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Your American Weekend Fix: Festivals For June

June 15, 2015

With summer gracefully underway, you're not running out on music festivals to attend to in the USA anytime soon! We surmise the best of the lot! 1. Firefly Music Festival Where: Dover, Delaware When: June ...

The Sherp’s Top Stories Of The Week

Karan Kumar

June 14, 2015

FS Features

Over the past week, India has featured across a variety of platforms in the music festival world, there have been some expansive developments and some interesting discoveries! Just in case you think you don't k...

Festival Promoter Buys A Croatian Island; New Festival To Look Forward To?

Karan Kumar

June 13, 2015

FS News

Yesterday, a UK Promoter - Sound Channel, the company that promotes Croatia's Unknown Festival, bought an island off the Dalmation Coast! (Image Courtesy: SibenskiPortal) Obonjan, near the city of Sib...

What To Do At Bestival Toronto

Aaron Lee D'souza

June 12, 2015

FS Features, International

Bestival Toronto kicks off today, and the entire city of Toronto is buzzing with excitement. Festival Sherpa got a chance to visit the grounds one day prior, and we’re going to help you out and let you know abo...

Festival Eccentricity: The Most Creative Costumes

Meher Manda

June 12, 2015

FS Features

From the bizarrely wacky, to the painfully laborious, some people just go that extra mile when dressing up for a festival. We pick the craziest of the lot! 1. Is he in the cage? Or is that a pet dummy? We've...

Bestival Canada: The Best Of The Lineup

Meher Manda

June 12, 2015

FS Features

This Friday, the popular British festival Bestival will be debuting in Canada, so let The Sherp pick the best acts of the featuring line-up! Bestival is one of the more modest, aesthetically pleasing festiva...

Then & Now: The Isle of Wight Festival

Karan Kumar

June 12, 2015

FS Features

From being a one-day festival with literally only one overseas feature, the Isle of Wight festival has come a long way. In honour of the goings-on, we, at the Sherp bring to you a trip into the depths of this m...

Bonnaroo’s Alcohol Free Experience For Recovering Alcoholics

Dhriti Menon

June 12, 2015

FS News

Bonnaroo is one of the better music festivals in the USA, and here's why Music festivals are integral part of the American summer, with college students and high school graduates taking advantage...

The ‘Cashless System At Festival’ Has Met Its First Roadblock

Dhriti Menon

June 12, 2015

FS News

Download Festival's cashless system only caused more trouble for attendees. Like many other big-scale music festivals the Uk's prime rock summer fest, Download Festival have adopted the cashless system this ...

Will Fleetwood Mac Be Able To Perform At Isle Of Wight?

Anupama Khedkar

June 11, 2015

FS News

Fleetwood Mac postponed their Tuesday night show, claiming that they were too sick to play. Will the band be able to pull of Isle of Wight this weekend? "We are very sorry to announce that due to illness the F...

Firefly Music Festival Is Expecting A Turnout Of 90,000 People

Anupama Khedkar

June 11, 2015

FS News

Organizers of the festival are planning the event with a turnout of 90,000 individuals in mind. Firefly director Greg Bostrom says that the festival expects up to 90,000 attendees at this year's event. Last ...

Throwback Thursday: Seemingly Innocent Balloon Festival Goes Horribly Wrong

Anupama Khedkar

June 11, 2015

FS Features

It's Thursday, folks. And The Sherp is here for a short stroll down memory lane. This is the story of Cleveland's unfortunate Balloonfest fiasco in 1986. You know how Electric Forest aimed to break the world...

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