Governors Ball Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup Featuring Beck, Passion Pit and More
February 21st, 2012
Details regarding the second annual Governors Ball Music Festival have just been announced. The festival has been expanded to two days and will feature Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse and other noteworthy musicians, along with art and entertainment.
The festival is set to take place in New York City at Randall’s Island Park on Saturday June 23 and Sunday June 24. Since the festival organizers chose to add another day to the festival, this year’s celebration will showcase new genres and artists on Sunday, the festival’s second day. Pre-sale tickets go on sale February 22 and you can head over to Living Social’s website to make a purchase. The general tickets go on sale February 24 at govball.com. The current lineup is featured below.
Saturday, June 23rd
Passion Pit (First NYC show in 2 years)
Duck Sauce (feat. A-Trak and Armand Van Helden)
Chromeo
Special Disco Version (James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem)
Atmosphere
Major Lazer
Santigold
Big Gigantic
Penguin Prison
Walk the Moon
Art vs Science
K.Flay
Nobody Beats the Drum
Sunday, June 24th
Beck (First NYC show since 2008)
Modest Mouse
Explosions in the Sky
Devendra Banhart
Cage the Elephant
Built to Spill
Cults
Phantogram
Freelance Whales
Alberta Cross
The Jezabels
Turf War
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