Dance – Reverb Lounge

Dancefestopia Yellow Brick Road

Barns Courtney Unplugged Solo Sessions

Barns Courtney has lived through more industry upheaval than most artists survive — A&Rs disappearing, catalogs sold off, years stuck in dead-end contracts — yet he’s still standing. Signed at 19, reduced to sofa-surfing and odd jobs, he clawed his way back when Bradley Cooper hand-picked his voice for Burnt, just as his DIY single Glitter & Gold — recorded in an abandoned care home with filing cabinets for drums — quietly went platinum in the US. Since then, multiple Top 10 alt-radio hits and a reputation for chaotic, unmissable live shows have made him one of rock’s best-kept secrets. Now, a decade on and finally free on indie label Avenue A, Courtney isn’t making a comeback — he’s proving the music always connects, even when the machine fails.

GlizzyFest

DAY 1 (FRIDAY) LINEUP: VIRGIN MARY, PISTOL GRIP, PETTY BIEGE, BURN THE WITCH HUNTERS, FALSE POSITIVE, FEVEREST, FLORA NOVA, JUSTIN PICKETT, JOY RAGER, KEVIN MCCLURE, KID CORDUROY, RANDALL GRUBER, TJUNIOR, ASHFROMTHEPAST HOSTED BY OTIS JULIUS with SURREAL THE MC (ON THE 1’S & 2’S) DAY 2 (SATURDAY) LINEUP: OTIS JULIUS w/ DJ STRAWSTONE, FOREST, JAY INFLUENTIAL, BIGG RAY WEST, BOBO THUH BREADBOY, DREAD & STRANGE, HYBRID PROMOTIONS, ZARATTI, LUCKS, DUSTIN WARBEAR & ACE WILD, AYCE, CRISIS CHILD, HEART BREAK KING, THUGGY YUXK, BOYD, JAMIE TRILLER, JXHNNY BLISS, KING SERP, KAZPYR, KRMZN ENGMA, LORETTA LIT, URIAH G FRIENDS, CODY CROOKZ, 4WORN N4TION, UPSET, AUSTIN BELIEVE, VIRTUE-US HOSTED BY OTIS JULIUS with SURREAL THE MC (ON THE 1’S & 2’S) and a FREE AFTER PARTY w/ OCEAN AVENUE DAY 3 (SUNDAY) LINEUP: FEARSAID, SMOKEBREAK, EVIL SHADOWS, TILL HELL, XENO ZEUS, IZZY DUNFORE, JAY LIVELY, MUMBLES, OGI KIDD, P-TRO, ATM, ALIEN NATION REVIVAL, ILLANOISE, 3BLADE HOSTED BY OTIS JULIUS with SURREAL THE MC (ON THE 1’S & 2’S)