Goldenvoice is bringing back This Ain’t No Picnic Festival for summer 2022. The two-day event will take place August 27 and 28 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Headlining the festival are the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem. Also on the bill are Le Tigre, playing a reunion show.
This Ain’t No Picnic Festival 2022 will also feature Earl Sweatshirt, Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Polachek, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ethel Cain, Four Tet with Floating Points, Yves Tumor, Wet Leg, Beach House, and others. Find a poster for the event below.
The first This Ain’t No Picnic took place in 1999 at California’s Oak Canyon Ranch. The festival featured Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Guided by Voices, Will Oldham, and others. The 2000 This Ain’t No Picnic showcased Beck, Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, At the Drive-In, Modest Mouse, and more. After a hiatus, This Ain’t No Picnic returned in 2002 with headliners Guided by Voices, Jimmy Eat World, and the Donnas.
Le Tigre reunited in 2016 for the song “I’m With Her.” Revisit “Le Tigre on How a Tampon Jingle Became Their Hillary Anthem ‘I’m With Her’” on the Pitch.
