Houston, Texas
Free Press Summer Fest 2013
2013-06-01 to 2013-06-02 at Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston. 85 performers are recorded from the sources listed at the foot of this page.
Dates
2013-06-01 – 2013-06-02
Days
2
Venue
Eleanor Tinsley Park
Performers recorded
85
Record
What happened
- The published schedule ran across five stages over two days.
Bill
Lineup
Reproduced as published. Lists are present in the page source whether or not they are expanded.
Top of the bill: The Postal Service, Iggy and the Stooges, Calvin Harris, Bassnectar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Of Monsters and Men.
Published schedule85 listed
Eighty-five sets across five stages, reproduced in published schedule order.
- G. Wizz
- Trvp Lords feat. Buda Love
- La Catrin & the Dem Damn Dames
- Paul Wall
- Quad City DJs
- Action Bronson
- Mord Fustang
- Born Again Virgins
- Blackmarket Syndicate
- The Niceguys
- Nick Greer & the G's
- Brandon West & the Black Hats
- The Wheeler Brothers
- The Beans
- Buxton
- Japandroids
- Alabama Shakes
- Arctic Monkeys
- Passion Pit
- Calvin Harris
- Snow In Texas
- Chase Hamblin & the Roustabouts
- Midnight Norma Lane
- Chin Xaou Ti Won
- Hello Chief
- Young Mammals
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- Deep Cuts
- Infinite Apaches
- Jandek
- Vintage Trouble
- Geto Boys
- The Mavericks
- The Head and the Heart
- The Postal Service
- Rivers
- A Sea Es
- American Fangs
- Paul Banks
- 2 Chainz
- Borgore
- Iggy and the Stooges
- Disco Daddies
- Doughbeezy
- Uzoy
- Savoy
- Super Mash Bros.
- Devin the Dude
- Kitty Pryde
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Showers
- Emily Bell
- Mikey & the Dragz
- Kopecky Family Band
- John Michael Rouchell
- Milo Greene
- dUNETX
- The Suffers
- Kashmere Stage Band
- Mavis Staples
- Cat Power
- Of Monsters and Men
- TV On the Radio
- Bassnectar
- Orents Stirner
- Forced Fem
- Otenki
- DJ Sun
- Half Moon Run
- The Men
- The Octopus Project
- Omotai
- Black Congress
- Baroness
- The Bronx
- Matt & Kim
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
- Gogol Bordello
- Ashes of Babylon
- UME
- Dawes
- Los Amigos Invisibles
- Soja
- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
- Social Distortion
Reception
How it was covered at the time
Stereogum
“always seems to cobble together one of the strongest lineups of every summer festival” source
Provenance
Sources
01 · Houston Press · Independent reporting
Free Press Summer Fest 2013 schedule
Used for: 2013 dates, venue, stage-by-stage schedule and performer list
02 · Stereogum · Independent reporting
Free Press Summer Fest 2013 Lineup
Used for: National contemporaneous reception of the 2013 lineup
03 · Houston Press · Independent reporting
Girl's death leads to revelation of FPSF ownership change
Used for: Sale of the majority interest to C3 Media effective December 18, 2015; C3's ownership by Live Nation; 2016 relocation to NRG Park; founding partners
04 · Houstonia · Independent reporting
Free Press Summer Fest is over. In Bloom is next.
Used for: 2017 weather cancellation and the succession of the festival by In Bloom
05 · Houstonia · Independent reporting
Used for: Retrospective accounting of attendance, sale price, production cost, repeated NRG Park relocations and the collapse of the businesses
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Free Press Summer Fest 2013", Live Index, August 24, 2026, https://liveindex.io/projects/free-press-summer-fest/2013
- APA
- Live Index (2026, August 24). Free Press Summer Fest 2013 [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/projects/free-press-summer-fest/2013
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Free Press Summer Fest 2013." Live Index, August 24, 2026. https://liveindex.io/projects/free-press-summer-fest/2013.
- BibTeX
- @online{projects-free-press-summer-fest-2013-2026, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Free Press Summer Fest 2013}, organization = {Live Index}, date = {2026-08-24}, url = {https://liveindex.io/projects/free-press-summer-fest/2013} }