Electric Forest 2012 To Feature The String Cheese Incident, STS9, Bassnectar, and More!

The Electric Forest Festival has announced the initial line-up for this summer’s festival which will take place from June 28th – July 1st in Rothbury, Michigan at the beloved Double JJ Ranch.  The stacked line-up features The String Cheese Incident (3 performances), Bassnectar, STS9 (2 performances), Thievery Corporation, Girl Talk, Santigold, Steve Aoki, Ghostland Observatory, Richie Hawtin, Major Lazer, Big Gigantic, The Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams and many more. Electric Forest also introduces Curated Events with ESL Music, Dim Mak, Check Yo Ponytail and Paxahau. Complete initial line-up below.

Named among Paste Magazine’s 2011 list of “Top 10 Most Intriguing Inaugural Music Festivals,” last year’s Electric Forest helped propel the U.S. festival scene into a brave new era of music and camping festivals – offering incomparable VIP experiences, unique festival site features and amenities with astonishing and unparalleled integration of music and art.

Tickets start at $229 for the weekend and are available here.

Electric Forest Initial Line-Up

The String Cheese Incident (3 Shows)
Bassnectar
STS9 (2 Shows)
Thievery Corporation
Girl Talk
Santigold
Steve Aoki
Ghostland Observatory
Richie Hawtin
Wolfgang Gartner
Major Lazer
The Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams
Dada Life
Big Gigantic
Datsik
Zeds Dead
Rob Garza (Of Thievery Corporation)
12th Planet
Borgore
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Midnite
MiMosa
EOTO
Das Racist
Reggie Watts
Paper Diamond
Felix Cartal
Gary Clark Jr.
Balkan Beat Box
Big Freedia
Nit GriT
The Infamous Stringdusters
Nickodemus
Chali 2na & the House of Vibe
Alvin Risk
The Soul Rebels
See-I
Glass Candy
Battles
Gramatik
Elephant Revival
Ursula 1000
Minnesota
Nobody Beats The Drum
Congo Sanchez
Fruit Bats
The M Machine
Chromatics
Pictureplane
AutoErotique
Nathaniel Rateliff
Adventure Club
Afrolicious
Virtual Boy
The Funk Ark
Franki Chan
Brothers Past
Crizzly
HOTTUB
Zoogma
Cherub
Frank Mitchell Jr.
The Knocks
Vau de Vire Society
Morning Teleportation
DrFameus
Robert Rich
Quixotic
Chuck Flask & Keith Kemp
DJ SOLO
Ataxia
The Crane Wives
Secrets
WALA
Human Agency