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band that— this is just my opinion; I don’ t know if this is true— but... they play so many of the big festivals around us where they can’ t get out of the radius clause, so it’ s finally our turn,” added Finley.“ For me, I think it’ s like,‘ Okay, they’ re headlining our festival,’ whereas some of these bigger ones, they might be on the second line or not the headliner.”
Among those bigger festivals at which Trampled by Turtles has performed are Coachella, Lollapalooza, and ACL Fest. They’ ve also toured with the likes of Wilco, Zach Bryan, and MMF alumni Willie Nelson and the Avett Brothers. Their most recent album,
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Alpenglow, was produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and 2025 launched with the band’ s captivating cover of Bon Iver’ s“ From Emma,” featuring Caamp’ s Taylor Meier on lead vocals.
“ They will be one of the best shows that our stage has ever seen,” said Finley.“ It’ s just so true to the name of our festival... They are all masters at their individual instruments.... The mandolin player will make you cry. It is so beautiful, it will make you cry.”
On the topic of master musicians, MMF is once again bringing back its popular“ Classical Night” element this year, after reviving it in 2023 and 2024 following a long
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