A few major seasonal U.S. festivals, including Rothbury and Summerfest, are wrapping up over the holiday weekend concluding July 6, as compiled by TicketNews.
This year’s Rothbury Festival will be going down from July 2-5 at Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI. The four-day jam band extravaganza, now entering its second year, features headline performances from The Dead (making their only summer appearance), Bob Dylan and His Band, and The String Cheese Incident (making their only 2009 appearance), as well as top-billed sets from Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes and more.
The final week of Summerfest is upon us, with the 11-day festival winding down July 5 in Milwaukee, WI. The last six headline acts take the stage through the weekend at the city’s Marcus Amphitheatre, picking up tonight (June 30) with a double-header from classic rock greats Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire. The week’s other top acts are Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson (July 1), No Doubt (July 2), Kenny Chesney (July 3) and The Fray (July 4). Hard rocker-turned-country crossover Kid Rock closes out the annual festivities on July 5.
The summer festival season continues this week as the 15th annual Essence Music Festival hits the Superdome in New Orleans, LA, over the Independence Day weekend. Beyoncé is the weekend’s main headliner, kicking off the three-day event on July 3. Maxwell takes the main stage on July 4, followed by Frankie Beverly & Maze on July 5. Other main acts at the cultural and musical celebration include John Legend, Anita Baker, Lionel Richie, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke, Al Green and more.
Hot sibling trio Jonas Brothers headline this year’s Stadium of Fire on July 4 at Brigham Young University’s Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT. Meanwhile, rock legends Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood perform their final scheduled concert together for the season this evening (June 30) at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. Finally, the summer may just be starting, but the touring season is ending (at least temporarily) for Bad Company, which has just three shows left in July. The band takes the stage with the Doobie Brothers on July 1 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI, and July 2 at CMAC in Canandaigua, NY, before going solo for the closing show on July 4 at Resorts International in Atlantic City, NJ.
“Last Chance” information is compiled at the beginning of the week, based on touring acts whose current itineraries are closing over the course of that week. The availability of tickets for Last Chance events depends on primary and secondary seller inventory, and may vary as tickets are sold in the days leading up to each event.
THIS WEEK’S LAST CHANCE EVENTS
| Last Event Date | Event |
| June 30 | Kiss Old School Fiesta |
| June 30 | The Wiz |
| June 30 | Summerfest: Chicago with Earth, Wind & Fire |
| June 30 | Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood |
| June 30 | War & Average White Band |
| July 1 | Houston Rockets |
| July 1 | Eric Benet & Boyz II Men |
| July 1 | MGMT |
| July 1 | Disco Biscuits |
| July 1 | DJ Quik |
| July 1 | Summerfest: Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson |
| July 1 | Femi Kuti |
| July 1 | Jamie Cullum |
| July 1 | Bill Callahan |
| July 1 | Reasons To Be Pretty |
| July 2 | Eddie Vedder |
| July 2 | AT&T National |
| July 2 | Rothbury Festival |
| July 2 | Blithe Spirit |
| July 2 | Three Girls and Their Buddy |
| July 2 | Micky & The Motorcars |
| July 2 | Jonathan Richman |
| July 2 | Soul Asylum |
| July 2 | The Judds |
| July 2 | Doobie Brothers & Bad Company |
| July 2 | Bluegrass Nights: Ricky Skaggs |
| July 2 | Summerfest: No Doubt |
| July 2 | Celtic Woman |
| July 2 | Boyz II Men & Eric Benet |
| July 2 | Livingston Taylor |
| July 2 | Duff Mckagan’s Loaded |
| July 3 | Eek A Mouse |
| July 3 | Wayne Shorter |
