Exclusive: Hard Festival lineup to make for some hard choices

Steve Aoki or N.E.R.D.? DJ A-Trak or MSTRKRFT? Kid Sister or Danny Masterson?

Those and other weighty questions (OK, so two of them were difficult, anyway) face attendees at the inaugural Hard Summer Music Festival, scheduled for July 19. An exclusive preview of the event's two-stage lineup reveals some interesting head-to-head match-ups. One stage will be erected outside the Shrine Auditorium in downtown L.A.; the other will be indoors. The all-ages event -- staged by the same folks who put on the Hard New Year's Eve fest in downtown L.A. -- will feature ambitious visuals and demonstrations from street skater Terry Kennedy and friends.

Capacity is 7,500 and ticket sales are said to be brisk.

After the jump, the schedule for Hard:

Main Stage

9 p.m.: DJ Squeak E. Clean
9:50 p.m.: Kid Sister
10:40 p.m.: Spank Rock
Midnight: N.E.R.D.
1:10 a.m.: MSTRKRFT
2:40 a.m.: The Bloody Beetroots
3:40 a.m.: Destructo

Indoor Stage

9 p.m.: Mr. White
9:40 p.m.: DJ Momjeans (Danny Masterson)
10:10 p.m.: Jason Bentley
11 p.m.: LA Riots
Midnight: Steve Aoki
1 a.m.: DJ A-Trak
2:30 a.m.: Miles Dyson
3:10 a.m.: Kill the Noise

-- Kevin Bronson

Photo courtesy of MSTRKRFT

Comments

[Jordan Catalano]

"Weighty" choices? Please. Everything good will be happening outside. Anyone that picks Steve Aoki over NERD is an idiot. Same w/Danny Masterson over Kid Sister.

[someh!pster]

AOKI OVER NERD.
NERD SUCKS..
MSTRKRFT OVER A-Trak
..and MOM JEANS OVER KID SISTER.

[Tom]

"Due to recording commitments, Kid Sister has regretfully cancelled several performances, including the HARD Summer Music Festival. She hopes to make it up to her fans and reschedule a performance in Los Angeles in fall." from hardfest.com

[chuck]

Who the hell is kid sister anyways and why would anyone care that she cancelled. It just drops any cred she had before this show. Imagine getting to play on the same stage as Spank Rock, N.E.R.D., and Mastercraft! This show will b sick.