Our 2025 Summer Festival Guide: Plan Your Ultimate Summer Music Pilgrimage
Check out our eight guides from the past: Woodstock, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and more
Relix Daily
May 26, 2025
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
As we kick off summer, we are excited to officially announce our 2025 Festival Guide issue. In addition to a comprehensive look at this summer’s best fests, this special issue features exclusive interviews with My Morning Jacket, Irma Thomas & Galactic, Mt. Joy, ALO, Andy Frasco, Primus, Little Feat, Ty Segall, Peter Wolf, Grahame Lesh, Darkside and many other summer stars.
Looking ahead to this summer’s best offering, we have culled through the archives and have unearthed some of our favorite past festival issues from the Relix Vault, which can be found below.
The Summer 2025 Festival Guide issue of Relix features Galactic & Irma Thomas, My Morning Jacket, Mt. Joy, Andy Frasco & The U.N., and ALO. In our exclusive cover story, we explore each artist’s festival highlights, from Galactic & Irma Thomas’s genre-bending soul collaboration to My Morning Jacket’s triumphant return to the big stage, Mt. Joy’s anthemic folk-rock energy, Andy Frasco’s empathetic rock-and-roll revelry, and ALO’s four-decade groove.
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Celebrate the spirit of the Summer of ’69 with our Woodstock Anniversary Issue from August 1989. This special edition paid tribute to the legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair, capturing the essence of the festival that defined a generation. Featuring vibrant psychedelic artwork by Robert Bryson, the cover showcases iconic performers like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, and Janis Joplin, alongside the unforgettable "peace and love" vibes from Wavy Gravy that Woodstock embodied.
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The Summer of Love – June/July 2001 issue of Relix features String Cheese Incident, Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and much more! In our exclusive cover story, “Return of the Summer of Love,” we chart the rise of America’s festival scene, where generations converge on fields and fairgrounds in search of unforgettable live-music moments.
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The July 2004 issue of Relix features our Lollapalooza cover story and much more! Alt-rock festival Lollapalooza joins forces with Jam Nation to launch a whole new kind of summer tour. The result: a melding of styles, audiences and musical histories that marks the beginning of a brave new world in music.
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Founded in 1992 by Blues Traveler frontman John Popper alongside members of Widespread Panic, Spin Doctors, and other likeminded bands, H.O.R.D.E. was more than a response to Lollapalooza—it was a deliberate counterpoint. While alternative rock dominated the mainstream festival circuit, H.O.R.D.E. embraced jam bands, blues-rock, and roots-driven performers who thrived on stage and forged their reputations in front of live audiences.
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The August/September 2009 issue of Relix magazine marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most iconic events in music history with its Woodstock at 40 cover story. This in-depth feature reflects on the legacy of the 1969 festival that defined a generation, examining its cultural impact, musical significance, and the enduring spirit of peace, love, and music.
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The June 2016 Relix issue features our Santana cover story, our 16th Annual Relix Festival Guide: Set II and much more! After reaching new creative and commercial heights with Santana III, Carlos Santana opted to pursue a new direction with the group’s fourth album, Caravanserai. The band’s roster soon dispersed, as longtime adviser Bill Graham opined, "Caravanserai? More like career suicide.”