# Area Festival

The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such festival, called Area:One in 2001, and the sequel tour Area2, in 2002. The festival is currently on indefinite hiatus. The festival featured diverse genres of music. Besides headliner Moby, the main stage mostly featured rock and pop acts. The second stage was an air-conditioned tent where electronic, dance and smaller bands performed.

## Acts

The 2001 Area:One acts included Moby, OutKast, The New Deal, Carl Cox, Nelly Furtado, Incubus, Paul Oakenfold, The Roots, The Orb, New Order, and Rinôçérôse.
The 2002 Area2 acts included Moby and David Bowie in alternating headlining slots: as well as Ash, Blue Man Group, and Busta Rhymes.
The festival also featured a DJ tent with a rotating list of artists.
The main sponsors for the tour were Intel, KMX, and Pepsi.

## Area:One

This concert in 2001 featured:
* Moby
* Jurassic 5
* Outkast
* Kelis
* New Order
* Gwen Stefani
* Nelly Furtado
* Incubus
* The Roots
* Paul Oakenfold
* The Orb
* Carl Cox
* Rinôçérôse
* Timo Maas
* Kevin Saunderson
* Derrick May
* Juan Atkins

### Area:One tour dates

Area:One was a three-and-a-half-week touring festival in the Summer of 2001.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| July 11, 2001 | Atlanta | United States | Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre |
| July 13, 2001 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| July 14, 2001 | Camden | United States | Tweeter Center at the Waterfront |
| July 15, 2001 | Wantagh | United States | Jones Beach |
| July 16, 2001 | Wantagh | United States | Jones Beach |
| July 18, 2001 | Mansfield | United States | Tweeter Center |
| July 19, 2001 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| July 21, 2001 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Center |
| July 22, 2001 | Toronto | Canada | The Docks |
| July 24, 2001 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Center |
| July 25, 2001 | Tinley Park | United States | Tweeter Center |
| July 26, 2001 | Saint Paul | United States | Midway Stadium |
| July 28, 2001 | Denver | United States | Mile High Stadium |
| July 31, 2001 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| August 2, 2001 | Vancouver | Canada | Thunderbird Stadium |
| August 3, 2001 | George | United States | Gorge Amphitheatre |
| August 5, 2001 | Devore | United States | Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion |

## Area2

This concert in 2002 featured:
Main Stage
* Moby
* David Bowie
* Billy Talent in Toronto
* Busta Rhymes Rhymes never played in Toronto - he was held up in immigration on the way in.
* Blue Man Group
* Ash
Stage Two:
* Carl Cox
* John Digweed
* Tiësto
* DJ Dan
* The Avalanches
* Dieselboy
* DJ Tim Skinner

### Area2 tour dates

Area was a three-week touring festival in the mid-2002.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| July 28, 2002 | Washington, D.C. | United States | Nissan Pavilion |
| July 30, 2002 | Camden | United States | Tweeter Center at the Waterfront |
| July 31, 2002 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| August 2, 2002 | Wantagh | United States | Jones Beach Theatre |
| August 3, 2002 | Mansfield | United States | Tweeter Center Boston |
| August 5, 2002 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
| August 6, 2002 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Center |
| August 8, 2002 | Tinley Park | United States | Tweeter Center Chicago |
| August 10, 2002 | Denver | United States | Pepsi Center |
| August 13, 2002 | Irvine | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine |
| August 14, 2002 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| August 16, 2002 | George | United States | The Gorge Amphitheatre Due to illness, DJ John Digweed was unable to attend the final event of the tour. DJ Tim Skinner was also unable to attend. |