Festival Hub: AURA Festival

The Scene: Since its inception in 2010, AURA Music & Arts Festival has stayed true to its mission of showcasing the best regional and national touring bands in the underground jam community and live-electronic scene, building an event that brings fans together for a magical weekend of music, family and good times! Treating festivalgoers to a variety of musical styles ranging from rock, funk and jazz to roots reggae, jam-tronica and deep house, the vibe at AURA is unlike any other festival, creating a community of music, arts, culture and togetherness.

AURA Festival 2016: March 3-5, 2016
  • Alo
  • Aqueous
  • Backup Planet
  • Bedside
  • Ben Sparaco Band
  • Bright Light Social Hour
  • Broccoli Samurai
  • CBDB
  • Crazy Fingers
  • Dank
  • Displace
  • Fat Mannequin
  • Fusik
  • Garrin Benfield
  • Greenhouse Lounge
  • Holly Bowling
  • Jennifer Hartswick
  • Jimkata
  • Lather Up!
  • Lucky Costello
  • Mike Dillon Band
  • Natalie Cressman
  • Nunchuck
  • Particle
  • Pigeons Playing Ping pong
  • Pink Talking Fish
  • Roar!
  • Snarky Puppy
  • The Disco Biscuits
  • The Fritz
  • The heavy Pets Tribute to the 80’s
  • The Main Squeeze
  • The NEw Deal
  • The Resolvers
  • The Werks
  • Thievery Corportation
  • Third Nature
  • Tom Hamilton’s American Babies
  • Turkuaz
AURA Festival 2015: March 6-8, 2015
  • American Babies
  • Artists at large: The Shady Horns
  • Consider the Source
  • Cosby Sweater
  • Dopapod
  • Fusik
  • Ghost Owl
  • Jimkata
  • Ketchy Shuby
  • Kung Fu
  • McLovins
  • moe. (two sets)
  • Papadosio (two nights)
  • Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
  • RAQ
  • Snarky Puppy
  • Stinky Pockets
  • The Disco Biscuits (two sets)
  • The Main Squeeze x2 including a very special Tribute to Michael Jackson
  • The Mantras
  • The Mike Dillon Band
  • Uproot Hootenanny
AURA Festival 2014: February 14-16, 2014
  • Brock Butler
  • Catfish Alliance
  • Conspirator
  • COPE
  • Displace
  • Dopapod x2
  • Earphunk
  • Fat Mannequin
  • Future Rock
  • Jimkata
  • Juno What?!
  • Kung Fu x2
  • Lather Up!
  • Lotus (two nights)
  • Lucky Costello
  • Marco Benevento
  • Mike Dillon Band
  • Papadosio (two nights)
  • Particle
  • Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
  • Polyester Pimpstrap
  • Spontaneous Underground
  • Start Making Sense:  A Tribute to The Talking Heads
  • Stokeswood x2 (including A Tribute to Hall & Oates)
  • Superhuman Happiness
  • The Heavy Pets
  • The Resolvers
  • The Revivalists
  • The Werks x2
  • Twiddle
  • Zoogma
AURA Festival 2013: February 15-17, 2013
  • BREAK SCIENCE
  • BROCK BUTLER SOLO
  • CONSIDER THE SOURCE (x2)
  • CONSPIRATOR (X2)
  • DOPAPOD (X2)
  • DRFAMEUS
  • FORMER CHAMPIONS
  • GREENHOUSE LOUNGE
  • KUNG FU (X2)
  • LINGO
  • NEWTON CROSBY
  • PAPADOSIO (X2)
  • PERPETUAL GROOVE (X2)
  • RAQ
  • STOKESWOOD
  • THE HEAVY PETS (X2)
  • THE LEE BOYS
  • THE MAIN SQUEEZE
  • THE MCLOVINS
  • THE RESOLVERS
  • YO MAMA’S BIG FAT BOOTY BAND
AURA Festival 2012: March 9-11, 2012
  • Papadosio
  • Brothers Past
  • The Heavy Pets
  • Zoogma
  • The Malah
  • Dopapod
  • Kung Fu
  • COPE
  • Damn Right!
  • The Werks
  • Brother Bean
  • Aquaphonics
  • UV Hippo
  • Former Champions
  • BANG BANG
  • The Mantras
  • FLT RSK
  • EP3
  • FUSIK
  • Ketchy Shuby
  • Newton Crosby
  • J2K
  • Saltwater Grass
  • The Resolvers
  • Third Nature
  • BioDiesel
  • Nick Noyes
  • The Fritz
  • Artofficial
  • Green Sunshine
  • ELEPHANTGUN
  • The Short Straw Pickers
  • Marc Paper Scissor & Friends
  • SOSOS
  • The Funky Nuggets
  • Craig Heneveld
  • Psychedelphia
  • Ancient Intelligence
  • SOUNDUO
  • Sonic Spank
  • Spontaneous Underground
  • The Merry Franksterz
  • El Groundscoro & Friends