for more than half a century. This summer's lineup is no exception, with such icons as Janet Jackson, Charlie Wilson, The O'Jays and Snoop Dogg topping the list of acts slated to take the stages at Paul Brown Stadium on July 23-25. The weekend throwdown

If you care about cinema, you take the Sundance Film Festival for granted at your peril. Yet despite some early-in-the-festival grousing (“Oh no! The first day has gone by without a masterpiece!”), this was the sort of year that didn’t allow one to take the festival for granted.

“I saw it at Sundance.” Every fan of thought-provoking prestige movies — read: movies that don’t feature comic-book superheroes or a blooper reel over the closing credits — knows there’s a cache associated with that phrase.

The 15th annual Pitchfork Music Festival takes place this year, Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19 at Union Park in Chicago. Starting today, three-day general admission and PLUS passes are on sale for $150 and $325, respectively. Early Bird pricing is for a limited time only, so act fast and get your tickets here.

This summer's Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati will feature headlining slots from Twenty One Pilots, Marshmello, Kane Brown, Melanie Martinez and Angels & Airwaves. The PromoWest Productions event will celebrate its ninth edition by filling downtown's Sawyer Po

It's Ursher, baby.

On Wednesday (Jan. 29), iHeartRadio announced that Usher, Lizzo and Halsey are all set to take the stage as performers at the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards.