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Moogfest is a three-day electronic music festival that takes place in Asheville, North Carolina every year since 2010 towards the end of October. The festival is held in Asheville because it is the city where Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog Synthesizer and founding father of electronic music, spent the last thirty years of his life. It is said that Moogfest is put on to honor the creativity and inventiveness that Bob Moog had spread throughout the course of his life. Since Moogfest is an urban music festival, taking place in downtown Asheville, it spread out across multiple venues.

History

2010

Venues

Lineup

Friday, Oct. 29: MGMT, Big Boi, Girl Talk, Panda Bear, RJD2, El-P, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl), The Octopus Project, Kuroma

Saturday, Oct. 30: Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Jonsi, Caribou, Four Tet, Matmos, Dâm-Funk, School of Seven Bells, Jon Hopkins, Emeralds, Mountain Man

Sunday, Oct. 31: Pretty Lights, Hot Chip, Dan Deacon, Mimosa, Two Fresh, DJ Spooky

2011

Venues

Lineup

Friday, Oct. 28: Moby, TV on the Radio, Tangerine Dream, Chromeo, Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, Holy F**k, The Antlers, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Matthew Dear, Zomby, Beak>, Atlas Sound, The Field, Anika, Austra, John Maus, Lunzproject (Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Tim Story), Araabmuzik, Mimi Goes & Ben Neill, Warm Ghost, Causing A Tiger, Grimes, Shahzad Ismaily

Saturday, Oct. 29: Brian Eno “Illustrated Talk”, Terry and Gyan Riley, The Flaming Lips, STS9, Crystal Castles, Amon Tobin: ISAM, Suicide, Battles, Dan Deacon, SBTRKT, St. Vincent, The Naked & Famous, Kode9, Yacht, Adrian Belew Power Trio, Twin Shadow, Brandt Brauer Frick, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Tim Hecker, The Stickmen, CANT, Oneohtrix Point Never, Cloudland Canyon, Marley Carroll, Wham City Comedy Tour, Moon Duo, Fine Peduncle

Sunday, Oct. 30: Passion Pit, Umphrey’s McGee, M83, Special Disco Version featuring James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, Ghostland Observatory, Childish Gambino, Neon Indian, Beats Antique, Glasser, Toro Y Moi, EOTO, The Drums, Gold Panda, Savoy, Emancipator, Baths, Fareed Haque + Mathgames, Ford & Lopatin, Active Child

References

http://www.moogfoundation.org/2011/moogfests-daily-lineup-expanded-venues-and-more/ http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/article-13015-moogfest-2011-looking-forward-reaching-back.html http://stereogum.com/466501/moogfest-2010-lineup/news/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moog http://headstash.com/news-nugs/festivals/1244-headstashs-moogfest-preview-guide http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/08/10/moogfest-2010-lineup-announced/