Moogfest headliner Kelela (Photo courtesy Paradigm Agency)

Moogfest 2018, scheduled for May 17-20 in Durham, North Carolina, is the premier urban music festival dedicated to the synthesizer. This year, a slew of electronic musicians joins headlining artists Kelela, Mouse on Mars, KRS-One, Chelsea Manning, Jon Hopkins. You can win tickets to attend with Parklife DC.

In addition to night programming at Moogfest, consisting of performances by legendary and upcoming artists dedicated to the synthesizer, the festival boasts daytime programming of lectures, immersive study, art installations, and more dedicated to music and sound.

Watch a video announcement of the Moogfest 2018 Lineup, Phases 1 +2, on YouTube:

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A few highlights of Moogfest 2018 include:

• The return of Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland. His new project, deeply personal, feels like a creative regeneration. At Moogfest, he his experimentation will seep into the conceptual and come to life by way of a self-made rig in a 4-hour durational. It will be his first performance of this kind ever.
• The highly-anticipated Sleep Concert, the grandfather of all durationals. An overnight 8-hour magical experience in sound, led this year by Icelandic artists Bedroom Community.
• The premiere of A3, a spatial sound installation that will transform the popular Durham Armory into a deeply immersive 360-degree sound environment. Within the space, performers like Suzanne Ciani, Shabazz Palaces, Author & Punisher, and Waajeed, will articulate sound from every angle.
• Mortiz is joining Moogfest with Mouse of Mars from Berlin, and presenting an installation, performance, conversation, while his musical robots are incorporated into Mouse of Mars’ show.
• Other durationals come from Nicole Mitchell, this jazz enthusiast and avant-garde artist who’s part of the association of Advancement of Creative Musicians will be performing a 4 hour durational on her flute immersed in all swaggy Moog gear.
• Genesis P-Orridge’s experimental video and music ensemble Psychic TV is among the legendary performers featured this year.

Parklife DC is giving away a pair of general admission tickets to attend Moogfest 2018 across venues in Durham, North Carolina. To win, simply leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to know which artist you are most eager to see at Moogfest!

Contest extended! For the rules of this giveaway–

Comments will be closed at 5pm on Friday, April 20  Tuesday, April 24, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. We will email you instructions on claiming your ticket. Good luck!

Complete list of artists announced so far (including Parklife DC favorite Little Boots):
Adam Roberts
Aisha Devi
Alexandre Bazin
Alex Zhang Hungtai
Amber Mark
Annie Hart
Armen Ra
Aurora Halal
Author & Punisher
Bonaventure
Carla Dal Forno
Caterina Barbieri
Chelsea Manning
Cura Machines
DJ Haram
DJ Stingray
Elizabeth Hoffman
Ellen Allien
Elliot Inman
Emily Sprague
Emptyset
Eric Marty
Ezra Miller
Fatima Al Qadiri
Fawkes
Gabriel Andruzzi
Gareth Jones
Gavin Rayna Russom
George Hardebeck
Georgia
Ghostdad
Helena Hauff
Helen Money
Honey Dijon
Jamila Woods
Jenny Hval
J Rocc
Jon Hopkins
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Katie Gately
Kelela
Kristen Gallerneaux
KRS-One
Kyoka
Lauren Hayes
Lawrence Rothman
LAYNE
Liam Byrne
Little Boots
Madame Gandhi
Maliibu Miitch
Mark Ballora
Mark Katz
Midori Takada
Mouse on Mars
Nadia Sirota
Nicole Mitchell
Nick Hook
Nihal Mehta
Nelly Ben Hayoun
Noncompliant
ONO
Pamelia Stickney
Psychic TV
Rainer Kohlberger
Sarah Reid
Sassy Black
Shabazz Palaces
Shanti Celeste
Smerz
Sonic Robots
Spank Rock
Stud1nt
Suicideyear
Suzanne Ciani
Tess Roby
Thomas F. DeFrantz
Tiffany Naiman
NCSU Libraries
Torres
Umfang
Upper Glossa
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Waajeed
Wes Borland
Yves Tumor

Moogfest 2018 is presented by United Therapeutics, American Underground, and Moog Music Inc., with support from the County of Durham, Guitar Center, Lyft, Fidelity Investments, Reverb, Blizzard Lighting, Bull Durham Beer, and Izotope. For more information, visit http://www.moogfest.com.

If you don’t win, buy your tickets online.

Moogfest 2018
The City of Durham, North Carolina
Thursday, May 17-Sunday, May 20, 2018
Exact schedule TBA
$229 General Admission; $499 VIP
$1,500 Engineer VIP includes two-day synth-building workshop
All ages