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Our Select 6 Summer Music Festivals of 2019

05/12/2019 by Carroll Walton
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Inside Tailgating is kicking off a new monthly series called the “Select 6.” We are picking everything from our favorite portable grills, RVs, and coolers to the best barbecue sauces, burger recipes and seasonal beers. If it’s tailgating-related, we have an opinion and we want yours too! Each month we will name our “Select 6” and then turn it over to you, our readers, the front-line tailgaters, to vote for your favorite. We will then republish the Select 6 based on your input.

We began the series with our Select 6 Best Summer Music Festivals of 2019 because what goes better together than tailgating, summertime and live music? You all have spoken and you’re telling us Lollapalooza is the way to go! Check out the results for our first ever Select 6!

1. Lollapalooza. Aug. 1-4 in Chicago, IL.

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This one has the name recognition, the tradition and the chops with a multi-faceted lineup that’s deep too. Where else are you going to see Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Wayne, Death Cab for Cutie, and Fitz and the Tantrums in one spot? Lollapalooza has seen its share of problems when it packs up and goes on the road, but Grant Park is still the place to be for a music festival mainstay.

2. Tailgate Fest. Aug. 17-18 in Eastvale, Calif.

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It’s only in its second year but founder Melissa Carbone is revolutionizing music festivals by encouraging fans to tailgate during the musical acts. Every parking space has a vantage point of the stage and easy access to both tailgating necessities and the music. Toby Keith headlined last year’s inaugural Tailgate Fest and this year’s lineup is equally legit with Brantley Gilbert, Brett Eldredge, Lee Brice – and for the old-timers Clint Black – as musical guests.

3. Hangout. May 16-19 in Gulf Shores, Ala.

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Just about any musician could play this festival and we’d be all about it because it’s on the beach. Literally on the beach. Hangout is billed as a music vacation and we can see why, with seaside hammocks, beach volleyball and a ferris wheel setting the mood. The music ain’t bad either, and this year headliners included Travis Scott, Cardi B, and Khalid.

4. Bonnaroo. June 13-19 in Manchester, TN

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MANCHESTER, TN – JUNE 13: A general view of fans during day 2 of the 2014 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival on June 13, 2014 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Because it’s got the history, the hippy factor, and a lineup that includes Phish, Post Malone, the Avett Brothers and the Lumineers. If we’re not getting Woodstock 50 this summer – investors just pulled the plug on the 50th anniversary concert – then Bonnaroo is the next best thing.

5. Glastonbury. June 26-30, Pilton, Somerset, England

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Because tailgating isn’t just for events in the States anymore, and because English fans change the concert experience entirely. Want to hear acts like Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry perform to a crowd that’s singing ever lyric along with them? Glastonbury in Somerset, England is the place.

6. Governors Ball. May 31-June 2, New York, NY

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Something about turning from the stage on Randall’s Island to glance over the Harlem River at the New York City skyline has got to send chills up your spine. Music, Manhattan and being in the middle of the best fare in the world – the food and food trucks are straight outta New York City as well – doesn’t hurt.

  • Carroll Rogers Walton headshot Carroll Walton

    Senior Contributor for Inside Tailgating magazine and insidetailgating.com, freelance writer and author of "Ballplayer," the Chipper Jones biography that came out in April of 2017. Former sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, wife, mother of three young sons and certified Dookie.

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