Suwannee Hulaween has revealed alternative indie-rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise as the festival’s secret headliner ahead of the festival’s tenth anniversary celebration edition.
Hulaween is returning once again to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida from Thursday, October 26 – Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Hulaween is one of the last truly-independent, large-scale music festivals thriving amongst today’s corporatized concert landscape, and after selling out its last five editions (and already almost 80% sold out for this year’s event), the festival is commemorating a decade of success with its most impressive lineup yet.
This year’s Hulaween is one of the very few places that fans will be able to see electro-soul pioneer Pretty Lights, who is headlining the festival following a five-year music hiatus. His exclusive East Coast festival set at Hulaween promises to showcase vibrant, bass-fueled sounds to the festival’s feverish audience.
Other headliners include Hulaween founders The String Cheese Incident, Phish-offshoot Trey Anastasio Band, critically-acclaimed indie-jam five piece Goose, Hulaween staple Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (2 sets), tech-house maestro John Summit, five-piece indie rock band Mt. Joy, producer polymath Big Wild, neo-soul rapper Smino, GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist/producer Elderbrook, revered house producer/vocalist Channel Tres, the Hulaween debut of Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, and legendary roots-rock outfit Dispatch.
Hulaween has also announced that Rainbow Kitten Surprise bassist/vocalist Charlie Holt will be doing an individual DJ set (as Harleigh Colt), as will The String Cheese Incident percussionist Jason Hann (as The League Of Sound Disciples).
Additionally, Hulwaeen 2023 will also feature sets from the other The String Cheese Incident side projects (including Bill & Jilian Nershi ft. Jason Hann, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, and Snakes & Stars) to go along with the full band’s 6 total sets across the festival.
The festival will also feature support performances from Lettuce, BLOND:ISH, Eprom, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Gioli & Assia, Altin Gün, ISOxo, Moore Kismet, Blu DeTiger, Manic Focus, Lab Group, Yung Bae, and many more.
The Hulaween 2023 lineup is brimming with more than 90 acts that cover all corners of the dance floor. Over the course of the past decade, Hulaween has hosted a plethora of genre-crossing artists the Spirit of the Suwannee’s idyllic grounds, which serves as perfect setting for attendees to fully immerse themselves in Florida’s lush, enchanting nature.
Hulaween’s Spirit Lake is heralded as one of the leading immersive art experiences across American festivals, brimming with talented sculptors, fire/metal workers, painters, thespians, and lighting designers. Attendees can revel in lakefront projection mapping, hypnotizing light shows, interactive installations, and both visual and performance art, catch performances at Spirit Lake’s two stages, and groove into sunrise at the Silent Disco.
SUWANNEE HULAWEEN LINEUP
HEADLINERS
The String Cheese Incident
Pretty Lights
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Trey Anastasio Band
Goose
John Summit
Mt. Joy
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead
Big Wild
Smino
Elderbrook
Channel Tres (DJj set)
Les Claypool’s
Dispatch
SUPPORT (A-Z)
Altin Gun
Apashe (Live w/ith Brass Ensemble)
Blond:ish
Blu DeTiger
Boogie T
Champagne Drip
DOMI & JD Beck
Eprom
Giolì & Assia
Inzo
ISOxo
Joshwa
Lab Group
Lettuce
Manic Focus
Memba
Moore Kismet
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
SoDown
The Dip
Yung Bae
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT (A-Z)
Couch
Eddie Roberts and the Lucky Strokes
Ghost Note
Jennifer Hartswick Band
Khiva
Kitchen Dwellers
Kyle Hollingsworth Band
lespecial
Lucati
Marvel Years
Melt
MZG
Bill & Jillian Nershi ft. Jason Hann
NotLö
Roosevelt Collier Band
The Nth Power presents JeNth Power
Trousdale
QRTR
Veil
FINAL SUPPORT (A – Z)
AK Renny
Austen Van Der Bleek
Austeria
Bad Snacks
Cadillac Jones
Canvas
Chachuba
Harleigh Colt
CHYL
Cope
Cosmic Collective
Electric Kif
Empire Strikes Brass
Erez
Erin & The Wildfire
Fernando Rosa
Free Range Strange
Funk You
GoldenEra
League Of Sound Disciples
Jason Leech
Jon Stickley Trio
Kendall Street Company
Maria También
Matcha
MiniM
Orange Constant
Ramona & the RIOT
Rohan Solo
Sailor Jane & The Apricators
Snakes & Stars
Sneezy
Steeln’ Peaches
Stick & Ditty
Tand
The Jauntee
Tru Phonic
Universal Funk Orchestra
Underground Springhouse
Vicky B
Yam Yam
