Musical Festival Fireflies is a music festival produced by Red Frog Events with Goldenvoice, which was first held on 20-22 July 2012, in Dover, Delaware. The festival takes place at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, a 105-acre (42Ã, ha) festival land, over a four-day span. Many national music performances are performed at the festival, with over 100 performances held during the festival in 2016. The festival is produced by Red Frog Events with Goldenvoice, in the hope of having an "open festival on the East Coast with many outdoor campers". The festival includes seven stages; The Porch Stage, The Stage Lawn, The Backyard Stage, Treehouse, The Coffee House, The Pavilion and The Firefly Stage. Firefly offers three different feed options; general reception, VIP, and Super VIP.
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Music action
2012
The main leaders for the 2012 festival include Jack White, The Killers, and The Black Keys. Each player plays as the final act for a separate festival night at The Firefly Stage, the biggest stage of the event. Other notable acts include Death Cab for Cutie, John Legend, Bassnectar, Simple Mouse, and Flaming Lips. Although Passion Pit was listed as a musical action for 2012, their performance was canceled because vocalist Michael Angelakos sought continuous treatment for bipolar disorder. Yeasayer was chosen as a substitute for Passion Pit performance.
The 2012 schedule listed in the order of the latest performance in the day to the beginning:
- Friday, July 20
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- Jack White, Bassnectar, Silversun Pickup, Walk the Moon, Legend of John, OK Go, Mayer Hawthorne & amp; Country, The Wallflowers, Matt Costa, Heartless Bastards, Blind Pilots, Turf War
- Saturday, July 21st
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- Killer, Lupe Fiasco, Yeasayer, Trampled by Tortoise, Simple Rat, CAKE, Chiddy Bang, Young Giant, Graffiti6, Grouplove, The Knocks, Michael Franti & amp; Spearhead, Cults, PoliÃÆ'§a, Charles Bradley and His Extras, The Felice Brothers, Children of the Day, Ra Ra Riot, Imagine Dragons, Moon Taxi
- Sunday, July 22
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- Black Key, Oval Lips, Talk Girl, Allen Stone, Death Cab for Cutie, Tinie Tempah, Fitz and Tantrum, Cold War Kids, Mariachi El Bronx, Awolnation, Bombay Bicycle Club, Reptar, The Head and the Heart, Penguin Prison, J Roddy Walston and Business, Lower Case Blues
2013
Leaders for the 2013 festival include Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Tom Petty and Heartbreakers. Other notable acts include Vampire Weekend, Foster the People, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Avett Brothers, Calvin Harris, and Passion Pit.
Imagine Dragons is scheduled to be the only musical performance that returns between the 2012 Firefly Music Festival and 2013. However, due to scheduling conflicts they have to cancel their performance and be replaced by Jim James. Lumineers were also scheduled to perform, but were canceled for medical reasons. Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite replaced them in the lineup.
Schedule 2013 (registered artist from start to finish):
- Friday, June 21
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- Main Firefly Stage: Neighbors, Django Django, Dogs Dr., Avett Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Grass: League, Wild Belle, Atlas Genius, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris
- Backpage: JC Brooks & amp; Uptown Voice, Sister Sparrow, and Dirty Bird, Twenty-One Pilot, The Joy Formidable, Public Enemy, Grizzly Bear, Krewella
- Serambi: Spinto Bands, Conner Youngblood, Bronson Action, Foxygen, Dragonette, School Q Kids, And Deacons
- Saturday, June 22
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- Main Stage Firefly: Japandroid, Jim James, Alabama Shakes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers
- Grass: Kopecky Family Band, ZZ Ward, Kendrick Lamar, Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zero, MGMT
- The Backyard: Young Empires, Blondfire, She's My Brother She's My Sister, A Silent Film, Chvrches, Youngblood Hawke, Azealia Banks, Big Giant