| July 3 | Martin’s Intl. Cult 3 Day Pass |
| July 3 | Canova Fest: Little Texas |
| July 3 | California Music Fest |
| July 3 | Gold Cup Soccer |
| July 3 | Pocket Change |
| July 3 | Chuck Brown |
| July 3 | Surprise Surprise |
| July 3 | The Joey Arroyo Band |
| July 3 | Combichrist |
| July 3 | Poly-opto |
| July 3 | Omaha Royals |
| July 3 | Chippendales |
| July 3 | Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra |
| July 3 | Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| July 3 | Colt Ford |
| July 3 | Buckcherry |
| July 3 | 100.3 Kilt Cinco De Country |
| July 3 | Archfront Media Presents Support Local Music |
| July 3 | Hathaway |
| July 3 | American Rockstar |
| July 3 | Crambone |
| July 3 | The Perfect – CD Release Party |
| July 3 | Spark To |
| July 3 | Summerfest: Kenny Chesney |
| July 3 | NASCAR Nationwide Series: Subway Jalapeno 250 |
| July 3 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts |
| July 3 | Atlanta Dream |
| July 3 | 90’z Throwback Summer Jam |
| July 3 | Don Rickles & Joan Rivers |
| July 3 | Framing Hanley & Red |
| July 3 | Earthquake & Tony Roberts |
| July 3 | Lee Rocker |
| July 3 | Iron Butterfly |
| July 3 | Marah |
| July 3 | Inkarnit, Olympus, Carsinogen and In Ruin |
| July 3 | U-n-i |
| July 3 | Jmb, Stone’s Throw, Jennie Arnau |
| July 3 | Cedric Burnside |
| July 3 | Eliane Elias |
| July 3 | Opening Night at Tanglewood |
| July 3 | Taylor Made |
| July 3 | Bruce Bruce |
| July 3 | Firecracker |
| July 3 | Monsters Of Classic Rock |
| July 3 | Trey Songz |
| July 3 | Yung L.A. |
| July 3 | Elijah Emanuel Reggae Explosion |
| July 3 | Mary Jane Girls |
| July 3 | Liquid Soul |
| July 3 | Homo/sonic Dance Party |
| July 3 | Hemme |
| July 3 | The 5th Dimension |
| July 3 | Conor Oberst |
| July 3 | Slim Of 112 |
| July 3 | Twista |
| July 3 | Essence Of Chicago |
| July 3 | Elevation |
| July 3 | Stars And Stripes |
| July 3 | Joe Ely |
| July 4 | Coke Zero 400 |
| July 4 | Reverend Horton Heat, Los Lobos & Horrorpops |
| July 4 | IH Valley Blues Fest |
| July 4 | Sylvia |
| July 4 | Rolex Sports Car Series: Brumos Porsche 250 |
| July 4 | Bridgeview Musicfest Rock N Roll |
| July 4 | Red White And Cruise |
| July 4 | Red, White & Boom: Hank Williams Jr. |
| July 4 | Downtown Street Festival Sky Garden Experience |
| July 4 | Fourth Of July Blast |
| July 4 | Concacaf Gold Cup: USA |
| July 4 | Americafest |
| July 4 | Percee P |
| July 4 | Jet Car Nationals & Family Festival |
| July 4 | July 4th Fireworks Spectacular & John Fogerty |
| July 4 | Summerfest: The Fray |
| July 4 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Coke Zero 400 |
| July 4 | Bad Company |
| July 4 | Stadium Of Fire: Jonas Brothers |
| July 4 | Michael Cavanaugh |
| July 4 | 9 To 5 |
| July 4 | Greenville Symphony Orchestra |
| July 4 | Wes Hayden from The Bachelorette |
| July 4 | Twelve 21 |
| July 4 | Zidane & Friends Canadian Soccer Tour |
| July 4 | Michael Buble |
| July 4 | 4th Of July Explosion With Rick Ross And Elephant Man |
| July 4 | Matt & Kim & A-Trak |
| July 4 | Hotter Than July |
| July 4 | The Annual True White Affair |
| July 4 | Red, Wild & Blue |
| July 4 | Dangerman |
| July 4 | Gerry Williams |
| July 4 | Ice Block |
| July 4 | Bounty Killer |
| July 4 | Dj Regal & Fort Knox Five |
| July 4 | Hairbangers Ball |
| July 5 | Freedom Bike Fest |
| July 5 | Justin Roberts |
| July 5 | Going Nowhere |
| July 5 | Summerfest: Kid Rock |
| July 5 | Essence Music Festival |
| July 5 | 2nd To None |
| July 5 | Louis C.K. |
| July 5 | 6 Jokers And A Queen Of Comedy |
| July 5 | Jay Reatard |
| July 5 | Cage & Yak Ballz |
| July 5 | Tyler Bryant |
| July 5 | Yesterday – A Tribute to The Beatles |
| July 6 | U.S. Women’s Open Golf |
| July 6 | The Gospel Praise Festival |
| July 6 | Benjy Davis Project & Tony Lucca |
| July 6 | Jeff Beck |
| July 6 | Sunset Rubdown |
| July 6 | Don Giovanni |
| July 6 | The Cowsills |
| July 6 | Feufollet |
| July 6 | The Proclaimers |
| July 6 | Bombadil |
