Editing Area Festival

{{short description|Former North American music festival}}
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{{Infobox music festival
| music_festival_name = Area Festival
| image = Moby, Area One.jpg
| location = North America (touring)
| years_active= 2001–2002
| dates = July–August
| genre = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
}}

The '''Area Festival''' was a music festival founded by popular [[Electronic music|electronic]] musician [[Moby]], who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of [[Lollapalooza]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453647/04292002/bowie_david.jhtml |title=VH1.com : David Bowie : Moby Taps Busta, Bowie, More for Area2 |website=www.vh1.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040519225842/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453647/04292002/bowie_david.jhtml |archive-date=19 May 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such festival, called Area:One in 2001, and the sequel tour Area2, in 2002. The festival is currently on indefinite hiatus. The festival featured diverse genres of music. Besides headliner Moby, the main stage mostly featured rock and pop acts. The second stage was an air-conditioned tent where electronic, dance and smaller bands performed.

==Acts==
The 2001 Area:One acts included [[Moby]], [[OutKast]], [[The New Deal (band)|The New Deal]], [[Carl Cox]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[Paul Oakenfold]], [[The Roots]], [[The Orb]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], and [[Rinôçérôse]].

The 2002 Area2 acts included Moby and [[David Bowie]] in alternating headlining slots: as well as [[Ash (band)|Ash]], [[Blue Man Group]], and [[Busta Rhymes]].

The festival also featured a DJ tent with a rotating list of artists.

The main sponsors for the tour were [[Intel]], [[KMX]], and [[Pepsi]].

==Area:One==
This concert in 2001 featured:
* [[Moby]]
* [[Jurassic 5]]
* [[Outkast]]
* [[Kelis]]
* [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
* [[Gwen Stefani]]
* [[Nelly Furtado]]
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
* [[The Roots]]
* [[Paul Oakenfold]]
* [[The Orb]]
* [[Carl Cox]]
* [[Rinôçérôse]]
* [[Timo Maas]]
* [[Kevin Saunderson]]
* [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]]
* [[Juan Atkins]]

===Area:One tour dates===
Area:One was a three-and-a-half-week touring festival in the Summer of 2001.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:150px;"| Date
! style="width:150px;"| City
! style="width:150px;"| Country
! style="width:250px;"| Venue
|-
| July 11, 2001
| [[Atlanta]]
|rowspan="8"|United States
| Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
|-
| July 13, 2001
| [[Columbia, Maryland|Columbia]]
| Merriweather Post Pavilion
|-
| July 14, 2001
| [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]
| Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
|-
| July 15, 2001
|rowspan="2"|[[Wantagh, New York|Wantagh]]
|rowspan="2"|Jones Beach
|-
| July 16, 2001
|-
| July 18, 2001
| [[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]]
| Tweeter Center
|-, 
| July 19, 2001
| [[Holmdel Township, New Jersey|Holmdel]]
| PNC Bank Arts Center
|-
| July 21, 2001
| [[Clarkston, Michigan|Clarkston]]
| DTE Energy Music Center
|-
| July 22, 2001
| [[Toronto]]
| Canada
| The Docks
|-
| July 24, 2001
| Clarkston
|rowspan="5"|United States
| DTE Energy Music Center
|-
| July 25, 2001
| [[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]]
| Tweeter Center
|-
| July 26, 2001
| [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]]
| Midway Stadium
|-
| July 28, 2001
| [[Denver]]
| Mile High Stadium
|-
| July 31, 2001
| [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]
| Shoreline Amphitheatre
|-
| August 2, 2001
| [[Vancouver]]
| Canada
| Thunderbird Stadium
|-
| August 3, 2001
| [[George, Washington|George]]
|rowspan="2"|United States
| Gorge Amphitheatre
|-
| August 5, 2001
| [[Devore, California|Devore]]
| Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
|}

==Area2==
This concert in 2002 featured:

Main Stage
* [[Moby]]
* [[David Bowie]]
* [[Billy Talent]] in Toronto 
* [[Busta Rhymes]] Rhymes never played in Toronto - he was held up in immigration on the way in.  
* [[Blue Man Group]]
* [[Ash (band)|Ash]]

Stage Two:
* [[Carl Cox]]
* [[John Digweed]]
* [[Tiësto]]
* [[DJ Dan]]
* [[The Avalanches]]
* [[Dieselboy]]
* [[DJ Tim Skinner]]

===Area2 tour dates===
Area was a three-week touring festival in the mid-2002.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date
! City
! Country
! Venue
|-
| July 28, 2002
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
|rowspan="5"|United States
| [[Jiffy Lube Live|Nissan Pavilion]]
|-
| July 30, 2002
| [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]
| [[Tweeter Center at the Waterfront]]
|-
| July 31, 2002
| [[Holmdel Township, New Jersey|Holmdel]]
| [[PNC Bank Arts Center]]
|-
| August 2, 2002
| [[Wantagh, New York|Wantagh]]
| Jones Beach Theatre
|-
| August 3, 2002
| [[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]]
| [[Xfinity Center (Mansfield, Massachusetts)|Tweeter Center Boston]]
|-
| August 5, 2002
| [[Toronto]]
| Canada
| Molson Amphitheatre
|-
| August 6, 2002
| [[Clarkston, Michigan|Clarkston]]
|rowspan="6"|United States
| DTE Energy Music Center
|-
| August 8, 2002
| [[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]]
| [[Tweeter Center Chicago]]
|-
| August 10, 2002
| [[Denver]]
| Universal Lending Pavilion

(former temporary venue located within the [[Ball Arena]] parking lot)
|-
| August 13, 2002
| [[Irvine, California|Irvine]]
| Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine
|-
| August 14, 2002
| [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]
| Shoreline Amphitheatre
|-
| August 16, 2002
| [[George, Washington|George]]
| [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]]

Due to illness, DJ John Digweed was unable to attend the final event of the tour.  DJ Tim Skinner was also unable to attend.
|}

==See also==
{{Commons category|Area Festival}}
* [[List of electronic music festivals]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051107012854/http://www.moby.com/node/5659 Area2 Announcement from Moby]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060904022012/http://mixupmusic.com/ Area festival find more...]
* [http://www.concertlivewire.com/area2.htm Area2 Photos and Writeup from ConcertWire]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030405015407/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459117/12112002/moby.jhtml Moby Says Area Festival Probably Won't Return In 2003]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040519225842/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1453647/04292002/bowie_david.jhtml Moby Taps Busta, Bowie, More For Area2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513181232/http://www.voxonline.com/alternative/area2/index.htm Bowie, Moby are Stars in Area2; Festival offers multiple musical flavors]
* [http://www.concertlivewire.com/area2.htm Bowie Graciously Steals Host's Thunder; Area2 with David Bowie, Moby and others]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051106175104/http://www.nyrock.com/worldbeat/04_2002/043002.asp Area Music Festival Returns This Summer; Area2 Lineup Includes David Bowie, Moby, Busta Rhymes, Carl Cox, John Digweed, More Acts to Be Announced]
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[[Category:Moby]]
[[Category:Electronic music festivals in the United States]]
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[[Category:Pop music festivals in the United States]]