- Serambi: Imaginary City, Hey Marseilles, St. Lucia, Lord Huron, Crystal Fighters, Krewella, Panda Putih
- Sunday, June 23
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- Main Stage Firefly: Chevin, LP, Ben Harper, Crazy Passion, Help People
- Grass: Selah Sue, Haim, Matt & amp; Kim, Dispatch, Vampire Weekend
- Back Pages: Delta Rae, Apache Relay, Last Bison, Kishi Bashi, Capital City, The Walkmen, Zedd
- Porch: The Last Royals, Paths and Ways, Wheeler Brothers, Robert DeLong, Toro y Moi, Amanda Palmer and Grand Theft Orchestra
2014
On January 14, 2014, the lineup for 2014 was announced through the official Firefly YouTube channel. Headliners for 2014 include Outkast, Foo Fighters, and Jack Johnson with other notable acts, Imagine Dragons, Beck, The Lumineers, Pretty Lights, Arctic Monkeys, Weezer and Broken Bells. Girl Talk, Twenty-One Pilots, and Imagine Dragons back for their second year performing at the festival. Schedule 2014 (artist listed from start to latest):
- Thursday, June 19
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- "Page Back:" Andrew Belle, Kodaline, Phosphorescent, Local Natives
- "Grass:" Light Parade, Courtney Barnett, Amos Lee
- "The Forest:" John & amp; Jacob, Aer, Gregory Alan Isakov, San Fermin, Rac
- Friday, June 20
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- "Firefly Main Stage:" Kongos, Bleachers, Iron and Wine, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters
- "The Backyard:" Hunter Hunted, Ghost Beach, Sky Ferreira, Portugal the Man, Young the Giant, Girl Talk
- "Grass:" Holiday Basics, New Politics, American Authors, Rapper Opportunities, Band of Horses
- "Porch:" Secret Sisters, Vic Mensa, Mowglis, Toxic Events in the Air, A-Trak, Denim White, Cash
- "The Forest:" Magic Man, Bronze Radio Return, Shakey Graves, The Jezabels, Son Lux
- "The Coffee House:" Lily Mae, Cruiser, Gregory Alan Isakov, High Highs, American Writer, Iron and Wine
- "The Big Break:" Mean Lady, Saints of Valory, Step Rockets, Christian Porter
- Saturday, June 21st
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- "Firefly Main Stage:" Twenty-One Pilots, Third Eye Blind, Grouplove, Imagine Dragons, Outkast
- "The Backyard:" Bad Things, Smallpools, MS MR, Cage the Elephant, Tegan and Sara, Pretty Lights
- "Grass:" Ceremony, Geographer, Lucius, Head of Kaiser, Tune-Yards, Beck
- "Porch:" Unlikely Candidate, Royal Tooth, Gold Room, Walk Through Earth, Leaning Left, White Panda
- "The Forest:" The Weeks, The Wild Feathers, Wild Child, Boy & amp; Bear, Johnnyswim, X Ambassadors
- "The Coffee House:" Wheeland Brothers, Speak, The Colourist, The Wild Feathers, Smallpools, Grouplove
- "The Big Break:" New Swedish, Holychild, Kite String Tangle, Sleeper Agent, Stop Light Observations
- Sunday, June 22
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- "Firefly Main Stage:" And Croll, City and Colors, Weezer, The Lumineers, Jack Johnson
- "Backpage:" Nonono, Jake Bugg, Ziggy Marley, Phantogram, Big Giant
- "Grass:" Vance Joy, Colourist, A Great Big World, Washed Out, Broken Bells, Childish Gambino
- "Porch:" Small Comet, Wild Cub, G-Eazy, Martin Garrix
- "The Forest:" Misterwives, Haerts, Sir Sly, Cherub
- "The Coffee House:" Casey Alvarez, Kawehi, Caroline Glaser, Misterwives, Jake Bugg
- "The Big Break:" The Griswolds, Gemini Club, Little Daylight, Breaking the Summit
2015
On February 17, 2015 the 2015 lineup was announced through the official Firefly YouTube channel. Headliners for 2015 include Paul McCartney, Kings Of Leon and The Killers. Showtimes and locations are released on a date closer to the festival. Due to a severe storm on Saturday night of the 2015 festival, Kings Leon had to cancel their show and place the festival while evacuated. Charli XCX also had to cancel his performance on Thursday, citing "personal reasons" in a statement.
The complete list of 2015 alphabets is as follows:
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The 2016 lineup was released on November 18, 2015. Headliners include Mumford and Sons, Kings of Leon, Florence and the Machine, and deadmau5. Two Door Cinema Club served as a Thursday night headliner.
