TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL will debut in 17 markets across North America starting June 28 in Santa Barbara, California, and wrapping up July 27 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the festival recently announced.
Although there is no DC-area date on the schedule, Parklife recommends that DMV new wavers take an easy drive down to Raleigh, North Carolina, to catch the Totally Tubular Festival at the Red Hat Ampitheater on Saturday, July 13.
Festival headliners include Thomas Dolby, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins, and Modern English!
The festival features artists that exploded in the pop culture zeitgeist in the early to mid-1980s thanks mainly to the high rotation of their music videos on MTV; the genre has also seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years.
The artists performing on the 2024 tour include THOMAS DOLBY, THOMPSON TWINS’ TOM BAILEY, MODERN ENGLISH, MEN WITHOUT HATS, THE ROMANTICS, BOW WOW WOW, TOMMY TUTONE (select markets), and THE PLIMSOULS.
Watch the official music video for “Europa and The Pirate Twins” by Thomas Dolby on YouTube:
Parklife is particularly excited that Tom Bailey, the former frontman of the Thompson Twins, likely plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s tremendous fourth album Into the Gap on this festival tour with songs like “Hold Me Now” and “Doctor! Doctor!”
Watch the official music video for “Hold Me Now” by the Thompson Twins on YouTube:
“This is a dream lineup for those who love the music of the early 1980s, and for those who want to relive the days when life was…plain and simply — a total party,” says Jon Pleeter, CPO (Chief Party Officer) of TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL. “You wore dayglow, you wore parachute pants, you had big hair, perms and more perms, mullets, leg warmers, along with tons of buttons and lots of rubber bracelets. You wore sunglasses at night. The choruses were big, and the hooks were bigger—the party didn’t end.”
A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will go towards food banks locally in each market.
TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL tour dates include:
6/28 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
6/29 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theatre
6/30 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
7/3 – Phoenix – Arizona Financial Theatre
7/6 – Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/9 – Irving, TX – Pavilion @ Toyota Music Factory
7/10 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
7/13 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheatre
7/16 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheatre
7/17 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall @ Fenway
7/18 – New York, NY – Pier 17
7/19 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live @ Etess Arena
7/20 – Bushkill, PA – Poconos Park Amphitheatre
7/23 – Laval, QUE – Place Bell
7/24 – Missisauga, ONT – GCT Theatre
7/26 – Detroit, MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheatre
7/27 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Amphitheatre
Tickets for the festival at Red Hat Amphitheater at on July 13 are on presale now! Use presale code SPOTLIGHT.
Public sales start at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 12.
Buy your Totally Tubular Festival tickets for Red Hat Amphitheater online now!
Visit the Totally Tubular Festival website for more information on other dates.
Totally Tubular Festival
W/ Thomas Dolby, Tom Bailey, Modern English, Men Without Hats, The Pilmsouls, Bow Wow Wow, The Romantics
Red Hat Amphitheater
Raleigh, North Carolina
Saturday, July 13
Show @ 5:45pm
$59.20 GA Lawn
$268-$308 VIP
All ages