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Lightning in a Bottle makes return to Buena Vista Lake in 2024 with Skrillex, Labrinth, Lane 8, James Blake & M.I.A. aboard for 21st year

Lightning in a Bottle //
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area – Bakersfield, CA
May 22nd-27th, 2024 //

Boom!

Following last week’s announcements that saw BottleRock, Coachella and BeachLife Festival reveal their 2024 plans, the dominoes continue to fall across California’s music festival landscape on a rainy day in January.

Just hours after Goldenvoice told us who will be playing Just Like Heaven in May, Lightning in a Bottle has become the latest music festival in the Golden State to release its lineup for 2024.

North America’s original boutique festival will once again call Buena Vista Lake home this year after a 2023 edition led by REZZ, SOFI TUKKER and ZHU, and this time LA-based promoter and production company Do LaB has secured another star-laden roster for the 21st year of its signature event.

HEAR THE RUMBLE 🔊 Passes on sale this Wednesday at 10am PT!

Register for passes now at 🚨 https://t.co/RTzhF5fmj6 pic.twitter.com/qRAwPd25R0

— Lightning in a Bottle (@LIBfestival) January 22, 2024

Skrillex, Labrinth, Lane 8, James Blake and M.I.A. will lead the way over Memorial Day weekend while the undercard offers its own share of highlights, including ISOxo, Tipper, Fatboy Slim, CloZee, Nora En Pure, Bob Moses (Club Set), Cannons, Bomba Estéreo, Honey Dijon, Damian Lazarus, Mura Masa, Of The Trees and Floating Points. Plus, a dubstep set by Skream and sunset set by Tycho are a couple of other performances that piqued our interest at first glance. Check out the poster above to see who else has been booked to perform.

LIB has always been a great way to cure those Coachella blues just a month after leaving the desert, and we have certainly seen plenty of artists cross over from one to the other over the past decade — Skrillex and Labrinth, for instance, both performed in Indio last year. But the “transformational” festival has always attempted to be more than just “Coachella Light” by promoting the ideals of sustainability, social cohesion, personal health and creative expression through art, yoga, workshops and speakers, even if it hasn’t felt as such in previous years.

GA passes to LIB 2024 can be purchased here for $349 (three-day) and $419 (five-day), with VIP tickets up to $649 (three-day) and $779 (five-day), beginning this Wednesday, January 24th at 10 a.m. PT. Car camping and RV passes, group campsites, bed tents and family camp passes are also available, along with hotel packages for the first time that feature special rates from the fest’s local partners.

Thinking about going? Take a look at our past coverage of LIB here.

UPDATE (May 8th): We are just two weeks away, and LIB has revealed daily lineups with Honey Dijon leading Thursday’s abbreviated bill, Lane 8 and Blake sitting on Friday’s top line, Labrinth headlining on Saturday, and Skrillex plus M.I.A. closing things out Sunday. See the poster above for more details.

Lightning in a Bottle’s 2020 roster has Kaytranada, Sylvan Esso, GRiZ & Purity Ring leading the pack

Lightning in a Bottle //
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area – Bakersfield, CA
May 20th-25th, 2020 //

Lightning in a Bottle is back on schedule.

After a longer-than-expected wait last year to release its 2019 lineup due to new dates and a new location in Kern County, the “transformational festival” has already unleashed its 2020 roster with Kaytranada, Sylvan Esso, GRiZ and Purity Ring topping the bill.

Other noteworthy acts on the initial lineup for the fest’s 17th installment include James Blake (DJ set), Four Tet, Amon Tobin (presents Two Fingers), Nina Kraviz, Big Wild, DJ Shadow, Bob Moses (club set), Jon Hopkins, Emancipator, Noisia, Stephan Bodzin, Doja Cat, Justin Martin, Keys N Krates (DJ set), Empress of, DROELOE and more.

UPDATE (February 13th): The Do LaB has announced the lineups for The Stacks and CTRL-Z stages at LIB 2020 that includes sets from Joe Kay, Justin Martin, Kraddy and more. Check out the posters above for both stages.

UPDATE (February 20th): The lineups for the Grand Artique and Compass stages have now also been announced with performances by Fantastic Negrito, Whiskerman and more slated at Buena Vista Lake. See the posters above for both stages.

LIB, which has been praised over the years as one of the nation’s premier boutique festivals, will also return to its traditional Memorial Day weekend slot when it takes over Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area for a second straight year this May. But for many West Coast music fans, it has become an excellent hangover cure shortly after Coachella’s both weekends end.

Four- and five-day passes to LIB, as well as the brand-new Patron Experience ticket, can be purchased here for $349, $419 and $999, respectively, with payment plans available. And as always, promoting the ideals of sustainability, social cohesion, personal health and creative expression through art, yoga, workshops and speakers will remain a defining portion of The Do LaB’s signature event.

We'll catch Lightning in a Bottle together again, soon ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/ETlYcdADLr

— Lightning in a Bottle (@LIBfestival) March 13, 2020

UPDATE (March 13th): Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Lightning in a Bottle will not take place May 20-25 at Buena Vista Lake, with no official word on rescheduled dates or refunds yet. LIB joins Coachella as another California music festival that has either postponed or canceled this week, shortly after South by Southwest and Ultra Music Festival pulled the plug on their own events. With the coronavirus rocking a lot of the world right now and in particular the live music industry, The Do LaB is uncertain if LIB will return in the near or distant future and that is certainly a sad thought to consider.

Take a peek at our past coverage of Lightning in a Bottle here.