KAABOO 2016: Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett, Fall Out Boy and more

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Aerosmith
Aerosmith

In what could be described best as the “Hometown Buffet” of festivals, KAABOO, being staged Sept. 16-18 at the Del Mar Racetrack & Fairgrounds, sports a lineup with a little bit of everything for everyone.

They’ve got Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band for the parrotheads, Aerosmith and Gregg Allman* for aged rockers, Jack Johnson for surfer bros, Daryl Hall & John Oates for ’80s nostalgists, and a bevy of ’90s acts, including Lenny Kravitz, Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Sugar Ray, Collective Soul, Blues Traveler, etc.

But wait, there’s more! Fall Out Boy, Gavin Degraw, Citizen Cope, Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness, G. Love and Special Sauce and St. Paul and the Broken Bones are scheduled to appear.

There are hipster indie faves the likes of Grouplove, Capital Cities, Echosmith and the Record Company.

You want some hip-hop? Well, they’ve got that too with Ludacris, Flo Rida and Cypress Hill.

There will be jah love with Steel Pulse and the Aggrolites.

How about some country and western with Jason Isbell, the Avett Brothers, Earle and Colvin, Judah and the Lion and Shovels and Rope.

And Mom and Dad can drop the millennials off to party at the expanded indoor, air-conditioned, late-night dance party, ENCORE, where Chainsmokers, Steve Aoki, Matoma, RAC and Andrew Luce will hold court.

And did I mention that comedians Dana Carvey, Darrell Hammond, Janeane Garafolo, Garfunkel and Oates, Jeff Ross, the cast of HBO’s Silicon Valley and a terrifying clown, Puddles Pity Party are there for your amusement?

Chris Isaak will play a special VIP show Thursday night.

There will be food verified to be artisanal and behemoth art installations and vendors and attention deficit disorder.

Three-day VIP passes range from $2,499 for VIP, to $749 for an added-amenities ticket and $249 for GA.

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