San Francisco Outside Lands Festival

This could be the best festival out there this year. The bang for your buck is ultimate, especially since Radiohead is headlining. I figure you have to see them once up close and personal in your life. At least that's what all my friends tell me. I've yet to experience the brilliance.

Maybe because it's in my own backyard, but as I looked down this list, it quickly became a quick favorite. I never go to festivals for headliners, rather for the artists I might discover or already know of that are very underground. Radiohead and Tom Petty are easily worth the money ($225), although I'd pay that much to not see Jack Johnson. (insert agitated surf-music content here)

Some under radar performers that I'm totally stoked about are....Regina Spektor, Devendra Banhart, bay area hip hop rapper Lyrics Born, Andrew Bird, rap/hip-hop group Little Brother, rock band Dredg, and of course my latest love, Bon Iver. I will be attending this amazing festival with bells and whistles on. More information to come on it very shortly.