Spring Awakening Music Festival Releases Lineup + New Location

SAMF press, Spring Awakening — Image Credit : Shea Flynn ‘Da Black Swan’

Well, it’s been a long time coming, but React Presents is finally happy to present the full lineup for the 2016 rendition of Spring Awakening Music Festival and let me be the first to tell you that it was well worth the wait.

Huge name acts like The Chainsmokers, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Dada Life, Deadmau5, Zeds Dead, Madeon, Gramatik and Jai Wolf are all in on the festivities… and that’s only a few names on this massive lineup. SAMF will once again hold curated stages such as The Bass Kitchen, The Trance Arena and The Birdhouse (Hosted by Dirtybird records).

Along with the lineup release, we have the announcement of the new location. A few months ago it was officially announced that SAMF would be changing locations due to scheduling conflicts with another event in the community. Spring Awakening 2016 will now officially be held in University Village/Little Italy. It’s going to be a blast – I can tell you that.

“The process of orchestrating a festival of this size within the city of Chicago is staggering. We care very much about the communities in which we look to hold these events, and work closely with city officials to ensure that they run smoothly. Therefore, this required us to reassess Spring Awakening’s location to find something that’s a better fit. We worked very hard to find a new home for Spring Awakening in a very short amount of time, and would like to thank our fans for their patience and unconditional support.” — Jeff Callahan, SAMF Founder