| Lockn' Festival (Interlocken Music Festival) | |
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| Genre | |
| Location(s) | Arrington, Virginia |
| Years active | 2013–2019, 2021 |
| Founders | Dave Frey ofH.O.R.D.E. festival and his partnerPeter Shapiro ofRelix magazine |
| Website | locknfestival |
Lockn' Festival, first known asInterlocken Music Festival, was an annual four-daymusic festival held at Oak Ridge Farm nearArrington inNelson County, Virginia. The festival focused primarily onjam bands and othermusic improvisation acts. Its inaugural event took place September 5–8, 2013, drew nearly 25,000 fans[1] and featured notable groups such asFurthur,Trey Anastasio Band,Gov't Mule,Widespread Panic featuringJohn Fogerty,the String Cheese Incident featuringZac Brown, andthe Black Crowes.[2][3][4]
The Black Crowes (2 days),Col. Bruce Hampton & Friends,Dirty Dozen Brass Band,Eric Krasno, Founding Fathers,Furthur (3 days),Gov't Mule,Grace Potter,the Hackensaw Boys, Indecision,Jeff Sipe Trio,Jimmy Cliff,John Fogerty,Jorma Kaukonen,Keller & The Keels,the London Souls, Love Canon,Oteil Burbridge,Pegi Young & The Survivors,Punch Brothers,the Soul Rebels,the String Cheese Incident (2 days),Tedeschi Trucks Band,Trey Anastasio Band,Warren Haynes Band,Widespread Panic (2 days),Zac Brown.
The Allman Brothers Band,Bill Kreutzmann's Locknstep Allstars,Bustle In Your Hedgegrow, Cabinet,Chris Robinson Brotherhood,Del McCoury Band,Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (acoustic),Drive-By Truckers,Dumpstaphunk, Erin And The Wildfire,Freeman,Gary Clark Jr.,Grace Potter & The Nocturnals,Hot Tuna,James "J.T." Taylor,Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel,Keller Williams' Grateful Grass, Larry Keel &Sam Bush,Lettuce, No BS! Brass Band, People's Blues Of Richmond,Phil Lesh & Friends (2 days),Preservation Hall Jazz Band,the Revivalists,SOJA,Steve Winwood,the String Cheese Incident (2 days),Taj Mahal, Tauk,Tedeschi Trucks Band,Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,Umphrey's McGee,Widespread Panic (2 days),Wilco (2 days),Willie Nelson,the Wood Brothers.
Anders Osborne,Billy & The Kids feat.Bob Weir,the Doobie Brothers,Fishbone,Gov't Mule (2 days),Hot Tuna,the Jayhawks,Jimmy Cliff,Jorma Kaukonen &Jack Casady Celebrate 50 Years of theJefferson Airplane,Karl Denson's Tiny Universe feat.Chuck Leavell,Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel, Lord Nelson, Love Cannon, Mad Dogs & Englishmen: A Tribute toJoe Cocker feat.Tedeschi Trucks Band with Special GuestsLeon Russell,Dave Mason,The Southern Belles[usurped],Rita Coolidge,Chris Robinson,Doyle Bramhall II & Friends,Melvin Seals & JGB feat.John Kadlecik,Lord Nelson,Mickey Hart (2 days), Moogatu,Moonalice,North Mississippi Allstars,Phil Lesh & Friends withCarlos Santana (2 days),Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters (2 days), Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot,Slightly Stoopid,Steve Earle & The Dukes,St. Paul And The Broken Bones,the String Cheese Incident with theDoobie Brothers,Tedeschi Trucks Band,Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue,Umphrey's McGee,Widespread Panic (2 days)[5]
Phish,Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires,Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Circles Around the Sun, Doobie Decibel System,Donna the Buffalo,EOTO,Galactic with special guest Lee Oskar, Garcia's Forest,Gary Clark Jr.,Hard Working Americans, DJ Williams Projekt, Moogatu, Dharma Initiative,Joe Russo's Almost Dead (2 Late nights),Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel,Keller Williams' Grateful Grass,Khruangbin,Lettuce,Moon Taxi,My Morning Jacket,Peter Wolf,Phil Lesh & Friends (2 days),Phish (2 days),Tedeschi Trucks Band, Turkuaz,Twiddle,Umphrey's McGee,Vulfpeck,the Wailers,Ween (2 days),White Denim[7][8][9]
Phil Lesh & Friends,Infamous Stringdusters,Widespread Panic,John Fogerty,the String Cheese Incident,Gov't Mule,Umphrey's McGee,John Butler Trio,Joe Russo's Almost Dead,moe., the Disco Biscuits,the Revivalists,Greensky Bluegrass,Keller Williams,Margo Price,Marcus King Band, Eric Krasno Band,Brandi Carlile,JJ Grey & Mofro,Pigeons Playing Ping Pong,the Suffers, Los Colognes,the Avett Brothers,TAUK, Kendall Street Company, Anthony Rosano & the Conqueroos, Mighty Joshua, Sun-Dried Opossum, and Jim James.
