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Firefly Music Festival announces 2013 lineup (Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, Tom Petty, RHCP & more)

Firefly Music Festival 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Firefly Music Festival

Dover, DE festival Firefly Music Festival had a great first year in July of 2012, and afterwards immediately announced it’d return in 2013. The 2013 festival happens from June 21 – 23 at the Dover International Speedway, and the lineup was just announced. It includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, The Walkmen, Django Django, Public Enemy, CHVRCHES, Amanda Palmer, Foxygen, Alabama Shakes, Toro y Moi, Dan Deacon, Action Bronson, The Avett Brothers, and more; and the headliners are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Vampire Weekend, and Foster the People. The full lineup is below and you can watch the announcement video at their website. TIckets go on general sale Thursday (2/21).

Firefly happens a couple weeks after NYC festival Governors Ball, which has some lineup similarities (Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, Avett Brothers, etc). That one goes down on Randall’s Island from June 7 – 9 and tickets are still available.

Firefly lineup below…

Firefly Music Festival — 2013 Lineup
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Vampire Weekend
Foster the People
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT
Passion Pit
Kendrick Lamar
Grizzly Bear
Alabama Shakes
The Avett Brothers
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Japandroids
Public Enemy
The Walkmen
Dan Deacon
Toro y Moi
Action Bronson
Azealia Banks
Foxygen
HAIM
Wild Belle
CHVRCHES
The Lumineers
Amanda Palmer
Dispatch
Matt and Kim
Ellie Goulding
Calvin Harris
Dr. Dog
The Joy Formidable
Atlas Genius
Big Gigantic
Django Django
Kishi Bashi
Hey Marseilles
LP
St. Lucia
Kopecky Family Band
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
The Neighbourhood
Robert DeLong
Imagine Dragons