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Hangout Expands and Returns with The Black Keys, OutKast and Many Other Top Tier Artists

Words by Matthew McGuire

The 5th Annual Hangout Music Festival is set for this May 15-18 with a kickoff party happening on Thursday, May 15. It will be the first year the festival goes four days, and we have all the buzz on multiple day event. Kickoff your festival experience with our Soundcloud playlist featuring 2014 artists.

Hangout Fest Soundcloud 2014 Playlist

2014 Artist Lineup

Link up and connect with your favorite artists performing at the festival this year. The stacked lineup including: The Black Keys, The Killers, OutKast, Jack Johnson, Queens of the Stone Age, Pretty Lights, The Avett Brothers, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, STS9, Wiz Khalifa, ZEDD, Childish Gambino, Amos Lee, Conor Oberst, Tegan and Sara, Portugal. The Man, Fitz and the Tantrums, Capital Cities, NEEDTOBREATH, Boys Noize, BLODDY BEETROOTS, Ingrid Michaelson, Blackberry Smoke, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Bastille, Chance the Rapper, SOJA, Allen Stone, The 1975, ALO, Claude Vonstroke, Los Lobos, Andrew W. K., Black Lips, Moon Taxi, Little Green Cars, Tom Odell, Balkan Beat Box, Valerie June, Brodinski, Wild Belle, Rac, Daedelus, Robert Delong, heRobust, Rogldgrn, Shakey Graves, Bronze Radio Return, Wild Cub, Leif, Reignwolf, Gemini Club, The Wans, Diarrhea Planet, Bad Suns, Desert Noises, John and Jacob, Ethan Tucker, Mystery Skulls, The Lonely Biscuits, Los Colognes, Bagheera, Dugas, and a Thursday kickoff party with Girl Talk, Iron and Wine, Wolfmother, Danny Brown, Dumpstaphunk, Bonobo and the Bombay Bicycle Club.

We plan on returning to the beach this year, and we want to see you there. Stay tuned for additional preview coverage as we get closer to the big event in May. Look back at our 2013 coverage, and watch live videos from the festival on YouTube.