I read an interesting article today in the Las Vegas Sun that spells doom for the future of the Vegoose music festival. Check out... Vegoose is one cooked goose.

According to the article, the folks at Thomas & Mack and the Silver Bowl are not hosting Vegoose this year.

There has been no word confirmed about the future of Vegoose from Superfly Productions and or A.C. Entertainment, the promoters who have put on this festival since 2005. Unless they can find a viable option to host the event, I'm afraid that the future of Vegoose looks bleak. With the abundance of musical festivals in the summer of 2008, you almost have to wonder if the market has become over saturated with festivals.

I went to the first Vegoose in 2005 and it was one of the better music festivals that I had experienced. They lineup consisted of a majority of jambands.The headliners that year included Beck, Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips, Ween, Phil Lesh and Friends, Trey Anastasio Band, and Dave Matthews.

Attendance slipped in 2006 by almost 60%. I was there again and thought it was a fun festival, but it was obvious that less people were in attendance. The Silver Bowl wasn't even used as the main stage.

I skipped Vegoose in 2007, but it seemed obvious that the promoters were trying to boost attendance by adding mainstream acts and random indie bands such as Rage Against The Machine, Muse, The Shins, Cypress Hill, and Public Enemy. That seemed to work as attendance was over 46,000 an increase of almost 16,000 people from 2006.

Stay tuned for more info on the future of Vegoose.