The official alphabet formation 2016 is as follows:
2017
Headliners include The Weeknd, Muse, Twenty One Pilot, Chance the Rapper and Bob Dylan. Glass Animals presented as a headliner Thursday night.
The official alphabet form 2017 is as follows:
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2018
The Firefly 2018 Music Festival will be held on 14 June and lasts for four days until 17 June. Top leaders in 2018 will include; Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Amilments the Poet, SZA, Martin Garrix, Justin Caruso, and many other artists are marching to perform every day.
Activity
In addition to musical performances, The Firefly Music Festival offers other activities. An arcade tent is set up, which houses an arcade and video game. Participants can design their own Toms Shoes and have design artists painted. With the purchase of a pair of special shoes, a pair of additional Toms are sent to a needy child, through Toms One For One Movement program. Hammock Hangout is a shaded area where you can sit or lie in a hammock. The Pathway is a wooded pathway that connects the two "sections" of the festival. Each year, The Pathway has a theme, and at the 2017 festival, fans can choose what happens.
The Thicket is another attraction at Firefly, where participants can participate in a silent rave. For everyone with headphones, however; The Belukar music is filled, with DJ playing music that can only be heard through headphones. The Coffee House offers several cafe-style vendors, and live music throughout the day.
In its first year, Firefly featured hot air balloon rides over The Woodlands. The rides are no longer offered for Festival goers, but the hot air balloon remains as a symbol of the Firefly icon.
Firefly partnered with Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewery to have The Brewery, an on-site beer bar. The bar serves a Firefly Ale, a Dogfish Head Pale Ale microbrew specially made for the festival.
Firefly also offers various charging stations, where participants can charge electronic devices.
Beginning in February 2015, there are also unofficial weekend fans gathered at Dewey Beach, Delaware. Called Winterfly, the show is not associated with Red Frog Events, but features live music, and group activities such as a private tour of Dogfishhead Brewery and a charity auction that benefits local music programs.
Lodging
A number of lodging options are available at the festival. Festival participants can choose to camp in a tent or RV in what Firefly calls The Grove. In addition, participants can choose "glamping", portmanteau from the words "glamor" and "camping". Some of the glamping options provide private, air-conditioned tents, beds with sheets, access to bathrooms and private and air-conditioned bathrooms, access to private dining areas, and food and snack vouchers for the festival.
Accolades
"In its debut year, Firefly surprisingly has no hiccups in place, organized by Red Frog Events... Firefly is rolling with the precision of an event that took years in its making." - Billboard
"It's time, the East Coast held a great music festival." - Emily Sheetz for MusicUnderFire
"I think this festival is special because of the combination of forest arrangements, great ranks, and the overall festival vibe.This is a great place to see music with all the new friends you make." - TheFestivalGuy.com
"Save for some first year jitters, the inaugural Firefly edition is a very promising one." - Ben Kaye for Voice Consequences
Environmentalism
Firefly Music Festival promotes itself as a sustainable and eco-friendly festival, with its Beats Sustainable program. Part of the program includes carbon offsets with ticket purchases. The festival participants have the option of donating a carbon footprint offsetting program when purchasing their tickets online, allowing each participant to offset 440 pounds of carbon dioxide. This festival juxtaposes each donation until the festival is completely carbon neutral. In 2012, the program offset more than 1.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide. In addition, waterfill stations are found throughout The Woodlands, reusable water bottles are sold at concerts and encouraged for concert participants, and festivals participate in waste diversion programs to reduce the amount of waste from festivals that end up in landfills.
Partners
Firefly and Red Frog Events have partnered with St. Jude's Music Gives to St. Jude Kids to "ask for big and small artists, to appear and be established, to join St. Jude in the fight against childhood cancer." The program includes having tents for donations at the event, holding meet-and-greet events with various players at concerts, and other ways to raise funds for the program. In 2012, Firefly participants collected more than $ 4.6 million for Music Gives to St. Petersburg. Jude Kids. In addition, Firefly partnered with Bud Light, Jack Daniel's, Vodka Tito, StubHub, AXS TV, Cupcake Vineyards, Alex and Ani, Fye, Dogfish Head, Camelback, El Jimador, and Garnier. By 2015, Sirius XM's Alt Nation has broadcasted several Firefly shows throughout the festival.
References
External links
- Official website
- Previous formation
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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