Extended Festivals:
Date: March 26-28
Festival:Slingshot
Headliners:Jamie XX, James Murphy, Clark
Location: Athens, Georgia
Price: $90
Date: March 27-29
Festival:Big Ears
Headliners:tUnE-yArDs, Swans, Kronos Quartet, Ben Frost
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Price: $178
Date: April 10-12
Festival: Rhythm n Blooms
Headliners: Drive by Truckers, The Decemberists
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Price: $60
Date: April 16-19
Festival: Shakori Hills
Headliners: A.J Ghent, Apple Chill Loggers
Location: Pittsboro
Price: $114
Date: April 17-19
Festival: Sweetwater 420 Festival
Headliners: 311 Theivary Corporation, Cage the Elephant, Snoop Dogg
Location: Atlanta
Price: $75
Date: April 23-26
Festival: Merlefest
Headliners: Avett Brothers, LeAnne Womack
Location: Wilkesboro
Price: $165
Date: April 30-May 2
Festival: Boone in Blossom
Headliners: Nomadic, Dr. Bacon, The Nude Party
Location: Boone
Price: $30 or $15 plus 15 cans of food
Date: May 1-3
Festival: Beale Street Music Festival
Headliners:Ed Sheeran, Lenny Kravitz
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Price: $95
Date: May 2-3
Festival: Carolina Rebellion
Headliners: Bush, Korn, Marilyn Manson
Location: Concord
Price: $99
Date: May 7-10
Festival: LEAF
Headliners: Xavier Rudd & The United Nations, Bombino, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Location: Black Mountain
Price: $124
Date: May 8-10
Festival: Shaky Knees
Headliners: The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies
Location: Atlanta
Price: $215
Date: May 15-17
Festival: Hangout
Headliners: Foo Fighters, Sam Smith, Zac Brown Band, Beck
Location: Gulf Shores, Alabama
Price: $249
Date: May 16-17
Festival: Shaky Boots
Headliners: Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Old Crow Medicine Show
Location: Atlanta
Price: $169
Date: May 21-24
Festival: DelFest
Headliners: Del McCoury Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Trampled by Turtles
Location: Cumberland, Maryland
Price: $179.50
Date: May 22-24
Festival: CounterPoint
Headliners: Widespread Panic, Zedd, The Roots, Kygo
Location: Kingston Downs, Georgia
Price: $175
Date: June 5-7
Festival: Carolina Country Music Festival
Headliners: Big n’ Rich, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Price: $189
Date: June 11-14
Festival: Bonnaroo
Headliners: Billy Joel, My Morning Jacket, Deadmou5, Kendrick Lamar
Location: Manchester, Tennessee
Price: $324.50
Date: June 11-14
Festival: CMA Music Festival
Headliners: Zac Brown Band, Eric Church, Keith Urban
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Price: $350
Date: July 9-11
Festival: All Good
Headliners: Primus, moe., Cake, Theivery Corporation
Location: Summit Point, West Virginia
Price: $179
Date: Aug. 6-9
Festival: Ink-n-Iron
Headliners:Nashville Pussy, Misfits, Merle Haggard
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Price: $50-125
Date: Aug. 20-22
Festival: Camp Barefoot
Headliners: Big Gigantic, Greyboy Allstars, Dumpstaphunk
Location: Barton, West Virginia
Price: $150
Date: TBA
Festival: Mantrabash
Headliners: TBA
Location: Fergusen
Price: TBA
Date: TBA
Festival: Hopscotch
Headliners: TBA
Location: Raleigh
Price: TBA
Date: Sept. 10-13
Festival: Lockn’
Headliners: Umprey’s McGee, Widespread Panic
Location: Arrington, Virginia
Price: $259
Compiled by: Emma Speckman, A&E Editor and Jackson Helms, Senior Videographer with contributions from the Arts & Entertainment desk.
Editor’s note: This list is not intended to be fully comprehensive, but representative of some of the big upcoming festivals in the southeastern U.S. region (North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Georgia.) If you think we missed something, let us know!