Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival

Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival

Genre	Rock, indie, hip hop, EDM
Location(s)	Sunshine Grove 12517 NE 91st Ave Okeechobee, Florida 34972
Years active	2016–present
Founded by	Soundslinger, LLC
Website
okeechobeefest.com

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (commonly referred to as Okeechobee) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Sunshine Grove in Okeechobee, Florida. It is presented by Soundslinger.

The 2017 festival will take place from March 2-5.

History

The first Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival was held March 4–6, 2016. With artists such as Bassnectar, Skrillex, Kendrick Lamar, and Mumford & Sons, the festival drew around 32,000 attendees^[1] in its first year. The festival is produced by Soundslinger, LLC, an independent company founded by Steve Sybesma, formerly of Sunshine Promotions, Paul Peck formerly of Superfly (Bonnaroo Music Festival), and a team of producers who have presented other major festivals and countless concerts around the globe.

The Experience

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival includes a variety of camping options, a white-sand beach with lakeside bar, art installations, craft beer and food trucks. Yoga, meditation and holistic workshops are also offered.^[2] As a "camping festival", a majority of Okeechobee Music Festival-goers stay in tents or campers on the festival grounds.^[3]

PoWoW!

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival made musical history in its inaugural year with “PoWoW! A Live Superstar Mashup,” a collaborative concert that, united vocalist Miguel with frontman Win Butler of the band Arcade Fire along with artists from all genres and eras. It took place on Saturday, March 5th 2016, at the NOW Stage.^[4]

2016 PoWoW! Artists ^[5]

Win Butler
John Oates
Miguel
Zigaboo Modeliste
Chris Karns
Ben Jaffe
Charlie Gabriel
Rickie Monie
Ronnell Johnson
Walter Harris
Mark Braud
Clint Maedgen
Eric Krasno
Neal Evans
Kamasi Washington
George Porter, Jr.
Skrillex - special guest
Marcus Mumford - special guest
Winston Marshall
Ben Lovett
Mac Miller - special guest
Jason Romane Edmond
Willonson Duprate

Line-ups

2016 ^[6]

BE, HERE, and NOW Stages

Mumford & Sons
Kendrick Lamar
Skrillex
Bassnectar
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters
Odesza
Darryl Hall & John Oates
The Avett Brothers
Future
Miguel
Fetty Wap (cancelled)
Ween
Big Grams
Mac Miller
Joey Badass
Grace Potter
Jason Isbell
Big Gigantic
RL Grime
Portugal. The Man
Kill the Noise
Bonobo
Gramatik
Shpongle
Lil Dicky
Dr. Dog
Lotus
Nahko and Medicine for the People
Youth Lagoon
Deer Tick
The Heavy
Lettuce
X Ambassadors
Classixx
The Oh Hellos
Niykee Heaton
Givers
Marian Hill
White Denim
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Booker T. Jones
The Supervillians
Kamasi Washington
The Soul Rebels
Shabazz Palaces
Post Malone
Dungen
The London Souls
Rayland Baxter
Moon Hooch
Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath
Shpongle
Roadkill Ghost Choir
Family and Friends
The Shelters
Spam Allstars
Michael Christmas
Swimm
Sunbears!
Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters

Jungle 51 Stage

Legacy Detroit
Damian Lazarus
Virginia
Marcel Fengler
Anton Zap
Voiski
John Acquaviva
rRoxymore
System of Survival
DJ Threel
Ricoshei
Keith Worthy
The Agha Brothers
Julio
Andrew Grant
Max Jacobson
Jeffrey Scott
Memek
Orazio Rispo
Chris Nitti
Driss Skali
Momus
Rambo Springsteen

Aquachobee Stage

Roosevelt Collier
Jeremy Salken
Hermitude
Twiddle
Manic Focus
Life on Planets
Jan Blomqvist
The Whitest Taino Alive
Mixmaster Morris
Twin Lamb
Solar
Bedside
David Marston
Cameo Culture
Big Wild
Wolfram
Tropikal
DJ Logic
Jamie McClean Band
Dirk Largo
Tom Morello
Atnarko
The Happy Show
One of Them
Lowcutcarlos Chiesa
Agape
Paco Naviera

References

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