Electric Forest Music Festival 2012 Preview: June 28

Electric Forest Music Festival 2012 Preview: June 28 – July 1

Introduction by Greg Molitor (ReMIND Photography)

Electric Forest is back! From June 28 – July 1, The String Cheese Incident and friends are once again returning to Rothbury, Michigan for another fun-filled weekend of good friends, live music, and mind blowing art installations. With multiple performance stages, surprise sets, and festival features galore, this year’s event is not to be missed. Check out the artist lineup and ticketing information below!

ARTIST LINEUP:

The String Cheese Incident (3 Shows) ▪ Bassnectar ▪ STS9 (2 Shows) ▪Thievery Corporation ▪ Girl Talk ▪ Santigold ▪Steve Aoki ▪ Ghostland Observatory ▪ Richie Hawtin ▪ Wolfgang Gartner ▪ Major Lazer ▪ The Travelin’ McCourys featuring ▪ Keller Williams ▪ Dada Life ▪ Big Gigantic ▪ Datsik ▪ Zeds Dead ▪ Rob Garza (Of Thievery Corporation) ▪ 12th Planet ▪ Borgore ▪ Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk ▪ Midnite ▪ MiMosa ▪ EOTO ▪ Das Racist ▪ Reggie Watts ▪ Paper Diamond ▪ Felix Cartal ▪ Gary Clark Jr. ▪ Balkan Beat Box ▪ Big Freedia ▪ Nit GriT ▪ The Infamous Stringdusters ▪ Nickodemus ▪ Chali 2na & the House of Vibe ▪ Alvin Risk ▪ The Soul Rebels ▪ See-I ▪ Glass Candy ▪ Battles ▪ Gramatik ▪ Elephant Revival ▪ Ursula 1000 ▪ Minnesota ▪ Nobody Beats The Drum ▪ Congo Sanchez ▪ Fruit Bats ▪ The M Machine ▪ Chromatics ▪ Pictureplane ▪ AutoErotique ▪ Nathaniel Rateliff ▪ Adventure Club ▪ Afrolicious ▪ Virtual Boy ▪ The Funk Ark ▪ Franki Chan ▪ Brothers Past ▪ Crizzly ▪ HOTTUB ▪ Cherub ▪ Frank Mitchell Jr. ▪ The Knocks ▪ Vau de Vire Society ▪ Morning Teleportation ▪ DrFameus ▪ Robert Rich ▪ Quixotic ▪ Chuck Flask & Keith Kemp ▪ DJ SOLO ▪ Ataxia ▪ The Crane Wives ▪ Secrets ▪ WALA ▪ Human Agency

Available Ticket Types:

·Weekend Tickets
·Good Life Village
·Good Life Back 40 and Frontier Lodging Packages
·General and Good Life RV Passes

All Electric Forest Weekend Tickets include a four-day festival pass, Thursday, June 28th thru Sunday, July 1st, and onsite camping/parking.

To purchase tickets, please visit: electricforestfestival.frontgatetickets.com

To Upgrade from a Weekend Pass to a Good Life Village, Back 40 or Frontier Package Please Call: 888-512-SHOW (7469)

CHILDREN'S TICKETS are available for purchase ONLY via telephone at 888-512-SHOW (7469)

RV Parking requires the purchase of an RV PASS. Add an RV PASS at checkout for $125 per RV (plus service fees). Please note: EVERY vehicle entering the RV camping area must have an RV PASS, every person entering Electric Forest RV Camping area must also have a weekend ticket.

Layaway Plan options are available on all Electric Forest Weekend Tickets and all GOOD LIFE Packages. Choose the Layaway Payment Plan option at check out.

For all up-to-date festival information, please visit: electricforestfestival.com

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