Grab your flower crowns 🌼 We’ve rounded up 12 of the South’s best music festivals within a 5 hour drive (including a few in our own backyard).
In our backyard:
🏠 Albino Skunk Festival | April 12 - 14 📍Greer, S.C. 🎟 $140+ 🎵 Susto, D.B Rielly, Front Country, The Goodbye Girls, + more
🏠 Cornbread and Collard Greens | July 31 📍Travelers Rest, S.C. 🎟 $10+ 🎵 Blues legend Mac Arnold & Plateful O Blues | Benefits the I Can Do Anything Foundation’s Music in the Schools Program (which promotes + assists programs in music, art and drama education.)
🏠 Swamp Rabbit Music Festival | September 8 📍Travelers Rest, S.C. 🎟 $5+ 🎵 Good music + the Upstate’s best food trucks
Jam bands:
🥁 Barnstock | July 22 📍Huntersville, N.C. 🎟 $20+ 🚗 1.5 hours 🎵 Perpetual Groove, Atlas Road Crew + The Broadcast | Pro tip: Don’t forget to BYOB
🥁 SweetWater 420 Fest | April 20 - 22 📍Atlanta, G.A. 🎟 $123+ 🚗 2.5 hours 🎵 The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sturgill Simpson, + more
Country:
🎤 Carolina Country Music Fest | June 7 - 10 📍Myrtle Beach 🎟 $189+ 🚗 4 hrs 🎵 Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band, + Cole Swindell
Folk rock:
🎸 Shaky Knees | May 4 - 6 📍 Atlanta 🎟 $99+ 🚗 2.5 hours 🎵 Jack White, Queens of the Stone Age, The National, The War on Drugs, + more
🎸 Tuck Fest | April 19 - 22 📍Charlotte 🎟 $0+ 🚗 1.5 hours 🎵 Shakey Graves, Lettuce, Susto, Deer Tick, + more.
Camp out:
⛺ Merlefest | April 26 - 29 📍Wilkesboro, N.C. 🎟 $45+ 🚗 2.5 hours 🎵 Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Steve Martin, Elephant Revival, Hubby Jenkins, Wayne Henderson, + more | Camping info here
⛺ Bonnaroo | June 7 - 10 📍 Manchester, T.N. 🎟 $190+ 🚗 5 hours 🎵 An arts + music festival featuring an array of genres with options to camp on-site or catch a shuttle from a nearby hotel.
Deep cuts:
🎶 Moogfest | May 17 - 20 📍Durham, N.C. 🎟 $99+ 🚗 3.5 hours 🎵 Armen Ra, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Chelsea Manning, Midori Takada, Maliibu Miitch, + more | FYI: Moogfest feels like a smaller SXSW, with panels on subjects ranging from technology to the arts
🎶 Spring LEAF Festival | May 10 - 13 📍 Black Mountain, N.C. 🎟 $138+ 🚗 1.5 hrs 🎵 Rising Appalachia, Snarky Puppy, Ani DiFranco, Bokante, + more | Trailblazing is this year’s theme, featuring artists who have forged their own path + been musical pioneers
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