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Another summer, another new festival. Throw a dart at the board, see where it lands and viola! let's call in the tour buses.

This time the dart fell three hours northwest of Detroit in Rothbury, Michigan. The jamband friendly Rothbury Festival, scheduled for 4th of July weekend (July 3rd-6th), will feature headliners Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic and Phil Leash and Friends. Also playing will be John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta, 311 and Modest Mouse.

Rothbury, taking place on the Double JJ Ranch, will offer camping and on-site lodging. The festival is being put on by Madison House Presents and AEG Live (the people behind Coachella). Madison House artist scheduled to play the event include The Dresden Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, Secret Machines, Keller Williams, Michael Franti and Spearhead.

The Rothbury Festival (not to be confused with the UK's Rothbury Traditional Music Festival) is also taking some eco-friendly initiatives. For starters, the fest have an Energy Fair which will donate $50,000 toward an area school for solar panels. The fest will also include a Think Tank tent, where discussions on energy and climate crisis issues will be conducted.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 27 via RothburyFestival.com.

Rothbury lineup:

Dave Matthews Band Widespread Panic John Mayer 311 Phil Lesh and Friends The Mars Volta Primus Thievery Corporation Snoop Dogg Modest Mouse Michael Franti and Spearhead Gov't Mule Sound Tribe Sector Nine Colbie Caillat Slightly Stoopid The Black Keys Yonder Mountain String Band with Jon Fishman Gogol Bordello Citizen Cope Keller Williams and The WMD'S The Disco Biscuits Medeski Martin & Wood Ray LaMontagne Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival Drive-By Truckers Of Montreal The Dresden Dolls Gomez Brett Dennen Taj Mahal Mike Gordon Zappa Plays Zappa Crystal Method DJ Set JJ Grey & MOFRO The Greyboy Allstars The Secret Machines Beth Orton Jakob Dylan and the Green Mountain Rebels A 3 Bettye Lavette Lotus Yard Dogs Road Show State Radio The Beautiful Girls Sage Francis Tea Leaf Green Emmitt Nershi Band EOTO Panjea with Michael Kang Railroad Earth Bassnectar Pnuma Trio Diplo Flosstradamus The Juan Mclean The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker Dead Confederate DJ Rekha Motion Potion DJ Rootz SOJOURN Busdriver