Area Festival


The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", 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, New Order, Carl Cox, Nelly Furtado, Incubus, Paul Oakenfold, The Roots, The Orb and Rinôçérôse.
The 2002 Area2 acts included Moby and David Bowie in alternating headlining slots: as well as 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:
Area:One Tour Dates
Area:One was a three-and-a-half-week touring festival in the Summer of 2001.
DateCityCountryVenue
July 11, 2001AtlantaUnited StatesHi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
July 13, 2001ColumbiaUnited StatesMerriweather Post Pavilion
July 14, 2001CamdenUnited StatesTweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 15, 2001WantaghUnited StatesJones Beach
July 16, 2001WantaghUnited StatesJones Beach
July 18. 2001MansfieldUnited StatesTweeter Center
July 19, 2001HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts Center
July 21, 2001ClarkstonUnited StatesDTE Energy Music Center
July 22, 2001TorontoCanadaThe Docks
July 24, 2001ClarkstonUnited StatesDTE Energy Music Center
July 25, 2001Tinley ParkUnited StatesTweeter Center
July 26, 2001Saint PaulUnited StatesMidway Stadium
July 28, 2001DenverUnited StatesMile High Stadium
July 31, 2001Mountain ViewUnited StatesShoreline Amphitheatre
August 2, 2001VancouverCanadaThunderbird Stadium
August 3, 2001GeorgeUnited StatesGorge Amphitheatre
August 5, 2001DevoreUnited StatesGlen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion

Area2

This concert in 2002 featured:
Main Stage
Stage Two:
Area was a three-week touring festival in the mid-2002.
DateCityCountryVenue
July 28, 2002Washington, D.C.United StatesNissan Pavilion
July 30, 2002CamdenUnited StatesTweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 31, 2002HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts Center
August 2, 2002WantaghUnited StatesJones Beach Theatre
August 3, 2002MansfieldUnited StatesTweeter Center Boston
August 5, 2002TorontoCanadaMolson Amphitheatre
August 6, 2002ClarkstonUnited StatesDTE Energy Music Center
August 8, 2002Tinley ParkUnited StatesTweeter Center Chicago
August 10, 2002DenverUnited StatesPepsi Center
August 13, 2002IrvineUnited StatesVerizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine
August 14, 2002Mountain ViewUnited StatesShoreline Amphitheatre
August 16, 2002GeorgeUnited StatesThe 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.