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This Ain't No Picnic Festival 2020 in CA

Posted by Loren on December 4, 2021

This Ain't No Picnic Festival 2020 in CA
photo by Lindsay Melbourne

The lineup for This Ain't No Picnic festival has been announced, with performances scheduled from Descendents, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Turnstile, Circle Jerks, IDLES, Sleep, Phoebe Bridgers, and many more. Scheduled for August 27-28, 2022 at Brookside at The Rose Bowl, tickets go on sale on Dec. 9 at 10am PST. The festival comes from Goldenvoice, the team behind Coachella, Stagecoach, Cruel World. and Just Like Heaven.

The festival’s stellar line up will include performances by (in ABC order):   

Arooj Aftab

Avalon Emerson

Beach House

Brandon

Caroline Polachek

Circle Jerks

Courtney Barnett

Danilo Plessow (MCDE) 

Dave P

Dawn Richard

Deafheaven

Descendents

Despacio

Earl Sweatshirt

Ethel Cain

Eyedress

Four Tet + Floating Points

Fundido

Genesis Owusu

Gerd Janson

Girl Ultra

Godford

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Hana Vu

Honey Dijon

IDLES

Indigo De Souza

Isaiah Rashad

Jorja Smith

Julia Jacklin

JUNGLE

Junior Varsity

Kaytranada

Kelly Lee Owens

King Woman

Lala Lala

LCD Soundsystem

Le Tigre

Logic1000

Mac DeMarco

Magdalena Bay

Mall Grab

Maral

Margaritas Podridas

Mdou Moctar

MICHELLE

Mike Watt

NAAFI

Nicki Nicole

Nothing

Pachyman

Paris Texas

Peach

Phoebe Bridgers

Queen Naija

Romy

shame

Sleep

slowthai

Sofia Kourtesis

Sparks

SPELLLING

Spirit of the Beehive

TEMS

The Strokes

They Hate Change

Tinashe

Tre’ Amani

TSHA

Turnstile

Wet Leg

Ying Yang Twins

Yves Tumor

ZULU

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pictured: IDLES

This Ain't No Picnic Festival 2020 in CA
photo by Lindsay Melbourne

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