HARD Summer

HARD Summer is an annual L.A.-based festival that scoops rock music out of the equation in favor of a bill that expands the common ground shared…

Update: A representative from HARD Summer has issued a statement to SPIN. "At this weekend’s HARD Summer festival at Fairplex in Pomona, CA, two…

Three years ago, director Agata Alexander finally convinced Gary Richards to let her make the lineup announcement video for 2013's HARD Summer the way she wanted: with…

The Weeknd and Jack Ü are headlining the 2015 Hard Summer Music Festival. The Chemical Brothers, Dillon Francis, RATATAT, Caribou, and Chromeo are also on the…

In early August, SPIN attended Los Angeles' HARD Summer festival, and witnessed a horrifying scene firsthand: on-site paramedics attempting, to no avail, to resuscitate a…

Rave is the new "rave" and HARD Summer proves it. Back when the Los Angeles electronic music fest shared turf with Electric Daisy Carnival…

Live Nation has confirmed that a HARD Summer festival-goer died on Saturday after attending the opening night of the Los Angeles electronic music festival. The…