While Austin is buzzing with Chaos in Tejas Houston will be holding their annual Free Press Summer Festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park. The line-up is more mainstream than FunFunFun Fest and more indie than Austin City Limits Fest. Each year FSPF has booked an increasingly solid batch of artists and this year is no exception. If you can't find some music you like on any of the festival's NINE stages then there is, clearly, something wrong with you. Flaming Lips, Afrojack, Snoop Dogg and Erykah Badu headline Saturday night. Sunday night you'll have the chance to hear, Willie Nelson, Descendants, The Avett Brothers, Primus, and Pretty Lights. There are still passes available for one or both days. Oh, and don't worry, if these bold names don't make your heart race there are lots of other really great bands playing FPSF.
Erykah Badu - Window Seat video via YouTube
Here are my (non-headliner) recommendations for the rest of Free Press Summer Fest this weekend in Houston:
Saturday:
- Zlam Dunk on Stage 5 at 12:30pm
- East Cameron Folkcoreonm Stage 6 at 1:00pm
- Big Freedia on Stage 3 at 1:30pm
- Best Coast on Stage 3 at 2:40pm
- Morris Day and the Time on Stage 1 at 3:00pm (Sorry Diplo (Stage 3 at 2:50pm) but it's Morris fucking Day!
- Phantogram on Stage 2 at 3:50pm
- Two Door Cinema Club on Stage 2 at 5:00pm
- Major Lazer on Stage 1 at 5:30pm
- Maps & Atlases on 5 at 6:40pm
- Bad Veins on Stage 6 at 7:00pm
Bad Veins - Dancing on TV video via YouTube
Sunday:
- Suite 709 on Stage 5 at 12:30pm
- Quiet Company on Stage 5 at 1:30pm
- Fitz and the Tantrums on Stage 2 at 2:10pm
- Young the Giant on Stage 1 at 3:00pm
- Portugal. The Man on Stage 2 at 3:50pm
- Danny Brown on Stage 3 at 5:40pm
- Ume on Stage 6 at 6:00pm
- What Made Milwaukee Famous on Stage 5 at 6:30pm
- Shabazz Palaces on Stage 3 at 6:50pm
- Electric Touch on Stage 5 at 7:50pm
Danny Brown - Radio Song video via YouTube
So, there you have it. Have fun out there kids and stay hydrated!
