Hopscotch Festival 2012

September 6-8, 2012

Raleigh, NC

The Scene
Hopscotch Music Festival returns to downtown Raleigh! With more than 450 bands performing to a crowd of 60,000 fans, Hopscotch is the perfect weekend getaway for music lovers in the fall.

Festival Poster
2012 Artist Lineup
Built To Spill
Death Grips
The Roots
Zola Jesus
  • Airstrip (Carrboro, N.C.)
  • Altar of Plagues (Cork, Ireland)
  • Altos (Milwaukee, Wis.)
  • Alvarius B. (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Amen Dunes (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun (Berlin, Germany / Durham, N.C.)
  • Azure Ray (Omaha, Neb,)
  • Balam Acab (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
  • Baobab (Durham, N.C.)
  • Baroness (Savannah, Ga./Philadelphia, Penn.)
  • Beat Report (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Big Troubles (Ridgewood, N.J.)
  • Bill Orcutt (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Bio Ritmo (Richmond, Va.)
  • BIrds of Avalon (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Black Skies (Carrboro, N.C.)
  • Black Tusk (Savannah, Ga.)
  • Boy Friend (Austin, Texas)
  • Built to Spill (Boise, Idaho)
  • Burglar Fucker (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
  • Calico Haunts (Durham, N.C.)
  • Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan (Durham, N.C.)
  • Carlos Giffoni (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Charles Latham (Durham, N.C.)
  • Charlie Parr (Duluth, Minn.)
  • Cheater Slicks (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Chelsea Crowell (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Chris Corsano (Rochester, N.Y.)
  • Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp (Philadelphia, Penn.)
  • Chuck Johnson (Oakland, Calif.)
  • Cities Aviv (Memphis, Tenn.)
  • Class Actress (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Co La (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Colin Stetson (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  • Corrosion of Conformity (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Curtis Eller (Durham, N.C.)
  • Damien Jurado (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Dan Deacon (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Danny Brown (Detroit, Mich.)
  • Dead in the Dirt (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Deerhoof (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Delicate Steve (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Doldrums (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  • Donovan Quinn (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Dope Body (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Drique London (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Ducktails (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Elephant Micah (Bloomington, Ind.)
  • Escort (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Exitmusic (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Feltbattery (Hillsborough, N.C.)
  • Field Report (Milwaukee, Wis.)
  • Flesh Wounds (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Flosstradamus (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Free Electric State (Durham, N.C.)
  • Frustrations (Detroit, Mich.)
  • G-Side (Huntsville, Ala.)
  • Glenn Jones (Boston, Mass.)
  • Grohg (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Gross Ghost (Carrboro, N.C.)
  • Guardian Alien (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Guinea Worms (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Hacienda (San Antonio, Texas)
  • Heads On Sticks (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Hiss Golden Messenger (Durham, N.C.)
  • Holograms (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Hubble (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Hume (Washington, D.C.)
  • Hundred Waters (Gainesville, Fla.)
  • Ital (Washington, D.C.)
  • J Kutchma and the 5 Fifths (Durham, N.C.)
  • J. Roddy Walston and The Business (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Jacaszek (Gdansk, Poland)
  • Jackie Chain (Huntsville, Ala.)
  • Jane Jane Pollock (Thomasville, Ga.)
  • Jenny Besetzt (Greensboro, N.C.)
  • JOINT D (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Jon Mueller’s Death Blues (Milwaukee, Wis.)
  • Julia Holter (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Kenny Roby (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Kevin Drumm (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Killer Mike (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Lambchop (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Laurel Halo (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Lazy Janes (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Left Outlet (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Liars (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Lilac Shadows (Durham, N.C.)
  • Little Hollow (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Lizzy Ross Band (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Mac McCaughan (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • MAKE (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Mark Holland (Pittsboro, N.C.)
  • Mark McGuire (Cleveland, Ohio)
  • Matthew E. White (Richmond, Va.)
  • Midtown Dickens (Durham, N.C.)
  • Minor Stars (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Mirel Wagner (Espoo, Finland)
  • My Best Fiend (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Nails (La Palma, Calif.)
  • Naked Gods (Boone, N.C.)
  • Nerves Junior (Louisville, Ky.)
  • Nests (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Nick Catchdubs (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • No BS! Brass Band (Richmond, Va.)
  • NOBUNNY (Oakland, Calif.)
  • Odonis Odonis (Toronto, Canada)
  • Oneida (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Oren Ambarchi (Sydney, Australia)
  • Paint Fumes (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Pallbearer (Little Rock, Ark.)
  • Papa M (David Pajo) (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Phil Cook & His Feat (Durham, N.C.)
  • Pipe (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Pop. 1280 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Quiet Evenings (LaGrange, Ga.)
  • Roman Candle (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Roomrunner (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Samantha Crain (Shawnee, Okla.)
  • Savage Knights (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Say Brother (Columbia, S.C.)
  • Screaming Females (New Brunswick, N.J.)
  • Secret Cities (Fargo, N.D.)
  • Secret Mountains (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Shark Quest (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Shirlette & The Dynamite Brothers (Durham, N.C.)
  • Shovels & Rope (Charleston, S.C.)
  • Silver Swans (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Sinful Savage Tigers (Chapel Hill/ Durham, N.C.)
  • Sister Crayon (Sacramento, Calif.)
  • Some Army (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • STAG (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Starlings, TN (Austin, Texas)
  • Sunn O))) (Paris, France/Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Sutekh Hexen (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • T0W3RS (Carrboro, N.C.)
  • Tenement (Appleton, Wis.)
  • The Atlas Moth (Chicago, Ill.)
  • The Band In Heaven (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
  • The Beast (Durham, N.C.)
  • The Bronzed Chorus (Greensboro, N.C.)
  • The dB’s (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • The Future Kings Of Nowhere (Durham, N.C.)
  • The Hot at Nights (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain (Glasgow, Scotland)
  • The Mountain Goats (Durham, N.C.)
  • The Roots (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • The Spits (Seattle, Wash.)
  • The Toddlers (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • The Weather Station (Toronto, Cananda)
  • Thee Oh Sees (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Tom Maxwell (Pittsboro, N.C.)
  • Tomas Phillips and Craig Hilton (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Toon and The Real Laww (Durham, N.C.)
  • Valient Thorr (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • Vattnet Viskar (Plaistow, N.H.)
  • Versus (New York City, N.Y.)
  • Whatever Brains (Raleigh, N.C.)
  • White Hills (New York City, N.Y.)
  • Wood Ear (Durham, N.C.)
  • Work Clothes (Carrboro, N.C.)
  • Wowser Bowser (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Wye Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Wylie Hunter and the Cazadores (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
  • Yo La Tengo (Hoboken, N.J.)
  • Young And In The Way (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Young Magic (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
  • Zack Mexico (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)
  • Zammuto (Readsboro, Vt.)
  • Zeus (Toronto, Cananda)
  • Zola Jesus (Los Angeles, Calif.)