We’re just a month removed from Hopscotch 2011, and planning is well underway for the third year of the massive music festival.
Only two weeks after the streets were swept clean of the confetti leftover from The Flaming Lips’ festival-headlining performance, Hopscotch organizers Greg Lowenhagen and Grayson Currin took to Twitter to announce the dates for Hopscotch III.
Here we are a month later and the duo has announced the on-sale date and package pricing for tickets. Tickets go on sale Dec. 1, a full four and a half months earlier than last year, in various pricing structures.
Here’s a breakdown of the ticket and wristband options:
Unlike previous years, “due to a lack of interest” there will be no club-only wristband. And as a gift to previous ticket buyers, Hopscotch will offer pre-sales 24 hours in advance of the Dec. 1 on-sale.
As previously mentioned, the Dec. 1 on-sale is four months earlier than last year, meaning early ticket buyers will have to have some faith in Greg and Grayson’s choice of bands for next summer’s event.
The full lineup is expected to be announced April 20, though I’m sure we’ll see a few names leak out before that date.
For the uninitiated, Hopscotch is a three-day music festival that takes over Downtown Raleigh the second weekend in September. Last year saw more than 135 bands — including festival headliners The Flaming Lips, Drive-by Truckers, The Dodos and Guided by Voices — span 13 stages.
And to relive Hopscotch 2011 — including photo galleries, reviews and interviews — visit the Music.MyNC Hopscotch page.
Photo by James Nix
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