We have good news for Dave Matthews Band fans on both coasts; the Dave Matthews Band Caravan is heading your way this summer as the group have announced the next two stops for their summer music festival. The Dave Matthews Band Caravan will hit New York City's Governors Island on August 26, 27 and 28 and The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA on September 2, 3 and 4. The events will feature a diverse lineup of musical talent performing on multiple stages during the day and a full set by headliners Dave Matthews Band each night.
In addition to Dave Matthews Band, the lineup for the Governors Island event will include Dispatch, The Roots, Gogol Bordello, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Robert Randolph and the Family Band,Bιla Fleck and the Flecktones, The Head and the Heart, Vieux Farka Tourι, David Wax Museum and many more to be announced soon. Governors Island, a 172-acre island in the heart of New York Harbor, is only 800 yards from Lower Manhattan and even closer to Brooklyn.
The Gorge dates will mark Dave Matthews Band's only West Coast performances of 2011. The group has a long history at the venue, having headlined 37 shows at The Gorge since 1997. In addition to Dave Matthews Band, the lineup for The Gorge event will include Dispatch, The Roots, John Butler Trio, Gogol Bordello, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Blind Pilot, The Belle Brigade, The Moondoggies, Lindsay Fuller and many more to be announced. The Gorge Amphitheatre's breathtaking location offers sweeping views of the Columbia River and the Columbia Gorge canyon. It is easily accessible from such nearby metropolitan areas as Seattle, Spokane, Portland and Vancouver.
"Dave Matthews Band Caravan" will kick off the summer at Bader Field in Atlantic City, NJ on June 24, 25and 26. The second event - scheduled for July 8, 9 and 10 - will be held at Lakeside, located on the south shore of Lake Michigan, just a short distance from downtown Chicago, IL.
