New music festival to come to Des Moines in summer

Nicole Presley

A new music festival, Hinterland, is coming to Des Moines on July 31 to Aug. 1. 

The first annual Hinterland Music Festival will feature bands such as Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and more. Other bands that are scheduled to attend the festival are: 

Brandi Carlile

Future Islands

TV on the Radio

Yonder Mountain String Band

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Joe Pug

More bands will be announced as they are added to the festival. 

Hinterland, which means the land behind a river, will take place at the Water Works Park in Des Moines. 

Accompanying the music festival are cyclist events, on-site sculpture and art installations, various craft vendors and other family activities. 

Tickets for the show, including two-day pre-sale and VIP passes, will go on sale next week, Friday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. at http://hinterlandiowa.com. Children 12 years and younger have free admittance with a paying adult. 

Two-day pre-sale tickets are $75 and VIP passes are $150. VIP passes include five drink tickets, access to the special viewing area and the private whiskey bar, along with appetizers Friday and Saturday evening, accompanied by a lunch on Saturday. 

The gates open Friday, July 31 at 4:30 p.m. and the shows start at 5:30 p.m. The gates will open at noon and the shows start at 1 p.m. Aug. 1.