The best US music festivals of 2017: from Brooklyn to Seattle
Afropunk, EDM and indie rock get their moments in the sun as events like Pitchfork, Outside Lands, and Clusterfest perfect the art of the lineup
Surprise appearances, exotic locations, brazen gimmickry: in 2017, it seems as though music festivals are often more concerned with hype and aesthetic than the actual music. Thankfully, a handful of festivals across the US still understand that a lineup isn’t just a list of names, it’s a cultural statement, a balancing act of competing elements that, once perfected, can define a moment or an era. A good lineup draws the right crowd, for that right vibe, for those truly transcendent festival moments – but it is no easy feat. Here is our selection of the events that got it right this year.
Colossal Clusterfest, San Francisco
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