King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard headline all three nights of their own festival in the Colorado Rockies this weekend, with 24 acts, a fan-run bootlegger alley and almost nowhere left to camp.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard will play six shows in North America this year. Three of them happen this weekend, in a meadow at 8,000 feet outside Buena Vista, Colorado. The other three come the following week at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. That is the whole continent, the whole year.
Field of Vision II runs August 14 to 16 at Meadow Creek, about two hours southwest of Denver. It’s the second edition of a festival the Australian band built for themselves after the 2025 debut, which they turned into a nine-hour live album released through their official bootlegger series. Their own line about last year, posted on the festival site: there was “some magic in the air. Or maybe the creek water.”
One Band, Three Nights, Twenty-Four Acts
Most festivals hand the host band a headline slot. King Gizzard plays every day. Three marathon sets across three nights, which works out closer to a residency with a supporting bill attached to it. Guitarist Joey Walker brings his Bullant project and drummer Michael Cavanagh brings CAVS, so the band’s own side work is on the schedule too.
The rest of the bill refuses to sit in one lane. Jello Biafra returns after joining the band onstage last year for a Dead Kennedys cover. Zamrock veterans W.I.T.C.H. are on it, along with Denver death-metal outfit Blood Incantation, Québécois microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine, surf-rock band La Luz plus a solo set from Shana Cleveland, Austin punks Die Spitz, New Zealand psych duo Earth Tongue, Atlanta’s Upchuck, Melbourne’s Folk Bitch Trio, synth specialist Lisa Bella …
Read More
Author: High Times / High Times
