It’s always amazing when the volunteers establish new music festivals, laying the foundation to discovering new places and enjoying various artists in the new, unusual atmosphere. This time, Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner are those volunteers, opening up summer Eaux Claires Music Festival, due to be held July 17-18 in Vernon’s hometown of Eau Claire, WI, surrounded by Chippewa River Valley.
Gathering all kinds of music artists, from Melt-Banana to Boys Noize, both Vernon’s and Dessner’s outfits are also taking part in the festival.
Here’s what Vernon had to say about Eaux Claires in a press release:
We at Eaux Claires have been driven by the idea that our festival would encourage music-genre-walls to melt away. That the barriers between the stage and the audience altered, and expression and experience put above all. We have put so much thought into who should collaborate at this festival, from musicians to actors, filmmakers to visual artists. We will all share and revel in this collision of artistic force while performing inthe arms of our own Chippewa River Valley.
Watch the beautiful and cozy Eaux Claires announcement trailer, as well as the full roster of the participants, below.
Eaux Claires 2015 Music Festival Lineup:
Aero Flynn
Allan Kingdom
Blind Boys of Alabama
Bon Iver
Boys Noize
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaries
Colin Stetson
Doomtree
Elliot Moss
Field Report
Francis and The Lights
Givers
Grandma Sparrow
Haley Bonar
Hiss Golden Messenger
Indigo Girls
Liturgy
Lizzo
Low
Marijuana Deathsquads
Melt-Banana
Mueller
No BS! Brass Band
Phil Cook
Phox
Poliça
Retribution Gospel Choir
Rosenau
S. Carey
Sam Amidon
Spooky Black
Spoon
Sturgill Simpson
Sufjan Stevens
Sylvan Esso
The Found Footage Festival
The Lone Bellow
The National
The Staves
The Tallest Man on Earth
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