Girl Talk will headline two-day Escape Music Festival this weekend on Governors Island (photo by PaulSobota.com)
Governors Beach Club, Governors Island
October 11-12, one-day pass $65 (VIP $155), two-day pass $109 (VIP $259), 12 noon – 12 midnight
www.escapemusicfest.com
Originally scheduled for Pier 9 in Brooklyn, the inaugural Escape Music Festival, two days of electronic and indie music and interactive art projects, has been moved to Governors Beach Club on Governors Island. The festival, taking place October 11-12, will feature two stages, with performances by Girl Talk, Placebo, Yeasayer, Mayer Hawthorne, the Joy Formidable, the Crystal Method, Ra Ra Riot, Tesla Boy, and others, along with DJ sets by Moby, STRFKR, Neon Indian, and Plastic Plates & Sam Sparro, curated by Brooklyn’s the Most Definitely and San Francisco’s Beautiful Buzzz. On Sunday, Elrow Ibiza will present Alan Fitzpatrick, Boris, Miss Kittin, Sebastien Leger, Technasia, Sleepy & Boo, Alex English, and more. In addition, such food trucks as La Sonrisa Empanada, Mightyballs, the Poffertjes Man, Chutney, Dos Toros, Manila Girl, Sunday Gravy, Two Table Spoon, Redhook Lobster Pound, and Beekman Burgers will be selling eats. The festival is open to eighteen and over only; 1.5% of ticket sales will go to local nonprofit organizations. Be sure to read the long list of what not to bring, which includes picnic baskets, chain wallets, large backpacks, umbrellas, hard-sided coolers, and tripods.