Umphrey’s McGee,Jason Bonham,Lettuce (2 days), Butcher Brown, Erin & The Wildfire, Firecracker Jam, Jerry Dance Party,Joe Russo’s Almost Dead,Widespread Panic,George Clinton &P-Funk,Toots and the Maytals,Moon Taxi, Turkuaz,Bob Harford’s Band of Changes,Ghost Light,Caitlyn Smith, the FUZZ Band,Dead & Company (2 days) [withBranford Marsalis, second day],Tedeschi Trucks Band, Foundation of Funk,Pigeons Playing Ping Pong,Keller & The Keels,Big Something,Agents of Good Roots,the Suffers,Southern Avenue, People’s Blues of Richmond, Disco Risque,Sheryl Crow,Blues Traveler,Matisyahu,Spafford, The Judy Chops,Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel.[10]
Andy Frasco & The U.N.,Khruangbin featuringTrey Anastasio,Gary Clark Jr.,Joe Russo's Almost Dead (Bob Weir came out on stage, sat on a couch and read a newspaper[11]), Circles Around The Sun (days before guitaristNeal Casal ended his life),[12]Greg Humphreys,Moonalice withLester Chambers ofthe Chambers Brothers,Melvin Seals andJerry Garcia Band withJohn Kadlecik,Edie Brickell & New Bohemians,Pigeons Playing Ping Pong withCory Wong,Old Crow Medicine Show,the Revivalists,Trey Anastasio Band withDerek Trucks,Galactic,Liz Cooper & The Stampede,Cory Henry and The Funk Apostles,Preservation Hall Jazz Band,Twiddle withJohn Popper,Oteil + Friends featuring Bob Weir,Vulfpeck,Tedeschi Trucks Band with Trey Anastasio,Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel,Soulive,Cory Henry,Deva Mahal,the Soul Rebels,Nahko and Medicine for the People,Steel Pulse with Bob Weir,St. Paul and The Broken Bones,moe.,Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit,Marcus King,Bob Weir and Wolf Bros withDon Was,Jay Lane andSusan Tedeschi.[13]
CelebratingPhil Lesh's 80th birthday,[14] the festival was initially set for mid-June but was deferred due to the2020 COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing quarantine. A suggested date[15] of October 2–4 had been proposed, but the festival ended up being cancelled.[16] Confirmed artists on the initially released lineup included thePhil Lesh Quintet featuringWarren Haynes,Jimmy Herring,John Molo andRob Barraco (four sets total, two withDavid Crosby),Brandi Carlile,Bruce Hornsby and the Noise Makers,Gov't Mule,Goose, the Chain Gang (featuringDevon Allman,Duane Betts, Cody + Luther Dickinson,Samantha Fish,John Ginty and Berry Oakley Jr.) playingRumours,Yola (singer), Grateful Shred,Oteil + Friends (featuringEric Krasno,Jeff Sipe,Jason Crosby, John Kimoch, Jen Hartswick, James Casey,Alfreda Gerald, Junior Mack and Tom Guarna),David Crosby,Mike Gordon,Black Pumas, Garcia Peoples, Kendall Street Company,Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel,Midnight North,the War and Treaty,Meute,Railroad Earth featuringPeter Rowan playingOld & In the Way,Electric Hot Tuna,Leon Bridges, andJoe Russo's Almost Dead featuringPhil Lesh andJohn Mayer. There was to be an additional "Steal Your Thursday," with performances bythe Marcus King Band,Dark Star Orchestra, Brandon "Taz" Neiderauer, Rose Hill, and others. Garcia's Forest was to have performances by Circles Around the Sun,BoomBox with Backbeat Brass,Ghost-Note,Ace of Cups andDavid Gans and Fragile Thunder, and the VIP lounge was to have performances byPhil Lesh,Jorma Kaukonen, andKeller Williams.[17]
The 2021 festival was moved from October to three separate shows on the weekends of August 13–15, August 20–22, and August 27–29.
