Smokin Grooves Festival set for March 19
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Erykah Badu, Nas, The Roots, Miguel and Jhené Aiko will headline a packed lineup at the upcoming Smokin Grooves Festival set for March 19 at LA State Historic State Park.
Erykah Badu, Nas, The Roots, Miguel and Jhené Aiko will headline a packed lineup at the upcoming Smokin Grooves Festival set for March 19 at LA State Historic State Park.
Incoming: Reggae Fiesta, Latinx Festival, Long Beach’s First Annual Oktoberfest, AUDACY’S 8th Annual We Can Survive, Chain Fest, A Concert Tribute to Linda Ronstadt, Dark Karnival, Willie Nelson & Family, Lucinda Williams, Jason Bonham, X, Wilco, the Eagles, Erykah Badu, Duran Duran, Coldplay, Phish, Incubus, Candlebox, John Legend, Alejandro Fernández, Björk, Snoop Dogg, Jack White, Common, Questlove, System of a Down, Dead and Company, Bon Iver, Jamie Foxx, Brandi Carlile, Deerhoof, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, J. Cole, Fantastic Negrito, Sleigh Bells, Kills Birds, Ramonda Hammer, Tinashe, Oingo Boingo Former Members, Rick Springfield, Debbie Gibson, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Martha Davis & the Motels, Ben Williams Band, Grant Lee Phillips, Hail the Sun, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Post Animal, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Together Pangea, Alexander 23, Rodrigo Amarante, Vinyl Williams, CAPYAC, Patrolled By Radar, Peanut Butter Wolf, J Rocc, Near Beer, Creature of Doom, Tolliver, Goon, the Entrance Band, Lael Neale, Starcrawler, Marc Maron, Reggie Watts, Margaret Cho, Fred Armisen, Hovvdy, John Coltrane, Nation of Language, Alec Benjamin, Niia, Emotional Oranges, Junaco, Ruby Haunt, Charlie Hickey, MUNA, Polartropica, Poppy, Golf Alpha Bravo, Jamael Dean and the Afronauts, Simone Istwa, the Gooms, the Mismiths
A John Prine celebration — plus, the Lumineers, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Hand Habits, Scarypoolparty, Holy Wars, Meg Myers, Jenny O. and Deep Sea Diver. All are doing the online thing today.
Erykah Badu hosts a second week of her multi-genre, multimedia interactive experience, “Quarantine Concert Series, Apocalypse Two: The Rooms,” today. Doors are now open and the performances begin at 5 p.m.
Steve Earle’s performance today will mark the 10th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed 29 in West Virginia. Also online today: Erykah Badu, Major Lazer, Magic Giant, Uncancelled Fest, Mandy Moore, the White Buffalo and Son Little.
Usher and Erykah Badu head up the lineup at the first Smokin’ Grooves Festival, scheduled for June 15 at the Queen Mary Events Park.
Also on Thursday: DeathByRomy, Seahaven, Sofia Wolfson, Nick Oliveri, Surf Curse, Spain, Dev, Face to Face
Incoming: Seahaven, Vex Ruffin, Face to Face, Erykah Badu, X, Lydia, Poolside, Tropa Magica, the Nervous Return, Gin Blossoms, Yasiin Bey, Puddles Pity Party, the Claypool Lennon Delirium, Together Pangea, Ludacris, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, Osesza, Laura Veirs
In its second year, the Demon Dayz music festival gave Gorillaz fans a perfect day, except it needed a little more Badu. Among the headliners’ guests during their set were De La Soul, George Benson and Blur’s Graham Coxon, the latter for “Song 2.”
The Smokin’ Grooves festival goes off Saturday at the Queen Mary, and here are the set times.