Levitation 2023 Announces First Wave
Levitation 2023 has grown into a truly eclectic lineup, helping matters the addition of two of 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 festival’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!
Many of the shows are mini-festivals in their own right. Highlights include: a 15-year anniversary celebration of Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label, featuring Fly Lo, Hannibal Buress’s Eshu Tune, Salami Rose Joe Louis and more. A 20-year celebration of revered indie label Numero Group features 90s greats Unwound, Codeine, Karate and Chisel. A psych-rock fever dream featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre, fest founders The Black Angels, Dandy Warhols, and more across two stages at Far Out. Friday at Far Out brings Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Panda Bear + Sonic Boom, Allah-Las, Tanukichan and more. A heavy metal Halloween nightmare topped off with Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats and High On Fire celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band. If you’re not planning out your costume already for this 4 day Halloween music feast – how about a bill with Amyl & The Sniffers, Militarie Gun and Die Spitz? Also on the menu: a West Coast psych/garage dream bill with Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Shannon & The Clams, and Ripley Johnson’s twangy trip Rose City Band. More you ask? International stoner metal collective Heavy Psych Sounds presents Dead Meadow, Ecstatic Vision, 1000mods and more. Desert Daze presents Altin Gün, Say She She, Pachyman and more on Sunday evening. LA darkwave destination Substance presents their own showcase with Twin Tribes, Nuovo Testamento, Sacred Skin and Vosh.
The list goes on, including show headliners and lineup highlights BADBADNOTGOOD, Oneohtrix Point Never, Durand Jones, The Church, Blonde Redhead, Mercury Rev’s Clear Light Ensemble performing a live score to the 1932 classic horror / noir film Vampry, Death From Above 1979, the return of Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Jockstrap, Armand Hammer and many, many more – and with more to come.
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
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 NIGHTMATickey RE BAND
Ticket information for Levitation 2023 HERE
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