Kevin Bronson on May 10th, 2018

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New Order, making their only West Coast appearance of the year, and James Blake, working on material for his fourth album, will headline the third annual Music Tastes Good festival in Long Beach.

The two-day music, food and arts festival returns to Marina Green Park on Sept. 29-30, with 40-plus bands and 16 renowned chefs from up and down the West Coast.

Says Chris Watson, the festival’s creative director: “We’re bringing our tastiest, freakiest festival we can possibly bring this year because we love Long Beach and our community even more than Mark Kozelek loves the Long Beach Airport.”

The Saturday lineup also boasts Canadian indie-rockers Broken Social Scene (performing their masterpiece “You Forgot It In People”), Joey Bada$$, Santigold, Lil B and Princess Nokia, along with Blake Mills, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Oliver Tree, Shame, Los Master Plus, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, NO BS! Brass Band, Feels, Forest of Tongue, Neighbor Lady, Black Noise, Haunted Summer and Manuel The Band. In addition, there will be a tribute to the late Isaiah “Ikey” Owens.

Besides Blake, Sunday’s lineup features the Black Angels, Lizzo, Parquet Courts, The Church (performing the album “Starfish” to mark its 30th anniversary), Sun Kil Moon, Bill Callahan, Hollie Cook, Hailu Mergia, Ezra Furman, Ladama, The Blow, De Lux, Ethio Cali, B.A.G. (Blimes x Gifted Gab), Fling, Baum, Hana Vu, Asi Fui and NO BS! Brass Band.

Today and Friday, general admission tickets will be $75 (single day) and $135 (weekend). On Saturday, May 19, ticket prices bump to $85/$150. VIP tickets run $175 for one day and $300 for the weekend.

Tickets are available here.

||| Previously: Music Tastes Good 2017, Day 1 and Day 2.