Jamband Festival in Atlantic City?

The summer festival field may become even more crowded this June with a proposed three-day event at Bader Field in Atlantic City. AC mayor Lorenzo Langford spoke about the festival earlier this month at a luncheon and according to an Atlantic City Weekly report, mentioned that a big-time promoter is putting said festival together.

To be clear, the only confirmed news is that Langford is in negotiations with the promoter. There’s no official word yet on who will take part in the planned event, though DMBNews.net has linked the festival to the Dave Matthews Band – a group that recently announced it will throw a few multi-day, multi-band events in 2011. Bader Field is a long walk from the “strip,” where fans would most likely stay.

[Bader Field’s current state via iirraa]

Atlantic City legend Pinky Kravitz weighed in on the potential event in his Pinky’s Corner column from December 30th and dropped a name of interest to our readers…

An interview with Mayor Lorenzo Langford that will appear at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on “WMGM TV 40 Presents Pinky” revealed he is working on a music festival that will be held at Bader Field. Mike Clark, reporter for The Press of Atlantic City, broke the story and noted that City Council had approved the negotiation currently under way. This festival would be similar to Bonnaroo, held at a farm in Tennessee, or Lollapalooza in the middle of Chicago’s Grant Park. The concert could have multiple groups over three days, or it could be a festival with Phish as the only band.

Many who attended Phish’s Boardwalk Hall shows last October appreciated the relatively cheap and plentiful accommodations and the locals were thrilled with the injection of money into the hurting city’s economy. It remains to be seen whether this June multi-band event or other potential concerts later in the summer at Bader Field come to fruition, but we’ll keep you posted.

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15 Responses

  1. A) wasn’t pinky the guy who called zep for halloween?
    B) a summer festy, phish or multi-band, in AC could spell the potential for disaster. IF attendance is low (<40,000) it might work, but atlantic city is a VERY different place in the summer than it is in the fall/winter (think w00ks+jersey shore=DISASTER).

  2. heavy rumors point to it being DMB, not phish.

    But AC in June is not AC in October. There wont’ be cheap accommodations at all the casinos. Try $200-$300 for saturday night if you want to stay in a casino.

  3. being an older vet of festivals and living in the ac area i think its a great idea there are plenty of motels other then the casinos plus dozens of campgrounds in a 10 mile area bader field is a huge area larger the watkins glen and other venues plus its one of americas great party cities does anybody remember the beach boys on the beach in the mid 80s i say when do tickets go on sale

  4. yup blame Pinky for that 10/30 night throw down…and he’s right Phish fest in Sept, DMB in June….and you are all right, expensive rooms….20 bands, 3 stages at Bader Field in June and THE Phish in Sept

  5. Again, fake young “HIPPIES” spewing hate. I love Phish, I love a good jamband, but DMB does not suck. All your “heros” in the jamband scene happen to have admiration for DMB, Trey has stated he could never write a song as good as Dave. To the Uber Phish fan saying DMB opened up for Phish, they also opened up for the Grateful Dead and Neil Young, oh yeah and the Allman brothers band opened up for DMB, so have a lot of current jambands. So stop with your hate, your jamband icons would laugh at you and think you were a douche spewing that mindless hate.

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