Dave Rat, sound consultant and founder of Rat Sound Systems that provides sound for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, at the Sahara stage on April 14. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) ...

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival has always thrived on the idea that a music festival can feel less like a product and more like a carefully curated weekend spent inside someone else’s record collection.

In the heart of California's desert landscape, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has already transformed its first April weekend into a celebration of sound, art, and culture unlike any other.

When the Breakaway Music Festival rolled into the lots just outside Allianz Field last year, window-rattling dance music and F-bombs from the mic followed, with noise carrying for miles away.

CRISFIELD, MD – A Somerset County music festival is making a comeback with the Tangier Sound Music Festival set to return to the city of Crisfield on May 24. The original iteration of the festival ran ...

Sound Unseen Film and Music Festival is coming to the Minneapolis Parkway Theater and Cloudland in November, showcasing documentaries, short films and music videos. Director of Sound Unseen Jim ...

A new festival is coming to Dallas this Labor Day weekend. The lineup includes singer-songwriters from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, who will join for a day of camaraderie, music, food and an ...

SLFS hosts Sing with Maria, a festive Sound of Music sing-along event. Salt Lake Film Society invites audiences to Sing with Maria, a holiday sing-along screening of The Sound of Music. Maddie Jones ...

On a hill overlooking the early evening landscape of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Dave Rat is listening closely. Rat is the festival’s longtime sound engineer and system ...