Why Suwannee Hulaween Is Your New Favorite Festival

Suwannee Hulaween is hosted annually at the breathtaking Spirit of Suwannee Music Park located in Live Oak, Florida. Hulaween is an extremely special weekend celebrating love, music, art, unity and our favorite holiday of the year, Halloween! The nationally recognized festival is taking place on October 28th - October 30th, 2016 along with a HUGE pre-party planned on Thursday October 27th.

This will be Hulaween's fourth annual event held at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park after moving from Hampton, Virginia. The historical grounds Hulaween is held on is nothing short of a magical setting. You see, Suwannee hosts a number of festivals year round including Wanee, Purple Hatter's Ball and many more that continue to bring the Florida community and music lovers around the nation together.

From our many experiences at Suwannee, Hulaween has been the most successful and highest growing festival this park has ever seen! Last year's number nearly tripled previous years with over 21,000 attendees and some of the biggest acts this side of Florida has ever seen.

Suwannee Hulaween 2016 has such an extraordinary lineup, it's hard for us to wrap our head around. Headliners for this year's Halloween party include My Morning Jacket, Disclosure, Logic, and MULTIPLE sets from The String Cheese Incident all weekend long. This doesn't even come close to the amount of talent coming your way. Here are a few of our all time favorite acts performing this year such as Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic, Rebelution, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Washed Out, Oh Wonder, Lettuce, STS9, The Heavy Pets, Charles Bradley, The Motet, Snarky Puppy and many many more. Can you say Logic / Big Gigantic collab during "All Of Me"?

This unique festival also brings art to life with live installations located throughout the camping grounds, Spirit Lake, and even staging. We were lucky enough to attend Hulaween for ONE DAY last year and let us tell you right now, this festival without a doubt will be your new all time favorite!

There's something about simply kicking it on these beautiful grounds. Maybe it's the 800-acres covered in Spanish moss, oak, and cypress trees that makes Spirit of Suwannee Music Park one of the most gorgeous places on Earth. It can also be the experience Spirit Lake brings to the table. Spirit Lake is a designated area that merges the benefits of camping, live music, and art all in one. You can find live installations, pyrotechnics, performance art, creative space, and two stages that encourages festival goers to interact and work with one another to make the best experience possible. 

What really makes Hulaween what it is today is the combination of ALL these attributes as well as their central THEME! Each year Hulaween introduces a theme for The String Cheese Incident's Saturday performance that motivates the audience to dress the part making your Halloween even more of a memorable experience. This year Hulaween JUST revealed the "Stringier Things" theme which celebrates 1980s music, costumes, and pays homage to the recent Netflix series phenomenon, Stranger Things. Past Hulaween themes include Voodoo in 2013, The Afterlife in 2014, and Ghoul Train in 2015.

Remember to get to Suwannee early because the Thursday Pre-Party is Hulaween's biggest one yet! Seriously..... this is just insane. Thursday night will feature Greensky Bluegrass, EOTO & Friends, The Werks, South Florida natives The Heavy Pets, TWO SETS from Umphrey's McGee along with so much more! Peep the lineup in it's entirety below!

Look no further, you can purchase all your Suwannee Hulaween tickets and packaging right now! General Admission 3-Day Passes are ONLY running for $259 at the moment so please buy your tickets early to avoid missing out. You can also find a number of upgrades, VIP experiences, shuttles, RV Passes, and all other ticketing information here!

Have we convinced you to attend Suwannee Hulaween 2016? If you're still iffy about the whole situation, you need to watch these live videos of artists ALL performing at this year's extravaganza!

My Morning Jacket @ Bonnaroo 2015:

Big Gigantic @ Lollapalooza 2016:

The String Cheese Incident @ Suwannee Hulaween 2015 - Ghoul Train Set:

Watch Beck's New "Wow" Music Video

Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist singer-songwrtier, Beck has released a new music video for his current single "Wow". This is Beck's second single from his upcoming album which is yet to have a title but is due for release this October 21st on Capitol Records.

The new visual features Beck's children Cosimo and Tuesday Hansen dancing in a mesh of clips which includes a variety of western, 90s, and fantasy themed footage. The vid is directed by Beck and and Grady Hall and presents a number of artist contributions that help bring a positive light to this track. You can find the full list of contributors here and check out the new music video for "Wow" below!

Behind The Scenes:

WIN Tickets To Croatia Squad THIS Friday At The Social

Orlando's favorite music venue The Social has another banger coming your way. Switzerland based Deep House DJ Croatia Squad is throwing a party THIS Friday September 16th. Croatia Squad is known for his unique indie dance and nu disco sound which is gaining heavy popularity in the UK.

