Today, concert promotion giant Goldenvoice announced a new festival, Arroyo Seco Weekend, set to take place in Pasadena, California on June 24th and 25th. The festival will boast three stages stacked with performances by talented rock, soul, jazz, funk and blues acts including Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Meters, Mumford & Sons, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Presercation Hall Jazz Band, Fitz & the Tantrums, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Galactic, The Revivalists, Lettuce, John Mayall, Alabama Shakes, The Shins, Weezer, and many more.Targeted toward older fans with families, Arroyo Seco Weekend will offer a kid-friendly area presented by Kidspace Children’s Museum, art installations and a roster of food and drink vendors that will include some of the city’s most respected chefs and craft breweries. The new event follows the trend the company began with Desert Trip last year, catering events to music fans with money to spend on more luxurious concert experiences.According to Goldenvoice CEO Paul Tollett in the Los Angeles Times, “Grown-ups can go to festivals, and it turns out there’s a market for it. We’ve all as promoters had to step up the game because the older you get, the luxuries become necessities, but Desert Trip proved that there’s definitely support out there.” He added: “[Arroyo Seco Weekend] is more like, ‘You’re a dad and you want to bring your kids to this.’ It’s not really for the 13-year-old kids who are begging their parents to go. It’s the opposite. It’s like, ‘Dude, you’ve gotta come to this with me. This is going to be our first festival together.’”For tickets and further information, head to the festival’s website.[via Los Angeles Times] read more

For a third time in a row, Bayelsa Queens are through to the last four of the AITEO Cup. This was after seeing off Nasarawa Amazons 4-2 on penalties in Lafia on Saturday.Bayelsa Queens held a slim 1-0 advantage from the first leg which was played on Wednesday but Amarachi Okoronkwo restored parity for Nasarawa Amazons in the 55th minute of the return leg.With the match ending 1-1 on aggregate, penalty shootout was needed to separate both sides and Bayelsa Queens, who were runners-up in 2015 and 2016, happened to be the survivors.The last time Bayelsa Queens failed to reach the last four was in 2014 when they were beaten 2-1 by Rivers Angels in the quarter-finals.In Lokoja, coach Ann Chiejine’s Abia Angels came from two goals down to shock Confluence Queens 2-2 in a dramatic encounter.Courtesy of goals from Ozuluchi Amaewhule and Ifeoma Polinus, Confluence Queens already looked like they were cruising to the semi-finals of the AITEO Cup but their visitors changed the game in the last ten minutes.Following their 1-0 victory in Umuahia on Wednesday, Abia Angels have advanced 3-2 on aggregate.Meanwhile, there was a less dramatic draw in Calabar as Pelican Stars and Ibom Angels could not find the back of the net.Nonetheless Ibom Angels had little to worry about as they had already done their homework on Wednesday by beating their opponents 1-0 in the first leg.Either Rivers Angels or Edo Queens would complete the semi-finals line-up on Sunday when they face off at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.The first leg ended goalless with Edo Queens receiving lots of praise for being able to mute the ‘almighty’ Rivers Angels who are also the defending champions.AITEO Cup semi-finals fixturesBayelsa Queens vs Rivers Angels/Edo QueensIbom Angels vs Abia AngelsRelated read more