Scenes from Eaux Claires 2026
In case you missed it, this past weekend saw the glorious return of the Eaux Claires festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was the first EC since 2018! How glorious of a return was it? Well, the Justin Vernon-c...
Yes, Justin Vernon will perform as ’90s-era ‘Bon Dylan’ at Eaux Claires
What do you get when you combine Bon Iver, Bob Dylan, and the long-awaited return of an idiosyncratic music festival in northwestern Wisconsin? "Bon Dylan" playing Eaux Claires, of course.
Yes, as previously...
Eaux Claires festival returns July 24-25 with Aimee Mann, Lil Yachty, Bon Dylan, more
First question: Has it really been eight years since the Justin Vernon/Aaron Dessner-curated Eaux Claires festival graced Eau Claire, Wisconsin? Yep, it has! The last homegrown and idiosyncratic Eaux Claires wa...
Eaux Claires is doing a winter “Hiver” thing November 21-24, will return in July 2020
The rumored Eaux Claires winter thing, dubbed Eaux Claires Hiver, has been confirmed. It's being billed as "an immersive weekend of performance and improvisation featuring Ani DiFranco, Pieta Brown, Jon Hopkins...
The Summer of Neaux Claires
It's official. The North American music festival market is oversaturated. Over the last two years it has reached a tipping point, as a swath of festivals have either bowed out or been left on indefinite hiatus....
Eaux Claires closes in on itself with collaborative, insular fourth installment
Imagine being at the first day of a festival, right as the gates open—actually wanting to be there, an hour before anything even starts. That's the kind of faith and devotion Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner are...
Did the internet solve Eaux Claires’ mystery lineup?
In less than two weeks, thousands of music fans will journey to Eau Claire, Wisconsin for Justin Vernon's hometown festival, Eaux Claires (June 6-7). But the fourth installment of Eaux Claires is not your norma...
Third annual Eaux Claires festival weathers rain and growing pains, emerges triumphant
When you throw a party as successful as the inaugural Eaux Claires festival, you risk setting unreasonable expectations for your next attempt. There's pressure from all sides to replicate that success, to make ...
Bon Iver, Chance The Rapper, and black metal: Eaux Claires goes big, weird in 2016
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A festival curated by two indie-rock dudes is bound to be a niche event. The inaugural edition of Eaux Claires featured a handful of oddball choices filling out the lineup (Melt-Banana? Not that we're co...
Eaux Claires festival will return August 12-13, 2016
The inaugural Eaux Claires festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin was a breath of fresh air in a music festival climate dominated by overhyped shit-shows like Coachella and Bonnaroo. The Justin Vernon- (Bon Iver) an...
Eaux Claires festival celebrates Midwest music, points to something greater
The organizers of the inaugural Eaux Claires festival did their homework. The first year of a large-scale event like this is usually a logistical nightmare; who could forget the 12-hour interstate backup welcom...
On The Record Episode 26: Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn
If you read Milwaukee Record with any regularity, you’ve no doubt seen ample mention of Sylvan Esso—almost exclusively flanked by glowing and well-deserved praise. Though the synth-pop duo is based in Durham, N...
Bon Iver, The National highlight full Eaux Claires music festival lineup
The lineup for the upcoming Justin Vernon/Aaron Dessner-curated Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has been slowly trickling out over the past week like melting ice from the Chippewa River (cue Bon Iver son...