This week we are giving away FIVE PAIRS, yes five pairs of tickets for you to party with your friends at The Social THIS Friday! Simply slide your email into our new subscription list for your own pair of FREE tickets! We will be emailing all of our winners Thursday September 15th.

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Croatia Squad rarely makes his way to the states so this will be your special chance to get your groove on and kick it with him at an intimate venue like The Social. Croatia is also heavily involved in creating weekly podcasts that he releases on his Youtube channel and Soundcloud profile with unique mixes and chats from music all over the world. Peep some of his podcasts here and throw on some of his tunes below!

Three Reasons To Be At III Points This Year

III Points is an interactive Music, Art, and Technology Festival in the heart of Miami, Florida at the beautiful Mana Wynwood. This unique event takes place annually and brings qualities of music, art, and culture to a complete other level. We're here to give three solid reasons you should be at III points this year October 7th - October 9th, 2016.

1. MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

III Points never disappoints with their skills curating an artist lineup that builds the base of the festival as well as the peak of your experience. Headliners to this year's party include LCD Soundsystem, Thievery Corporation, and M83. These are three astonishing acts that are all hard to come by and more than a reason to attend III Points for the extremely low price of $125.

III Points continues to bring acts from all over the world this year such as Dixon, Danny Daze, Junior Boys, Flight Facilities, and many more. While the event concentrates on an artistic technological vibe they continue to bring out heavy hitters in the hip hop game as well. You can expect to get hyped with peeps like Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, Earl Sweatshirt, along with Method Man & Redman.

Still not sure if this lineup is legit? Here's some of our all time favorite artists performing at this year's III Points. We seriously cannot wait to see Machinedrum, Chrome Sparks, Thee Oh Sees, DIIV, Twelve'len, Flying Lotus, Cam'ron with everything else this event has to offer.

2. LOCATION

III Points is dipping into their fourth annual festival here at Mana Wynwood and we cannot think of a better place this special event should take place. You see III Points is more than just a festival, III Points is involved with Wynwood year round from providing artist performances such as A$AP Rocky to hosting film festivals along with art walks to not only help bring the community together but to teach us that III Points can be a home for you and your friends to completely be yourselves.

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Have you ever had that feeling you NEVER want to leave a festival? Well III Points is one of those dedicated companies that make sure everyone is involved as much as possible all year long. You can always check out what event you can go to next with III Points at Wynwood anytime on their website or social media outlets.

3. THE DIFFERENCE

We believe the impact that III Points makes on the South Florida community is absolutely astonishing. We cannot be more ecstatic for this chapter in III Points history.

III Points has always thrived to be an experience based festival with the widest variety of musical talent and remarkable live art installations. This extravaganza provides a unique futuristic, urban, technology based production line that literally makes you feel like you'll never experience a place like this ever again.

From the moment you enter this joint to when you leave at the whee hours of the morning, you will feel like you are truly a part of something. That's because you are! There's an overwhelming sense of comfort to where you're not worried about much of anything besides trying to get as much experience in as possible. III Points isn't like ANYTHING you've dove into before. There's a difference between this festival and every other because it MAKES A DIFFERENCE. III Points is the voice of artists, entrepreneurs, and most importantly the community of people who work hard each and every day so you can be different.

Celebrate with Holiday of Music at III Points Festival this year and help make a difference in our community of love, art, music and technology. You can find all of your immediate travel and ticket information here. For now, take a peek at what you can expect at this year's get down!

LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge":

Thievery Corporation - "Warning Shots":

Earl Sweatshirt @ The Observatory:

WIN Marian Hill Tickets At The Social Wednesday September 14th

Marian Hill is an American songwriting duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania made up of vocalist Samantha Gongol and producer Jeremy Lloyd. The group has an intimate sound which includes jazz/percussion influences along with special harmonics and a mysterious vibe that makes it hard to not bop your head to. Lucky for us they are performing at Orlando's best venue The Social this coming Wednesday September 14th!

This weekend we are giving away FIVE PAIRS of tickets to see this epic performance! How to win? Simply provide your email in our subscription list and the tickets are yours! Make sure to throw a 'like' on our Facebook page with a follow on Twitter and you just guaranteed yourself a pair.

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Marian Hill is best known as being the sexiest band of 2016. If the music doesn't speak for itself, research Marian Hill and find countless articles telling you why this is the case. The group is currently touring in support of their second studio album, ACT ONE, released earlier this year in June. Marian Hill has also played a number of fests this year including a couple of our favorites Governors Ball in New York and Outside Lands in San Fran.

You don't want to miss the next big thing people. It doesn't get better than a national act in a local vibe venue like The Social. Make sure to get down to their new single and visualizer "Mistaken" featuring Steve Davit here.