Austin Psych Fest to Launch Spinoff Event in Vancouver

Published Feb 04, 2015

Since 2008, Austin Psych Fest has become a destination festival for lovers of psych music, but this year Vancouver music fans will be able to attend a spinoff event that's a lot closer to home. Levitation Vancouver will run from June 5 to 7.The festival is presented by Austin Psych Fest along with local promoter Timbre Concerts . As of yet, there isn't much confirmed information, as the venue(s) and ticket prices have't yet been announced and a message on Facebook promises that "lineup and details [are] coming very soon."As the Vancouver Sun points out, here's one possible hint about a band that might be playing: Black Mountain shared the festival announcement on their own Facebook page , though they have now deleted the post.Levitation shares its name with an event taking place from May 8 to 10 in Austin, TX. That festival boasts a star-studded lineup with the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, the Black Angels, Mac DeMarco, Thee Oh Sees, Lightning Bolt, A Place to Bury Strangers, METZ, White Fence, Ty Segall's band Fuzz, Melody's Echo Chamber and many more.Stay tuned for more details about Vancouver's instalment of Levitation.As recently reported , Levitation would take place during the same time as long-running Vancouver festival Music Waste, which takes place June 4 to 7.