Austin, Texas will be the place to be over Halloween weekend as they announce the lineup for Levitation 2023. Headliners include Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Badbadnotgood, and Flying Lotus, whose groundbreaking music has earned them a spot as today’s trailblazers. Unwound, The Church, Amyl & The Sniffers, Dandy Warhols, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre are also set to take the stage on October 26-29.
For more than a decade, Levitation has been the conduit that connects the old and the new, the bygone psychedelic era to today’s vibrant musical expressions. This celebration transcends genres, encapsulating the aural essence of dream pop, punk, indie, metal, darkwave, and electronica, making it a modern-day time capsule of the 1960s’ unfettered auditory experimentation. Levitation is more than just a music festival – it’s a living, breathing anthology of vinyl records, spun into a thrilling four-day weekend. Its lineups stretch across generational divides and geographical borders, amalgamating into a heady mix that’s as intoxicating as a dusty record player spinning an old favorite.
This year’s eclectic lineup features Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, Sonic Boom, Twin Tribes, Vosh, Sacred Skin, Nuovo Testamento, Skull Practitioners, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Beach Fossils, Blonde Redhead, Shannon & The Clams, High On Fire and many more.
The shows take place at Austin’s newest independent venues: electronic music destination Concourse Project, and South Austin’s outdoor, multi-stage event center, The Far Out Lounge, where Austin Psych Fest was held in April. These new locations are in addition to LEVITATION’s traditional Red River and East Side venues, including the festival’s downtown main stage Stubb’s, and Red River and Eastside staples Mohawk, Empire, Hotel Vegas, Elysium, Parish, Antone’s and 13th Floor.
The multi-venue format encourages fans to choose their own adventure through the weekend – you can buy single show tickets for over 30 different shows, or go all in with a 4-Day Pass and indulge in the entire 4-day Halloween weekend.
Final additions (including entire shows that haven’t been announced yet), light show, and video artists plus DJ sets are still on the way!
Single-show tickets and 4 days passes are currently available.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
UNWOUND • ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
TY SEGALL & FREEDOM BAND • SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
THE CHURCH • CODEINE • JOCKSTRAP • YEULE
DEAD MEADOW • KARATE • CHISEL • SLOW PULP • TWIN TRIBES
ROSE CITY BAND • JONATHAN BREE • WATER FROM YOUR EYES
LSD AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD • NUOVO TESTAMENTO • ECSTATIC VISION
FLAT WORMS • 1000MODS • SACRED SKIN • VOSH • SKULL PRACTITIONERS
ANNABELLE CHAIRLEGS • FCUKERS • MARION RAW • FONT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA • FLYING LOTUS
PANDA BEAR + SONIC BOOM • UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS
HIGH ON FIRE • BLONDE REDHEAD • ALLAH-LAS
ALAN PALOMO (NEON INDIAN) • ESHU TUNE (HANNIBAL BURESS)
BULLY • CRACK CLOUD • WARMDUSCHER • CIVIC • TANUKICHAN
TEEBS • ULRIKA SPACEK • SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS • GANSER
MONEY CHICHA • FAT DOG • BLUSHING • THE WELL
HOLY WAVE • SAM BURTON • AMULETS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE • THE BLACK ANGELS
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS • DURAND JONES
THE DANDY WARHOLS • MERCURY REV’S CLEAR LIGHT ENSEMBLE
SPEEDY ORTIZ • DUMBO GETS MAD • SONIDO GALLO NEGRO
PALEHOUND • MILITARIE GUN • LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE
DIE SPITZ • GIO CHAMBA • GHOST FUNK ORCHESTRA • EL COMBO OSCURO
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29
BADBADNOTGOOD • BEACH FOSSILS
ALTIN GÜN • TURNOVER • DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
ARMAND HAMMER • PIGS X7 • SAY SHE SHE • PACHYMAN
JJUUJJUU • MUSTARD SERVICE • PAUL CHERRY • DJUNAH
RICKSHAW BILLIE’S BURGER PATROL • NOLAN POTTER’S NIGHTMARE BAND
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