North Coast Music Festival launched in 2010 with a lineup mixing jam, rap, and dance, which Miles Raymer accurately described it as "a hippie hip-hop rave." The musical scope of the Labor Day weekend bash has broadened in the years since it launched—last year's lineup included chintzy indie-rockers Passion Pit, bluesman Gary Clark Jr., and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band—but it remains a party centric affair.
North Coast turns five this year, and it'll be back in Union Park from August 29 through August 31.…
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