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Back and bigger than ever, The String Cheese Incident’s 3rd Annual Electric Forest Music Festival is returning to the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan.  The  4-Day festival features diverse genres of music including electronic and jam band music, and some amazing art installations.  The festival grounds are highlighted by the heart of the festival, [...]

Electric Forest 2012 began with a heat wave like no Michigan festival has ever seen before. Record high temperatures kept festival goers hiding in any form of cool climate they could find. Famous for its layout, Electric Forest remains one of the most well run and well designed festivals I’ve ever been too. With 5 [...]

Electric Forest Music Festival will be returning to the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan June 28th – July 1st with its jam and digital musical twist. The String Cheese Incident will be playing 3 nights and STS9 will play to shows.  Returning to Rothbury again this year to put on an energetic set is [...]

Wow, so I am now at home and have been fully rested, cleaned, but not nearly recovered from the Electric Forest Festival. Needless to say I enjoyed my time there, and will definitely do it again. Apparently, the Electric Forest has a three-year contract with Rothbury, so if you feel like you missed out this [...]

I got a great night sleep in my tent and got up early for some interviews and blogging in the media tent. Today was going to be my big rager day, so I wanted to get my work out of the way and get ready for the party. I ended up getting distracted, however, by [...]

Giselle Gatsby Interviews DJ Meph [ 1:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After a full afternoon schedule of interviews, videos and blogging in the media tent, it was already starting to get dark out, and it was time for me to explore the venue. There were two acts that I wanted to see tonight, Eliot Lipp (@eliotlipp) and Tiësto. (@tiesto) But first, a bite to eat. I [...]

Dragon Wagon (@DragonWagonBand) perform a special, exclusive live song for Detroit Underground at the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan, followed by an interview with DJ Meph.

We arrived very early in the morning to see hundreds of cars already lined up at 3am. The festival staff were lining up cars, in rows, getting them ready to enter the festival. They opened up the box office, and started letting people in at 5am. However, they did not have media passes yet, so [...]

Conscious Alliance and Electric Forest Festival are bringing an “Art That Feeds” food drive to the festival this year.  Rock Poster Artist Jeff Wood has designed a 3-d poster that festival goers will receive by bringing 20 cans of non-perishable food items.  The image of the poster can be seen to the right. Started in [...]

If you wish to attend the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan, but you can’t afford the four-day ticket, no worries! Electric Forest Festival announced today the two-day ticket, which is available here. The cost of the ticket is $125 and it includes onsite camping and all access pass for Saturday and Sunday of the [...]

Looking for a great getaway and some great music July 4th weekend?  The Electric Forest Music Festival will take over the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan for 4 nights of music, camping, and entertainment.  Madison House Presents in partnership with Insomniac Events brings a new breed of music and camping festival to the Midwest [...]

After a one year hiatus, Rothbury Music Festival is back for 2011, but with a new, digital twist. This year’s Rothbury event is an electronic music festival, and has been rebranded as the Electric Forest Festival. You may be thinking that Michigan already has an electronic music festival. Why on Earth would we need another? [...]