With January coming to a close, festival season is starting to kick off, starting with the Air and Style festival in Los Angeles, California. The festival, scheduled for the weekend of February 18th, is an annual event with three main points of interest; music, sports, and culture. Following Innsbruck, Austria and Beijing, China, Los Angeles is the third stop of the tour. Originally, the Air and Style event was just for a group of competing snowboarders, including two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White. However now it has become an annual, three-stop tour and festival featuring the snowboarding competitions as well as music performances and cultural events. The music lineup for the Los Angeles Air and Style show consists of nineteen different artists and performers, ranging from hip-hop to electronic dance music. Touching upon every attendees musical desires, the lineup features big-name performers such as Flume, Vince Staples, Major Lazer, YG, and even Atmosphere. Though the festival is only around $150 for two day passes, it could be more money-conscious to only attend one day. Thankfully for us concert-lovers on a budget, the lineup has already been split into Saturday and Sunday schedules so to make the decision of which day to attend easier on us.

On Saturday, February 19th performers include Flume, Chromeo, Atmosphere, Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, St. Lucia, The Shelters, Phantoms, and RKCB. And on Sunday, February 20th performers include Major Lazer, Zhu, YG, TV on the Radio, Russ, Louis the Child, Marian Hill, Xylo, Powers, and 070 Shake. Unfortunately for my bank account, I am not able to choose between the two days. The balance of amazing performers and experimental sounds for each day is too even for a decision to be made. With Vince Staples and Vic Mensa fighting YG for the hip-hop title and Flume fighting Zhu and Louis the Child for the electronic title it is just too difficult to choose one day over the other. This lineup touches upon so many different sounds, even if only targeting a few genres, you are bound to find more than just one sound that sparks your interest with this well-balanced festival.

Whether you are looking to groove, chill, or get down Air and Style Los Angeles will have a place for you in the crowd. If offered the chance to attend this show, take it; this will be an event for the books.