Summer Set Fest adds Kaskade, Umphrey's McGee, Danny Brown

Another unusual mix of performers are part of the second phase of names released today for the Aug. 15-17 camp-out.

May 13, 2014 at 3:05PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Detroit rapper Danny Brown, shown here at 2012's South by Southwest Music Conference, won't be as up close to the audience at the Summer Set fest. / Photo by Tony Nelson
Detroit rapper Danny Brown, shown here at 2012's South by Southwest Music Conference, won't be as up close to the audience at the Summer Set fest. / Photo by Tony Nelson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The lineup for August's Summer Set Camping and Music Festival only seems to be getting weirder/better. Organizers announced their "second phase" lineup this morning with the eclectic mix of names that has come to be expected from the third annual dance/hip-hop/jam-rock camp-out, returning Aug. 15-17 to Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, Wis.

They added a big-name EDM producer, Kaskade, alongside regional jam-band favorite Umphrey's McGee, both from Chicago. Umphrey's went over well as one of the inaugural headliners at Summer Set. Also new to the 2014 mix is the quirky and seedy rapper who made headlines (no pun intended) at the Triple Rock last year, Danny Brown, and New York's co-ed indie-rock duo Cults.

Here's the full list of the new names:

Kaskade / Umphrey's McGee / Flux Pavilion / Aer / The Chainsmokers / Cults / Danny Brown | Myon & Shane 54 / Twin Shadow / Break Science / Caked Up / Exmag / The Floozies / Isaiah Rashad / Luminox / Manic Focus / Moon Boots / Passafire / Sound Remedy / Treasure Fingers / Twiddle

These are in addition to the previously announced first-phase acts such as Bassnectar, Wu-Tang Clan, Chromeo, Big Gigantic and Chance the Rapper. Tickets are already on sale via the Summer Set site starting at $99 for a three-day general admission pass.

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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