2022 Festival Speculation

I saw that, and agree wholeheartedly. I guess it'll get some folks excited, and probably boost the high school/college demographic, but it seems like kind of a lazy booking for a headliner position. I assume he's probably significantly cheaper, since he's not headliner level at other festivals yet. In fact he was 4th/5th line at bigger festivals this year like Lolla and ACL, behind acts like St. Vincent, Black Pumas, and MGK.

If the other headliners are back from the 2020 lineup, and we get Jack Harlow, Cage the Elephant and Jack Johnson as headliners (Assuming no 1975 because of their gender equality at festivals policy, and Forecastle usually doesn't get to 50/50 male/female artists), I will be pretty disappointed.

That being said, I have tickets to Wonder Road and Wonderbus,  so I'd probably only do a single day anyway, if there were some good bands.

Woof. Don't love that. That has to be because he is a local guy right? That would be a day I would skip the headliner and leave to go check out the nightlife or something. I hope it's because he's local and not indicative of where their booking is ultimately heading this year. 

I’m certain it is due to his popularity here. He’s doing a run of shows right now here at 5 different venues. The Avett Brothers are playing here on 3/26/22 and are already booked Forecastle weekend in NY/VT, so they are out. But, I would not have been surprised if they were on the list before I saw that. Ha

I'm not an Avett Bro's fan but I'm having fatigue just seeing them always have shows in this area haha. I'm sure some people feel that same about Twenty One Pilots, but I think they do less shows around Ohio than what you'd think for them touting the Columbus roots. 

I may just pre-book a hotel room for that weekend ahead of time and see what the lineup is and then cancel if I need to if it's a very MEH lineup. 

I haven't had the time yet but has anyone looked at touring schedules to see who some possibilities could be? I know early June there are a lot of overseas festivals but usually those acts don't head that way until early June vs. May. 

Forecastle has updated their logo and is teasing “exciting updates tomorrow”. Hoping it’s a lineup, but the way they’re doing things this year, I feel like they’re gonna tease us with a few acts at a time.

Forecastle lineup being announced next Wednesday (1/5/22). I’m trying to see if I can get any inside info between now and then.

Dude thanks for the heads up on that. Still a lot of hotels available, I snagged one with some Hilton pts, about four blocks from the Fest.

Tame Impala would be awesome! And totally makes sense because it feels like they're on literally every lineup last year/this year. And I agree we can rule out bands from WonderRoad. The radius, coupled with the fact that the festivals are two weeks apart makes that seem impossible

So here's my best guess at what we can expect based on what we know and our conjecture:

Tame Impala-My Morning Jacket-Cage the Elephant- Jack Harlow
Phoebe Bridgers-Rainbow Kitten Surprise-The Head and the Heart-Of Monsters and Men
Mt. Joy-Saint Motel-Third Eye Blind-Carly Rae Jepsen-Manchester Orchestra-Soccer Mommy

I came up with this based on rumors, bands on other festival lineups, bands from the 2020 lineup, and some bands like MMJ, Phoebe Bridgers, Head &Heart, that just make a ton of sense for this festival. I took into consideration that the budget is supposedly bigger. I put Jack Harlow at #4, because even though he's a big deal in Louisville, I think this is where he fits. Forecastle has a history of billing 4 acts as headliners, usually with 2 of them finishing the festival out back to back on the main stage on Sunday.

I think this list is pretty realistic. I was looking at other festivals around the same time and Phoebe, The Head and the Heart make a ton of sense. I also think Harlow being 4 would be correct. I thought he was a top 3 until I heard that Forecastle spent a lot on the lineup this year. I am not sure MMJ will be there. I’ve heard they no longer like to play Louisville and the person I got some info from is a major MMJ fan and feel like they would have been told if they were on the lineup. But, maybe they just didn’t say anything about it.

I also could see Moon Taxi and Beabadoobee being on the lineup.

Well, if no MMJ, I think The Lumineers are a strong possibility. They already have one festival on the calendar, and with their new album, I feel like more are on the way. The Black Keys seem like a solid choice, if not the most exciting. Kacey Musgraves would probably sell well. DMB has been doing a lot of festivals lately. Foo Fighters would be a HUGE get, But they have been on literally every line up the last few years, so who knows.

We can go ahead and eliminate Jack White. He has shows booked on every night of forecastle.

Yeah they must've spent a fortune on the headliners that year, especially Outkast and Jack White. Both of those acts were at every major festival, including Lolla, Coachella, and Bonnaroo that year. And Beck is definitely a solid headliner as well, could not have been cheap.

Compared to some of the B or C list headliners we typically get (Modest Mouse, Weezer, Anderson Paak, Odesza, etc.) that balance out the A listers (Arcade Fire, The Killers, etc.), I have no doubt believing that's a type of lineup we won't see again. And honestly, they do not need to book three big headliners to pack in crowds. It's always very well attended, and dconsistently outdrew Bunbury, despite them having bigger name headliners. They have a comfort zone as far as crowd size and what types of lineups they use. Fans expect that and it seems to be working well.

That being said, I'd love to see a real strong lineup with a couple big names at the top.

I know that is certainly does not appeal to me. I hope somehow Forecastle found this out and decided to swing for the fences to make their lineup seem appealing enough to compete with them! 

Ha! I’m really anxious to see the lineup and if it is all true. I have my hopes up, but I should probably expect the worst and be surprised if it’s solid.