2011 Carrboro Music Festival boasts over 180 bands on 25 stages

This Sunday, September 25, the annual Carrboro Music Festival will take over Carrboro, boasting a lineup of over 180 bands on 25 different stages around the town. Oh yeah, and it's free.

The venues reach from the Looking Glass Cafe to Jesse's Coffee and Bar. There will be tons of great bands across the stages including Luego, Fan Modine, Birds and Arrows, Brett Harris, Free Electric State, Lilac Shadows, The Tender Fruit, The Moaners, Billy Sugarfix's Carousel, Big Fat Gap, The Stars Explode, Le Weekend, Animal Alphabet and many, many more.

Check out the alphabetized full lineup below and check out stage schedule and map of the venues as a PDF file HERE. There is more information about the festival as a whole, HERE.

Hopscotch adds four new bands, loses two + schedule changes

With the Hopscotch Festival now less than a month away, there are a few shake ups happening in the lineup.

First, the bad news. The Lights Pines and Apex Manor are no longer playing the festival. The good news is, there have been four new bands added to the lineup, The Men, Fan Modine, Hospitality and Dreamers of the Ghetto (who will take The Light Pines slot opening for The Flaming Lips and Superchunk).

The lineup changes have led to some schedule changes, most notably, J Mascis being moved to the Fletcher Opera Theater. Check out the full schedule HERE to see if you need to alter your festival plans.