Electric Forest 2017

For the first time in the festival’s history, Electric Forest will span over two distinct weekends on June 22–June 25 and June 29–July 2, 2017.  Topping the bill on both weekends – The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, and Claude VonStroke. Heavyweights ODESZA, Above & Beyond, My Morning Jacket, and Nero (Live) will perform exclusively on the First Weekend. DJ Snake, RL Grime, and Thievery Corporation will appear on the Second Weekend. Many more artists, including additional headliners, are still to be announced.

Each summer, just as anticipation for Electric Forest reaches fever pitch, tens of thousands of fans – traveling from all parts of the country, and the world, gather at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan for the music & camping adventure of a lifetime. Excitement for Electric Forest has never been greater, with last year’s festival selling out before the lineup was announced, just a mere two weeks after tickets went on sale.

Electric Forest recently announced news of the festival’s “Intimate Expansion of Community” for 2017. Electric Forest’s move to offer two distinct, back to back weekends at a lower capacity strives to nurture the evolution and growth of the EF community while honoring the much cherished EF experience.  Electric Forest producers Madison House Presents and Insomniac hope that expanding the festival to two weekends in 2017 allows the EF community to invite more friends, participate in more ideas, and continue to contribute to this next chapter of Electric Forest together.

Entering its seventh year, Electric Forest is known for bringing together a passionate group of fans whose shared community spirit makes the festival a truly unique experience. The festival incorporates the natural beauty of the venue into carefully crafted art pieces and creatively themed environments, while colorful interactive characters and storylines blend with eclectic performing artists and musicians.

With its astonishing and unparalleled integration of music, art and community, Electric Forest delivers “The ultimate festival experience.”  From the carefully curated musical lineup, to the jaw-dropping Sherwood Forest, to the festival’s unprecedented participatory spirit, to the site’s incomparable features and amenities – Electric Forest creates a vibe so thick with “camaraderie and freedom…it must be experienced to be appreciated.”

Known for fully embracing the possibilities of an engaged festival community, Electric Forest’s Plug In Program deliberately blurs the line between event organizers and attendees.  With this truly unique “open source” fan engagement platform, Electric Forest harnesses the creativity and passion of its community members, offering real and tangible ways for fans to participate in and ultimately help shape the Electric Forest experience. This is a big deal, since for Electric Forest – experience trumps all.

Hailed as “an amazing example of how music and festivals can change one’s outlook on life,” it’s widely understood that “one of the most important lessons [to be] learned in the Forest is that we are all together,” and this sense of community is truly “cherished [within the community] like the incredibly rare find it is.”

The complete list of artists on Electric Forest’s 2017 Initial Lineup is as follows: (artists listed in alphabetical order)

First Weekend Initial Artist Lineup:
The String Cheese Incident
Bassnectar
ODESZA
My Morning Jacket
Above & Beyond
Big Gigantic
Nero (Live)
Lotus
Claude VonStroke
Oliver Heldens
A-Trak
12th Planet
AC Slater
Asadi
Autograf
Banks
Big Wild
Bob Moses
Brazilian Girls
Breakbot
Carmada
Con Brio
Corbu
Dixon’s Violin
Donny McCaslin
Eden
Ekali
Eric Krasno Band
Fakear
FKJ
Francis and the Lights
Ganja White Night
Giraffage
Golf Clap
Illenium
Jacob Banks
Jai Wolf
Kaiydo
Khruangbin
Lettuce
Machinedrum
Matisyahu
Matoma
Minnesota
NoMBe
Opiuo
Ott
Papadosio
Pendulum DJ Set
Phutureprimitive
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Rezz
Snakehips
SNBRN
Spafford
Tauk
The Floozies
The Infamous Stringdusters
The London Souls
The Motet
theFatRat
Thunderthief
Trevor Hall
TroyBoi
Viceroy
Vince Staples
Waka Flocka Flame
Wave Racer
Whethan
Wingtip
Woolymammoth
Zomboy
Second Weekend Initial Artist Lineup:
The String Cheese Incident
Bassnectar
DJ Snake
Big Gigantic
RL Grime
Thievery Corporation
Lotus
Claude VonStroke
HI-LO
A-Trak
12th Planet
Alison Wonderland
Autograf
Big Wild
Bob Moses
Brazilian Girls
Breakbot
Carmada
Cashmere Cat
Con Brio
Croatia Squad
Darnell Williams
Dixon’s Violin
EDX
Ekali
Eryn Allen Kane
Fakear
FKJ
Francis and the Lights
Ganja White Night
Giraffage
Golf Clap
GTA
Illenium
Jai Wolf
Khruangbin
Lettuce
Machinedrum
Matisyahu
Matoma
Mick Jenkins
Minnesota
Nick Monaco
NoMBe
Nora En Pure
Opiuo
Ott & The All-Seeing I
Papadosio
Phutureprimitive
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
PillowTalk
Rezz
Roman Flügel
Shiba San
SNBRN
Soul Clap
Spafford
Sub Focus
Tauk
The Floozies
The Infamous Stringdusters
The London Souls
The Motet
theFatRat
Trevor Hall
Vince Staples
Waka Flocka Flame
Wave Racer
Whethan
Wolf + Lamb
Woolymammoth

EF will host The Silent Disco in Sherwood Forest both weekends. Many additional artists, special happenings, and EF Curated Events are still to be announced

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