Musicians, salivating agents, hyperbolic journalists, music lovers, bloggers, people with ears, prepare to dream (and hear) the impossible dream: South by Southwest is upon us, once again.

This annual celebration of jazz's provenance returns with a two-weekend lineup of jazz maestros alongside an impressive amalgamation of major acts from other genres, including The Raconteurs, The Roots and Tim McGraw

Ready to get nasty into the new year? Let's do it the Hard way! Peaches, 2 Live Crew, Justice and celeb-DJ Steve Aoki are ready to crank out the jams for you and a couple thousand of your best friends in downtown LA to ring in the new year... or just drink a lot of champagne.

Legendary band Portishead returns to the stage—performing for the first time in 10 years—and to curate the cred-packing festival, featuring hand-picked acts like Aphex Twin, Boris, and Ladytron.

As if ACL wasn't enough to make the rest of the world jealous, Austin will also host Fun Fun Fun Fest, a two-day music festival that brings together a joyously enjoyable (dare we say… fun?) group of artists including Explosions in the Sky, Against Me!, Girl Talk, and Busdriver.

What better place to spend your Halloween than Sin City? Vegoose 2007 boasts a huge line-up of rock and hip-hop heavyweights like Queens of the Stone Age, Cypress Hill, Rage Against the Machine and Daft Punk… and you’re never too far from your next spin of the roulette wheel.