Coachella Going East

C3 Presents and Festival Republic’s Vineland won’t be the only new East Coast festival this summer, according to sources who say Coachella producers AEG/Goldenvoice are staging one of their own – scheduled for the same weekend as Vineland.

The new festival is tentatively scheduled for August 8-10 at the Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., "according to people briefed on the plans," the New York Times reported. Also not too far away will be the I.M.P.-promoted V Fest in Baltimore, also tentatively scheduled for that same weekend, according to Seth Hurwitz.

Rumor has it that 80-100 bands are expected to participate, with Radiohead and Jack Johnson as possible headliners.

The Vineland Music Festival will debut in Vineland, N.J., about halfway between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, N.J.

Representatives for AEG and Paul Tollett, the co-creator of Coachella, both referred phone calls to their publicist, Mitch Schneider Organization. Asked to confirm the festival’s existence, MSO’s Marcee Rondan told Pollstar January 15th, "I have no information to report."

A lineup hasn’t been announced for the rumored festival or Vineland Music Festival. An official announcement regarding the East Coast version of Coachella is expected early next week, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.

This year’s Coachella festival will be held April 25-27 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. General admission tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster retail centers, online or charge by phone.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the lineup for the three-day festival is expected to be announced next week and a surprising veteran act or two – but not David Bowie – might top the list.